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Harbaugh's records at Stanford:
| 2007 | Jim Harbaugh | 4–8 | .333 |
| 2008 | 5–7 | .417 | |
| 2009 | 8–5 | .615 | |
| 2010 | 7–1 | .875 |
Hey guess what? If Michigan can find a way to beat Illinois and Purdue, and then win a bowl game, they'll be 8-5 in RR's 3rd year.
Mind=blown
November 4th, 2010 at 1:27 PM ^
If RR demands the DC run a 3-3-5 base defense regardless of the DC or staff, there will be failure to a point. One improvement RR must make is to hire a competent, aggressive college DC and LET HIM COACH THE DEFENSE!
This BS of RR deciding what the base defense has to be and picking assistants for the DC is ludicrous. Hire the DC, let him bring in his pos. coaches and come up witht e defensive scheme. If RR can't do that, then bring Harbaugh, Meyer, whoeva.
November 4th, 2010 at 1:54 PM ^
Haubaugh vs ranked opponent (AP rank)
2007....1-3
2008...1-3
2009...2-0
2010...0-1
November 4th, 2010 at 3:28 PM ^
We should note that USC is ineligble for the rankings because of its NCAA sanctions. Otherwise they'd have been ranked when Stanford played them. Also, given that Stanford was in terrible shape when Harbaugh took them over, that he managed to beat a top 25 opponent in each of his first two years is impressive.
November 4th, 2010 at 6:37 PM ^
That he is supposed to beat to achieve respectable conference records. For some reason that sounds incredibly unfamiliar.
November 4th, 2010 at 2:13 PM ^
It's possible that Stanford has been a team that has been overlooked coming into this season by their opponents so far. With their obvious success this year, next year they will have a target on their back and their record next season may come back down to reality in the PAC-10 (maybe 3, maybe 4, or 5 losses next season). Anything can happen.
Anyone that follows college football know that this happens a lot. For example, Kansas a few years ago. They had a great season, but couldn't repeat their success with Todd Reecing coming back as their starting qb. I think teams that year were more prepared for them.
November 4th, 2010 at 3:24 PM ^
If RR does manage to go 8-5 this year, he'll keep his job. I don't think that's really in doubt. The question is more about what happens if he finishes the regular season 5-7 or 6-6. I think it's tough to justify retaining him in those cases.
Regarding Harbaugh, it's important to note that he inherited a 1-11 team. So every year he's been there, they've improved. Just to go from one win to eight wins is pretty remarkable, but he's managed to raise their level of play further still this season. The guy's got some issues as a person, but there's not much you can fault with his coaching performance.