Jim Harbaugh on his current situation

That's fine, but coach definitely looked like his old self this year.  He was not the same Harbaugh people were wanting fired from the last couple of years.  If he can stay true to form, I assume most fans would want him here forever.

I count myself as a Harbaugh defender over the years (I believe I've demonstrated that a few times on this blog, but even more so with some UM fans I know in person... some of whom still think we are better off with someone else even now).  I don't blame him for making his doubters sweat a bit, but I hope he doesn't allow the uncertainty to start adversely affecting the program itself.

I really hope Harbaugh has better things to do than troll his own fanbase. 

I don't get the outrage over Harbaugh being on the hot seat last year.  Objectively, he deserved it. 

His prior record against ranked opponents, ranked opponents on the road, Bowl Games, against Sparty, against OSU....They were not good.  If Jim Harbaugh was Michigan's AD and he hired a coach at a premium and that coach put up his results from the first 6 years, I'm sure Harbaugh would not find that acceptable.  

Now, Harbaugh was given an extra year and boy did he deliver.  Harbaugh has the balance of power in his hands.  Just as I had no problem with him being on the hot seat, I have no problem with him using his new power to leverage the best deal for him possible.  

OK but - it worked? Things needed to change, they did, and Michigan looks a lot better. 

I wanted to believe Harbaugh could put together a team like this one, but you didn't have to be a hater to think things were trending very much the wrong way in December 2020.

I’ve never wavered and I knew that we’d be better than predicted after our last years performance. You should never doubt a winner.   With that being said after giving him a lifetime contract I think that would end “all” rumors and negative recruiting forever.  Go Blue Forever!

The truly amusing part to me is reading that same blog brain trust yammer on about "there were doubters", when the biggest whiners could be found in their own mirror.

I expect every year with Harbaugh to be undefeated or near enough before The Game. He stayed with Brown too long, that really seemed to be most of the problem.

Nobody in the NFL wanted him last year either. It wasn't just Michigan fans who thought he'd lost a step. If he was pissed, hopefully he turned a bit of that anger inward and that inspired him. 

so glad the internet and cell phones did not exist during my younger years, particularly college.  yeesh. 

But . . . did you find any lint?

We're not pursuing any additional kids that are waiting to sign on the 1st week in February ? There are still a few big-time, blue chip recruits that teams like Alabama, Georgia, OSU, and Texas A&M (top 4 in the 2022 class) are still waiting on in the 2022 class.

And don't kid yourself, if a coach is constantly being rumored every year to be leaving, other schools will start to use it against him. Harbaugh needs to shut the rumors down

Not true at all. They are recruiting several 2022 kids and always recruiting the next class beyond.  This does nothing to help recruiting and can only hurt.  How much is unknown.