CC: Jim Mora on the Rich Eisen Show

We're similar to UCLA academically, except the Michigan football tradition is much stronger.

If Mora is willing to come to Ann Arbor, he'd be an excellent hire. He can bring Rosen and KLS with him, too.

I suppose it's possible Harbaugh would like to target the recruits but delegate the in home visits to assistants.

You can want control over football operations and still hate recruiting at the college level, where you have to fly around the country and begin picking out next year's guys as soon as the season ends. Chip Kelly said something to this effect by mentioning that he actually has more free time in the NFL since he isn''t primarily responsible for bringing guys in.

the whims of 17-year olds.

The whims of which will be covered obsessively by bloggers whose profession is trolling all those 17-year olds, their mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, cousins, coaches and assorted hangers on to find out what their out-of-control hormones and adolescent ids are telling what to do this minute , and whose observations will actually be commented critically upon by thousands,  well hundreds...well, actually, maybe dozens, of idiots who will dote upon, and occasionally pay for, those priceless insignts. And then, a few certifiable morons who pretend to be journalists will post "stories"  which "report" on all that erudition.

What's not to understand?

If your professional success or failure was overwhelmingly dependent on the whims of a score of teenagers every single year, year after year, would you want to deal with that?

Not that being a NFL coach lacks its own challenges, but do they really compare with having to debase yourself quite like that?

Just sayin.

nor on the Gulfstream (too heavy) Yeah - Harbaugh is a control guy - and the good NFL teams that offer up control are few and far between. I think there is a lot of NFL wonk BS out there. It comes down to the lure of a CoFoPo championship vs a Superbowl championship.

And don't forget, college players simply have fleeting, four-year relationships.

I just heard John Clayton discussing Harbaugh's options on the Mark Schlereth Show. He didn't even acknowledge that Michigan is a possibility. This drives me crazy-Harbaugh may or may not choose to come here, but I am convinced that U of M is a serious consideration, and those freakin' NFL guys can't get it through their heads that they're not the best show in town. (Ya ever been in a foreign country the day of Super Bowl. I have several times, trust me, the rest of the world doesn't give a shit...) College coaches are molders of men, they touch the future-we forget that most of those guys touching the banner are NOT going to be pro athletes. Most of them are gonna be CEOs, physicians, attorneys, etc. Guys that played for Bo, the Bear, etc get almost teary eyed discussing their time with those coaches. Bill Walton constantly talks about John Wooden-does he ever even mention his pro coaches? Coaching pro athletes is liking screwing a porn star- they may be more proficient at it, but their heart isn't really in it and they are doing it for the money. I realize this is just my opinion, but coaching a college team has got to be more rewarding than anything in the Not For Long league.... (Just placed this on a different thread- that just got deleted?)

It's Mora the Younger

No one has returned his calls so he knows he won't be asked because he knows the job has been filled, so he says I never liked them anyway, so he takes his ball and he goes home. In summation: it's HAPPENING! !!

The quote that's being blown way out of proportion is: "The Michigan thing is a non-existent piece. I don't want to draw attention away from this program in any way."

 

It's a non answer.

Harbaugh...always Harbaugh.

...not to mention clashing with meddlesome owners and GMs and not having control over personnel decisions. 

Sumlin is good, but Mora is better.

FootballScoop still sucks donkey dick.  This time next year the guy is gonna be slinging hooker trading cards on the Vegas strip.