OT: Multiple Choice Poll: Your Hopes For The 2024 Chargers.
What kind of season are you hoping for when it comes to the 2024 Chargers and why? Do you even care at all? Just curious how others in this community feel about this....I'm not sure where I am yet and may not know until the season actually starts. Yes, Harbaugh will ultimately be judged on the totality of his time coaching the team, but for this specific post I'm only focused on what you want to happen this next season.
1. The team actually gets worse.
2. Same underachieving group, same results.
3. Marked improvement, make the playoffs.
4. Unbelievable turnaround, deep playoff run.
5. Miracle season, Super Bowl champs.
6. Don't care. Yes, I actually mean I will not follow how the Chargers perform and even if someone told me it wouldn't matter to me.
February 13th, 2024 at 1:53 PM ^
30 to 24
6
February 13th, 2024 at 1:55 PM ^
4 and eventually 5. Jimmy was my QB first 2 years in Ann Arbor and have been a fan ever since. As long as they are rockin' the baby blues like Bambi Allworth I'm in. Just don't beat the Lions to do it.
February 13th, 2024 at 1:59 PM ^
#1 - 3
#4 only okay as a wild card
Would appreciate some great games between the clear top 2 QB's in the AFC West
February 13th, 2024 at 2:00 PM ^
6
Somewhere in China, they’re building a device that will measure just how little I care about the Los Angeles Chargers.
February 13th, 2024 at 2:05 PM ^
5 unless they are playing the Lions in the Super Bowl. The Chargers having success is a good thing for Michigan from a recruiting standpoint because top talent will crave exposure to winning schemes that work in college and the NFL, and will be attracted to the connections that Michigan has with the best NFL teams. I hope Seattle and Baltimore are at the top of the NFL, too, for the same reason.
February 13th, 2024 at 2:09 PM ^
I hope they do worse than the Lions and Chefs. Otherwise I don't really care.
February 13th, 2024 at 2:14 PM ^
Obligatory:
February 14th, 2024 at 8:45 AM ^
Should we tell them, nah...smile and wave boys...smile and wave.
February 13th, 2024 at 2:09 PM ^
Jim Harbaugh will forever be among the greatest Wolverines of all time and we as fans should be eternally grateful for everything he did for Michigan, but... I don't particularly care what happens with the Chargers. I'm not going to start rooting for them just because they're coached by Jim Harbaugh.
February 13th, 2024 at 2:10 PM ^
I don’t follow former Michigan players or coaches, after they leave Ann Arbor and move on with their lives. However, I follow the current team and recruiting very closely. Tom Brady was the lone exception.
February 13th, 2024 at 2:11 PM ^
6.
He's a Charger.
I'm a Wolverine & Lion.
February 13th, 2024 at 2:12 PM ^
Hard 6
February 13th, 2024 at 2:15 PM ^
6
I really don't care. I don't wish ill on their season, but I don't care if they go out and win it all, either. The Chargers aren't my team. Jim Harbaugh isn't my coach anymore. I'm grateful for what he did at Michigan and he will always be welcome back with open arms should he attend any future events, but he's on to other things. And so is Michigan.
People in Los Angeles don't care about the Chargers, so why should I?
All I'd tell him is good luck with the AFC West, pal. Mahomes isn't going anywhere, and as long as he doesn't suffer any devastating injuries, he's in the prime of his career for at least another five to seven years. He's still only 28 years old.
Harbaugh found a way to beat OSU three years in a row so he has all the reason to be confident in betting on himself to find a way to beat Mahomes. But now you're dealing with the greatest (active) player on the planet. Going to be extremely tough to win that division in any given year, as long as Mahomes is around and healthy.
February 13th, 2024 at 2:23 PM ^
Mahomes is great, but I wouldn't anoint him GOAT-in-waiting just yet. The Niners would have won that Super Bowl if it wasn't for some staggeringly idiotic coaching breakdowns (e.g., Steve Wilks deciding to channel Don Brown on the Chiefs' game-winning OT drive, Shanahan not bothering to prep his players for the possibility of an OT game, etc).
February 13th, 2024 at 3:28 PM ^
Rings are rings, friend.
He's got a long way to go to catch up to Brady, but he's got more now than P. Manning, more than Rothlisberger, Brees, Elway, Rodgers, and others that many of us consider to be part of the pantheon of all-time greats. If he can play another ten years, which is certainly possible as long as he doesn't consistently get hurt, he could challenge Brady for that title.
That said, I'll be curious how his play evolves, because while he's still in his prime, others around him are certainly getting older. There's talk of Andy Reid maybe retiring in the not so distant future, Travis Kelce is 34 and while he's still great, who knows how much longer he has before his age starts to catch up with him. 34 is ancient in the NFL, and his brother just retired too.
February 13th, 2024 at 2:20 PM ^
Big ol 6.
I stopped following the NFL 15 years ago and see no reason to start again.
On top of that, keeping up with Michigan already takes more spare energy than I have.
February 13th, 2024 at 2:20 PM ^
6, but if I had to chose 5, scratch his itch, fulfill his dream, good luck coach!
February 13th, 2024 at 2:24 PM ^
Definitely 6 for me. No offense to Coach, but the Chargers are not my team.
February 13th, 2024 at 2:30 PM ^
I say #4. They will get a jolt under Harbaugh and go deep into the playoffs. Hopefully they can do American a favor and knock off the Chiefs. I won't be following every moment of the Chargers season but I will at least be paying attention.
February 13th, 2024 at 2:39 PM ^
Count me as a “six”.
I’ll wish Harbaugh and the staff that joined the NFL well. I wish success for all that have ever been active at Michigan - both athletics and academics.
Will I watch and follow the Chargers next year? I don’t think so - or really care how the Chargers season turns out. I will, however, hold on to my Michigan season tickets and follow the Maize & Blue.
February 13th, 2024 at 2:41 PM ^
Whatever is best for Michigan, Probably means somewhere between 3 & 5, if not playing the Lions. Will always appreciate what Coach Harbaugh achieved at Michigan, and root for him.
February 13th, 2024 at 2:48 PM ^
4. With a loss to the Lions in the Super Bowl
February 13th, 2024 at 2:59 PM ^
5, unless the Lions are in the way. I'm not going to follow them closely--I don't really watch the NFL--but I'm appreciative to Harbaugh and want to see him continue to succeed. I was pulling for the Ravens this post-season as well, out of appreciation to John and the role he played in our success.
I wish our staff had stayed more intact, but I'm not going to get upset with a coach for assembling the staff he feels is best.
February 13th, 2024 at 3:21 PM ^
I hope Harbaugh has success and I hope if they play the Chiefs, they beat the shit out of them. Overall, I don't much care about the Chargers and never will.
February 13th, 2024 at 3:21 PM ^
Will be interesting to see what those Charger Chiefs games look like.
February 13th, 2024 at 3:34 PM ^
My hope for the 2024 Chargers is to have the Lions win the Superbowl and for Michigan to remain top of the BIG.
February 13th, 2024 at 3:47 PM ^
I'm rooting for Jim's success. I don't want him to win the superbowl because I want the Lions to win the superbowl. But I'm not mad at him and don't hold any grudges. He's giving people a choice to move to the NFL, not trying to hurt Michigan.
Let's give Moore a chance and see what the new staff does. I'm excited for a new era of Michigan football.
February 13th, 2024 at 3:48 PM ^
Love what Jim did for us while here...that said #6 don't care.
Go Lions! Go Blue!
February 13th, 2024 at 3:50 PM ^
3. Realistic. I hope they rapidly improve and Coach gets a Super Bowl victory within three years since further validation of his influence/ability destroys investigative narratives staining the program here. Better he does, the worse Ryan Day looks. That makes me smile.
February 13th, 2024 at 3:53 PM ^
Hoping for? Super Bowl? Expecting? Playoffs.
February 13th, 2024 at 4:40 PM ^
#2.
Is it selfish? Yes.
Do I want Harbaugh's greatest coaching achievement to be winning the CFP at Michigan yep?
Do I care the above two statements are rotten? HELL NO.
#GoBlue
February 13th, 2024 at 4:53 PM ^
Who cares
February 13th, 2024 at 5:31 PM ^
The Chargers are an NFL team in Los Angeles. I don't care about them any more than about any other NFL team.
February 13th, 2024 at 5:47 PM ^
Love Jim Harbaugh, he was the first player I liked, I will always smile when I think of him and what he did at UM as a player and a coach. That being said, I’m a Bengals fan, fuck the Chargers and every other team in the AFC.
February 13th, 2024 at 5:56 PM ^
6ish
I don't know a thing about how the Chargers did last year.
Go Dolphins!
February 13th, 2024 at 6:28 PM ^
6. And if someone did bring it up, I hope for 2.
February 13th, 2024 at 7:11 PM ^
Imma go with 5, except for when they play the Lions.
im grateful to Harbaugh and it’s good for UM imho
February 13th, 2024 at 7:12 PM ^
6.
fuck the spanos family for putting a gun to san diego. fuck them forever
February 13th, 2024 at 7:20 PM ^
I’ll go 2.5 … can easily improve and NOT make the playoffs … team with 4 more wins last season did not. Indy. They will definitely improve but fairly tough schedule and weak home field. I will say borderline playoffs but just short. Seems most likely scenario. If they do … maybe a road wild card game in Baltimore?
February 13th, 2024 at 7:45 PM ^
Deep playoff run. I want coach to at least justify all this for something. It would feel so bad if he did awful for two years and got shit canned. It really would.
February 13th, 2024 at 7:52 PM ^
3. Lest go Bolts!