Personal Story to Verify Harbaugh to Michigan
I had a little encounter today that, to me, says Harbaugh to Michigan is happening.
So, I am from Youngstown, OH. This morning, I went to my gym for a little early morning workout, and another member of my gym is the father of Chris Durkin (the QB who was committed to MSU, flipped to VT, is a freshman there now). This is significant because they are close cousins with D.J. Durkin. I know Chris' father a little bit (not saying his name for privacy reasons), and saw him there this morning. We were talking a little bit, and asked about my freshman year at Michigan. It then turned into a conversation about Michigan football, and he said he would starting rooting for Michigan football next season (after giving me shit for wearing Michigan shirts in the past). I asked why, and he said he has a cousin who would be coaching there next season, and when I asked if it was D.J. Durkin, he said it was.
Conversation stopped there, but basically we can infer from this that Harbuagh is coming, and D.J. Durkin knows it and will be joining him.
December 26th, 2014 at 11:51 AM ^
I hope you're right.
December 26th, 2014 at 11:52 AM ^
"PERSONAL: Born Feb. 15, 1995, in Youngstown, OH … Son of Chris Durkin, Sr., and Doreen Durkin"
The fact that his dad's name is also Chris and OP tried to hide it cracks me up
December 26th, 2014 at 11:55 AM ^
That was pretty funny.
December 26th, 2014 at 11:56 AM ^
He played minor league baseball for awhile in the 90s. Was a high draft pick too.
December 26th, 2014 at 11:56 AM ^
And that was worth the effort to point out? He was compelled to exclude that info for whatever reason and you felt the need to search for it and drop it in this here thread...Ok.
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December 26th, 2014 at 12:08 PM ^
To point out how stupid it was.
December 26th, 2014 at 1:23 PM ^
The guy decides to share a first-hand encounter to further the "It's Happening!" train and all you can do is insult him.
Quality stuff.
December 26th, 2014 at 2:42 PM ^
Hey guys I want to respect the privacy of my source but I can tell you his son's name. What?
December 26th, 2014 at 12:09 PM ^
1) It only took about as much effort as it took for you to reply to my post.
2) I said it cracked me up, so yes it was worth the effort.
I can only hope to someday be as wise and mature as you.
December 26th, 2014 at 12:18 PM ^
Avon would not approve of showing up a young up 'n comin Wolverine that way.
Maybe the kid thought he could keep you cyber-stalkers off Mr. Durkin's trail for a bit. Fat chance kid, fat chance...
December 26th, 2014 at 11:53 AM ^
Awesome story. That dude is one of the largest human beings I have ever met. Was he repping 315 to warm up?
December 26th, 2014 at 11:55 AM ^
I live in Youngstown, which is a football hotbed, and those are the rumors going around down here!!! Happy Tuesday Everyone!!!!
December 26th, 2014 at 12:26 PM ^
have you seen Bo Pelini or his cat? ??
December 26th, 2014 at 11:55 AM ^
Don't see any good reason Durkin wouldn't have taken the TAMU job by now unless he was waiting for something else
December 26th, 2014 at 12:04 PM ^
To be fair, he might be wary of that job because their defense is poor.
If the recent coaching searches have taught us anything, it is that a "big name" job is less important to a lot of coaches than whatever their definition of a "good" job is. Turning A&M's defense around might be a task that Durkin doesn't want to take on.
If he wasn't coming to Michigan, of course.
December 26th, 2014 at 1:07 PM ^
In other words, Durkin might hesitate to take a defensive coordinator job with a program that signs 18.6 wide receivers per recruiting cycle?
December 26th, 2014 at 1:24 PM ^
On the bright side, some of those guys would have to move to the defensive backfield. Right? Or is Sumlin planning to run a reeeealy spread offense?
December 26th, 2014 at 11:56 AM ^
Thank you, Simone
December 26th, 2014 at 11:56 AM ^
So many people on here have had "confirmation" stories. This is my favorite. I like it, thus it is true. Can't wait for Harbaugh and Durkin.
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December 26th, 2014 at 11:59 AM ^
I understand the PTSD that some Michigan fans have, but the tsumani of little bits like this is not "cool story bro" or "it's anonymous," but reflective of the precise way big news that people are attempting to keep quiet breaks out. Do you expect Schlissel to accidentally let it slip? You think that the Allies were worried about Ike and Bradley letting the Normandy invasion slip? No, their concern was the boyfriend of the telegraph operator who spoke to someone...at the gym. News of this kind, like a dammed stream finding it's way, will eventually via six degrees of separation, get from JH and Hackett via a Youngstown gym to you.
December 26th, 2014 at 12:18 PM ^
Did the Germans bomb Pearl Harbor.
December 26th, 2014 at 1:16 PM ^
I dunno, but it wasn't over then.
December 26th, 2014 at 12:19 PM ^
wow. just imagine dday prep in a twitterverse. and nazi hackers a la north korea. there's a good movie idea right there.
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December 26th, 2014 at 11:59 AM ^
I've said it several times in other posts but to me, Durkin's dragging of his feet to decide on the A&M job is very indicative of things. To me it's the proverbial canary in the coal mine and I believe Brian has referred to him as such several times.
December 26th, 2014 at 12:19 PM ^
Either way, I agree that Durkin's decision-making so far is a very encouraging sign of things to come.
December 26th, 2014 at 12:27 PM ^
Dallas...I believe you are correct on that now that you mention it. Ross would only pursue Harbaugh when, and only when, Harbaugh had indicated that he would remain in the NFL.
December 26th, 2014 at 12:38 PM ^
(Do they go to the same gym?)
[Canaries: Is that where the phrase "tweeted" came from?]
December 26th, 2014 at 11:59 AM ^
Speaking of random, teenage insiders - has anyone heard anything about "Thosewhostay7" since the tweet deletions?
If anything that confirms to me that he actually WAS for real. We knew he was a kid who was allegedly connected somehow. The fact that he tried to wipe out evidence of the tweets sure as hell sounds to me like a kid who got busted and was trying to cover it up. Somebody just making shit up wouldn't have a reason to do that IMO.
December 26th, 2014 at 12:12 PM ^
As far as I am aware, in the process of the tweets being deleted, it seems someone decided that this was not sufficient and the entire account ended up going the way of the dodo. It was very sudden and very intriguing at the same time, I will admit. I personally am still not sure what exactly to make of it, but the way this went down made me wonder if in fact he was hearing things that were indeed happening.
December 26th, 2014 at 12:12 PM ^
Just saying.
December 26th, 2014 at 12:40 PM ^
Greg Schiano was with the Buccaneers at the same time DJ Durkin was at Florida. Tampa Bay is in Florida! Oh no! It's Schiano!
December 26th, 2014 at 12:06 PM ^
All we need is love... and Harbaugh. Mostly Harbaugh actually
December 26th, 2014 at 12:08 PM ^
This is interesting because I didn't know potential coaches move that quickly to find coordinators. This rumor would assume that Jim has not only accepted the job while coaching the Niners, but he already reached out and assembled his staff...all while preparing for the Cardinals!
December 26th, 2014 at 12:36 PM ^
Holy Crap, for all the people on this board were saying they were rooting against the 49ers to assure they and JH would part ways - was anyone outside of the Bay Area actually watching them?
I don't think Jim has really been "preparing" a game plan since the Thanksgiving tweet-fest by York and Miss Baalke. To be fair, it didn't look like he had a plan that night either!
As evidence I submit the varied reactions by Richard Sherman to the two Seattle wins over SF: throat-slicing and animated verbal banter after the 1st game; bored resignation that his enemy had quit the fight by 2 weeks later.
No one can say with 100% certainty that Harbaugh's coming to M until it happens, but whatever his plans he's most definitely already working on it now!
December 26th, 2014 at 12:08 PM ^
Cool story bro.
No seriously in this case.... cool story bro.
December 26th, 2014 at 12:13 PM ^
We all have? Just trying to keep my hopes in check... Not working very well
December 26th, 2014 at 12:21 PM ^
1. Harbaugh. 2. Good news. Nothing else, such as truth, matters.
December 26th, 2014 at 12:25 PM ^
Finished watching the 30 for 30 on the University of Miami (Fl) football program and that club invented swagger. Lots of questionable things happened on and off the field for them but they intimidated most teams. I want that type of swagger for our UM team and I hope JH can bring it to AA. Go Blue.
December 26th, 2014 at 12:50 PM ^
Really? That's what you take from a show about a rogue program side - stepping (Hell stepping all over) the rules, pushing kids through school without preparing them for anything but football, and flaunting that that's the way they do things as a recruiting tool?
That how you want Michigan to be? Not I...
With the coach we're pursuing, look instead to how Stanford's been doing it for about a decade now. And if you think you can't have "swag" doing things that way, just keep repeating "What's your deal? "
December 26th, 2014 at 12:56 PM ^
No thanks
I want Michigan to be the polar opposite of anything having to do with the "U"
December 26th, 2014 at 1:28 PM ^
We had our own "The U" here. They even did a 30 for 30 on it: The Fab Five.
It didn't end well. Neither did The U.
I'll take my Michigan over-Harbaugh. Or hard-Harbaugh. Or sunny-Harbaugh-up. Enough stilted egg metaphors.
December 26th, 2014 at 12:25 PM ^
I just talked to Jim Mora Jr.'s dad and got the real scoop. I'm not going to tell you his name though for privacy reasons.
December 26th, 2014 at 2:35 PM ^
Is IT HAPPENING?
December 26th, 2014 at 12:29 PM ^
Offensive Coordinator?
December 26th, 2014 at 12:30 PM ^
We all have a disease and it can be quite serious: Confirmation Bias: a tendency for people to favor information that confirms their preconceptions or hypotheses regardless of whether the information is true.
December 26th, 2014 at 12:59 PM ^
Those wishing to ignore the mountain of direct and circumstantial evidence at this point are suffering from bannishment to oblivion.
December 26th, 2014 at 12:59 PM ^
Those wishing to ignore the mountain of direct and circumstantial evidence at this point are suffering from bannishment to oblivion.
December 26th, 2014 at 1:11 PM ^
This was initially true and is now ridiculous. One actively needs to pass over contrary sources in favor of positive sources to demonstrate bias. What "he's not coming" sources exist now? We have some folks still offering an opinion that JH must surely like the NFL more, but even they are backtracking. Bias picks only what we want from countless viable options. Common sense recognizes that all the viable options are one thing.
December 26th, 2014 at 1:15 PM ^
I agree that confirmation bias is insidious and good thinkers must constantly guard against it. But what information has come out recently to cast any genuine doubt on JH-to-M? A couple of NFL pundits claiming Harbaugh would never leave the League isn't really evidence. The thing about John Harbaugh denying that the relatives were pushing Jim to A2 is really the closest to a negative--and that wasn't even really negative.