247 reports MOAR HARBAUGH coming to Ann Arbor!
Jay Harbaugh (Jim's son) has been hired as TE coach. MOAR HARBAUGH!!!
http://michigan.247sports.com/Bolt/Breaking-Jay-Harbaugh-hired-as-tight…
Here's his very short bio
http://www.baltimoreravens.com/team/coaches/jay-harbaugh/72131900-8085-…
January 13th, 2015 at 10:16 PM ^
1. You are completely correct. This hire is a joke, right?
Or
2. In Harbaugh we trust. He knows what he's doing. Chill the fu*k out
January 13th, 2015 at 10:18 PM ^
Actually, he grew up in a football household and has been around coaching and head coaches his whole life.
Moreover, age does not equal ability. There have been plenty of sons that have taken over their father's business and have done better and plenty of coaching sons that surpassed their dad (e.g. Harbaugh's').
Kid is a TE coach, so let's see how he does.
January 13th, 2015 at 10:19 PM ^
He grew up in a football household and has been around coaches his whole life? Well shit, let's sign up Sarah then because she has the exact same qualifications.
January 13th, 2015 at 10:32 PM ^
January 14th, 2015 at 12:39 AM ^
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January 14th, 2015 at 12:49 AM ^
January 14th, 2015 at 9:13 AM ^
nothing is a given. There are plenty of really smart dads who raise dumb sons and dumb dads that raise really smart sons (to keep the analogy simple).
However, if James is interested in coaching he has the opportunity (that 99.9% of other kids interested in coaching) don't have, which is many family members in the profession. Assuming James puts in the time and work to learn coaching, he should be more advanced than anybody else, simply because he has access to his family.
As for girls of coaches, my guess is that the profession clearly has little to no female coaches, so it doesn't matter if you are a daughter or a random femail football coaching genius. Unfortunately, you are screwed.
January 13th, 2015 at 10:33 PM ^
We are talking about a TEs coach. I don't even remember who our previous TEs coach was or any TEs coach from the RR or Carr era.
January 14th, 2015 at 5:41 AM ^
If his last name was not Harbaugh, everyone would say welcome and this seems like a reasonable move. Again, going from being an offensive QC coach in the NFL for three years to a position coach for TEs in college is not an unreasonable leap. I am betting it is a good hire.
January 14th, 2015 at 8:15 AM ^
This is the same place that had plenty of posters expressing doubt at Jedd Fisch getting hired as WR coach and he was an NFL OC last year. MGoBlog is going to constantly complain about position coaches.
Harbaugh is almost definitely going to be the youngest and least experienced assistant coach at a Power Five school next year, and probably by a good margin. Jim Harbaugh has earned the benefit of the doubt on hires, but just based on resume Jay Harbaugh is by far the biggest reach on his staff.
January 13th, 2015 at 10:14 PM ^
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January 14th, 2015 at 9:00 AM ^
I almost NEVER neg, honestly, I really don't and I feel bad when I do unless it's obvious trolling, but you make it sound like this hire is going to bring down the entire coaching staff, which I think is a bit much to assume at this point. I get not being on board wth the hire but taking it that far seems a bit much to me. The previous poster was just pointing out this kid won't be operating entirely alone, he wasn't saying the other coaches will have to do his job for him.
January 14th, 2015 at 10:48 AM ^
January 14th, 2015 at 11:21 AM ^
It's a bit inverse but I can guarantee DJ Durkin is the most stoked person that Mattison stayed on. Mattison will be "taxed" as you say to help Durkin continue to learn how to be a coordinator
Drevno would need to offer the same kind of advice no matter who the TE coach is. And you can bet that he's on board with this higher.
January 13th, 2015 at 10:15 PM ^
This is an NFL staff.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but every single position coach has experience in the NFL, as a coach or in this case as an assistant. Have to guess this will help in recruiting, no?
January 13th, 2015 at 10:16 PM ^
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January 14th, 2015 at 8:57 AM ^
Okay, it's nepotism. So what? And does anyone really think Harbaugh (the man, the machine, the myth, the legend) is going to jeopardize his season by hiring his son? None of us know what his plans are. For all we know, this is a one year thing and Harbaugh will hire a new TE coach next year. Everyone just needs to relax about this.
January 13th, 2015 at 10:26 PM ^
HARBALLIN'
Ths is how we do it.
January 13th, 2015 at 10:28 PM ^
This hire could be part of a budget issue. He has a lot of big $ guys already on board. It also is his last hire and maybe had only entry level money available. I am sure he (JH) knows what he is doing. I do feel bad for Manning though.
January 13th, 2015 at 10:31 PM ^
He picked up a tight ends coach and he can just crash in the basement. . .
January 13th, 2015 at 10:29 PM ^
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January 14th, 2015 at 8:52 AM ^
I think you have valid points, and you dont come off as being a sparty troll to me. OTOH you are the main one debating on this coaching thread, increasing its length. Using that as an example for why this is debate is worthwhile is suspect and almost narcissistic.
January 14th, 2015 at 10:08 AM ^
January 14th, 2015 at 2:13 PM ^
Time will tell on Jay Harbaugh, but your idiotic assertion that the MGoBlogosphere has never cared about position coaches is probably explained by the fact that you joined two days ago.
January 13th, 2015 at 10:30 PM ^
Here is the real question:
Can he plays drums like his old man?
January 13th, 2015 at 10:30 PM ^
January 14th, 2015 at 12:17 AM ^
The relevant fact is that it's not uncommon for filial bonds to outweigh solid judgement of actual performance. However, the Mercury News article doesn't paint any kind of picture of a spoiled, entitled son—quite the opposite.
It's nepotism, but at a position where he's liable to get plenty of coaching assistance. Time will tell whether the choice pans out or not.
January 13th, 2015 at 10:31 PM ^
January 14th, 2015 at 12:01 AM ^
I really think some people are over reacting to this hire.
January 14th, 2015 at 12:01 AM ^
I'll trust Coach Harbaugh's choice of the 25 year old that learned to watch film and coach with a championship organization in the NFL over the recruiter that didn't get the development needed out of his position group to hold Gary Nova under 400 yards passing this fall.
January 14th, 2015 at 12:07 AM ^
Fact is, we have no idea how it will work out. While it looks like some sentimental nepotism, the rest of the staff has such an impressive pedigree that Coach has earned the benefit of the doubt, especially for a hire at the bottom of the totem pole.
January 14th, 2015 at 12:25 AM ^
maybe the money pool for assistants was drying up. Read the Mercury News article and feel like, while it is probably a little of both my original supsicions, this looks to be a really good hire. With that coaching family's bloodlines, the fact that this kid has to have the same persona his dad has based on some of the inferences in the article, and that he will have several experienced TE coaches around him, this hire looks really good to me.
January 14th, 2015 at 12:52 AM ^
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http://www.mercurynews.com/49ers/ci_26279169/jim-harbaughs-son-forges-o…
"Jay has forged his own way in this business to be a very good young coach," said Oregon State's Mike Riley, who was Jim's head coach for two years with the San Diego Chargers. "Jay is a grinder. He's like Jim to a T."
It's Happenin'!
January 14th, 2015 at 12:57 AM ^
Who coaches the Ravens? Have they been any good since they're coached by a product of nepotism?
Fair or unfair, this is how the world works.
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January 14th, 2015 at 12:59 AM ^
Don't most sons want to match or outdo their dad's? If so for this kid, we're lucky to have him. Imagine trying to prove yourself to your dad when your dad is HARBAUGH. He will be motivated and have Harbaughian energy and the talent to prove himself. Chip off the old block could be a very positive development.
January 14th, 2015 at 1:10 AM ^
than our last TE coach! I think everyone will be surprised at how good of a coach he will turn out to be! Who knows, may be Jay will be Jim's successor in 20 years?
January 14th, 2015 at 1:12 AM ^
Dude, I'm good with the decision. I supported Lloyd Carr till the end, I supported RR and gave him benefit of the doubt, I supported Hoke . . . My point is, I am not going to question a coach with this kind of pedigree as a lay person given the aforementioned.. JH and MIchigan will be just fine.
In fact, I am going to quit drinking and go to bed after I brush, floss and take care of any blackheads on my nose. Probably only reason I shared that is becasue I have been drinking. Atleast the Wings won. Go Blue.
January 14th, 2015 at 1:15 AM ^
January 14th, 2015 at 10:09 AM ^
Joe Paterno and Vince Dooley were great coaches with National Championships under their belts. That didn't mean that their sons Jay and Derek were successful coaches.