Fox Sports Analyst: Jim Harbaugh Is Best Developmental Coach In America

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52 second video of Joel Klatt saying: "He will get more out of a team than anybody else in America"  and "Michigan is a top 10 program -- perennially -- with Jim Harbaugh as the coach."

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uncle leo

July 7th, 2017 at 3:23 PM ^

Sing to babies, get all the love, does not matter at this point.

************* ****, beat OSU. That is all that matters right now. Enough of this outside noise.

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Jasper

July 7th, 2017 at 3:51 PM ^

It's at the top of my list (beating OSU) and it's a home game.

But, OSU has a better roster right now. Their '14 and '15 classes were much better than ours.

I'll be happy if Michigan wins, but IMO Harbaugh does not have to beat OSU this year.

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uncle leo

July 7th, 2017 at 4:08 PM ^

Absolutely, 100 percent have to beat OSU this year. 

He can't start 0-3 against them, and then potentially looking at 0-4 with a brutal road game back in OSU.

Again, nothing will EVER line up perfectly. You have a home game, in your third year with this coach. He has to beat them, period.

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uncle leo

July 7th, 2017 at 4:25 PM ^

So exhausting hearing people respond that way, as though I'd expect him to be fired or if it would be the right move for the program. He's not going anywhere as long as he wants to stay.

I would hope that people finally realize that he's not some god-like figure and he has flaws. 

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uncle leo

July 7th, 2017 at 4:53 PM ^

Then a ton of his luster should be washed off, IMO. All the stories about babies, gatorade in cereal, going to Judge Judy, that's just air. 

I know I am in the vast minority of M fans, but that stuff never appealed to me, and I think way too many of the fan base puts him WAY too high up. 

He's done some great things restoring the program, but he had a massive, massive opportunity with that team last year and they fell short. 

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blue in dc

July 7th, 2017 at 5:47 PM ^

But while the offense was ok, it was far from great, especially after both Newsome and Speight got hurt. Given those injuries, I don't think there are many coaches who would have gotten much more out of last years team. I think most people on here think that Harbaugh is one of the best college coaches out there. I think most would agree that until he does more, he can't lay claim to being the best. Just as you seem to think other people put him up way to high, I'd argue that you are having trouble acknowledging the reality of just how hard it is to make it to the BCS. If you can't look at the trajectory of this team since Harbaugh was hired and be happy for the progress that has been made so far and optimistic for the future of this team, you might be better off giving up college sports. Undefeated seasons and national championships don't happen every year no matter how good a coach you are or how well you recruit. In just two years, Harbaugh has turned Michigan into one of a handful of teams that has a realistic shot at doing that. Each year going forward, I expect our chances will improve. I expect this team to have double digit wins this year and to be in every game (just like last year). I however think they have less margin for error than teams like Ohio State and Alabama that have recruited well, not just for the last two years but for the five years that make up a full recruiting cycle.

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AA Forever

July 7th, 2017 at 8:48 PM ^

Harbaugh had two years to coach up O'Korn and Morris and couldn't get a decent performance out of either one when we needed it. He's supposed to be the great quarterback whisperer, but I haven't seen it. The year before, Dantonio went into Columbus and beat OSU with his backup QB.

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AA Forever

July 8th, 2017 at 8:22 AM ^

I've been a Michign fan since 1970.  You?  When you start telling lies about people, then you become the troll.

And yes, Harbaugh got a very good half year out of a guy who was already an established starter, but who is now gone.  What I did say is that Harbaugh has had as many failures at QB as he's had successes.

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AA Forever

July 7th, 2017 at 8:54 PM ^

with not even.a division title to his credit in four years, people are going to have to stop fawning over him as an elite coach. He will probably still keep his job and have as many 9-3/10-2 seasons as he wants, and as many Citrus Bowl wins as he can manage, but he will never be known as anything more than a good college coach.

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Perkis-Size Me

July 7th, 2017 at 4:17 PM ^

OSU has a more talented roster than any program not named Alabama and they still lose at least one game a year. More often than not to teams that have less talent than Michigan.

Sorry pal, not having enough talent is a horseshit excuse.

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war-dawg69

July 7th, 2017 at 5:43 PM ^

Not in any way do I feel 3-4 losses is acceptable. We have more talent than everyone on our schedule except osu and I also feel we have the best coach in college football. I will say it again and that is after we crush Florida we will be favored in every game this year. Don't believe me, watch how it plays out this year. We will be undefeated heading into the psu game and they will have one loss (probably to Northwestern or maybe Iowa). We beat them, we will be favored against Wisconsin which we have to beat to get a slight nod against the only more talented team this year osu. I disagree that osu is a must win but it sure would be nice. I see Michigan going 11-1 and maybe making the playoffs. Harbaugh is a huge factor for Michigan and only has to recruit evenly with osu to overtake them. Let's see how it all plays out but Michigan football and recruiting is way more exciting then ever. Go Blue!!

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Heywood_Jablome

July 7th, 2017 at 5:22 PM ^

Difference is OSU usually loses to someone that sneaks up on them...just off the top of my head, Virginia Tech, Sparty, and PSU in the last few years. Michigan is never going to sneak up on them.  We always get their best shot. And that's why beating them is so tough when they're talented.  As long as Meyer is there, winning that game is going to be 50/50 at best....and probably worse than that many years.

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BornInAA

July 7th, 2017 at 6:01 PM ^

We beat them last year.

Roster doesn't matter for The Game.

They always have a better roster on paper. Ohio is a football state.

In 1969 they had the "greatest college football team of all time" - didn't matter to Bo.

 

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lhglrkwg

July 7th, 2017 at 5:53 PM ^

Of course we need to beat OSU. Does that mean we can't post and discuss articles about Harbaugh in the middle of the offseason? What does needing to beat OSU have to do with this article?

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M-Dog

July 7th, 2017 at 3:26 PM ^

I wish this was written.

Now I have to go sneak somewhere and try to listen to it with the volume way down.  If it wasn't 3:30 on a Friday afternoon, I would just bag it.

If this was not specifically about my coach and my team, I would have skipped right over it.

But if they say that video-only content is the way to go, who am I to argue?

 

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MotownGoBlue

July 7th, 2017 at 3:27 PM ^

Harbaugh is arguably the best evaluator of talent as well (which often goes overlooked with all these rankings/ratings debates). I have no doubt we have the best overall coaching staff in the country. Combine that with top 5ish high school talent (based on multiple evaluators) and it's only a short matter of time before we're in the NC game.

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