OT (sadly): Harbaugh Coaching Academy YT Channel
February 10th, 2024 at 8:21 PM ^
So is Harbaugh officially OT now?
Oh, how the mighty have fallen...
February 10th, 2024 at 8:30 PM ^
Harbaugh is never OT in my opinion.
February 11th, 2024 at 10:47 AM ^
Never imho either, though I do wish with all his NFL contacts he would have left a few more Coaches behind with us. He has done as much for Michigan football as anyone imo.
February 11th, 2024 at 1:10 PM ^
The Chargers are paying him the big bucks to assemble the best staff he can. He's been out of the pro game a decade, while the staff he just worked with went 40-3 the last three years.
Would you rather work with a guy that someone else referred you to, but you don't know personally, or someone you've already worked with successfully?
He knows from experience that he can work with guys like Minter, Elston, Clinkscale and Herbert. It's tough for us to lose them but this tends to happen when you lose your head coach to a new job. When he left Stanford, he took both coordinators, IIRC. This time we've managed to preserve our staff on one side of the ball, at least.
February 11th, 2024 at 2:34 AM ^
What the actual [expletive] is this video? Lol
February 10th, 2024 at 8:24 PM ^
Not sure how I feel about him rocking the Michigan hat after gutting the program on his way out.
February 10th, 2024 at 8:33 PM ^
I feel that he's an alumnus and the greatest coach in Michigan football history, and thus earned the right to rock a Michigan hat anytime he damn well pleases. The man has given more to the football program that just about anyone on this blog (with the exception of any former players posting or browsing).
February 10th, 2024 at 8:35 PM ^
Stop being a pussy. He offered people jobs and they found those jobs to be of better opportunity. It's life, overcome it.
February 10th, 2024 at 8:36 PM ^
posts like this are why giving up mgoblog for Lent doesn't seem like much of a sacrifice
February 10th, 2024 at 9:08 PM ^
You'll regret it when you come back to discover MGoBlog has given Warde an honorary firing.
February 10th, 2024 at 10:57 PM ^
Mgoblog has gotten an athletic director fired before. You never know when it could happen again.
February 10th, 2024 at 8:43 PM ^
It's not his fault Michigan quickly hired internally for "continuity" instead of doing any sort of search.
Most programs have heavy turnover after a coaching change.
February 10th, 2024 at 9:38 PM ^
Really after what he's done for this program. Get a clue.
February 10th, 2024 at 9:48 PM ^
Then you better not wear one, because his contributions have been infinitely more valuable than yours.
February 10th, 2024 at 10:15 PM ^
Not to mention, think this was a video of him when he was still the coach. The timing of this video is funny since it was uploaded on YT three days ago, but the title of Jim says Michigan coach 2015-current, and John is asking him about how to recruit to Michigan. I'm guessing the video is a year or two old at least.
February 10th, 2024 at 10:25 PM ^
There is absolutely nothing Jim Harbaugh can do (short of committing first degree murder or something) that would diminish his standing as one of the greatest Wolverines of all-time.
February 11th, 2024 at 8:16 AM ^
Given that fewer players have left/decommitted than the coolerpoopers and couch burners, and given that most of the coaching staff returns, I feel "gutted" might be a bit hyperbolic
Oh yeah, and national championship thingy.
February 10th, 2024 at 8:34 PM ^
Harbaugh will never be OT, will always be a welcome topic. Anyone who wants to say otherwise needs to demonstrate how a star QB and 9-year Coach is no longer a welcome topic all year.
February 10th, 2024 at 8:38 PM ^
I'd be glad to edit, but editing isn't available.
I'm also glad to consider him always on-topic here.
February 10th, 2024 at 8:41 PM ^
Would love to hear him blast the NCAA and talk about the investigations. He said he loved to open up about it but couldn't due to ncaa rule, he no longer has to stay mute..
February 10th, 2024 at 8:57 PM ^
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THIS!
February 10th, 2024 at 10:31 PM ^
That's just not his style. He's not one to lash out in the media (at least not anymore, anyway). He left the 49ers because his relationship with the front office became toxic, and he never lashed out at them, so I highly doubt he'll ever lash out at the NCAA.
Everyone who knows him has said that he's completely genuine and that he's exactly the same behind closed doors as he is in public. One of his mantras is "Don't get bitter, get better." He really seems to believe that, which would seem to preclude him from ever wasting his breath on making harsh comments that serve no strategic purpose.
February 10th, 2024 at 11:34 PM ^
wishful thinking, of course. I Do believe he will take the high road and move along. I know in a few interviews he's mentioned that he'd love to be able to talk about the on going investigation but due to the NCAA , he can't. I know he probably did that just to be respectful to the interviewer and the question but id love for some insight.
February 10th, 2024 at 11:57 PM ^
I’ve had the same question. It’s disappointing he hasn’t used the opportunity to speak up. Kind of leaves a big question mark otherwise.
February 11th, 2024 at 8:28 AM ^
I'd bet a dollar to a dime he never gets around to doing so.
February 11th, 2024 at 12:07 PM ^
He doesn’t have to think about the NCAA anymore.
February 10th, 2024 at 8:59 PM ^
The NCAA and B1G are currently researching how they can suspend an NFL coach and ban former college coaches from having YouTube channels.
Unfair advantage. Intent to educate. Player safety issue.
February 10th, 2024 at 9:08 PM ^
Didn’t see this YouTube video posted either, but Jim talked on Eisen’s show and it made me chuckle:
“No one is happy when a head coach leaves a college football program. Either he gets fired, he moves onto another program, or he dies. For me, I’m happy I didn’t have to die!”
“It’s a fairytale ending for all of us at Michigan. And it’s a new beginning for me at the Chargers.”
February 10th, 2024 at 10:05 PM ^
I love this. Jim seems very laid back. Take the sad and OT out of the title please.
February 11th, 2024 at 12:17 PM ^
This is just Harbaugh being Harbaugh.
There is a significant chance that he is completely self-unaware about any of his recent actions actually hurting Michigan. He feels that he's a life long Michigan Man . . . while stealing away the entire defensive coaching staff. What's the issue?
There is no cognitive dissonance for him.
February 11th, 2024 at 1:34 PM ^
People need to stop being butthurt. He doesn't work for Michigan anymore. He works for another football team and his job is to win games for them. When coaches take new jobs, they try to bring along their assistants.
If you don't want to lose your assistants, don't lose your head coach. Maybe it wasn't such an awesome idea to suspend Jim because the NCAA claimed he lied about a burger, to cave to another suspension by the Big Ten on more bullshit, and then to refuse to guarantee his contract on top of everything else. Would you feel wanted as an employee if your boss did that to you?