Harbaugh Hype Overblown
The rush to annoint JH as the next big thing in the NFL is symptomatic of our media driven culture. The guy is a perfect fit here at Michigan and has done wonders at Stanford, but the skill set for an NFL coach is much different than for a college coach. One of Harbaugh's most valuable qualites is his ability to find and mold raw talent, and this would be wasted at the next level. He is obviously a master at motivating young men but would this transfer to the task of massaging massive NFL egos?
The history of the NFL is littered with great college coaches who's talents did not transfer well (Spurrier, Saban, etc....) so what makes people think that JH - after one great season in Division I - can not only make the jump to light speed, but deserves more money than anyone else in the busines? It all makes no sense.
Here's hoping that this media circus is part of a complex negotiating dance in which JH is using this overblown leverage to get exactly what he wants from Brandon - in money, control and contract flexibility.
January 6th, 2011 at 9:07 PM ^
Michigan's smash mouth style never seemed to confuse Pac10 teams in the Rose Bowl,
January 6th, 2011 at 7:02 PM ^
is kind of like Hoke to UM?
January 6th, 2011 at 7:28 PM ^
if Jim Harbaugh leaves Stanford. He would address UM's main problem - poor defense.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:40 PM ^
This whole situation is just awful.
January 7th, 2011 at 5:34 AM ^
IT IS THiS GUYS FAULT JIM HARBAUGH IS NOT OUR COACH
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God Damnit Beamer.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:57 AM ^
I do not believe he ever was going to leave Stanford at all.
He played the game very well and took on the sharks in the blood filled waters and came out a couple of million ahead of what Stanford was paying him to begin with.
Harbaugh already knew his QB was staying. This was played out perfectly IMO. and Stanford may even go higher then they offered today to keep his services.
January 7th, 2011 at 7:45 AM ^
The only college coach in recent memory who took his team to the playoffs was Carroll and the team was ice-cold entering that elimination game to win the weakest conference in the NFC
I don't know if he can succeed in the NFL either but this happens every year with the hottest college coach, the NFL throws a bunch of money at him, he ends up in an unfortunate situation and gets canned after a few years
January 7th, 2011 at 8:43 AM ^
the biggets thing working against us right now is the fact that if harbaugh were coming, don't you think he'd be here by now?
January 7th, 2011 at 5:22 PM ^
Harbaugh is a great coach and I wish we could have had him, but I think there are other great coaches we can get.