Schefter: harbaugh to 49ers

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AgonyTrain

January 7th, 2011 at 3:52 PM ^

Eh, better there than stanford.  Prestige would have taken a bit of a hit if one of our "loyal" alums had elected to stay at an institution that can't fill a 50,000 seat stadium instead of coming back to his "dream" job.  Don't think he is going to be a very good pro coach (his style is one that players tune out rather quickly - see Singeltary, MIchael) but w/e. 

BiSB

January 7th, 2011 at 4:08 PM ^

My point was that the best available college football coach in America right now is probably Rich Rodriguez.  So regardless of the circumstances or whether it was the 'right' decision, we just fired the best available college football coach without a back-up plan.*

(You'd also got a tough argument to convince me that Michigan would have finished no better than 3-9, though that number is certainly in play for next year)

*If Adam Schefter is right... which, like, whatever

ken725

January 7th, 2011 at 4:32 PM ^

I agree that RR is the best available coach.  My opinion is that the way DB handled the situation there was no possible way that he could bring RR back for another year or give him an extension.  Thinking retrospectively all signs pointed to him being fired.

I was also under the impression the DB was this crazy bad ass and that we would have a coach to introduce by now.  I think I bought too much into the DB pimp hand thing and was duped into thinking it was all taken care of.

PurpleStuff

January 7th, 2011 at 3:54 PM ^

Should be fun to see the Carroll-Harbaugh rivalry renewed in the pros.  It looks like Michigan was never a long term option for Harbaugh so at that point I'd rather see him in the NFL and end some of the speculation.

Hopefully we can also wrap up our own search now that the guy we pretty much had to wait for is off the board.

anonbastardo

January 7th, 2011 at 4:47 PM ^

is a fantastic place to live & raise a family (moreso if you make good money).   The guy was going to make more money that anyone needs to live comfortably forever regardless of where he went, and there are no garuantees with coaching jobs, so maybe he put his family first in this case.  Can't hate the guy for that.

Number 7

January 7th, 2011 at 3:56 PM ^

What's the average tenure of a pro coach, anyway?  4 years would be my guess based on the fact that there are a dozen Mariuccis for every Belicheck out there.  Hope for JH's sake he's a Belicheck, but I bet he'll come to rue his decision 4 or 5 years from now.

Captain Obvious

January 7th, 2011 at 3:57 PM ^

I really didn't want to have to hate our head coach with a burning passion.  Anyone but Harbaugh.

By the way, he played Michigan like fools, used us (and other teams) as leverage to get more money and left us with our pants down.  Looks like I had this guy pinned from day 1.

AHHHHH SEE YA SEEYA SEEYA

buddha

January 7th, 2011 at 5:23 PM ^

What exactly does he owe Michigan? What entitlement do we have as an alumni community for him to be our coach?

I - for one - reject any sense of entitlement to a coach who played at our school 20+ years ago. I live by the credo that you have to do what is best for you and your family first, and - frankly - going to the NFL in the Bay Area would beat the hell out of returning to A2 and rebuilding a football program.

I am honestly shocked by the level of arrogance and sheer selfishness that many UM fans harbor. This coaching search has been disappointing, but we as a school are not "owed" anything.

phil.hersey

January 7th, 2011 at 4:00 PM ^

It's not so bad that he's pushing 60, often the catholic church picks an old pope knowing they will die soon. Miles hasn't got a lot to lose coming to M... fix it he's a hero, wallow in mediocrity and he retires. Also, he acts the way he does because he's playing by SEC rules now..he has to do what he has to do to beat Saban who is doing the same things. He'll dial in to M and the Big10.... Good track record (much longer than Harbaugh's), excellent recruiting tool....BEST OPTION

Maximinus Thrax

January 7th, 2011 at 4:03 PM ^

That is kind of the way I feel about the oversigning too.  The B1G does not allow it, so it won't happen here.  In the SEC however, foregoing the practice would be like tying one hand behind your back, bringing a knife to a gun fight, etc.