Harbaugh on the Smith Tweet: "It Was Time to Fire One Over Their Bow"
Harbs explained his tweet to Gene Smith today. And it was beautiful. Other details:
- Harbaugh and Warde Manuel talked about it, and Manuel agreed with what Harbaugh did.
- According to Jourdan Lewis and Chris Wormley, the players LOVED it.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wol…
Gene Smith brought a knife to a gun fight. That never ends well with Jim Harbaugh.
It ain't over.
March 26th, 2016 at 10:14 PM ^
I love Michigan, but come on. OSU has had Michigan's number for most of the time that many of us on this board have been alive.
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“It’s cool to see somebody having our back like that, someone that has a voice, someone that people are going to listen to, people are going to follow,” Wormley said. “When you see somebody like that on the sidelines or on Twitter or coaching us in the meeting room, it’s cool to see, it lets us know he has our back and we have his back.”
Going back to some of the angst expressed by a few in the "Spring Game Info" thread last night regarding the fact that Manuel should even speak to Harbaugh about the tweets, I think they both see this in the same light, even if from different perspectives based on their positions.
As for what Wormley said here, I don't know how many time's we've actually talked about the players' perspective on these, but it is great that they see it as evidence of the same thing that most of us do, that Harbaugh has the team's back.
March 26th, 2016 at 10:08 PM ^
March 26th, 2016 at 10:10 PM ^
OSU has flat out owned Michigan on the gridiron for the better part of 15 years. I'm about as homeristic as it gets for Michigan and even I know there's no way around that fact. Until we can beat an OSU team that isn't coached by Luke Fickell, how can we smack talk their football team in any regard?
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March 26th, 2016 at 10:18 PM ^
He didn't talk smack on their football team. He snapped back at the AD who came at him first. It was merely a counterattack and wasn't about the team at all.
March 26th, 2016 at 10:30 PM ^
but here it is anyway - I feel that Coach H referring to the OSU AD as having been "irrelevant" was a reach. They did just bully their way to a National Championship not that long ago. At least the OSU guy did apologize (which he should, being the AD and all), Jim is postioning us to be competitve with OSU again, but poking the giant may not be the best idea at this point. The less bulletin board material that Meyer has on us the better.
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March 26th, 2016 at 11:03 PM ^
March 27th, 2016 at 12:27 AM ^
Great response by Harbaugh. As he well knows, the team needs to show it on the field. We've got our work cut out for us vs. OSU. If anyone is equal to the task, it is Harbaugh.
March 27th, 2016 at 12:29 AM ^
for world peace
March 27th, 2016 at 10:35 AM ^
that to respond to insults, you must first win often on the field.
But if you cannot respond to insults, you will not likely win the war of words, If you do not win today's media-driven war of words, you will not change public perception. If you do not change public perception, you will not often win the recruiting war If you do not win the recruiting war, you will not consistently win on the field.
So, by following the absurd rule above, you will not likely to satisfy its conditions.
March 27th, 2016 at 10:45 AM ^
to say that we (on a message board) cannot respond to OSU insults until "we" win more often
We (on a message board)—who respond to OSU's trash talking—do not win or lose to OSU. The players do.
But it is impossible for current players to have beaten OSU often, on average. How many games have current UM players had vs OSU? The 4th year players have had 3 games,. 3rd year 2, 2nd year 1, and 1st year none. Assuming an equal distiribution of players across years, that would be an average of 1.5 games per player.*
Regarding our new coach at UM, beating OSU more “often” is even more impossible, since he has coached only one game vs OSU. If you want to consider more than one game, you need to consider Harbaugh’s record playing as a QB vs OSU too. During those years, he was 2-0.
* (actually, since players drop out, it would be less, even if you account for a handful of 5th year players too)
March 27th, 2016 at 11:04 AM ^
why it is absurd to say that we cannot respond to OSU insults.
OSU was 2-10-1 vs UM in the years prior to the Tressel regime. OSU then cheated for at least a decade under Tressel, The year he left, OSU also had to vacate all its wins due to its corruption. The next year, OSU also lost to UM. Their new coach has since ridden the momentum from the prior decade, even using some players recruited under a regime that allowed illegal recruiting benefits.
Especially, it is appropriate—indeed, necessary—for the UM HC to respond to insults from an OSU AD who was part of the corrupt Tressel regime. Harbaugh was more than justified in reminding the OSU AD that he--least of all---was qualified to claim the high ground vs UM..
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March 27th, 2016 at 11:30 AM ^
you make it unilikely to succeed in the long run. In today's meida-driven world, you nearly assure your eventual failure
Takin shots, getting dirty and not caring....but I just want to start beating these guys.
f OSU