August 19th, 2015 at 7:16 PM ^
I'm about ten years out of school, so my perspective is a bit dated, but don't a lot of the players live in South and West Quads? That's where they were,at least the lower classmen, when I was there.
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August 19th, 2015 at 7:40 PM ^
I have to strongly disagree. Harbaugh has shown he is very charismatic when put in a comfortable interview environment. I don't think he'd have any issue with a fellow UM alum. That being said, I doubt he would be very transparent mid-season.
He only seems to be a dick to the reporters that are just there to get a soundbite to blow out of proportion.
August 19th, 2015 at 9:33 PM ^
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August 19th, 2015 at 7:44 PM ^
I think Harbaugh would have good chemistry with Brandy since he's a former player.
August 19th, 2015 at 10:04 PM ^
It's not like he's always like this...my God people, get a grip.
August 19th, 2015 at 7:34 PM ^
one thing is certain.
Dave Ablauf hates his job right now:
Ablauf: I need you to talk to the BTN crew
JH: Fuck you Dave.
Ablauf to Jim Hackett: Jim, make JH do the interview.
Hackett to Ablauf: He told you to fuck off. So fuck off!!
August 19th, 2015 at 8:02 PM ^
i suspect harbaugh's job description as head coach includes interacting with the media. he is odd or tries to come off as odd at times. i suspect there is a method to his madness.
August 19th, 2015 at 9:16 PM ^
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August 20th, 2015 at 2:59 AM ^
football savant.
All he cares about is football and he detests anything that detracts from that.
August 19th, 2015 at 7:41 PM ^
Honestly, too, our program has been nothing but talk the last few years. I like Harbaugh's mentality of buckling down and focusing solely on producing results.
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August 19th, 2015 at 8:46 PM ^
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August 19th, 2015 at 9:11 PM ^
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August 19th, 2015 at 9:21 PM ^
I don't care if he moons the cameras and shows the media his ass right there on the 50 yard line.
Results, please. We'll go from there.
August 19th, 2015 at 9:27 PM ^
Love Jim, but BTN is an entity that literally gives this institution $32 million per year and growing. Could a few minutes hurt? Giving the finger to Baumgardner and the rest of the media crew is one thing.
On the bright side, silence is better than Brady Hoke non-answers and verbal ticks, so I suppose this is a step in the right direction.
August 19th, 2015 at 9:58 PM ^
"Wellll, you know, we practiced so well today and, uhhhhhh, the expectation for my position is that the results speak for themselves. Futhermore, I was aware, but not fully aware, that the BTN was here today"
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August 20th, 2015 at 6:58 AM ^
Yeah, that's a good point. I get the bunker mentality, but its rarely a good idea to bite the hand that feeds.
August 19th, 2015 at 9:30 PM ^
If ya want the players to stay in the sub and go all in you need to do the same.
The sub will surface in Utah and sink their battleship.
August 19th, 2015 at 9:31 PM ^
It's jimmys first year he should have talked to the BTN
August 19th, 2015 at 9:35 PM ^
Fuck BTN
August 20th, 2015 at 5:26 AM ^
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August 20th, 2015 at 6:56 AM ^
Dienhart and BTN are OK, its just that the last couple of years, especially the last one, there hasn't been much good to report out of Michigan. It makes it look like BTN has a problem with the program. If things turn around, they'll be Michigan's biggest boosters.
August 19th, 2015 at 10:21 PM ^
August 19th, 2015 at 11:37 PM ^
From Sports Illustrated, September 14, 1981
"O.K., from a distance Bo comes on like a yahoo. And that's Bo's public image. He has had horrible problems with the press, which has this nasty habit of wanting to talk to him when he loses, his mother's advice notwithstanding. But even if the media's timing were better, it probably wouldn't make much difference, because Bo hates the press. Not just a little. A lot. The Voice of Michigan Football, Bob Ufer, says he has tried to get Schembechler to be nicer to the media. "But he told me," says Ufer, " 'Bob, if I win, I don't need the press, and if I lose, they can't help me.' "
Says Ufer, "Bo has two categories of things in his life: what matters and what doesn't matter. What matters is football. What doesn't matter is everything else. Bo is the kind of guy who is so dedicated that he doesn't realize how he's coming off." So while some coaches like to go out and drink with sportswriters, Bo would prefer to break out in warts.
Until a couple of years ago, he would routinely storm out of press conferences, kick reporters out of the sessions ("Don't be offended," says one of Bo's friends. "He'd kick Millie out, too"), make himself unavailable and order his players not to talk. Talking very softly once at a press conference, he was asked to speak up. "I'm speaking as loudly as I can," said Bo softly and arrogantly. And in a memorable set-to on Oct. 1, 1979, Schembechler gave an absolutely unnecessary push to a publicity-seeking college newspaper reporter.
Yet too much is read into all this. As Don Canham, athletic director at Michigan, says, "Bo is oblivious to life."
If Canham were still alive today, he might say "Bo doesn’t get sick. He doesn’t observe major holidays. He's a jackhammer.”
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I don't know why anybody would care that JH doesn't want to speak to BTN—do they actually believe he's going to say anything that isn't pure coachspeak/pablum/fluff anyhow? Harbaugh could read from the phone book and it would be just as informative.
August 20th, 2015 at 7:39 AM ^
"We're not going to talk about it. We're going to be about it." - Jim Harbaugh, December 30, 2014 at his introductory press conference.
I guess he really meant what he said that day. Huh, go figure...
August 20th, 2015 at 8:01 AM ^
I don't like that Harbaugh turned them down. You gotta talk with BTN.
August 20th, 2015 at 9:35 AM ^
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August 20th, 2015 at 10:53 AM ^
These Big Ten tours are planned months in advance. The Atheletic Dept would have known in April exactly what day and time an interview could be scheduled. Most coaches do it in- between practices in their t-shirts and shorts. No make up, no prepping. They are Big Ten network reporters, not local media slappies. They arent there to embarass him or the team. It is for the benefit of the entire Big Ten audience. It would have taken no more than 15 minutes. To believe that in 4 months he couldn't plan to carve out that bit of time is ludicrous. I think he comes across as childish and doesnt help the image of him or the team in the league. I know you guys dont care about what other fans think of the team but other Big Ten fans would enjoy seeing him in action.
August 20th, 2015 at 6:20 PM ^
They will see him in action two weeks from today when he surfaces to sink the Utes.
August 21st, 2015 at 7:03 AM ^
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