Association of Harbaugh Apologists (AOHA)
I hereby form the Association of Harbaugh Apologists (AOHA).
We are now accepting members. Member responsibilities include: (i) supportive posting, (ii) sewing doubt in posts related to Luke Fickell, (iii) pretending to not know who Matt Campbell even is or that Iowa State has a football team, and (iv) active and consistent cognitive dissonance as related to football performance.
AOHA's official position is that the best case scenario for the 2020 season is:
- Beating Rutgers
- Beating Maryland
- Beating Penn State
- Some sort of non-threatening, proactive Covid-19 management event leading to the cancellation of the Ohio State game in which no players or personnel actual receive the disease or are harmed.
Members will receive broken masks and a vintage yellow MCard.
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November 18th, 2020 at 11:47 AM ^
OP is the shitposter whom MGoBlog deserves, but not the one it needs right now.
November 18th, 2020 at 1:36 PM ^
Post of the year nominee
November 18th, 2020 at 11:35 AM ^
Please make it stop
November 18th, 2020 at 11:36 AM ^
A-O
H-A
November 18th, 2020 at 11:36 AM ^
Well this place sure is fun after a program-imploding stretch of bad losses.
November 18th, 2020 at 11:37 AM ^
If you want to come off as a whiny bitch, then you are doing an admirable job. If you are no longer a fan of the athletes who have committed their futures to the team, then just go away.
November 18th, 2020 at 11:40 AM ^
If this was your attempt at humor, don't quit your day job.
November 18th, 2020 at 12:51 PM ^
This chimp is a good judge of (non)humor!
November 18th, 2020 at 1:23 PM ^
Used to write jokes for Bob Hope.
November 18th, 2020 at 6:27 PM ^
Why even post? Go complain about politics
November 18th, 2020 at 6:36 PM ^
Speaking of politics, can we just bring back OT season?
November 18th, 2020 at 11:42 AM ^
What ever happened to Gary Cooper, the strong silent type?
November 18th, 2020 at 11:46 AM ^
The last strong silent type went to see Dr. Melfi.
November 18th, 2020 at 11:49 AM ^
Funniest part about the whole thing!
November 18th, 2020 at 11:43 AM ^
I'd be really surprised if Harbaugh hasn't already checked out.
Edit: worded badly. I meant already decided he is leaving.
November 18th, 2020 at 12:13 PM ^
Again, I don’t think Harbaugh is a bad football coach. I think Harbaugh is a bad recruiter. He’s not great at evaluating talent - both recruits and coaches. He needs a GM to do that for him so he can concentrate on only coaching.
November 18th, 2020 at 12:35 PM ^
His success at Stanford would suggest otherwise. How many 2 and 3 star players did he turn into all conference and future NFL draft picks and starters? He just isn't the same guy now. Somehow he's become a disorganized mess.
November 18th, 2020 at 1:05 PM ^
Who were his asst coaches at Stanford? They seemed to do a good job a player development. That and recruiting seem to be the two points you need to build up to compete with tOSU.
November 18th, 2020 at 1:46 PM ^
Greg Roman and Vic Fangio, for starters... I think it's fair to say his Stanford Coord's were a bit better than what he has here.
November 18th, 2020 at 1:26 PM ^
He hasn't done what was expected, which was develop a stud QB. He did a good job with Rudock and Speight, but 1st round picks are taking teams to the CFP.
Mertz is the reason Wisconsin might finally solve OSU. He looks like a legit first day draft pick.
November 18th, 2020 at 1:53 PM ^
Wrong. He's not a bad recruiter in general. He's brought in a lot of talented guys. The issue there is baffling failures at a couple key positions (CB and DT). The number of guys that have gone to the NFL in the last 5 years disagrees with your comment about not evaluating talent well. The much bigger problems are:
1. High level of good players transferring out or going pro early.
2. Lack of toughness and fire on the field in games.
3. Head-scratching play calling key situations, continued repeat of same penalties by players, and bad clock management
4. Team being unprepared schematically in games on a routine basis.
5. Lack of adjustments by coaches in games: Shitty first half results = Results in 2nd half.
Conclusion - his coaching is the real problem.
November 18th, 2020 at 4:13 PM ^
Good post. That summarizes it well.
November 18th, 2020 at 11:44 AM ^
Not quite the reaction you were looking for, I suspect...
November 18th, 2020 at 11:47 AM ^
I sew doubts with my mad crocheting skills.
November 18th, 2020 at 12:15 PM ^
I watched that movie SO MANY TIMES as a kid.
You're the disease, and I'm the cure.
November 19th, 2020 at 2:43 AM ^
I wonder if AC Slater has any eligibility left.
November 18th, 2020 at 11:55 AM ^
I apologize for this apologist. Would that be a double negative or a false positive? Is this a test?
November 18th, 2020 at 11:59 AM ^
Sign me up!
November 18th, 2020 at 12:00 PM ^
I am desperately trying, and overtly failing, to inject some modicum of humor into this unfortunate set of circumstances.
I suppose the entire thing just saddens me. I have been following this blog a long time and remember the last two coaching searches - at least, on my end, those were exciting times directed at potential and what could be. This one feels markedly different - sort of like a stopping of the bleeding instead of a launch forward.
Perhaps I am alone on this but I am a bit of a sad UMich alum of late due to how badly I wanted him to succeed.
November 18th, 2020 at 1:00 PM ^
Don't give up on him. A new defensive coordinator, Edwards, JJ, Domani, and we'll be cooking with gas in no time!
November 18th, 2020 at 1:53 PM ^
FWIW OP as much as I disliked your thread I really like this comment.
I feel the same way.
November 18th, 2020 at 2:30 PM ^
Agreed. When Harbaugh took over, it was supposed to be the start of a Brand New Era. After the embarrassments of RichRod and Hoke, we knew that JH would be an improvement, but we were expecting more than that. We were expecting The Answer.
But it's six years later, and we've got the same questions.
November 18th, 2020 at 2:38 PM ^
Just when I think you couldn't possibly be any dumber, you go and do something like this... and TOTALLY REDEEM YOURSELF!
November 18th, 2020 at 5:29 PM ^
See, this I feel is a better take on what people are feeling.
November 18th, 2020 at 12:00 PM ^
Here's some sewing.
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November 18th, 2020 at 2:35 PM ^
I believe that is hanging in my kitchen.
November 18th, 2020 at 12:01 PM ^
Just saw Matt Campbell is 0-5 versus Iowa.
Sounds like he'd be a perfect fit at Michigan
November 18th, 2020 at 12:14 PM ^
The OP specifically said not to sew doubts
November 18th, 2020 at 12:16 PM ^
and only Big12 Coach of the Year twice
November 18th, 2020 at 12:32 PM ^
Inability to beat rivals AND media hype?
The guy sound PERFECT
November 18th, 2020 at 12:36 PM ^
You're stitching together a compelling narrative by continuing to sew doubts.
November 18th, 2020 at 12:48 PM ^
The OP is hanging on by a thread. Maybe we should stop needling him. It's tearing at the very fabric of the message board.
November 18th, 2020 at 12:59 PM ^
Still better than status quo, race to the bottom JH. 1-3 record worst start since 1967, 7-12 v ranked B1G teams, 11-16 v ranked teams. $43.5M received in salary since he came on board. 10-9 in last 19 games. Time to cut him loose and get a proven winner like Matt Campbell.
November 18th, 2020 at 1:59 PM ^
Harbaugh's career coaching record is 150-67 (106-48 college, 44-19 NFL). That record includes taking a crappy loser of a USD team to consecutive 11-1 records; taking Stanford, then a challenger to NW's dominant run of ineptness and CFB laughingstock, to national prominence with several huge wins; and taking an underperforming 49ers team to three NFC Championship games and a Super Bowl.
One could say Jim Harbaugh was a "proven winner".
My point? Even "proven winners" don't always work out...
November 18th, 2020 at 12:01 PM ^
It is really weird. Every Saturday, we all watch the implosion and obvious deficiencies. Everyone gets mad because it is really clear this is not working.
By Monday it changes to,"who would we get"?
Then, by Wednesday, it goes 180° back around to, "good ol' Jim"...
I am starting to think that we are all in a dysfunctional / enabler relationship with Jim Harbaugh.
November 18th, 2020 at 12:11 PM ^
Maybe. Or perhaps we are sampling from different parts of the MGo population. It seems that there is a special type of poster that appears in the game and snowflake threads that I don't typically see during the week.