Our good friend Harbaugh
I don't think we have covered this yet, but here is an article from the San Francisco Chronicle which raises two questions for me. First, would the Jets or any NFL team really want Harbaugh. Second, if his tenure at Stanford is in question, I wonder about the Stanford commits Michigan has had in common, particularly Jamal Patterson who has only visited one other school - Michigan
Jamie Morris need not respond. We know how you feel about Jimmy.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/09/SP5I156JFG…
January 13th, 2009 at 5:22 PM ^
This was discussed at length last year when RR was hired.
I have to agree with Lou Holtz on this one. "No head coach should ever tell a recruit that he will be the coach until the kid graduates. No one can make this guarantee. The recruit should be convinced to come to the University because of the tradition, facilities, etc. Not the coaches." (paraphrased)
Everyone should be given the opportunity to better themselves.
If only coaches without contracts are available for hire then essentially no existing coaches are available.
January 13th, 2009 at 5:24 PM ^
If it's paraphrased, then don't use quotation marks.
January 13th, 2009 at 5:26 PM ^
and I agree with you and Lou Holtszszsz
But my question was whether an NFL team would want this guy with his limited track record as a head coach, and whether it would affect the current recruits. Patterson has already said it is on his mind.
January 13th, 2009 at 5:39 PM ^
a lot of guys with no head coaching experience have been hired in the NFL. Some have worked better than others, of course.
Harbaugh has more head coaching experience than a handful of current NFL coaches, so I don't think his lack of experience would be a problem.
That Stanford team was a disaster before he arrived, and he has managed to make them look competent as well as score some big upsets.
Don't forget he was the HC at SDU before going to Stanford so he has been a HC for 5+ seasons.
January 13th, 2009 at 5:50 PM ^
Yup, and it sure seems that "leadership" and not Xs and Os is what makes a coach successful.
Dad was a successful head coach, brother is a successful head coach, Jim Harbaugh looks like a good candidate.
Sure wish he hadn't spouted off about M.
January 13th, 2009 at 5:56 PM ^
i've heard that he also wishes he hadn't spouted off about M... with regards to be the coach.
January 13th, 2009 at 11:26 PM ^
If he truly felt this way, he wouldn't have kept digging himself in a hole about it every time he was talked to by a reporter in the months after the initial comments. He kept going. This wasn't a one-time rant.
January 13th, 2009 at 5:56 PM ^
are you possibly biased in this argument?
January 13th, 2009 at 6:08 PM ^
So, you think "Jim Harbaugh Scramble" could be biased about this?
I'll have to ponder on that for a while.
January 13th, 2009 at 8:15 PM ^
were washed away after spending 15 minutes with Tebow.
January 13th, 2009 at 7:07 PM ^
It bums me out that he said all that, too. He's a heck of a representative of our program. Grew up harassing Bo at practices, led a legacy of talented M pocket passers, successful pro career, all-around smart guy. I'd be willing to forgive.
January 13th, 2009 at 7:32 PM ^
Glen Masons wife, you are in a much better mood this evening.
January 14th, 2009 at 12:05 AM ^
Let's not forget that his comments smearing Michigan and by extension Bo Schembechler were made at the same time he was saying that Stanford was where he really wanted to play college ball all along, it was his first love, etc. etc. So much for his long-time affection for Stanford.
I'd bet that a massive case of sibling envy is behind this pursuit of the NFL. His brother John is now getting all the adoring press up in Baltimore, and Stanford's languishing in comparative obscurity.
If I were a recruit, I wouldn't believe him any more than I'd believe Neuweasel.