Det. News: Lloyd Carr would hire Jim Harbaugh if it were up to him.

Cowherd's mystery candidate?  I'd crap my pants if so.

All indications are that Hackett wants Harbaugh, so what is there to read into?

I think you're reading too much into it. I don't think the two versions of the statement differ substantially in substance or tone. 

That is 100% exactly my reading of this. 

Yeah, I'm all for a slower pace simply because recruiting won't really matter as much this year and the team needs to settle on a long-term solution over a short-term gain.

Riley seems like a lateral move, but Nebraska never struck me as a "destination" job in today's climate.  Maybe that will change, but it's a place with limited local talent and few  resources/perks that differ from similar schools (e.g. Lincoln is a fine town, but nothing fantastic, you'd have to live in Nebraska, mediocre academics), so expecting better than 9-3 most years seems unlikely unless things drastically change in the B1G.  Riley does have some pro pedigree and has developed decent passers with meh talent, so he might be a good change-of-pace for Nebraska, but the Cornhusker's problem for years has been that defense, and I don't see Riley changing that.

There is no reason to act quickly unless you get a coach in here before Dec 15th.  I believe there is a quiet period btw Dec and Jan 15th so once you get past Dec 15th other than to assemble a staff there is not much urgency.

I never thought Nebraska was competition - I think that job is somewhat degraded just because it has no natural recruiting base and some of Osborne's tactics such as partial qualifiers no longer are allowed.  So it was basically UF who worried me and they are out of the picture.

In terms of self eliminating this worked out as best as you could ask for - within a week both Nebraska and Florida are filled and UM is on its own now with no other major players out there.

As batshit crazy as the Carr conspiracy theorists on this site are, I think Lloyd might have intended this partly as a shot at Miles.  It seems pretty clear that Lloyd doesn't like Miles.  The conspiracy theorist interpretation of this seems to be that Lloyd hates Miles because Lloyd is insanely petty and can't get over a decades-old personal conflict with Miles, Lloyd secretly hates Michigan, or Lloyd only looks after himself and his friends.  

It's entirely possible, though, that Lloyd knows a lot more about Miles' character than we do.  I mean, most of us sense that Miles is probably sleazy.  If Lloyd knows that Miles is undoubtedly a dirty, dishonest, sleazy asshole, then I want Lloyd communicating that to our AD (maybe even more subtly than this), because that's not a guy we want running our football program.  And then I want an AD who's smart, strong, and independent enough to consider that information reasonably and make his own decisions.

The fact that some Michigan fans actually believe stuff like this completely blows my mind.

Your post is sheer lunacy. I pity you. I sincerely do.

"no one can seem to pinpoint the issues Lloyd has with Miles other than citing rumors or innuendos"

I'd suggest that the issues are, in fact, what you call rumors and innuendos.  It is pretty much common knowledge.  You seem to concede that there are "issues".  The fact that you don't personally know them or want to believe them doesn't mean they aren't true.  

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