Finebaum rips Harbaugh
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=15192690
I especially like the part when he says Harbaugh never beat Saban or Freeze for a recruit. I guess Gary's offers weren't commitable.
[Ed-S: Consolidated this with thread by 1VaBlue1. Here's what he said]:
Angelique captured both Finnebaum's radio show and Hugh Freeze's call-in to the Mike & Mike radio show. Most, if not all, of Finnebaum's comments came at the end of his show - designed to ellicit a response he doesn't have to acknowledge until he gets a chance to review them. The coward ass cowardly bitch...
His satellite tour (last summer) was groundbreaking, but it also was about Jim Harbaugh. It was about promoting the brand of Michigan football, but mostly, ‘Look at me, I’m Jim Harbaugh. I’m taking my shirt off. I can come into Nick Saban’s backyard.’ But not once did he ever beat Saban for a player, did he ever beat Huge Freeze for a player or (Tennessee coach) Butch Jones, but that hasn’t stopped him from taking cheap, uncessesary shots.
What cheap, unnecessary shots were taken by Harbaugh? He hit hard when provoked - to defend his program, but otherwise said nothing. Finnebaum is a tool to begin with, and the lead SEC apologist to boot.
Angie has other quotes, also, including some gems from Freeze, and some good points from Mike Riley against the ban.
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Remember that one time when he knew the bagman for Cam Newton? Then nothing happened bc he was full of shit...
April 13th, 2016 at 12:26 PM ^
Oh what a tangled web we weave when we're beholden to being a hardline conference shill.
I'm aware that not all offers are "committable" nowadays per se, but according to 247 in 2016 alone, Michigan listed 11 players with an Alabama offer. Is Finebaum trying to claim that all of these players were entirely unwanted by Saban, many coming directly from the SEC footprint or being very high four star types and in one case, a five star? Kareem Walker? Devin Bush, Jr.? Ben Bredeson? Devin Asiasi? Michael Onwenu? Ron Johnson? Nick Eubanks? Eddie McDoom? Elysee Mbem-Bosse? Joshua Uche? RASHAN GARY? And that's just Alabama! Ole Miss doesn't nearly have the cache that Alabama does, though they do offer a similar type of cash, and such a list would be even longer.
In particular, I remember Eubanks going down to the wire near signing day, and anybody that tries to claim that Gary couldn't have gone to any college in the country with a football team is out of their minds. I can relate to Finebaum in the sense that I feel about Michigan how he feels about the entire SEC, and recognize that his livelihood comes from pandering to the SEC's fanbase, but once we start losing perspective of facts, especially with Finebaum being somebody who covers sports for a living, it starts to became shameful, disingenuous, and embarrassing.
April 13th, 2016 at 12:42 PM ^
Harbaugh plucked Nate Johnson out of Tennessee's paws. I wonder if this guy believes his own bullshit.
player."
But let's just hold Finebaum to his lie:
If "not once did he ever beat Saban for a player," then what the hell are Finebaum, the SEC, and the NCAA worried about? If Finebaum is correct, then this is an argument that satellite camps must return: That satellite camps help recruits gain exposure, but do not result in Michigan getting a glut of southern talent. If Finebaum is correct, then he is making an argument for Harbaugh and for satellite camps.
These media types are not only immoral but also ignorant: They lie in hopes of bolstering an argument, not realizing that by so lying they destroy their argument.
April 13th, 2016 at 12:54 PM ^
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your*
Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, many people probably still think Harbaugh would like to return to the NFL at some point. When viewed in that context, any and everything he does can be spun as "selfish."
Holy shit, troll. Harbaugh has you genuinely scared, doesn't he?
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you can't spell:
"Finebaum Sucks Elephant Cocks"
without S.E.C.
April 13th, 2016 at 12:04 PM ^
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April 13th, 2016 at 12:09 PM ^
I bet uncle nikki sat him down and told him what was right and what was wrong....
Pretty impressive vertical, wonder what his sparq score is???
April 13th, 2016 at 12:06 PM ^
His mancrush is all Saban. Check it out.
April 13th, 2016 at 12:08 PM ^
That is just nasty. +1, sir!
April 13th, 2016 at 12:35 PM ^
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
YES!
April 13th, 2016 at 12:50 PM ^
you just won the internet. Brilliant GIF.
notified their number 1 shill and told him that he can't do that anymore.
April 13th, 2016 at 12:05 PM ^
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molests collies.
April 13th, 2016 at 12:07 PM ^
April 13th, 2016 at 12:08 PM ^
I love it how he thinks Hugh Freeze has to be a big time college coach and make almost $100K a week. If he wants to spend time with his family he can coach high school, run 2 hour practices, and never go on the road to recruit. If you take the responsibility and the salary then yes, you should make some sacrifices in other areas of your life. No one would even force him to hold satellite camps anyway.
April 13th, 2016 at 12:42 PM ^
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April 13th, 2016 at 12:49 PM ^
Hugh Freeze uses Hudl.
April 13th, 2016 at 12:09 PM ^
His show is boring.... I keep waiting for him to start saying "Bueller... Bueller... Anyone... Anyone....."
April 13th, 2016 at 12:10 PM ^
He receives a paycheck from ESPN/SEC network. That's all you need to know.
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Hey, man, how the mother frick do you wind up on my facebook feed? I'm scrolling through my news feed and all the sudden Jennie Ritter is posting one of your tweets. I can't avoid you.
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April 13th, 2016 at 12:10 PM ^
I also enjoy how he lauds Freeze for going to Haiti to do volunteer work while Harbaugh was in Florida, as if to imply Harbaugh doesn't care about underprivileged people. So not only did he forget about Gary picking M over 'Bama/Ole Miss, Finebaum also doesn't realize that Harbaugh has an annual trip to Peru where he does volunteer work of his own. It is apparent that he was very lazy in his research for this piece.
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April 13th, 2016 at 12:25 PM ^
Teboooooooooooooooooooohhh SHit!!!
April 13th, 2016 at 12:11 PM ^
jock. That is annoying.
April 13th, 2016 at 12:12 PM ^
Finebaum was one of the urban high school coaches contacted by Freeze. I found it interesting that while Harbaugh is holding camps in rural areas of the south, Freeze polls urban HS coaches who state that they have enough camps and don't need any more. Again he takes the easy way out.