Finebaum explains recruiting ethics to John U. Bacon on OTL
February 15th, 2017 at 9:04 PM ^
We don't need more echo chamber effect, there is enough of that here for a lifetime. I don't see the harm in discussing what PF says.
Seems a little heavy handed to me, but so it goes.
February 15th, 2017 at 9:50 PM ^
February 15th, 2017 at 10:06 PM ^
Sorry but if something is relevant, it's relevant. There should be no hard list of persona non grata. There is an ongoing national storyline as it pertains to PF and JH/Michigan and the reemergence of Michigan as a national player in the college football landscape. The micromanagement of discussion here should stay more micro (as in less of it). That is just my opinion.
February 16th, 2017 at 8:14 AM ^
EXCEPT bleacher report. There is nothing worse on the internet (non-illegal division) than the "slideshow" approach.
February 16th, 2017 at 10:17 AM ^
Yeah. You got me there. Those are the worst. Those should just be done away with in general. They have about the same payoff as the horrible radio teases before commercial breaks.
February 16th, 2017 at 9:10 AM ^
I mostly agree, but if someone makes a thread every time Paul says something negative about UM, this is going to be a blog about Paul.
February 15th, 2017 at 8:57 PM ^
Finebaum...he's already coached with him. How do you get around that?
February 15th, 2017 at 8:57 PM ^
Dear Mario Andretti:
This is how you drive a race car.
Sincerely,
Stevie Wonder
February 15th, 2017 at 10:46 PM ^
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February 15th, 2017 at 8:58 PM ^
February 15th, 2017 at 8:58 PM ^
go fuck yourself.
Sincerly,
Me
February 16th, 2017 at 9:02 AM ^
In his case: Go stick your head up your ass! That's the same thing, amirite?
February 15th, 2017 at 9:00 PM ^
Is it because of Harbaugh? Has he become such a lightning rod for the media that his every move is going to be scrutinized? I guess I just don't get it...
February 15th, 2017 at 11:47 PM ^
Because they are pissed that Harbaugh is always one step ahead of them. He's playing chess while they're playing checkers.
The playing field is not level. The programs in the south have access to the best players in their backyard, and they can pay them to sign up while nobody says anything.
Harbaugh is trying to level the playing field just a little by being creative and innovative and energetic. And it's working.
That drives them nuts. In their minds, a Big Ten team is just supposed to know it's place and duke it out with South Alabama and Louisiana Tech for 3-stars that the SEC does not want.
How dare Harbaugh recruit toe-to-toe with the top SEC teams?
They are going to show him.
February 15th, 2017 at 9:07 PM ^
Paul Fuckbaum.
February 15th, 2017 at 9:10 PM ^
And yet Dabo Swinney was fucking a recruits mom and paying his family's bills, and no one bats an eye.
February 15th, 2017 at 9:18 PM ^
You had me.
February 15th, 2017 at 9:22 PM ^
Thanks for that!
After wasting 3 minutes watching Finebaum raise my blood pressure, I needed a laugh.
I also like all the talk from that pecker head about what is right and honest in NCAA football. He knows better than most, there is nothing honest about NCAA football.
February 16th, 2017 at 1:13 AM ^
February 16th, 2017 at 8:15 AM ^
That was really well done.
February 16th, 2017 at 9:41 AM ^
Do you have Video of Dabo doing it. Cuz Paul wants to watch.
February 15th, 2017 at 9:14 PM ^
February 15th, 2017 at 10:51 PM ^
This is much of the same way I keep thinking as well. Harbaugh simply cannot afford to hire unqualified individuals to become members of his staff. Just as you said, the fact that his kid COULD commit in 2019 and MAYBE start after that is simply too speculative to even take seriously. I would think that if other NCAA coaches truly believed Harbaugh was padding his coaching staff with unqualified hires in order to get recruits, they would be more than happy to wait while that disastrous scenario played itself out.
February 16th, 2017 at 8:43 AM ^
There all just pissed that Harbaugh beat them to the punch. This includes Big Ten schools as well. The thing that really bothers (scares) them is the connections and thought process Harbaugh has. Let's all be honest, if Big Jim was not our coach his advantages however slight would bother us also. Like many have said, he is not pioneering anything new, he is just better at it than anyone else and that scares the hell out of them. And why does it scare them?. It's because if Michigan wins the NC, not only will all these clowns ( finebaum, osu,msu and sec fans) have to eat shit, it will add validity and the snowball effect could really tilt the playing field.
February 15th, 2017 at 9:20 PM ^
February 15th, 2017 at 9:25 PM ^
February 15th, 2017 at 9:28 PM ^
I love this type of argument: "We all just know he wouldn't be hired if not for his son". Response: "But here's all this evidence for how he is overqualified for the position". "Yeah, but it's obvious Jim wouldn't hire him if not for his son.
February 15th, 2017 at 9:29 PM ^
JUB points out a very very big flaw in this proposed NCAA rule. The moment a coach is not able to take a job he/she is qualified for the courts are going to throw it out.
February 16th, 2017 at 9:31 AM ^
The rule doesn't prevent a coach from taking a job. It places no limits on the coach at all.
It just limits the school in recruiting the child of a coach they hired.
February 16th, 2017 at 11:13 AM ^
leads to an ncaa rule restricting the hiring of high school coaches and potential recruits, who does it hurt? It hurts high school coaches and recruits. And, it protects the ncaa status quo. So, you know it's going to happen. If UM knew that they couldn't sign Rashan Gary, would they have even pursued Partridge? Why would you force programs to, potentially, make a decision on whether to pursue a high-quality coach, or a potential recruit, or even an entire school?
February 15th, 2017 at 9:32 PM ^
The audacity of that ugly, bald fuck saying anyrhing about cheating or ethics when he's spent his life covering the SEC is fucking hilarious and enraging at the same time. I'm gonna go punch a baby seal now because i'm furious after watching that. Or maybe i'll have a drink instead.
February 15th, 2017 at 9:39 PM ^
February 15th, 2017 at 9:39 PM ^
How did that dude ever raise his profile above small-time Bama fellatio-fan?
February 15th, 2017 at 9:46 PM ^
February 15th, 2017 at 9:50 PM ^
Finebum is a dumbass. Jim is clearly in Finebum's head. The dude rambles on more about Jim then the whole SEC combined. The idiot is a joke. He does this just to be heard. He knows by constantly talking about Michigan will keep the spotlight on him.
February 15th, 2017 at 9:54 PM ^
Unless im wrong, and I dont recall all the details. Didnt an SEC team or some southern team just do that recently . Hire the head coach or an uncle to some stud kid so he would sign with them ? Im thinking Georgia maybe ? Where was Finebaum to complain about that ?
February 15th, 2017 at 9:57 PM ^
absolutely laughable. I think John U spanked him. I might not cite the Tark in any discussion about ethics, but I still thought he had the much better part of this.
And Finebaum can blow himself. Doucheasaurus Rex.
February 15th, 2017 at 11:44 PM ^
Money quote by John U: "The NCAA is great at prosecuting misdemeanors, not so great at prosecuting felonies."
February 15th, 2017 at 9:59 PM ^
Yup Georgia did it to land Wilson away from us
February 15th, 2017 at 11:33 PM ^
It's a good thing that Finebaum spoke out against that.
Oh, wait . . .
February 16th, 2017 at 9:18 AM ^
Did that ever actually get confirmed? I heard rumors about it in the days leading up to his committment but I haven't been able to find anything about what coaches left and to what roles
February 15th, 2017 at 10:00 PM ^
All I see is a "dildo" with glasses on it !
February 15th, 2017 at 11:53 PM ^
I see your point.
February 15th, 2017 at 11:58 PM ^
February 15th, 2017 at 10:05 PM ^
February 15th, 2017 at 10:05 PM ^
Ok. Now I will resume not caring about Finebaum at all.
February 16th, 2017 at 10:32 AM ^
February 15th, 2017 at 10:07 PM ^
Talks about ethics and Harbaugh. Yet its his boy Saban who is banned from a HS for bad recruiting