ESPN still way behind on Harbaugh
Finally put out a story this morning. These guys are totally clueless.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/12086655/michigan-officials-town-meet-jim-harbaugh
December 28th, 2014 at 8:29 AM ^
Fuck them
December 28th, 2014 at 8:30 AM ^
I guess some folks do believe there are brakes on the happening train after all.
Or at least they want to believe there are.
December 28th, 2014 at 9:56 AM ^
Last night BTN on the front if their website basically cited the Bleacher Report article from yesterday and added their own commentary on it. No independent confirmation but they are farther along than ESPN at this point.
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December 28th, 2014 at 11:22 AM ^
I try to watch them instead of SportCenter, but they always have MMA shows. Reminds me of ESPN in the early days when I could watch Australian Rules Football!
I'm hopeful that FS1 will catch and pass ESPN
December 28th, 2014 at 8:31 AM ^
lost a lot of respect for Schefter through this process. He's a U-M alum and is so clueless to whats going on. Makes me think he never reads mgoblog :-)
December 28th, 2014 at 9:53 AM ^
I'm just amazed at how pompous the NFL is king guys are.
December 28th, 2014 at 10:11 AM ^
just like Rosenberg, Schefter will fail upward
December 28th, 2014 at 10:37 AM ^
"Insider" type reporters are only as good as their sources. Schefter's are among the best when reporting on internal NFL matters, but clearly they were caught in an NFL echo chamber when Harbaugh was being courted outside of the league.
I get that he's been wrong in this search and that he's been behind other reporters as to It's Happening, but don't forget that when the guy goes on TV from his office there's always a little winged helmet on the shelf behind him.
December 28th, 2014 at 11:17 AM ^
would have been a good Michigan insider. Either he's not, or he was silenced.
December 28th, 2014 at 8:31 AM ^
Harbaugh is the real worldwide leader in sports.
Harbaugh does the top one play countdown and it's usually a clip of him smacking Jimmy Schwartz's mother.
Chris Berman has been propped up by Bennies and some extra strength toothpicks.
Ergo, Harbaugh > ESPN.
December 28th, 2014 at 8:35 AM ^
So is Harbaugh like the next Chuck Norris? Michigan tried to market Jim Harbaugh toilet paper but it didn't work because Jim Harbaugh doesn't take shit from anyone.
December 28th, 2014 at 9:37 AM ^
Chuck Norris wears Jim HARBAUGH underoos
December 28th, 2014 at 8:36 AM ^
Its really hard to believe how arrogant ESPN is. They don't want to admit they were last to the party. When you have the amount of people with such obvious connections confirmign that it is done ESPN is just making them self look awful by keeping up with this charade.
When you have one of Harbaugh's long time friends and a very well respected sports reporter stating that it is done it is extremely unprofessional for ESPN to continue to ignore the story.
December 28th, 2014 at 8:55 AM ^
"When you have the amount of people with such obvious connections confirmign that it is done ESPN is just making them self look awful by keeping up with this charade."
Wait a second here. Are you talking about Harbaugh to Michigan or the SEC as the greatest single conference in the history of conferences and their re-invention of the game of football?
December 28th, 2014 at 9:05 AM ^
You've got to be kidding, right?
December 28th, 2014 at 8:44 AM ^
They basically made a front page story out of Schefter's tweet. I really can't remember if there ever was any integrity or investigative skill at ESPN back in the day, but now it is nothing more then sensationalized re-hashing of sporting events and news. They have nothing to offer when it comes to actual news stories and their "reporters" are ill equipped and trained to handle breaking news - they just don't have any practice at it.
Didn't basically the same thing happen with Mantei Teo? Didn't ESPN refuse to report and acknowledge sources outside of their own? I get needing to verify sources and not just recycling the reporting of others if you can't independently verify - but the bigger problem seems that they aren't getting any information of their own. Well except for Wiley and they seem to be ignoring him.
December 28th, 2014 at 9:23 AM ^
They haven't for yrs! Every time they "break" a story they introduce it by saying ESPN has confirmed reports while ignoring giving credit to the people that actually, ya know, broke the story. They're garbage.
December 28th, 2014 at 8:41 AM ^
just got an ESPN alert that UM officials are in SF to meet with Harbaugh as soon as possible. Like really lol. this has been reported since like Thursday/Friday lol. Also Schefter is reporting that at source has told him there is no agreement in place
December 28th, 2014 at 8:55 AM ^
Yeah, that thread first appeared late Thursday over here, and I can't remember who the source was on it, but it was followed up and it was pretty clear by Friday morning that Michigan was already out there and setting up to have the formal discussion and - as it seems to have unfolded - finalize various details ahead of an actual signing. If other outlets are getting scooped by ESPN like this, either they are vulnerable organization somewhere or they really are this beholden to the NFL.
December 28th, 2014 at 8:59 AM ^
ESPN and their reporters are now house hold names. They are going lag behind just so they are made to look a fool. Alot of their "reporting" is hedging and ambiguous to protect themselves and their image.
December 28th, 2014 at 8:50 AM ^
This is pretty out there but maybe Schefter is taking one for the team to create one last smoke screen that the deal is not done? If it is not, "officially" out there in the media today then Harbaugh can focus on the game today and pass on any questions about it. ESPN kind of owed us one from last time, so maybe?
December 28th, 2014 at 8:53 AM ^
It's "officially" out there by everyone except ESPN. At this point they have nothing to gain by denying it.
December 28th, 2014 at 9:13 AM ^
They have nothing to lose and everything to gain. If he says yes they will say he was playing out his contract. If says no they will say oh wow we were the only ones reporting this.
December 28th, 2014 at 9:18 AM ^
Well it's not an SEC school that he's going to. So...there's all the evidence you need.
December 28th, 2014 at 9:28 AM ^
This should surprise no one. E-SEC-PN is a joke.
December 28th, 2014 at 9:33 AM ^
Sticking to their collective guns on this one. They hate to see Michigan getting nice things. Such a shame.
December 28th, 2014 at 9:43 AM ^
add this to the growing reasons I never watch espn anymore
December 28th, 2014 at 9:49 AM ^
When Steven A. Smith announced his LBJ to Miami way before ESPN announced it, ESPN (Ric Bucher) had Bosh and LBJ to Chicago. A few hours before the Miami leak, ESPN said, "It's the Knicks."
Only reason to tune into ESPN now is for actual games.
December 28th, 2014 at 10:35 AM ^
Surprised Bucher didnt homer out and say GSW.
December 28th, 2014 at 9:53 AM ^
Praising Harbaugh and saying as a buckeye, he doesn't want him at Michigan.
December 28th, 2014 at 11:28 AM ^
Did carter mention that, just a couple days ago, there was zero chance of harbaugh in a2?
December 28th, 2014 at 10:41 AM ^
Remember how badly ESPN screwed up the "Miles to Michigan" story in 2007? I think they'd rather not get this wrong...they're treading carefully.
December 28th, 2014 at 12:43 PM ^
I agree with this...
December 28th, 2014 at 11:41 AM ^
I refuse to watch ESPN outside of actual sporting events.
December 28th, 2014 at 12:22 PM ^
Me too. I stopped about 3 years ago.
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