January 3rd, 2011 at 9:00 AM ^
that JH is being as tight-lipped as possible on the situation so as not to leave his team with the feeling that they are losing ther coach. Whether he comes to Michigan or jumps to the NFL, he isn't saying a word until his game is over. Let the rumors fly, they're all BS.
January 3rd, 2011 at 12:40 PM ^
The consensus is that "the next week" meant this week.
January 3rd, 2011 at 8:55 AM ^
comes out and announces that RR is back for another year ? We've already lost our B1G recruit and IMO this team has not progressed from 2009 to 2010 (what was our signature win ?) and we just got humiliated on Saturday.
I'm not sure DB can even bring RR back if JH isn't coming ... and that leaves us where ???
Go Blue !
January 3rd, 2011 at 10:01 AM ^
After the 3 straight utter humiliations to end the season - the latest coming after the team had a chance to get healthy, and with RR's vaunted offense getting completely shut down after the first 2 drives - I don't see how DB can credibly bring RR back.
The overwhelming majority of fans that I have spoken to want him gone. DB waited on making his decision to see the full body of work. If the body of work before the bowl game were not enough to convince DB to retain RR (which, if it were, he should have said so), the bowl game certainly did nothing to help RR.
If DB does end up keeping RR, after the protracted and unnecessary "evaluation period" - a period which created a media circus around our once proud program - then he put the program through a month of shit for no reason whatsoever.
To me, RR needs to go. Not because he can't coach, not because he is a bad guy and not because he is not a Michigan Man. He needs to go because, as Bruce Feldman said yesterday, the situation has become toxic to Michigan football. You can't succeed with a coach who is constantly on the hot seat. DB needs to call an end to this sorry era in M football and bring in someone else to restore respectability.
January 3rd, 2011 at 8:57 AM ^
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:46 AM ^
Assuming that such a thing even exists, for which we have no evidence one way or another.
January 3rd, 2011 at 10:23 AM ^
which? the cc committee or special teams?
January 3rd, 2011 at 8:57 AM ^
happening. I'll react when an announcement is made in AA. Having said that, if JH doesn't come here the shit storm will continue no matter who is chosen because this fanbase seems to not be accepting of anyone other than someone from "the family". Those options are few and far between. If DB puts all his eggs in one basket and that basket breaks then DB will be in the exact situation that Bill Martin was in.
January 3rd, 2011 at 8:58 AM ^
I've heard the exact opposite from an NFL sourse, FWIW.
I've heard that Harbaugh will leverage NFL offers into a better offer here and that we can expect Harbaugh to UM announced by the end of the week.
So, yeah, YAY for rumor mongering.
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:03 AM ^
Agent-driven rumors can lead to more pay.
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:29 AM ^
I've heard that Harbaugh will leverage NFL offers into a better offer here and that we can expect Harbaugh to UM announced by the end of the week.
So you've heard a complete guess from "an NFL source" who really doesn't know anything more than anybody else. Third-hand rumors really aren't much more valuable than fourth-hand rumors.
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:52 AM ^
Which was much of my point. I'm not putting my head on the line over this or anything. But I figured the MGoCommunity would love to hear. It is a reputable source, but yeah, like the tag says: Rumor-mongering is what the internets are for.
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:02 AM ^
The great 2008 holoscan MgoBlog coaching search has thought me anything is patience and how to handle rumors...that's why I hit the refresh button every 3 seconds. Yep, I'm going to freak out till this is over, I've learned nothing.
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:03 AM ^
NFL now thinks Harbaugh is going to NFL
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:04 AM ^
"sources" around the NFL feel he is leaning that way
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:05 AM ^
1. The Big Lead had already been speculating on who breaks the Jim Harbaugh to Michigan story a couple days, and it did not seem like they had any solid info at the time. They were "hearing" the decision had been done for weeks and were already speculating about his wife getting cold feet due to weather with no source.
http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2010/12/31/jim-harbaugh-to-michigan-who-breaks-the-story/
2. The Big Lead also called out Adam Schefter for being wrong about rumors about the ND coaching search. This one has me a little worried, but Schefter is not backing off the Harbaugh-to-Michigan report.
http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/12/01/bob-stoops-notre-dame-tons-o-fun/
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:06 AM ^
^^^^
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:11 AM ^
is reportedly going sailing to "clear his mind," unnamed sources tell me.
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:07 AM ^
now i am freaking out man.
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:08 AM ^
has some pretty damn good sources in the sporting world, so I take whatever Jason McIntyre has to say seriously. If he is hearing rumors that Harbaugh is waffling, it has some weight with me.
That being said, I refuse to believe Brandon has committed the same mistake as Bill Martin. DB strikes me as a cool customer with way too much savvy to be caught with his pants down. If the Harbaugh deal does not somehow come to fruition, you can be sure he has a solid backup plan already formulated. I have a lot of (blind) faith in DB and his decision making skills.
January 3rd, 2011 at 12:43 PM ^
Their original post on Harbaugh looked more like a writer speculating on where Harbaugh would go based on inference from Harbaugh's history and how events were playing out. He never specifically cited a source concretely and more looks like he is trying to reason out where Harbaugh would go.
Even Rob Parker has sources, but he also had his "close and warm personal friends" which were often just crazy voices he heard in his head.
Based on the Big Lead's writing on this story, I am not buying yet.
January 3rd, 2011 at 10:16 AM ^
Jason McIntyre also has a history of throwing shit at the wall and defending such actions when challenged.
http://mgoblog.com/content/blogs-balls-3-big-leadedsbs-throwdown-transc…
Not to say that JH is a done deal. How the hell would I know?
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:09 AM ^
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:32 AM ^
but you're a sorry person if you turned down your childhood dream job for anyone (unless your wife makes big bucks).
January 3rd, 2011 at 10:16 AM ^
No one has answered so far. Please show me a single quote from Jim Harbaugh that head football coach at the University of Michigan is his dream job.
January 3rd, 2011 at 10:32 AM ^
...only in the minds of some especially delusional fans.
January 3rd, 2011 at 3:28 PM ^
...assume it's the case:
January 3rd, 2011 at 10:35 AM ^
Thank you. People keep saying "Michigan is Jim Harbaugh's dream job" but there isn't a single statement to that effect that anybody can unearth from the most exhaustive media search possible of Harbaugh's public utterances. When pressed for evidence, all they can fall back on is "well my dad knows the guy who cleans Harbaugh's pool and that's what he heard" or "well, everybody knows that's what Harbaugh thinks."
You can point to statements made by Harbaugh at the time he was hired by Stanford that imply that job was something he wanted for a long time.
None of this means it's impossible that Harbaugh regards UM as a dream job, but he has never once said as much in public. All people are doing is assuming and/or hoping.
January 3rd, 2011 at 11:59 AM ^
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:12 AM ^
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:16 AM ^
I'M GOING TO PLANT A BASELESS CLAIM ON MY WEB SITE TO GET ALL OF YOU TO NOTICE ME!! AND THEN i'M GOING TO TALK TO MY SPONSORS ABOUT INCREASING REVENUE SHARING IN LIGHT OF ALL OF THESE CLICK-THROUGHS!!!
WELCOME TO 2011, WHEN IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S THE TRUTH AS LONG AS IT MAKES MY WEB SITE MONEY!!!
Re: Reporting a rumor without discussing the source could very well mean it began in this guy's eggs this morning. Granted, yes, I certainly don't WANT him to be true and I'm sure that's affecting my opinion, but until we hear some serious intel on where the rumor came from, I refuse to take it seriously.
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:28 AM ^
server appears to be overloaded. At least someone is cashing in...
January 3rd, 2011 at 1:13 PM ^
is this guy getting his breakfast supplies?
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:17 AM ^
I think Harbaugh would be a great hire for UM, but if in fact he does want to go to the NFL, then I think we should retain RR. As frustrated and heatbreaking these last few years have been for me, much like many other fans, I don't want a coaching carousel. RR has proven he can win on the BCS level in past, but for some reason that I do not know, has not even come close to repeating that here. But if JH is not coming, I for one, would be willing to give him the benefit of the doubt (with a new DC/scheme) considering the like19 returning starters and no more freshman starting.
Either way, right now I just feel lost
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:21 AM ^
You all can keep yappin, I won't believe it until Herbie reports it.
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:24 AM ^
Trust me, my sister is dating Harbaugh and she says.... Dammit this was somewhat funny with Zettel but not here.
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:24 AM ^
Les Miles to Denver.
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:23 AM ^
BRADY HOKE FTW
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:23 AM ^
I would rather fire people on the defensive staff (Greg Robinson, maybe Tony Gibson) than hire Brady Hoke.
January 3rd, 2011 at 10:31 AM ^
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:24 AM ^
By the way, I think it's funny that we all believed Adam Schefter yesterday or two days ago that Harbaugh would come to Michigan...
...and now we all believe Schefter when he says that Harbaugh won't come to Michigan.
Isn't this why John Kerry wasn't elected? Because he flip-flopped? Let's not go crazy with emotional swings here. We'll find out the answer to our question in a few days.
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:28 AM ^
Yes. This.
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:34 AM ^
The difference being, Schefter never actually said Harbaugh was going to Michigan -- he was just referencing general scuttlebut in the NFL, as an aside. It got elevated because Section 1 went off about Schefter not naming his sources, and others responded that even rumors mentioned by Schefter are worth posting because of his general credibility.
It seems that now he's making a firmer statement. Which sucks.
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:36 AM ^
This isn't Bush v. Kerry. This is Bush v. Gore.
~ BREAKING NEWS: Gore wins Florida
~ NO, WAIT: BUSH wins Florida
~ LATEST BUZZ: William Howard Taft wins Florida
~ ACCORDING TO SOURCES: Bush wins Florida, but only if he hires a new defensive coordinator
~IT'S OFFICIAL: Gore defeated, but Bush withdraws name from consideration. Brady Hoke wins Florida.
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:59 AM ^
Dee Hart's recruitment reminds me a lot of Bush v. Gore as well.
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:28 AM ^
Brady Hoke ='s Charlie Weis
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:32 AM ^
Sportscenter is about to talk Harbaugh again in few minutes
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:35 AM ^
much appreciated, has he already gone on?
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:37 AM ^
After commercial. It's Herbie.