the just released schedules were a flat-out statement that the B10 doesn't believe SOS will matter in playoff selection
Rumor: Harbaugh, Dolphins Reach Deal in Principle
January 6th, 2011 at 5:11 PM | 
what the hell are you talking about?
what the hell are you talking about?
January 6th, 2011 at 5:15 PM |
what?
what?
i just re-read it and it makes perfect sense. let me know which parts you're struggling with.
January 6th, 2011 at 5:19 PM |
made perfect sense to me. In
made perfect sense to me. In
made perfect sense to me. In fact, so much so that I'm confused as to why someone would say otherwise.
OH-HOW-I-HATE OHIO STATE
January 6th, 2011 at 5:40 PM |
Don't mind In_Rod_I_Trust, he
Don't mind In_Rod_I_Trust, he
Don't mind In_Rod_I_Trust, he made the decision in the last couple of days that it makes little sense for him to maintain his present user name, and has therefore dedicated this account to trolling. It should probably be banned even before point totals are allowed to reach Bolivian levels.
January 6th, 2011 at 5:23 PM |
no no
no no
don't run away
tell. me. which. part. is. the. problem.
because it makes perfect sense. maybe you should slow down your reading and figure out which of us has the problem.
January 6th, 2011 at 5:37 PM |
Made me want to cry.
Made me want to cry.
Fragment, consider revising.
Inspiring haters to hate since 1817.
January 6th, 2011 at 5:40 PM |
Boom.
Boom.
Roasted.
January 6th, 2011 at 5:43 PM |
Damn!
Damn!
Put it into Shakespearean prose and then perhaps he'll get it...
Gasp. Hold breath. Turn Blue!
January 6th, 2011 at 6:38 PM |
1+'d to you,
1+'d to you,
elhead. I metaphorical one at that, seeing as voting has disappeared again
I'll be honest, most of my MGoPoints have come from a Lloyd Brady sighting at the Gator Bowl.
January 6th, 2011 at 5:38 PM |
wow
wow
"take it to the NFL" - "push it to the limit... LIMITTTTTT"
it = his talents. rather easy to understand.
in the same vein, why are you capitalizing "Made" if it's not a new sentence?
the sentences worked. you're just trying to be a prick.
January 6th, 2011 at 6:35 PM |
Douche^
Douche^
You deserved it.
Remember: Everyone rises to their own level of mediocrity.
January 6th, 2011 at 6:53 PM |
Yo mama
Yo mama
Yo mama's so fat she beeps when she backs that ass up...
Boo and yah.
January 6th, 2011 at 5:38 PM |
That's just cajun talk
That's just cajun talk
nuf ced
Wanting something to be true does not make it true.
January 6th, 2011 at 5:40 PM |
actually
actually
it's how Dave Brandon talks around friends. why is In_Rod being such a mean person towards DB?
January 6th, 2011 at 5:44 PM |
Ahem
Ahem
*It* made me want to cry.
*Whom* are you quoting?
January 6th, 2011 at 5:52 PM |
Ah!
Ah!
I see what you tried to do.
"This gem made me want to cry:"
Do you need a hug or something?
January 6th, 2011 at 6:08 PM |
this kind of bullshit
this kind of bullshit
this kind of bullshit nitpicking is a perfect example of the state of the Michigan fan base and why we are fucked.
I'm not your buddy, guy.
January 6th, 2011 at 6:28 PM |
You're right, I'd rather be
You're right, I'd rather be
You're right, I'd rather be shitting in a cooler and banging my sister like Ohio State fans.
January 6th, 2011 at 7:01 PM |
Hey!!
Hey!!
If your leg muscles are strong enough, shitting in a cooler can actually be a very enjoyable activity!
Don't knock it until you've tried it!
January 6th, 2011 at 5:28 PM |
Looked fine to me.
But
Looked fine to me.
But
Looked fine to me.
But maybe me fail english, but thats unpossible.
If you need drugs to be a good writer, you're not a good writer.
-Rod Serling
January 6th, 2011 at 5:45 PM |
As the bear in the old spice commercial says
As the bear in the old spice commercial says
"That's make sense!"
January 6th, 2011 at 6:52 PM |
Simpsons
Simpsons
Ah yes, nice Ralph Wiggum reference!
My cats breath smells like cat food.
January 6th, 2011 at 5:58 PM |
wow
wow
way to play the victim card. i, of all people, am probably the last person to have a "slappie" base that attacks people who come after me. i'm a big boy. you're just getting people "coming after you" for being rude for no reason.
January 6th, 2011 at 8:59 PM |
2009?
2009?
2007/2008 - Super Bowl was stolen
2009/2010 - Patriots got slaughtered by the Ravens (unfortunately as I grew up in Massachusetts as a huge Patriots fan when it was still a Red Sox town)
January 6th, 2011 at 5:38 PM |
When
When
By the way, When are you changing your screen name.
January 6th, 2011 at 5:21 PM |
Me understood
Me understood
Me understood you point.
All right Lemmings. Bring the heat.
January 6th, 2011 at 5:37 PM |
Just friggin' choose already Harbaugh
Just friggin' choose already Harbaugh
Getting sick to death of this. Wish Jim would just pick a winner and either stay home, move in or let us move on.
January 6th, 2011 at 9:11 PM |
Ling 111 says prescriptive
Ling 111 says prescriptive
Ling 111 says prescriptive grammar is for l00zurz. Samuel L. Jackson says:
1% of the MGoPosters have 99% of the negative points.
#OccupyBolivia
January 6th, 2011 at 5:17 PM |
You can add...
You can add...
Goes to the NFL for at least $2-3m more than any college coach makes. I think it's a nutso move by the Dolphins, but he'd be nuts not to take it.
Or maybe Harbaugh's going to make so much money b/c he'll be coaching both the Dolphins AND Michigan? I expect to see incoming transfers "Jack Fong" and "Brad Kenny" suiting up for the maize n' blue next year.
Wanting something to be true does not make it true.
January 6th, 2011 at 5:18 PM |
with a contract like that
with a contract like that
and it being tax-free (thanks Florida), he's clearing even MORE money
January 6th, 2011 at 5:47 PM |
Say wha?
Say wha?
Tax free? No income tax in FL? Jeebus.
not just "douchey" MGoBlog user, but now TRUSTED MGoBlog user
January 6th, 2011 at 5:56 PM |
Nope...
Nope...
but they get ya with the sales and property taxes. They also make a sh!t load from their tourism industry where the tax the ever living hell out of everything.
There's a reason most of our service men and women hope for at least 1 tour in either Florida or Texas so they don't have to pay income tax for the rest of their lives (well, at least until they retire)...
January 6th, 2011 at 10:42 PM |
Don't forget the toll roads -
Don't forget the toll roads -
Don't forget the toll roads - they are everywhere it seems in Orlando.
January 6th, 2011 at 11:05 PM |
I almost started bitching
I almost started bitching
I almost started bitching about property taxes in NY, but then I realized no one on mgoblog is from NY and it is borderline political convo. Go Blue! No not that blue, the Blue that is under the wings. eeeeeeek, I gotta get outa here I almost did it again.
"Wasn't that Michigan drive just great. That's like Patton riding into Berlin." ~Bob Ufer
January 6th, 2011 at 6:26 PM |
Yessir....
Yessir....
Property tax in for state of Florida coffers = $$$$
The snowbirds, vacation homers and old people living off their next eggs don't bring in much income tax revenue, but they own expensive property, hence the reason for prop tax over income tax.
Still pay the Feds, though.
Intensity is a lot of guys that run fast.
January 6th, 2011 at 7:55 PM |
Property tax
Property tax
Hasn't worked so well in current economic circumstances.
Time is working funny again. Greg Mattison has a phonebooth time machine he sent the secondary back to Charles Woodson's childhood in; they have emerged with ZZ Top beards, children, and skills.-BC
January 6th, 2011 at 5:46 PM |
Some basis for JH to Michigan assumption
Some basis for JH to Michigan assumption
I will grant you that the JH to Michigan was an assumption. However, I think it was based on a reasonable intrepreation of the facts. For me, the assumption that JH was going to be here was based on the the fact that Brandon waited so long to move, despite the damage it did to recrutiing. (Sam Webb has stated that the uncertanty was hurting recruiting, and that the damage was getting worse as time went on.) I had assumed that JH had given some indication that he wanted the job, but also wanted us to wait until after Stanford's game to make the move. Sure enough, DB meets with Rich Rod the day after Stanford's bowl game. In the meantime, JH takes Michigan's offer to the NFL and gets a more money. He then pulls out of the Michigan process and we end up where we are.
This is also consistent with John U. Bacon's WSJ article wherein he states a source told him that Rich Rod was almost kept on as coach because of something that happend in the 48 hours prior to the termination. Bacon's conclusion is that this is when JH backed out.
The only other explanation for the wait is the "end of the season review" stuff that Brandon said publically. This may be true. However, this would mean that Brandon is such a slave to process that he is willing to damage recuiting and turn the coach search into a scramble. I can't buy that he is so bad at being an AD that he intentionally got us to were we are now.
Maybe this is just me hoping that BD had a plan that Harbaugh screwed up. The alternative is that Brandon is lost. If that is the case, we could be in real trouble.
"Nobody cares what you think!"
January 6th, 2011 at 6:38 PM |
It was the NFL buyout clause
It was the NFL buyout clause
negotiations that broke the deal. When DB and JH had agreed in principle toa deal, the buyout didn't matter, since JH thought he did not have a chance to go that route to a fairly good team. Howevah, the NFL love that JH got right after the bowl game changed his mind.
Born in Oklahoma
Raised in Ohio
Escaped to Meechigan
January 6th, 2011 at 6:49 PM |
Agreed, to a point...
Agreed, to a point...
Agreed, to a point. IMHO, me thinks DB was hoping JH would be the man to take the spot seamlessly, but if he doesn't, I think DB really believes in the following:
- He was hoping RR would give him a reason to keep him. I believe DB when he said his mind wasn't made up leading into the bowl. He took a lengthy amount of time because he was looking for signs that the program was headed in the right direction. I think everyone can agree that if you believe your current coach can get you to your goals, the path of least resistance is by keeping your current coach versus hiring someone else. DB removed RR when he lost that faith.
- DB was either being honest and lowering expectations like a CEO before earnings reports so we, the fanbase, can be more united when we hire someone not named Jim Harbaugh OR is slowplaying it so JH can be free of so many "JH to Michigan" rumors, test the NFL waters and see the grass isn't greener on that side of the fence. I won't pretend to know which. I'd like to believe DB is a super-scheming mad scientist AD that has everything in complete control.
- He has enough excellent candidates that he believes one of them on his list (that only he and his insiders know) will accept the position and JH isn't the end of the world.
- If JH wants to come here, DB will do everything in his power to get him here. If JH wants to go NFL, he'll still try but he realizes it isn't armageddon.
- DB DEFINITELY didn't wait until yesterday after the presser to begin a national coach search. My guess is that he has a list, complete with due diligence on each candidate and a general interest level, and is beginning the contact/interview/negotiation phase, so I don't see this as DOOM (I'll agree firing your coach is never a good sign for your program, but we aren't to DOOM yet).
It's easy to yell 'PANIC!' right now, but I think we should reserve judgement of the process until it's over. I know we're all MGoAddicted to this, but us and the MSM only seem to know about 5% of what's going on right now.
Intensity is a lot of guys that run fast.
January 6th, 2011 at 8:53 PM |
Isn't it within the realm of possibility ...
Isn't it within the realm of possibility ...
that DB and JH have been talking all along. The question is whether JH wants the NFL or college football. The worst decision would be where JH takes the Michigan position only to wonder if he still wanted the NFL. Possble solution is to have JH go visit all the NFL options, 49'ers, Miami, Denver ... etc. After JH has all the data about the NFL, he then meets again with DB. I think if JH wants to stay with the college game ... it will only be with Michigan.
So the next meeting with DB will be the closure on JH. At that time JH will either pick Michigan or the NFL. From DB's part - this gives JH total control of his destiny ... after all the real decision is whether he fits into the NFL game. If he picks the NFL ... there's a 90%+ chance that he will be fired one day ... probably less than 10 years from now (that's just the way the NFL is) - hell, even Vince Lombardi got fired !!!
The college game is always working with kids. Building kids into football players and staying "young" as a part of the campus experience. So what kind of coach does JH want to be .... we will find out shortly.
Go Blue !
No place on earth I'd rather be on a football Saturday than Michigan Stadium !
January 6th, 2011 at 9:39 PM |
Dolphins Fan here......
Dolphins Fan here......
and I really do not like this move at all if it is actually true. They need to get Bill Cowher and give him full control of that team. The reason for not getting Cowher is Ross was not willing to let go of his GM Jeff Ireland, which is a bad move. I wish JH all the luck in Miami, but I just do not see this ending well for him if this truly is the case. With the amount of money he is going to get paid, unreasonable expectations will also come with it. Also, the division he plays in may be the best division in the NFL. Right now, Miami cannot compete with the Jets or Patriots. JH will be looking for a new gig in 3 years and Michigan will not be open for him.
Just my opinion here, so take it for what it is worth. JH is intimidated by the Michigan job. He knows that there is some work to do here and I believe he is scared of failing here. So, he is looking for someone else to fix this mess. (mainly on D)) He has a lot of connects and friends here and the possibility of him failing is turning him off. Just my opinion here again.
January 6th, 2011 at 11:00 PM |
Opportunity
Opportunity
Did I freakin' just double post right out of the gate? Damn. Whatever.
Always worth looking up in autumn
January 6th, 2011 at 5:38 PM |
Look
Look
If JH goes to the NFL it is because he wanted to not bc M was screwing any pooches. As CEO of 2 Fortune 500 companies you can be sure that DB knows how to recruit key employees and managers as well as negotiate the employment contract. Plus he is friends with JH and they know each other very well. No pooches were screwed. No balls were dropped. Simple.
January 6th, 2011 at 9:11 PM |
...he who forgets will be
...he who forgets will be
...he who forgets will be destined to remember...
...I'm a rhinoceros and my skin is two feet thick. Go Blue!
January 6th, 2011 at 5:09 PM |
How have they agreed on
How have they agreed on
How have they agreed on ANYTHING? Have they even exercised the Rooney Rule yet? And have they even fired Sparano?
If you need drugs to be a good writer, you're not a good writer.
-Rod Serling
January 6th, 2011 at 5:11 PM |
Report is from 790 AM radio in south florida; any other source?
Report is from 790 AM radio in south florida; any other source?
???
January 6th, 2011 at 5:15 PM |
MLive reporting it now
MLive reporting it now
But attribution is still to 790 AM http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2011/01/jim_harbaugh_reportedl...
January 6th, 2011 at 5:11 PM |
posted from iPhone
posted from iPhone
Just curious...
What happens to a team that violates to Rooney rule? Do you just pay a fine but still get to keep the coach you wanted?
Every time an MGoBoard poster complains about a thread topic, God kills a baby panda.
January 6th, 2011 at 5:17 PM |
Honestly, I have no idea,
Honestly, I have no idea,
Honestly, I have no idea, because I don't think anyone has violated the Rooney Rule since it's creation.
If you need drugs to be a good writer, you're not a good writer.
-Rod Serling
January 6th, 2011 at 5:18 PM |
I believe the Lions violated
I believe the Lions violated
I believe the Lions violated it when they hired one of the Ms (Mariucci?), and yes, I think it's a serious fine.
DB or someone operating for the university could have asked him "are you wanting to stay in the college ranks or you taking it to the next level?" and he said "NFL."
simple as that.
the notion JH was "in Michigan's pocket, theirs to lose" is a fucking fan-base created notion that has ZERO reliable basis other than DB saying "he's been interested in the past." JH just as easily may have found out he could make a million more and take it to the NFL than to keep the college route.
let me make this clear: Michigan didn't "screw the pooch." Harbaugh goes to Clemson or UConn or Maryland? ABSOLUTELY. the guy goes to the NFL? he wasn't available.