Harbaugh and Gattis... Bros?
Apologies if this is not considered board worthy, but I thought this article from MaizeNBrew was pretty interesting.
It included this bit from Harbaugh on his relationship with Josh Gattis:
Now, who knows how much of that is "coach speak", but I think it's pretty encouraging nonetheless. I for one am much more positive about Gattis after his move to the sidelines this past week. I really enjoyed seeing his passion and how he interacted with the players.
October 1st, 2019 at 9:15 AM ^
Did not mean to make the quote click-able ?♂️?♂️
Link to article I referenced is on the bottom of the post 〽️
October 1st, 2019 at 9:38 AM ^
When Copy and paste an article, hit the unlink button (paper clip with an x) up top and it will not do this.
October 1st, 2019 at 9:39 AM ^
Noted. Thank you!
October 1st, 2019 at 9:43 AM ^
Thanks, that advice helps me, too.
October 1st, 2019 at 9:18 AM ^
A good showing Saturday against a really solid Iowa team would a big step forward.
October 1st, 2019 at 9:20 AM ^
Absolutely! Hoping the confidence the guys seemed to have will carry over. I admittedly was paying a bit more attention than usual to the sidelines because of the Gattis move, but to me it even seemed like Harbaugh had more energy with Gattis down there, too.
October 1st, 2019 at 12:16 PM ^
Who gives a shit where Gattis is during the game. You want a better offense?? DON'T FUMBLE THE DAMN BALL.
October 1st, 2019 at 10:22 PM ^
The players and Harbaugh all seem to care about the move. To your point, most of the fumbles this year have been self-inflicted wounds, and I didn't see one fumble on Saturday. Maybe less confusion on offense with Gattis on the sideline?
October 1st, 2019 at 10:13 AM ^
I'd be more impressed with Jersey sales in Ohio, but I guess I'll take a strong showing on Saturday.
October 1st, 2019 at 9:20 AM ^
I think as long as Gattis doesn't touch Harbaugh's drum set, they could be good friends
October 1st, 2019 at 9:21 AM ^
+1 flawless Step Brothers reference
October 1st, 2019 at 9:44 AM ^
+1 because I laughed imagining Harbaugh banging away on some drums.
October 1st, 2019 at 9:22 AM ^
Drum STICK!
October 1st, 2019 at 9:22 AM ^
THEN WHY ARE YOU ALL SWEATY?!?!
...I was watchin Cops
October 1st, 2019 at 9:46 AM ^
Uhh Cops doesn't start till 4....
October 1st, 2019 at 9:39 AM ^
October 1st, 2019 at 9:46 AM ^
Gattis better get out of Harbaugh's face, or he's going to roundhouse his ass.
October 1st, 2019 at 10:11 AM ^
Did you touch my PlayBook?
October 1st, 2019 at 11:52 AM ^
+1 to you sir
October 1st, 2019 at 9:29 AM ^
Great, so you're saying Gattis is going to be impossible to fire now.
October 1st, 2019 at 9:33 AM ^
Jim has been friends with Pep and Drevno for a very long time
October 1st, 2019 at 9:36 AM ^
There are legit complaints about Harbaugh, but not firing friends isn't one of them. Harbaugh and Drevno were great friends and he let him go.
October 1st, 2019 at 10:24 AM ^
If we're being honest, both Drevno and Pep stuck around a year longer than they should have. Both were reportedly looking for a soft exit, didn't find it, and then came back another season - only to be fired without any sort of soft landing.
October 1st, 2019 at 12:13 PM ^
What? Isn't Washington in the XFL the ultimate soft landing?
October 1st, 2019 at 12:57 PM ^
Not sure that qualifies as soft - that's near exile. I think the implication is they were shopped to either NFL jobs or high quality NCAA jobs to be hired away, then not finding any bites, were let go.
October 1st, 2019 at 3:32 PM ^
Pep was here for 2 seasons - I don't see how he could realistically been here for less time. He wasn't getting fired after the year where he had no QB and freshman WRs and a disaster of an OL. Our offense jumped a full 60 spots in S&P the next year and he still got fired. Jim moved on from Pep pretty damn fast - there's an argument to be made that we did so too fast.
October 1st, 2019 at 9:34 AM ^
Did anyone else notice Josh seeming to yell at JH on the sideline after a bad play call in the 1st qtr? Maybe I'm wrong.
October 1st, 2019 at 9:40 AM ^
He was yelling at a ref.
October 1st, 2019 at 9:40 AM ^
It looked more like he was yelling at the refs and Harbaugh was in between the 2. I forgot what happened on that play but it was something that would make sense to be yelling at the ref for.
October 1st, 2019 at 9:41 AM ^
Absolutely.
October 1st, 2019 at 10:06 AM ^
Illegal formation penalty
October 1st, 2019 at 9:40 AM ^
Not sure if you're being sarcastic (this has been discussed on the board a few times) so excuse my response if so.
But Gattis was definitely yelling at a ref in that moment.
October 1st, 2019 at 10:25 AM ^
At first glance it did look like he was yelling at Harbaugh, but after watching it again he was clearly yelling at he ref. Either way it was nice to see some emotions from our coach/players.
Beat Iowa!
October 1st, 2019 at 9:41 AM ^
You're wrong, and that was a bad thread with a bad take. Gattis was off to JH's side and yelling out at the field. Yelling at what, who knows? But it wasn't at Harbaugh. If he had been, wouldn't JH have turned around to listen/react? C'mon...
October 1st, 2019 at 9:43 AM ^
FAKE NEWS he was clearly yelling at the official.
October 1st, 2019 at 9:46 AM ^
You could tell when Gattis was yelling JH was kinda motioning Josh back up a little. It was clearly the ref he was upset with
October 1st, 2019 at 9:56 AM ^
You're wrong he was actually yelling at a ref. Some idijit tweeted the incident out and made it about Harbaugh and Gaddis. Fake News.
October 1st, 2019 at 10:19 AM ^
Maybe Gattis pulled a Edelman your too old.
Saw it too. Wanted the talking heads to explain the exchange.
October 1st, 2019 at 9:44 AM ^
Jim and Josh after a big win against Iowa on Saturday.
October 1st, 2019 at 10:23 AM ^
No way Jim would be caught dead in a pair of red shorts.
October 1st, 2019 at 10:34 AM ^
But I’d bet he has some calf height tube socks
October 1st, 2019 at 10:49 AM ^
That's josh in his old 'bama gear
October 1st, 2019 at 2:54 PM ^
Maybe they are from his days at Stanford or San Fran. The never red thing was another one of Hoke’s peculiarities.
October 1st, 2019 at 10:34 AM ^
This cannot be unseen, and is only eclipsed by the 'Dancing in the Streets' video featuring Mick Jagger and David Bowie.
October 1st, 2019 at 10:38 AM ^
I often wonder if Creed let Rocky win that last race to build his confidence. That look on Creed's face seems to indicate that. It's one of those magical movie moments where the ambiguity makes it better.
October 1st, 2019 at 11:19 AM ^
nice work! just wish I could hear the soundtrack
October 1st, 2019 at 9:45 AM ^
I agree. But let’s see what happens sat. If umich looks like they did v UW all the post Rutgers feel good feelings will be replaced with torch and pitchforks.
October 1st, 2019 at 9:55 AM ^
I think you are much more positive about Gattis now because they got to annihilate a collapsing Rutgers team last weekend. If we somehow fail to score 20+ points vs Iowa or really whatever number of points is required to win, you ll likely find a reason to see him being on the sidelines and on good terms with Harbaugh as a negative.
October 1st, 2019 at 10:02 AM ^
He's a ball guy!
October 1st, 2019 at 10:08 AM ^
He's all ball.