FauxMo

February 26th, 2016 at 10:55 AM ^

Maybe start with two- or three-letter acronyms and build your competence level up from there? Remember, as Akeem from "Coming to America" once said, "He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying."

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McSomething

February 26th, 2016 at 10:31 AM ^

This is hilarious that coaches were expected to follow unwritten rules when so many were secretly violating the rules that are written down.
The point, in a nutshell, many of us have been making since all this noise started from the SEC.

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SoDak Blues

February 26th, 2016 at 10:32 AM ^

Nice Article. The last two lines are perfect:

"Harbaugh is dancing among the wreckage, celebrating the loopholes in the ridiculous rules and doing everything he can to build a great football team. Other coaches and programs hate him, but as someone with no rooting interest, it’s been a joy to watch."

As someone with a definite rooting interest, it has been fucking fantastic to watch. 

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Cranky Dave

February 26th, 2016 at 10:33 AM ^

this article gets right to the heart of the matter-harbaugh is just shining a light on the hypocrisy that is big time college sports.  Amateurism! what about the children! I hope Jim does this at Michigan for another 25 years....

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PopeLando

February 26th, 2016 at 11:14 AM ^

I don't think it's Harbaugh who's shining the light. The idiots who didn't think before they spoke (i.e. SEC and especially ACC commissioners) are the ones who really should shut up...their antics allow everyone to shine the light.

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charblue.

February 26th, 2016 at 2:30 PM ^

This, of course, won't stop the college football world from taking sides when the NCAA eventually gets around to SEC and ACC-induced legislation aimed at stopping Harbaugh from doing what others feared or dared not do before. If anything, he is the fucking man when it comes to pushing the outer limits of what is permissable.

You either walk through life with a relaxed confidence about your ability to lead and direct the future of  a program to where you always envisioned it could rise under your leadership,(and a daydream believing Harbaugh did that as a young David in the chair of Bo's lion king office,  , or you pretend that compromise and misdiredtion is the art of powerful persuasion.

In the end, action always speaks louder than words, and those fawning protection of the masses in order to preseve their own place in the world like Greg Sankey and Kirby Smart. 

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LDNfan

February 26th, 2016 at 10:42 AM ^

The thing the SEC hasn't figured out is that they are doing JH and UM a HUGE favour by making this a national story...one that is making JH/UM the biggest story/winner of yet another off-season. I mean PSU/Franklin did the satellite thing, no one complained and it was hardly even noticed. Harbaugh does it..albeit with the Harbaugh flair and they freak out..from the Commish to Saban on down. I mean you know you are on to something when the Conference Head and its NC winning coach are discussing your actions. In that way, its good that Delaney had stayed out of it...JH gets to reap all the benefits (from his calculated 'gamble').

At this point, the SEC would be better off zipping it and hoping to get JH/UM on the field..but then again that didn't work out so well for them either (41-7).

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OC Alum91

February 26th, 2016 at 1:01 PM ^

So true about SEC giving Harbaugh more of a national platform by reacting to him. He is under their skin, playing them like a violin, and then seem oblivious. They should ignore him but they can't. He *is* more, of a threat than Franklin. Harbaugh has made good chess moves, SEC loses if they do react, SEC loses if they don't react. He is opportunistic, and they are playing catchup.

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UM Fan from Sydney

February 26th, 2016 at 10:53 AM ^

The coaches and fans who hate Jim tactics are just haters...plain and simple. They're jealous for not being as innovative. Just imagine when Michigan starts winning even more. Oh, fun times are ahead, that's for sure.

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mjv

February 26th, 2016 at 11:03 AM ^

This is the same type of stuff Saban did when he arrived at Bama (probably a different take on the bag men angle though).  Saban knew the rules inside and out and worked his ass off to the letter of the rules.

I vaguely recall that there were limitations on calling players, so he had the players Skype him.  He couldn't meet players, but "bumping" into them at their school was acceptable, so Nick went on the road to research players at their schools.

Saban decided he was going to outwork everyone else.  Combine that with the fact that he is a really good coach, at a school with tradition and resources and you have multiple national championships in a very short period of time.  

HARBAUGH is doing the exact same thing -- Out working other coaches.  And the benefits are already visible.  HARBAUGH just has a lot more fun with it than Saban does.

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