Hypothetical Urban Vs Jim

How many pickles could a pickle picker pick?

and sometimes things are black and white. 

Just because it's Michigan and the history and tradition and Leaders and Best and all that makes it awesome doesn't mean we can't forget about football for a minute -- especially Michigan / OSU and hypotheticals.  I'd much rather focus on B-ball, for instance. Think we just need a collective, "group purge" when it comes to the gridiron right now.

I'm not trying to be a jerk, but what is the relevance or even interest in this particular hypothetical?

I think as a blog we have become a little fixated on Urban Meyer.  I hope he gets a flat tire today and then accidentally drinks spoiled milk and pukes.  Other than that I really don't care.

It is basketball season anyway.

The universe implodes on itself and existence is wiped out when clone Urban and regular Urban meet so it's all a moot point.

I'm going to go watch Paul Blart Mall Cop 2 with Dark Side of the Moon playing in sequence and check back with you on this one, guys. 

Urban 4, Harbaugh 0.

But could this hypothetical happen if the earth was flat?

I'm disappointed. I thought this was going to be like Thunderdome. Two coaches enter, one coach leaves!

What if Mike Ditka was coaching both teams at the same time? Daaa Bearsss!

If Kate Upton had been our coach would this have affected recruiting 5 stars?

If she promised to beat OSU or coach the bowl game in a swimsuit. Would we feel differently about the loss?

Would Inside Michigan Football - Bowl Edition be the highest rated show of all time?

I'll play: I think that it would have made a difference this year and ONLY this year.

Why?

2015 we had no chance. 2016 and 2017 the game plans were superb and there was nothing a hypothetical anti-Urban could have done better.

2018 was the only Game where better utilization of our players would have netted us a win, or a better showing.

Hawt take of the minute.

Urbzie has been a college coach for all 33 years of of his career, Harbaugh for only 10 of his 14, there's no logical comparison if confined to only the college game.

The biggest difference so far seems to be the ease in which Urbzie can identify and hire the best up and coming coordinators. Three decades builds a lot of relationships.

I say the most likely result in those 4 games is 1-3 about 90% of the time. 

Who would win if there were 9 mini Urban Meyers and 2 giant Mike Ditkas vs 11 full sized Jim Harbaughs?

I knew that game was going to have a lasting effect on us all, but this is borderline MANIC

I'm almost ready to say the mgoattitude was better in the RichRod years!!

There was a big talent gap favoring OSU. If Harbaugh had OSU talent and vice a versa, then Harbaugh would be 4-0 over Urban. I think that talent gap is shrinking and I think next season will be the year Harbaugh beats OSU. Even if Urban would have stayed as coach.

If Michigan had a clone of Urban Meyer as coach the last 4 years instead of JH, and had clones of all Ohio State players as well, and we played in a stadium that was a clone of Ohio Stadium, and all of our fans were clones of Ohio State fans, and Ann Arbor was a clone of Columbus, and Michigan was a clone of Ohio, what would our record be against OSU?

This post is a result of eating lead paint chips as a kid. Hypothetically speaking.

What say you?

It's a stupid post.

I'm not sure how that hypothetical would work because particularly on offense they recruit for a different system.  So, I'd have to assume everything else remains the same, which means Urban would be coaching the guys that were at UM the past 4 years.  I'd have to assume Urban would lose the games in '15 and '17 regardless.  I still think '16 could have gone either way so he'd have a decent chance of winning that game and I don't really hold that loss against JH.  He did all he could.  And, I also think if played again it's unlikely OSU would win by such a large margin, so I'd guess Urban would have had a better outcome in that game, but not guaranteed a win.  It would be interesting to see what Urban could do with Patterson.  But, who knows.  So, really all we're saying here is JH has been outmatched talent wise in this game for 2 of the first 3 years, lost once due to dumb luck in a close game, and had a really bad game this season.  It is what it is

But what if we played the games on the moon? 

What are worse?  The false narratives out there? Or the false narratives here to explain away the record?  Sometimes, on this blog if you squint real  hard while reading you would think Michigan won 2 out of the last 3 games based on the what if's.  No one is saying JH is a bad coach, but the narratives around him wont change until he beats OSU.  On the bright side a very large obstacle was moved yesterday and it seems UM's recruiting is on an upswing. 

This OP and the one below about "the tribe has spoken" are what get Michigan fans laughed at.  First the OSU trolls get a hold of them and pass it on to 11W and they get a good laugh.

And then, eventually, one of them reads it to the MSU fans and even they get a laugh.

You cant have an honest take on here because if someone who honestly believes they think Meyer is a better coach, which his record and accomplishment suggest that he is, you will be negged to death.  If Urban Meyer was here I think we win at least 1 of 4 simply because his offenses are designed to score, score fast, and score a lot.  He is also an amazing recruiter, may due to have the $ recourses to do so.  

However, with that said urban is a POS human being and I'd rather not follow college football than follow an Urban led Michigan team.  

Geez dude, live in reality.  OSU owns Michigan..Urban owned Harbaugh.