CC: JH Update
October 5th, 2014 at 1:33 PM ^
-Nick Saban
If JH has any semblance of Michigan pride. Knowing that he may be our only hope, I can't imagine that he won't at least listen. ..
October 5th, 2014 at 2:12 PM ^
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At least not to Brandon he won't.
October 5th, 2014 at 3:07 PM ^
that Brandon won't be there. . .
October 5th, 2014 at 9:11 PM ^
That was late in the game when they were up bib and thought they had already won it.
October 5th, 2014 at 1:16 PM ^
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October 5th, 2014 at 1:17 PM ^
You also have Randy Moss saying that he treated the 49ers like college kids. He likely will stay in the NFL, but in the long run his style may be a lot more suited to college.
October 5th, 2014 at 5:36 PM ^
JH has a perfect style for college. He demands discipline and is very creative within what passes for the "pro offense" nowadays. Most of all, by the ttime his act wears thin, a player is a senior and then gets treaeted better for providing senior leadership.
Nobody stays around long enough in college for him to lose the locker room. In other words, everybody wins: the college gets a winner, the players have a great chance of continuing their careers and Harbaugh's only real weakness is negated.
October 5th, 2014 at 1:17 PM ^
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October 5th, 2014 at 3:13 PM ^
It's Brandon's uber capitalist tendencies that makes him likely to open the checkbook--the same quality many do not like in other areas likely would be an asset to bring in Harbaugh. But if Brandon gets fired, more likely the new person is going to be brought in to reduce all those aspects, and quiet the marketing and salary race. I can see Brandon offering Harbaugh 10 mil a year, or whatever puts him over Saban--harder to see a M sucessor AD doing that.
October 5th, 2014 at 9:12 PM ^
http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2014/03/wolverine_footbal…
But exactly how much revenue do the roughly 100 students and 20 coaches and staff in the program bring in?
$82 million.
Football accounted for at least 57 percent of athletic department revenues in 2012-13, which totaled $144 million, according to Michigan budget documents provided to the Board of Regents.
The storied program and its larger-than-life venue are what solidifies Michigan's place among the most profitable enterprises in college sports. Football cost about $23 million to operate in 2012-13, meaning it fed more than $58 million into Michigan's other 30 varsity teams.
The $82 million haul doesn't count indirect revenues, such as sponsorships, licensing and advertising agreements — which totaled $22.5 million that year — primarily made attractive by the football and basketball programs.
You can invest to maintain and grow that $80 - $100 million cash cow, or you can milk it and watch it decline. Where's the plan to come up with that $58 million/year for the other varsity teams?
If the athletic department wants to depend upon effective ~$125 football ticket prices, it had better field a product that will continue to have sufficient demand at that price.
Also, note that Michigan's football expenditures are typical for elite programs and roughly a third lower than Alabama and Ohio State.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/aliciajessop/2013/08/31/the-economics-of-co…
October 5th, 2014 at 1:18 PM ^
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October 5th, 2014 at 1:25 PM ^
October 5th, 2014 at 2:06 PM ^
needs to be able to call the shots ASAP.
Hoke is a lame duck and whether he's fired now or later by itself places no constraints on back-channel negotiations. What is important is the willingness, the ability, and accountabilities to be in place to offer Jim Harbaugh a $10M / Yr contract when and if the opportunity arises.
October 5th, 2014 at 1:18 PM ^
Maybe somehow San Fran will be the only NFL team to be in the market for a new coach this offseason.
Dreams are good for the mind and soul.
October 5th, 2014 at 1:20 PM ^
Raiders are already in the market.
October 5th, 2014 at 1:22 PM ^
Thanks, I didn't really believe it was a possibility that 31 teams were going to be pleased with their coaching situation come January.
October 5th, 2014 at 1:32 PM ^
The fewer openings the better though as far as we are concerned. At least at the college level the only other big opening appears to be Florida.
October 5th, 2014 at 1:29 PM ^
October 5th, 2014 at 2:07 PM ^
for Harbaugh. He and his family remain in the bay area which his wife wants and he takes over a young albeit bad team with only one trajectory and that is up. They are at rock bottom and this is where Harbaugh shines. The Oakland GM is a reasonable and in the past successful manager and easy to work for. This may be a good marriage for Harbaugh.
October 5th, 2014 at 2:13 PM ^
October 5th, 2014 at 1:58 PM ^
If you think Brandon is bad, working for Mark Davis and the Raiders is a lot worse.
October 5th, 2014 at 2:12 PM ^
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October 5th, 2014 at 1:18 PM ^
A man can dream, can't he?
October 5th, 2014 at 1:19 PM ^
October 5th, 2014 at 1:27 PM ^
I felt that way in 1968, and then they hired Bo.
October 5th, 2014 at 2:42 PM ^
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October 5th, 2014 at 1:28 PM ^
$10 million might change her mind.
October 5th, 2014 at 2:26 PM ^
October 5th, 2014 at 6:03 PM ^
change the weather?
October 5th, 2014 at 1:31 PM ^
Since when does a female determine where a guy will coach football? Answer - never
October 5th, 2014 at 1:33 PM ^
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October 5th, 2014 at 1:38 PM ^
I am 100% sure that it was Urban's decision and his alone.
October 5th, 2014 at 2:08 PM ^
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October 5th, 2014 at 1:43 PM ^
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October 5th, 2014 at 9:18 PM ^
Since when does a female determine where a guy will coach football?
When Rick Pitino was deciding whether to coach at Michigan or Kentucky, he wanted to come to Ann Arbor but his wife wanted to go to Lexington. He went to Lexington.
When asked about it later, he said "Happy wife, happy life".
October 5th, 2014 at 1:33 PM ^
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October 5th, 2014 at 2:16 PM ^
October 5th, 2014 at 3:43 PM ^
You said firm.
October 5th, 2014 at 1:22 PM ^
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October 5th, 2014 at 3:31 PM ^