December 29th, 2010 at 1:15 PM ^
Was a trader as well!
December 29th, 2010 at 12:03 PM ^
... traders gonna trade!
December 29th, 2010 at 12:10 PM ^
of an "importer-exporter" than a trader.
December 29th, 2010 at 12:19 PM ^
December 29th, 2010 at 12:23 PM ^
December 29th, 2010 at 12:27 PM ^
Greg beat me to it
December 29th, 2010 at 12:44 PM ^
You wanna be my latex salesman...
OGODDAMNIT. Beaten twice already. Damn work.
December 29th, 2010 at 11:51 AM ^
"I don't think for a minute wanting JH for a coach makes you some sort of trader"
What does being a merchant have to do with anything?
December 29th, 2010 at 11:55 AM ^
Yes, it makes you a trader, since you are advocating trading our coach for another. It does not, however, make you a traitor.
December 29th, 2010 at 12:01 PM ^
Damn you all! Yes, I meant a traitor not trader. I was giving a hell of a speech there and I had to go and screw it up.
December 29th, 2010 at 12:42 PM ^
No worries. Not everybody is a perfect person in the world. Everyone does .... kills people, murder people, steals from you, steals from me, confuses trader and traitor, whatever.
December 29th, 2010 at 11:23 AM ^
Good luck, Jim!
December 29th, 2010 at 11:28 AM ^
based on what? His success at a perennially underachieving college program? And an 11-1 season that saw how many wins over bowl teams?
I think he will be competent, but I want to see more before I opine on whether or not he will be a success.
December 29th, 2010 at 11:58 AM ^
I don't follow professional football. But I just wanted to say something nice about Jim Harbaugh, because that's just the kind of guy I am.
December 29th, 2010 at 1:42 PM ^
Are you the Bill that called into The Michigan Insider the other day complaining about the station referencing the FreeP?
December 30th, 2010 at 12:21 AM ^
not me. sounds like a terrific guy, though.
December 29th, 2010 at 12:10 PM ^
that question would be answered by more of the JH advocates.
December 29th, 2010 at 1:18 PM ^
Both men have plenty to prove. Beating Rutgers and Oregon State is not the same as beating OSU and PSU.
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<br>The difference between the two is that JH has a signature win while Rich does not.
December 29th, 2010 at 2:39 PM ^
December 29th, 2010 at 12:13 PM ^
Stanford's ownership of a USC team and staff that coached circles around us in the 04 and 07 Rose Bowls despite at worst, equal talent (look at the NFL). Anybody who can make Pete Carroll lose his cool on the midfield handshake is doing something right.
December 29th, 2010 at 6:43 PM ^
You've really followed the draft during the 00's, and can really say with a straight face we've had equal or BETTER talent than USC? (or for that matter, anyone has).
December 29th, 2010 at 6:57 PM ^
USC - 69 draft picks, 15 1st rounders (1 of which came before 2003).
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<br>Michigan - 50 picks, 9 1st rounders (3 of which came in 2001 before we ever played USC)
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<br>And that's not counting superiority in 2nd and other high ranking picks.
December 29th, 2010 at 12:21 PM ^
Well, just this season he beat 3 bowl teams (ND, Arizona, and Washington) and really a fourth in USC who was 8-5. Not only that, he demolished those bowl teams 37-14, 42-17 and 41-0, respectively. Those teams weren't exactly world beaters, but they got smoked by Stanford. How many bowl teams have we beaten in the last three years? Just sayin'. In 2009, he beat both USC and Oregon. In four years, Harbaugh has beaten USC three times.
Whether or not you want RR gone, you can't deny that Harbaugh has done some impressive things in a short time in Palo Alto.
December 29th, 2010 at 12:29 PM ^
I understand where you are coming from. I like the beat down of bowl teams, but has he beat down a BCS bowl team. All numbers can be biased in certain ways.
I think either RR or JH will be a good coach for us. Heck, I even think BH can do well here. I jsut would like to get a move on for next year. A bowl victory is important but I would like to start working on a B1G championship with RR, JH, BH, or whoever.
December 29th, 2010 at 12:39 PM ^
So wait, only coached who beat down BCS teams are good coaches? Not a whole lot of those around this year. And although Stanford didn't beat any BCS teams this year (although they still have a chance in their BCS bowl) they beat Oregon in 2009 who went to the Rose Bowl and the 2007 USC team they beat won the Rose Bowl that year.
So if Stanford wins their bowl, they will have beaten three BCS bowl teams in four years, there are probably not a lof of teams in America who can say that.
December 29th, 2010 at 1:00 PM ^
So wait, only coached who beat down BCS teams are good coaches?
Did I say this? I don't think so. I was responding to your following post :
Well, just this season he beat 3 bowl teams (ND, Arizona, and Washington) and really a fourth in USC who was 8-5. Not only that, he demolished those bowl teams 37-14, 42-17 and 41-0, respectively. Those teams weren't exactly world beaters, but they got smoked by Stanford.
You were pointing out how JH beaten down 3 bowl teams this season. I was pointing out that so far he has not beaten down a BCS bowl team(UConn). I was trying to convey that making a statement about beating bowl teams can be misleading because who know what bowls they are going to and how good they really are. That's similar to saying, we beat a BCS team, so we must be top team.
I said I understand the point you were making about JH being a good coach.
December 29th, 2010 at 3:13 PM ^
December 29th, 2010 at 3:16 PM ^
I would agree that in comparison to anybody's idea of a supreme being, UConn comes up very short. Calling them "just about terrible" is a silly exaggeration, though.
December 29th, 2010 at 3:28 PM ^
December 29th, 2010 at 3:57 PM ^
...why people can't make the distinction between Div I-FCS and Div II. They're hardly the same thing. Furthermore, as a member of the Michigan fanbase, heaping crap on VT for their loss to JMU makes zero sense given the reality of The Horror.
Virginia Tech is hardly "lucky to be in a BCS game." They are undefeated since their opening losses to BSU (a game that could have gone either way) and JMU (hangover game after a short week) and pretty much dominated the ACC.
December 29th, 2010 at 4:09 PM ^
I know the distinction, but I think people are confused because the name is stupid. They should just change Div I-FCS to Div II, Div II to Div III and so on. Before, when they were known as D1-A and D1-AA there was still confusion, as high schools in Michigan were at one point classified where Div 1-AA was higher than Div 1-A, similar to the baseball minor league system.
December 29th, 2010 at 9:04 PM ^
First, you didn't get my point. I wasn't saying Virginia Tech was lucky. I was saying if we aren't counting UConn as anything special even though they were playing better towards the end of the season, winning 5 straight, then should we just not count any wins against anyone who played badly at the beginning of the year? I wasn't trying to compare VaTech and UConn, I was saying it is ridiculous to just say "well, we can't count UConn because they sucked at the beginning of the year. What happens if they beat Oklahoma? Can we then count them?
And when I said "what amounts to a DII team, " I knew it wasn't DII, I was just posting from my phone and couldn't open another window to look up what it was actually called. I can easily make the distinction between them, but if you are asking me to name off every division in all of college football while taking a shit and posting from my phone, I can't do it.
December 29th, 2010 at 3:30 PM ^
I don't know about them being terrible. But I was arguing against profiling a team just because they are bowl bound or BCS bound. Just because you are bowl bound doesn't make you a good team, same for BCS this year with UConn.
Wolvinla was pointing out the fact that JH beat 3 bowl bound teams. I said that could be misleading, because RR beat a BCS team. Which would maybe seem more impressive when you find out who that BCS team was. Basically, I understood and agreed with his point but didn't like the analogy. Sorry, I guess I explained so poorly that no one understoond what my point was.
December 29th, 2010 at 12:46 PM ^
UConn.
December 29th, 2010 at 12:35 PM ^
You don't need evidence to prove points, the Freep would be out of business!
December 29th, 2010 at 11:40 AM ^
So, now I know what it was like to be in the Peoples Temple of Jim Jones. Put the koo-aid down, dude. It will kill you. Come back to reality. People who think your Dear Leader is not the right fit for his current job are not evil and don't deserve to be cursed with vile words.
December 29th, 2010 at 12:18 PM ^
is that the hip lingo?
December 29th, 2010 at 1:08 PM ^
Lord Vader?
December 29th, 2010 at 11:19 AM ^
Should we take cover?
Also, please change title to CC: ...
December 29th, 2010 at 12:14 PM ^
Just a quick question...While searching through old friends from FB I saw your avatar. Are your initial DB? If not, no worries...just found it as a coincidence.
December 29th, 2010 at 12:18 PM ^
he is Dave Brandon
December 29th, 2010 at 12:22 PM ^
Nice. Damn't...Wrong guy.
No seriously Victor Valiant. Are your initials the same as the "chosen one" Dave Brandon (DB)?
December 29th, 2010 at 1:03 PM ^
No, sorry to disappoint, but my initials are NH.
December 29th, 2010 at 1:07 PM ^
Just saw your pic the same as his and he is a Huge UM fan. Thought I'd ask. Take care and be well. Happy New Year.
Beat MSU!!! Go BLUE!!!
December 29th, 2010 at 11:20 AM ^
That's why you don't do acid with Les Miles. I know, I know, he is very persuasive, but you gotta just say," No, Les, drugs are bad, M'kay." But, seriously, Harbaugh does tricky things pre-snap with offensive lineman, and that makes me believe he can beat OSU.
December 29th, 2010 at 11:21 AM ^
That Gremlin looks depressed.
December 29th, 2010 at 11:30 AM ^
I always thought the word "meh" was kinda silly. So yes, plz kill it.