Jim Harbaugh Also Coaches His Chickens
WSJ article on Jim and his new hobby since 2020 - Chicken Farmer. Cute story about him raising egg-laying chickens in his back yard. Quotes from his dad Jack, son Jay, and JJ also. Money quote....
Early in his tenure at Michigan, the famously quirky coach advised a player to avoid eating chicken before a big game because the poultry was “a nervous bird.” Then, completely unprompted during a routine press conference in November, Harbaugh issued a mea culpa. “I was dead wrong,” he said. “These chickens are low-maintenance and high-production.”
https://www.wsj.com/sports/football/michigan-wolverines-head-coach-jim-harbaugh-chickens-24ed3735?mod=hp_lead_pos6
January 7th, 2024 at 3:44 PM ^
He trains chickens to be coaches.
January 7th, 2024 at 3:46 PM ^
....and he trains other coaches to be chickens - Ryan we are clucking about you!
January 7th, 2024 at 3:50 PM ^
Cluck Ohio State
January 7th, 2024 at 3:53 PM ^
What we’ve learned about Day this year, he is definitely a nervous bird
January 7th, 2024 at 5:01 PM ^
I thought we established he is a penguin.
January 7th, 2024 at 4:05 PM ^
I've heard of Rhode Island Reds but that must be a Connecticut Red.
January 7th, 2024 at 7:48 PM ^
Nervous beard.
January 7th, 2024 at 3:48 PM ^
The new vast network.
January 7th, 2024 at 3:49 PM ^
Jim has gone from a chicken hater to a Chicken Lover. Respect His Authoritah!
The NFL won’t give you enough time to enjoy your chickens, just saying.
January 7th, 2024 at 3:51 PM ^
Makes sense now. I saw a chicken scouting Bama vs Georgia with a cell phone.
January 7th, 2024 at 3:53 PM ^
The NCAA is going to cry fowl!
January 7th, 2024 at 3:57 PM ^
That was egg-cellent!
January 7th, 2024 at 3:58 PM ^
I'll be crowing about this one for a while!
January 7th, 2024 at 4:03 PM ^
The posts about Jim and his chickens are eggsessive and eggstremely overdone.
It is eggasperating. This topic was already covered here: https://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/ot-chickens-no-longer-deemed-nervous-bird
Could we just eggnore this topic and focus on the game tomorrow?
January 7th, 2024 at 4:05 PM ^
My thoughts eggsactly
January 7th, 2024 at 4:08 PM ^
bluinohio: I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not. Are you egging me on?
January 7th, 2024 at 4:14 PM ^
Turning to the game tomorrow, my biggest concerns are if the O-line does hold up and JJ has to scramble or if our kicker James Turner gets nervous and misses another eggtra point. I mean, none of us are eggperts but it does seem like fundamentals are important in making Washington crack.
January 7th, 2024 at 4:38 PM ^
Omeletting this slide.
January 7th, 2024 at 5:01 PM ^
I'm not. I call fowl!
January 8th, 2024 at 12:21 AM ^
everyone stop yolking around
we have a championship to win
January 7th, 2024 at 5:27 PM ^
This is a good eggsample of when to use the /s
January 7th, 2024 at 4:11 PM ^
Strange hobbies aside, I hope Harbaugh doesn't fly the coop after winning tomorrow.
January 7th, 2024 at 4:14 PM ^
What's strange about backyard chickens? Millions of people have them for many different reasons...
January 7th, 2024 at 4:17 PM ^
Backyard chickens do strike me as a bit eggcentric but I'm not that eggsperienced with them.
January 7th, 2024 at 4:13 PM ^
I'm just eggcited for the game tomorrow. I was going to drop a chuck roast in the crock pot so nobody has to think about dinner when I get home from work. Just the game. But I might need to grill up some wings...
January 7th, 2024 at 4:24 PM ^
All these egg references are an eggregious misuse of a thread.
January 7th, 2024 at 4:31 PM ^
Well, then. The yoke's on you!
January 8th, 2024 at 12:24 AM ^
no not cattle we're talking chickens
January 7th, 2024 at 4:48 PM ^
You can raise chickens in the residential section of Ann Arbor? My town won't allow them.
January 8th, 2024 at 6:46 PM ^
Yes, you can.
January 7th, 2024 at 5:02 PM ^
What does Chris Fowler think about this?
January 7th, 2024 at 5:58 PM ^
Jim Harbaugh plays 9-dimensional chess while others play checkers.
My dad always told me, "if you want to know how good a life you led, look at your grandchildren." Jim's grandpa was a professional boxer.
Coach chickens? The dude would coach bacteria. And he'll find a way to win.