michgoblue

December 29th, 2010 at 10:40 PM ^

Liking RR and liking JH are not mutually exclusive.  I think that RR is a good coach.  I think that JH is a good coach.  I would be happy with either of these men coaching my team.

And, since JH has been mentioned by many as a possible replacement in the event of RR being asked to leave, I am always happy to read about him (or Hoke, or anyone else who has even a small chance of pacing the sidelines).

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Woody Austin

December 29th, 2010 at 11:48 PM ^

And I don't understand why people feel the need to go on character assassination bingeing when Harbaugh's name comes up (or anyone else's for that matter).

Harbaugh is a pure D winner. Rodriguez, so far at michigan, is a pure D flop.

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BRCE

December 29th, 2010 at 11:54 PM ^

Everyone is entitled to their personal favorites, but that level of affection for RR seems . . . I don't know. Over the top.

I understand he's a sympathetic figure to many because of the Free Press thing, old guard drama, WVU contract crap, national media assaults, etc. But I am a little uncomfortable with how personal people have made their status as an RR hater OR supporter.

We love Michigan. He's currently our coach. Maybe he's a good guy for that job, maybe he's not. Whatever our conclusion may be, can we at least be pragmatists about it?

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MGoCards

December 30th, 2010 at 10:29 AM ^

What's not pragmatic about saying "I enjoy this coach and will cheer for his new team if he happens to be railroaded by the team of my choice"? 

At least some aspect of my fandom is liberated of laundry, my affinity for a particular place, or for my education and has something to do with other things both on and off the field. I enjoy football and I enjoy certain styles of football (e.g. RR's offense) more than others. I just plain like Rich Rodriguez and certainly some part of me sympathizes with him as I do with other sports figures who are unfairly maligned by people with their own agendas (and their useful idiots). I hate useful idiots, personally, and when an entire movement (i.e. the one to replace RR) is so propelled by stupid people, it's hard for me to appreciate the aspects of that movement that may be un-stupid (or to even locate them in the fog). That's why it's "personal" for me. HTH.

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Section 1

December 29th, 2010 at 9:27 PM ^

Ask the girl he drilled in the back as a Little League baseball pitcher.

Turns out it was just that; a story about Harbaugh playing baseball as a kid.

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Blue_Sox

December 29th, 2010 at 9:28 PM ^

The sad part about all this CC stuff the last month is my first reaction to seeing Harbaugh in the title was "ugh." Forget he still is one of the great Michigan quarterbacks. Glad to see what he's done with his coaching career, even if I'd prefer he not continue it here next year. He's the hottest coaching commodity out there right now--NFL and college--and a lot of that is attributed to his time at this great university. That's a good thing no matter which side of the debate you're on.

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Don

December 29th, 2010 at 9:29 PM ^

A guy like Harbaugh is only popular because he's very good at what he does. If he wasn't, everybody would loathe him because he's an obnoxious dickweed jerk on a personal level.

Like most other very successful Type A people, in other words.

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tenerson

December 29th, 2010 at 10:14 PM ^

I agree. He seems similar to Bret Bielma except we like him because he is a "Michigan Man." That's how it works, we will protect our own. If he went to school anywhere else, we would have a thread here and there about how big of a dick move this or that was. having said all of that, if we have to get rid of RR I want him to coach here because I don't really care if we are pulling dick moves. At this point, I just want to win and not get into trouble.

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Sebastian

December 29th, 2010 at 9:33 PM ^

One night at the hospital, I was sitting in bed...and saw the Grim Reaper standing in the corner. He was seven feet tall, with a brown robe. He pointed to me and said, 'Relax, it's not your time to go. You have been given gifts. These gifts are ready to be received by mankind. So get on your feet and improve.' Then he laughed, spun his scythe and left. I wasn't asleep and I hadn't been for days. Whether this was a premonition or an angel in disguise, I don't know.

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