Mike Hart on ND Short List for RB Coach
Happy for Mike but it's gross.
January 23rd, 2019 at 3:31 PM ^
It sure is nice of them to want to train up our next Offensive Coordinator.
January 23rd, 2019 at 3:46 PM ^
No thanks. I want someone who knows how to beat Osu.
I am joking obviously, but in all seriousness, as long as Harbaugh is here, I doubt we would ever see Mike on staff.
January 23rd, 2019 at 4:48 PM ^
Why would you not expect Harbaugh to hire Mike Hart?
January 23rd, 2019 at 4:54 PM ^
After Harbaugh seemed to question Michigan's academic commitment with it's athletes (I believe it was in 2007, right around when he came on board at Stanford), Hart publicly went on record blasting Harbaugh over his comments and then said something to the effect of he hoped he would never coach at or come back to Michigan ever again.
I'm guessing the two have spoken about it and buried the hatchet since then, but who knows? Either way, I doubt Harbaugh would let a ten year old spat get in the way of hiring Hart if a) Hart was interested in the job, and B) he was the best man for the job.
January 23rd, 2019 at 7:06 PM ^
He’s a Lloyd man. If Carr tells him to bury the hatchet with Harbaugh, he’d do it.
January 23rd, 2019 at 8:07 PM ^
WWLS...
January 23rd, 2019 at 9:42 PM ^
Has Carr done anything to rope in Braylon or Marcus Ray? He either had none of the influence on his former players like Bo did, or he has checked out.
January 23rd, 2019 at 10:52 PM ^
Bury what hatchet? He was right. And Harbaugh us a big enough man to know it . Harbaugh would hire him no problem.
January 23rd, 2019 at 3:31 PM ^
Indiana running backs coach Mike Hart is a candidate on Notre Dame’s short list of replacements for Autry Denson.
— Pete Sampson (@PeteSampson_) January 23, 2019
Notre Dame will interview for the vacant position this week. Hart is Michigan’s all-time leading rusher.
The Athletic’s Coaching Tracker:https://t.co/9uqVBEs2jc
January 23rd, 2019 at 3:31 PM ^
The SHORT list, you say?
January 23rd, 2019 at 3:40 PM ^
Girth is more important than length. So I'm told.
January 23rd, 2019 at 3:49 PM ^
Honestly, I don’t think either are important. It’s all an act from their end.
January 23rd, 2019 at 4:00 PM ^
Sounds like you really know what you are doing
January 23rd, 2019 at 5:43 PM ^
I mean... I don’t think this is the appropriate venue for this conversation.
January 23rd, 2019 at 8:00 PM ^
Precisely what someone who doesn’t know what they are doing would say.
January 23rd, 2019 at 10:34 PM ^
I'm here to say that how good is the wood equals the most important factor
January 23rd, 2019 at 11:17 PM ^
I've heard that if it's not that good, it can be improved with stretching exercises.
January 24th, 2019 at 11:20 AM ^
"I was just trying to get a little validation for my life, I guess I came up a bit SHORT!!"
January 23rd, 2019 at 3:31 PM ^
Good for Mike. Not gross at all. We have a highly qualified individual already working in that position.
January 23rd, 2019 at 3:55 PM ^
While "qualified" would have probably passed the sniff test now (not when he got the job), "highly qualified" does not. He's closer to "barely qualified" than he is "highly qualified".
January 23rd, 2019 at 4:05 PM ^
What other P5 school would have hired JayBaugh at 200k+ to be their RB coach?
Crickets chirp...Mike Hart should be at Michigan. RB is a position that is conducive to experienced coaching...that is someone who played it to coach others
January 23rd, 2019 at 7:17 PM ^
All of JayBaugh's jobs have been at places where either his uncle or dad were the head coach... nepotism is still alive and well
January 23rd, 2019 at 8:53 PM ^
.....and pep is still here.
January 23rd, 2019 at 5:01 PM ^
I hope he crafts a deal similar to Weis's where he is still getting paid like 10 years after he leaves
s/
January 23rd, 2019 at 3:33 PM ^
Somewhere Wolverine Devotee’s head is asploding
January 23rd, 2019 at 3:38 PM ^
nFd.
good for Hart but i'm not sure i could work for a raging asshole like Brian Kelly.
January 23rd, 2019 at 3:44 PM ^
It's only a matter of time before he kills someone else and is fired.
January 23rd, 2019 at 4:28 PM ^
He has already killed someone and he is still there.
Edit...sorry man. Did not see the word else. I guess I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.
January 23rd, 2019 at 10:03 PM ^
Probably will take 3-4 for Kelly now that he's made the playoffs
January 23rd, 2019 at 3:39 PM ^
This is a crime.
It's past time for Mike to come home.
January 23rd, 2019 at 3:41 PM ^
Go Mike Hart. I hate ND (and Saint Mary's) with a passion, but ND is a good institution and a great opportunity for Hart. It's not like he's going directly from coaching at Michigan to ND or some other school. *cough* F Mattison *cough*
January 23rd, 2019 at 3:42 PM ^
Gary Moeller was a co-captain at Ohio State in the sixties. For that matter, Bo was an assistant to Woody Hayes.
Good luck to Mike Hart. I hope his is the only unit that plays well against Michigan next year.
January 23rd, 2019 at 4:20 PM ^
January 23rd, 2019 at 4:41 PM ^
If the running backs play well against us we have a big problem. Can't it be, like, the tight ends, or the punter, or something?
January 23rd, 2019 at 6:47 PM ^
Oh come on. If their running backs are playing well and nobody else is, Brian Kelly is going to go full Code Purple.
January 23rd, 2019 at 3:50 PM ^
He'll do what he has to do to gain better employment, but UGH...
January 23rd, 2019 at 3:54 PM ^
Not sure how anyone could blame him. It's not like he is leaving our staff to join a rival's. I'm assuming RB coach at ND is a sizable pay raise over IU.
January 23rd, 2019 at 4:17 PM ^
Mike Hart was making $301,000 per year at Indiana. Tom Allen makes $500,000. Mike DeBord $502,500.
January 23rd, 2019 at 6:01 PM ^
Uh. Tom Allen does not make less than his (now former) OC...
January 23rd, 2019 at 7:11 PM ^
Tom Allen Made 1.8 mil last year at Indiana brosef.
Thatd be insane that IU could get away with hiring a coordinator to more money than the head coach.
January 23rd, 2019 at 8:08 PM ^
You are correct. His base salary is 500k and he gets bonuses that put him up to 1.8MM
January 24th, 2019 at 1:32 AM ^
That's good money. I'm sure it's a lot of hours during the season but how many hours are they putting in like now? If anyone knows
January 23rd, 2019 at 4:00 PM ^
Going to be tough work for him after his kids get the crap kicked out of them in the Big House this Fall.
Love Mike Hart - but to hell with Notre Dame. Always.
January 23rd, 2019 at 4:09 PM ^
How about JayBaugh to ND and Mike Hart to Michigan?
January 23rd, 2019 at 4:35 PM ^
No Harbaugh of Harbaugh affiliates at ND = no job for Jay.
January 23rd, 2019 at 4:46 PM ^
Cool and we have Jay Harbaugh as our RB Coach...
January 23rd, 2019 at 5:46 PM ^
shocked this is the only comment about Jay in this thread
January 23rd, 2019 at 4:50 PM ^
Mike Hart on ND's staff would be a prime example of an awkward moment, if indeed it did happen.
January 23rd, 2019 at 4:57 PM ^
Out of all the issues with this teams offense last year, the running backs were not really one of them. Comparing to Indiana's stats and taking out anyone who wasn't a RB or FB, Michigan, while rushing the ball had .285 yards more per carry as well as 10 more TD's for the year. One RB on Indiana (Stevie Scott) averaged 5 yards a carry while for Michigan beat that average including three running backs that saw the most carries (Hidden, Evans and Wilson).