Michigan football on social media - Harbaugh plans to be back in 2023

Submitted by Wolverine In Iowa 68 on January 5th, 2023 at 4:08 PM

Michigan football has posted on both IG and FB, a quote from Coach Harbaugh.  He's seen the rumors, and while no man knows the future, he fully expects to be back, enthusiastically coaching at Michigan in 2023.

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CnDELPxJv15/

2manylincs

January 5th, 2023 at 8:51 PM ^

Is this really true? 

The guy is a michigan legend as a player and coach.  He will get any contract that he wants by walking into Wardes office and saying "I'm JMFH I've been to 2 straight playoffs and I want $TEXAS"

Any agent who doesn't realize that is a fool. He is only burning bridges right now. If you want to go NFL, say so. If you want to stay, say so.

Only a fool will hold a heartfelt." I have not won a super bowl, I want to win one. It's the top of my profession. I lost to my brother and I just want to win that thing! Every player that I coach wants to be at the top of their profession and I do everything that I can to get them there. I hope that they afford me the same ambition that I encourage in them." Against Jim. 

 

ERdocLSA2004

January 5th, 2023 at 4:48 PM ^

We are taking about one season, 2023. He controls the future yet still gives the ‘don’t know what the future holds’ line.  This statement really says nothing new at all.  It certainly isn’t a strong statement about his intentions.  It remains vague, probably because he’s reserving the right to jump if the right NFL job presents itself.  Otherwise he’d make a much more definitive statement.  

Blue Balls Afire

January 5th, 2023 at 7:26 PM ^

I think many people will argue whether his statement equivocates—just look at the various interpretations of his statement in this thread alone. He hasn’t been exactly clear in his statements.  That’s not to say he hasn’t been forthright.  I believe he has and always has been which is why his official statement today contains outs and precatory language. So when he says he intends to coach Michigan in 2023, I believe him literally—he intends to coach Michigan for  2023, nothing more nothing less. He is not committing to anything beyond next year at this time because in his mind he can’t. He will not lie. 
 

Here’s hoping his NFL flirtation is merely his agent seeking leverage on a long term contract at Michigan. If so and one gets signed, I bet his official statement announcing it will be nothing like the one he put out here. 

UMVAFAN

January 5th, 2023 at 8:46 PM ^

He is coming back unless something happens to him medically. Harbaugh would never throw out the “Those who stay will be Champions” quote and then leave. He respects Bo too much to disrespect that key tenet of the Michigan football program. Harbaugh would never take a dump on that quote by leaving immediately after quoting the famous Bo line.

Bo Harbaugh

January 5th, 2023 at 6:26 PM ^

Yes there is...He doesn't coach in the SEC.

Harbaugh is just as good a coach or better based on NFL + college success. UM is a much tougher place to succeed than Bama.

And the Sabans and Smarts of the world know this and are therefore that much less likely to come to Ann Arbor - the same reason Crawfish Kelly left Notre Dame.

ERdocLSA2004

January 5th, 2023 at 6:45 PM ^

So basically what you’re saying is Smart and Saban coach in the SEC(a better conference than the BIG), they frequently have to play eachother (usually they are both the best teams in the conference), they have both won national titles, so Harbaugh deserves more money than them?  Are you saying that making the CFP at M is the same as winning the national championship at UGA or Alabama?  That’s nonsense.  I’m not following your logic.  I agree M is a tougher place to succeed, but he struggled plenty in his first 7 years.  There’s no statistical argument you can use to justify paying him more than them.  

GhostofJermain…

January 5th, 2023 at 4:49 PM ^

He told my guy AK onward!    

Bunch more players leaving it sounds like.

Coach Herb doesn't have enough room in the "prepare for the combine club" otherwise JW stays, and still might. 

Freshman WR's being advised to avoid the dirty "poach coaches" 

JD still comin'

BC coming back 75/25 but needs more than subway and a car. 

1132

Cheers

G. Gulo of the Dale

January 5th, 2023 at 5:20 PM ^

Yeah... I'm confused.  Does he mean that Coach Herbert doesn't have enough players voluntarily opting to prepare for the combine, and so they need Julius' scholarship?  OTOH, read literally, it sounds like Herbert doesn't have time to train Julius for the combine, so he would transfer instead of declare, but that doesn't really make sense to me.  

Time to rip open boxes of Cracker Jack until I find that GoJ decoder ring...