Jim Harbaugh tries the piccolo
And some of you said that the band should get rid of piccolos.
Man, coach, legend, and--now--honorary band member.
Jim Harbaugh learns to play the piccolo with the @umichband pic.twitter.com/JPD60650p0
— James Coller (@jamesacoller) January 24, 2015
January 24th, 2015 at 1:04 PM ^
He would tear it up at band camp
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January 24th, 2015 at 2:24 PM ^
on the drums:
...except now it'll be on the Michigan sidelines. And the MMB piccolo/flute section will never be the same!
January 24th, 2015 at 3:34 PM ^
Like the drum post!
January 24th, 2015 at 4:35 PM ^
That is my avatar.
January 24th, 2015 at 1:07 PM ^
The man is a public-relations genius. I love it.
My wife plays flute and piccolo. Get a sound is not hard. Getting the right sound is difficult.
January 24th, 2015 at 1:20 PM ^
How is she at the skin flute?
January 24th, 2015 at 1:21 PM ^
Ew
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January 24th, 2015 at 1:25 PM ^
You're talking about his wife...asshole
January 24th, 2015 at 1:56 PM ^
People are extra sensitive today evidently.
January 24th, 2015 at 3:27 PM ^
Comments like this are always talking about somebody's daughter, or wife, or sister, or mom, etc.
How is it worse?
January 24th, 2015 at 1:33 PM ^
you really are a toad.
January 24th, 2015 at 2:15 PM ^
Anonymous Toad makes insensitive comment on interwebs.
January 24th, 2015 at 2:35 PM ^
"Better than your mama ... and your mama's not bad!" -- Sgt. Cowboy, Full Metal Jacket
January 25th, 2015 at 12:22 AM ^
I appreciate that you responded to that comment in the same vein in which it was made. People: it's the same as a your mama joke.
January 24th, 2015 at 9:58 PM ^
People are actually offended by this. That's unbelievable.
January 24th, 2015 at 1:08 PM ^
He didn't try it. He was showing her the proper technique.
January 24th, 2015 at 2:45 PM ^
Motivated by Harbaugh, the piccolo immediately wanted to become a 1st chair flute.
January 24th, 2015 at 3:01 PM ^
Trust me--this particular girl wouldn't have far to go.
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January 24th, 2015 at 9:49 PM ^
"The most interesting man in the world."
I could see Mosquitos refusing to bite him out of respect.
January 24th, 2015 at 1:11 PM ^
I know that I'm a college football bigot, but what about the NFL could be more fun right now than what Harbaugh is doing?
Other than winning a Super Bowl, perhaps...
January 24th, 2015 at 1:15 PM ^
Is why It Happened
January 24th, 2015 at 1:13 PM ^
So where's the YouTube clip of the Jennifer Coolidge scene from 'A Mighty Wind' when you need it?
January 24th, 2015 at 1:31 PM ^
The Hum Toast?
January 24th, 2015 at 2:43 PM ^
Guy: "Do you play an instrument?"
Jennifer: "No... I had a friend who asked if I wanted to play the piccolo, but I said 'No'".
January 24th, 2015 at 1:15 PM ^
clearly he is a guy that would rather be in the NFL.
January 24th, 2015 at 1:23 PM ^
That's awesome. He bleeds maize and blue.
January 24th, 2015 at 1:33 PM ^
Jeez, it's no wonder he has gotten so many commits.
January 24th, 2015 at 2:18 PM ^
"Man it's been a week since he could contact kids and no one has committed yet. LOL. What a FAILURE. [high fives nearest bro friend]"
January 24th, 2015 at 3:36 PM ^
No my best dig right now is that we just won the inaugural playoff national championship while you didn't even make a bowl. Also that we have oodles of talent coming back. See ya in AA!
January 24th, 2015 at 7:06 PM ^
Cool story bro.
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January 24th, 2015 at 9:56 PM ^
That's your best dig? Really?
January 24th, 2015 at 10:18 PM ^
Yet you have nothing else to do with your time than troll a rival site. Seriously, friend? Why are you on this site, let alone reading a thread about our coach playing the piccolo?
January 24th, 2015 at 2:06 PM ^
He didn't just try the piccolo; he tried it with enthusiasm unknown to mankind!
January 24th, 2015 at 3:05 PM ^
And is not afraid to laugh at himself.
That is a wonderful personality trait in a human being.
January 24th, 2015 at 3:14 PM ^
I don't know that you could truly effectively get quite as successful as Harbaugh has without really having this trait in some form or quantity, but you're right, he really does seem to enjoy being on the lighter side of things and he seems to be able to have a good laugh at his own expense. It is definitely a strength that some people - some in similar positions to him - seem to lack.
January 24th, 2015 at 4:22 PM ^
At the same time, you can have absolutely no sense of humor whatsoever, seem like you're never having fun, and seemingly harbor a hatred of all things and do OK. See: Dantonio, Woody Hayes, Urban Meyer...
January 24th, 2015 at 4:56 PM ^
Funny, Dantonio always struck me as a lampshade-on-his-head, life of the party kind of guy......
January 24th, 2015 at 3:32 PM ^
A lesser man would have played the flutophone.
January 24th, 2015 at 3:34 PM ^
I think stuff like this are one of the many reasons why he chose to come back to college. He's just a quirky, crazy kind of guy who's not afraid to laugh at himself. And all of Michigan loves him for it. He couldn't do this kind of stuff in the NFL.
I guess the fact that we treat him like a god doesn't hurt either.
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January 24th, 2015 at 3:43 PM ^
remember the "his ego is too big for college" crowd? yeah idk if he's ever get this kind of attention in the NFL
January 24th, 2015 at 10:05 PM ^
Hell. He gets his own marching band. What's better than that?
January 24th, 2015 at 3:43 PM ^
He's the Pied Piper leading recruits to Ann Arbor, but with a positive outcome of course and not drowning them in the Huron River.
January 24th, 2015 at 5:45 PM ^
Don't know how to insert actual pic, but somebody can I'm sure. https://twitter.com/markthenomad/status/559064688970194945
January 24th, 2015 at 10:10 PM ^
It's a love fest. He's having the time of his life. So happy for him. Pretty sure he hasn't for one second regretted his decision.
January 24th, 2015 at 6:40 PM ^
So... the posts referencing the well known scene American Pie were deleted? Have we seriously become a place like that?
January 24th, 2015 at 10:41 PM ^
As far as I could tell, we've *always* prided ourselves on being better than the RCMB.
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January 25th, 2015 at 12:16 AM ^
Since when does referencing a movie (in a completely accurate manner) result in equivalency with RCMB?
January 25th, 2015 at 1:07 AM ^
It doesn't. But making a female band member the butt of the joke does.
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