Just said that McNamara is the #1 QB going into fall camp. Has taken the leadership reins. Said that McCarthy has been great as well, but McNamara hasn't let him take over the top spot.
Who else would it be?
Everyone transferred.
The 5-Star freshman or the transfer coming in with 20 games played under his belt in the Big 12? I mean, there are at least theoretically options besides Cade.
Either way, the more interesting thing is JH saying he's #1 right now heading into fall when the normal soundbite is "everyone is competing for the spot"
Agree 100% on this. It's a change.
The sooner we move away from starting freshmen at QB, the better.
Like John O'Korn? Shea Patterson?
yeah the transfers worked out smashingly.
From Harbaugh it’s all going to be coach speak, rainbows and sunshine type stuff. I expect more of the same from the players but I’m more interested in what they say.
I feel like coaches, though not Harbaugh really, are more likely to say something interesting. Players are well coached on not saying jack.
Taysom Villari will throw a touchdown to Carter Selzer to beat MSU this year and Team Campbell's collective heads will asplode.
Demeanor seems more upbeat than I remember him in past years. Doesn't seem to have the agitation factor that you tend to see in his public appearances. Not sure what that really means or maybe it's just me. Does anybody else think the personality seems different? Again, not saying it means anything.
I don't think anything can be taken from the guy's comments, appearance, etc. because he's just so damn weird.
Its just football media day, not basketball.
#basketballschool
Basketball can’t come soon enough!
you guys who post stuff like this on every football topic are insufferable.
#InsufferableSchool
To the coaches and players.... show me, dont tell me.
Perfect avi/comment synergy.
They actually aren't playing today. Season opens on September 4th.
So...they just shouldn't make an appearance at Big Ten media days to talk about stuff?
Oh, wait a minute...your pic is Michigan pissing on Ohio State. That tells me most of what I need to know.
It's a media day/press conference. They literally can only tell you right now, goober.
Your saying sounded tough though.
BEAT OHIO.
No more media days until this^^^
I think it's up to the Big Ten network, not JH, bud.
Michigan players at 2:37p
Harbaugh again at 4:33p
Eh, the only useful information that ever comes out of media days are the articles with anonymous coach/player comments. Everything else is pure fluff...
I don't understand how Warren still has a job. He's just collecting a check and mailing it in IMO
Maybe you missed the latest basketball hire.
I wasn’t aware Big Ten commissioners hire coaches for member schools.
Aidan Hutchinson just now: “In 2018, 2019, clearly something wasn’t right about our culture.”
— Zach Shaw (@_ZachShaw) July 22, 2021
Says he hadn’t really thought about culture as a weak point before, but Mike Macdonald opened his eyes.
Now that's a pretty damning comment from one our players. Did anybody follow up on it to ask him what he was referring to?
I hope someone asks Harbaugh about it when he comes back to the podium.
You have a greater chance of being mauled to death by a rabbit than Harbaugh feeding locker room info to the media.
Killer rabbits might not be as rare as you think. Just ask Jimmy Carter.
That may in fact be true. It also may be just that coaching changes are just like weight changes on a roster - all change is good and whatever it was before was bad.
Agreed. We hear this throughout all coaching changes - my favorite is the strength training coach changes: "we're going to be faster and stronger."
Agreed. We hear this throughout all coaching changes - my favorite is the strength training coach changes: "we're going to be faster and stronger."
As a former college S&C coach myself who's spent his fair share of time around college athletics as both a college baseball player and working as a strength coach at 3 different schools I've always thought the science and programming of what you're doing is not the most important. This is the same as in all areas of exercise, weight lifting, weight loss, etc. It's better to have an average plan done with great intensity, effort, and execution than an optimal plan done with less intensity, effort, and execution. I think there is also some carry over to coaching. While Xs & Os and strategy certainly matter, it's the ability to actually coach it, get your players to buy in, put the right players in the right positions, motivate them, build culture, etc. that makes a great coach so. You need the science and you need the Xs & Os, but without a good delivery aka coach, it won't do much good.
This was an eye opener as well. I don't know if it blaming the past leadership for results or real, but I certainly hope that the leaders on this team are changing the culture for the better. Good on Mike MacDonald for calling it out to members of the team.
Hard enough to beat Ohio State, don't need a dysfunctional leadership on top of that.
JH could say everything right. He could say:
We need to get more production out of the DTs so we can get more pass rush from the other places and take pressure off the LBs and DEs.
We need more production out of our CBs.
We need our QB be more consistently able to make the right reads and throw the ball more accurately.
We need to develop on the o-line.
We need to let our safeties be the playmakers they can be.
We need to be better at developing an offensive identity and improve week to week.
We need to give up less big plays.
We need to recruit OH better.
And, we need to start beating our rivals more, specifically OSU. We've been trash in the game that matters most the last two years.
I've spent all offseason addressing these things, making coaching changes in line with this, and will improve in these areas this year. I can't guarantee victory, but we will show up ready to play the third week of November in a way we are proud of.
He could say all that and we'd be like "we'll believe it when we see it on the field". I also know he won't say any of that. He'll say we're working on being 1% better each day. I'm working on "coaching the team". And, we are focused on competition and meritocracy.
Or he could say, "We need to give up FEWER big plays." s/ Stannis Baratheon
Just saw on BTN that we are predicted to finish 4th in the division(Behind OSU, PSU & Indiana) according to the media.
Sounds about right.
Probably closer to finishing 5th than 3rd too.
Based on the 2020 covid season I would agree. Good thing that we can finish higher than 4th.
It was good to see coach without the hat. He looked a little more normal I guess, which is good for his and UM's marketability. He had a nice suit on and while he still had glasses they weren't the old Bo style ones.
Ah you mean he looked professional finally.
And before some of you go on about “I don’t care what he wears at B1G media days” go find Lamar Woodley talking about how he didn’t understand and hated that Lloyd made them wear suits all the time then he ended his football career and got into businesses and he was so grateful and understanding why Lloyd made him wear it as a youngster.,
I think dressing professionally is important, and I am glad Jim Harbaugh is doing it.
When you are in a leadership position, the way you look and carry yourself is important. If I was taking my mother to the doctor, I would prefer if the doctor was not wearing flip flops and mom jeans. If my Detroit Lions are playing MNF against the Jets, I'd prefer my coach to not wear a poncho.
It matters.
Shut up, Toby.
Something about Coach Harbaugh just gets me giddy about the season. He was a little more animated, a little more enthusiastic than normal. And, he let some of that Jim Harbaugh intensity shine through at the end when he talked about him and the kids climbing the mountain - "we gotta get to the APEX"!
Another thing, both Wilton Speight and Pep Hamilton expressed frustration with the continuous quarterback competition through fall camp. Pep actually said that he preferred to identify a guy and use camp to get him fully prepped for the season. It seems like Coach Harbaugh is now embracing that particular philosophy. Since it appears that Cade is saying catch me if you can, I concur with Coach Harbaugh.