Those Who Stay (Twitter account question)
On UMs late push before NFL teams enter the mix: "they're certainly making the most of it. Caught us off guard with the follow up offer"
— Those Who Stay (@ThoseWhoStay7) December 18, 2014
In case you missed it in Brian's second Searchbits yesterday, this is the twitter feed he referenced. Does anyone know who this person is or, more specifically, who he is quoting?
December 18th, 2014 at 11:37 AM ^
...because it HAS been overdone.
Let noone ever say that the Michigan fanbase isn't every bit as rabid as...say, the Alabama or Oklahoma or Boston Red Sox fanbase (although noone will dies over this coaching search or be castrated...etc.)
I am alternating between loving this and hating this.
Oh...and...
Harbaugh.
December 18th, 2014 at 11:41 AM ^
If you read through the tweets out there you will find that 49ers are denying offer and focused on the game.
December 18th, 2014 at 11:41 AM ^
I'm taking these ThoseWhoStay tweets w/a truckload of salt, despite Brian's more positive take on this guy (whoever he is) yesterday. That said, if you believe his stuff, there are two scenarios here which can't both be true:
#1 - The scenario that Gregg Henson and Jeff Moss have pushed for a long time now, and that has been echo'd with all the other "IT'S HAPPENING" chatter emerging from various Michigan "insiders" lately, which Brian has also picked up: Harbaugh is essentially in the bag already and has had some sort of understanding in place w/Michigan for a while now, and it's just a matter of letting him finish out his NFL season and keeping a lid on all this so it doesn't look like he's bailing early on his current team. The only reason he doesn't come back is a last-minute change of mind/he "flakes."
#2 - The ThoseWhoStay/pessimistic scenario -- There was some initial contact/guaging of interest back in November, and Harbaugh either said "no" or said "I can't address this during a playoff chase, focused on my team now, I'll get back to you later." 49ers are eliminated, and now things start in earnest, Michigan approaches him with a firm $8mil/year offer, which is higher than whatever vague numbers they discussed during the initial contacts. Harbaugh is genuinely undecided, has real interest in the Michigan job, but it's more 50/50 and not nearly the "IT'S HAPPENING", essentially done-deal scenario other "insiders" are pushing.
I'd like to believe #1, but tend to think #2 is closer to reality.
December 18th, 2014 at 11:55 AM ^
I DMed this guy, his family friend is JH's agent. Hes legit, we talk daily
December 18th, 2014 at 12:04 PM ^
Thosewhostay is this guy. Seriously. As if spamming the blog on the reg wasn't enough. Can we get rid of these guys?
December 18th, 2014 at 12:05 PM ^
Anybody can claim to be family friend's with Harbaugh's agent. I still don't see any evidence that he's reporting information that comes from said agent. My guess is he is a high school/college kid who scours the Michigan boards and reports rumors from others as his privately sourced information.
December 18th, 2014 at 11:56 AM ^
December 18th, 2014 at 12:08 PM ^
whoever he is his followers are going up..maybe thats his goal.