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If Charlie Weis can do it,…

If Charlie Weis can do it, so can Brian Kelly.

Rutgers beat MSU, who we…

Rutgers beat MSU, who we could not.

Being a successful coach of…

Being a successful coach of a large D1 program basically is all-consuming.  I'm guessing that Harbaugh is no longer willing to pay that price.  He's 56 years old.  Has a very young child in his family.  He's been successful at almost every stage of his career and probably has tens of millions of dollars in the bank, if he's been careful with his money.  I'm guessing he's sort of checked out, other things in life are more important to him now.

I know it hurts now, but it…

I know it hurts now, but it'll work out better in the long run.  Just take care of yourself.

If Mattison can go be a…

If Mattison can go be a Buckeye, Fickell can be a Wolverine.

You're obviously a moron and…

You're obviously a moron and clearly incapable of processing the idea that societies change and that people and institutions evolve.   If you're going to call out Democrats for being racist or being officially involved in redlining a generation or more ago, then you should call out the entire country for having the institution of slavery at its birth.  If nothing changes, which is your contention, if people and parties and institutions and governments and societies don't change then the US is still a racist slave owning country and you're still colluding within that system.  Maybe the British and the Canadians still want their colonies back.  Or the Germans and the Japanese are still secretly at war with us.  People like you always want to pick and choose convenient facts about the past to buoy your own point of view.  

I'm not sure why you're even…

I'm not sure why you're even bothering to explain things to this person.  Nothing you say will convince him to change his mind.  

Remember that guy that tried to prove that the earth was flat by launching himself in a steam-powered rocket?  He believed until the end.

How big of a sample do you…

How big of a sample do you need for the serological test to say that’s there’s enough herd immunity to protect the population?  Or are you going to be able to go back to work only if you test positive for the antibodies?  Compulsory testing?  If that’s the case, I guess some of the people on the blog won’t be going back to work for a while.

In no particular order:

In no particular order:

Penny Dreadful, season 1.  Eva Green deserved an Emmy

True Detective, season 1.  

The Expanse.

Battlestar Galactica: The new one. (except the ending)

Star Trek: TNG

Breaking Bad

The Sopranos

Twilight Zone (The Original)

Black Mirror

Star Wars: The Clone Wars S1-6

Stargate SG1

Counterpart

 

Asking for a friend.  Is…

Asking for a friend.  Is Moderna's vaccine based on the spike proteins or on the viral capsule/membrane?

Tell that to the stupid…

Tell that to the stupid Spring Breakers in Florida.  

Private corporation already…

Private corporation already have the means to track people via cell phones https://xmode.io/blog/.  Heat maps of cellphone location data.

 

If you think the Chinese…

If you think the Chinese basically enacted martial law in a province of 60 plus million people and tanked their GDP growth for shits and giggles, you might want to buy a lot of stock in cruise line companies.  

Moon 

 

Ex Machina

 

Moon 

Ex Machina

Being John Malkovich

Green Room

Margin Call

I thought we were all about…

I thought we were all about the presumption of innocence.   The men were not high, there was no weed on them, it was all based on a "smell"?

I think that this is an…

I think that this is an unusual request for them to make before offering you the job.  I think most people, when you're at the C-suite or partner level, know that job searches are a little tricky when you're going outside of the organization and will do the search discreetly.  You've gone this far in the search process and they must think highly enough of you.  Is your direct supervisor/boss' opinion (who may end up retaliating) really going to make that big of an difference?  

I'm assuming, and maybe I'm…

I'm assuming, and maybe I'm wrong, that you're not an alum of the school?  The fact that I graduated from Michigan, got a graduate degree at Michigan, did some post-graduate work here and even taught for a little bit, allowed me access to some opportunities that otherwise I would not have had.  It wasn't our football team's record that mattered, although it's a nice ice-breaker sometimes to discuss it (good or bad), but our reputation as an academically challenging school and world-class research university.  I wouldn't want to take that advantage away from any current or future Michigan students or alumni.  

Yeah, I would love that our football team could perform better.  That we could beat Ohio State and those other SEC teams.  That would make me proud.  But what would make me even prouder? If we did it the right way.

There are also a lot of…

There are also a lot of Michigan alumni in the media (and everywhere else) too.

Like what, this doesn’t…

Like what, this doesn’t happen in the NFL too? I’m sure Roger Goodell has his favorites.  So I’m sure this is not new to Harbaugh.

Just being afraid is no…

Just being afraid is no excuse for inaction.  You know things aren’t working.  There is something fundamentally wrong.  These past 3 games haven’t passed the eye test.  The fiery crazy obsessive coach we hired is gone. Nothing gets better if you’re not willing to change or take a chance.  

So, what is your…

So, what is your sophisticated explanation of what’s going on?  A thousand more excuses of how we were robbed by the refs, of injuries, of new coordinators, of fluke plays, blah blah blah?  The fundamental fact is that good organizations, while they may have some outlying results from time to time, find a way to bounce back and are consistently good.  We are not good.  We got manhandled and pummeled.  If you think otherwise, you’re the one who is delusional.

Making him, the greatest…

Making him, the greatest receiver the Lions ever had. pay back what is ultimately a insignificant amount of money to both Johnson and the Lions, really shows the pettiness and stupidity of the Lions.  Treating him (and other players) right and generously, and you'll have loyal spokespeople and ambassadors for your team.  

Hodor dies, you know.

Hodor dies, you know.

Disney Cruise Line.  …

Disney Cruise Line.   Amazing for kids.  Not too bad for adults either. 

George Bailey should have…

George Bailey should have let the crowd exact street justice on that evil old man.  He didn't let them.  Look at what he's doing now.

I’ll admit it. I paid way…

I’ll admit it. I paid way north of $500 total to take my kids to see Taylor Swift.

"With great power comes…

"With great power comes great responsibility."

For god's sake, it's just a game, Magnus.  It's not like he's saving lives, curing cancer, or fighting crime.      

Absolutely yes, we have 2…

Absolutely yes, we have 2 players like Winovich and Gary.  They each have multiple, and depth too. 

Maybe the defense needed to…

Maybe the defense needed to stop them from scoring 62 points first.

I think that QB was the one…

I think that QB was the one he destroyed, Devin Gardner.

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Does it matter?

Can you write an impassioned…

Can you write an impassioned post about how OSU’s administration failed to take the proper actions against Meyer?  

You're looking it at the…

You're looking it at the wrong way.  Because you're a VP or the CEO, you can choose to drive *whatever* you want.  The others are just status-conscious wannabe's.  

Talking to my therapist…

Talking to my therapist helps.  It's good to have a nonjudgmental person listen to your thoughts and concerns.  When you hit a certain age and a certain point of your career and in your personal life, sometimes that question, "is that all there is?" comes up.  

 

I don't think that it's all…

I don't think that it's all or nothing like you seem to think it is.  You can criticize Harbaugh for what he's done or not done, the same as criticizing Beilein a few years before, and still love the school and its programs.  

I like the 1990’s GeoCities…

I like the 1990’s GeoCities/MySpace look that the transitional site had.

Here you go

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_University_of_Michigan_business_a…

This one was fun
Um

You don't know wives, do you?

The Video

As Usual, We're the Forgotten Generation

I think you guys have forgotten about the Gen X'ers.   

As Usual, We're the Forgotten Generation

I think you guys have forgotten about the Gen X'ers.   

My sense of Harbaugh is that

My sense of Harbaugh is that he’s not some insecure little milquetoast who would take umbrage at some media member calling Michigan a “basketball school.” He knows he has to improve the team’s performance. You must think he’s so insecure that tweeting out congratulations to a colleague is some sort of huge burden on hiim. From all that we’ve seen and heard and read about Harbaugh, I think it’s part of his DNA to be supportive of fellow Michigan coaches. I’d be more surprised if he didn’t congratulate Beilein publicly.

Wow

You must take Twitter and people’s responses to your tweets really seriously. I mean, what else is Harbaugh going to do? Harbaugh has always shown support for other Michigan coaches and sports. Weren’t there sightings of him just showing up at random practices and greeting other players in the past? He’s just being gracious and supporting a fellow U of M coach. That’s what he’s supposed to do. In fact, I’d be more disappointed if he didn’t publicly tweet something in support.

Huh

Having one person post “how to get tickets” is not the same as “5000 UM fans descending upon Staples Center looking for tickets”. Your landlord raising your rent 15 percent simply reflects the market conditions that exist. That article you referenced didn’t make the market.

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No

Bain Capital, KKR and the other private equity firms killed Toys R Us.  It had no chance after being saddled with so much debt.  Jim Hackett probably couldn't have revived the chain.

Please

Please don't tell me you're a Michigan grad.