Harbaugh interviewed on Rich Eisen Show 3/9
Rich Eisen had Coach Harbaugh on his show yesterday (via phone). Good interview and Rich Eisen is a Michigan alum/fan if you don't already know that (thanks jbibiza).
Great interview & covers a fair amount of ground. Nothing ground breaking but an enjoyable listen. Covers the Florida trip, Twitter, the SEC, Colin Kaepernick, the coaching clinic and other relevant stuff.
Video embed at the first post in this thread.
http://www.richeisenshow.com/2016/03/09/
He seems to only be willing to be interviewed by UM homers that are unwilling to question or point out his narrsasitic, arrogant and abrasive behavior towards everyone outside his circle of comfort.
Eisen is not just a fan, he is a Michigan alum
Blue know it!
March 10th, 2016 at 10:40 AM ^
Keep pinching myself that he's "our" coach.
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He hasn't done much more than Hoke did in his first year, except lose by almost 5 touchdowns to OSU.
Eisen introducing Harbaugh: "He is the head coach of my football team, the University of Michigan Wolverines."
Mancrush.
I'm sure that is the way we all would introduce him if in the same position.
March 10th, 2016 at 12:06 PM ^
Spending time with Mike Martz in the filmroom. "Changing the footwork on the weakside pulling play"
That is priceless. Set aside 15 minutes of your day for that clip
Keep doing you coach, build the dynasty and ignore the haters.
you're allowed to cross borders. . ..brilliant.
And the Florida chamber of commerce bit was pure freshly squeezed awesome
He's used that saying before in interviews. It seems to be his go-to answer to that line of questioning
Sometimes I just want to squeeze Jim Harbaugh he is so awesome.
Nttawwt
When he said the "My America" line, I giggled in unision with Rich.
is to just let the man expound and keep the questions very broad. This was by far one of the best interviews with Harbaugh I have ever heard. That back and forth about Twitter was hilarious.
Eisen is not electric...
Rich and Dan Patrick are so far above all the other national shows it's not even funny. My local radio show just switched to Mike Florio and he is just awful.
That he host every Saturday from September to the last weekend of November.? It's been funny as hell and will only get funnier, just like SF.
but I am blown away he didn't use youngsters once!
One of his better interviews imo
I think he is learning...most of his interviews during super bowl week were way better than the ones he had when he 1st got here.
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I thought Eisen came off a bit fawning but in fairness if I were in that situation I'd probably go full Chris Farley show.
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He gets a Harbaugh fawning exception.
We all do.
Harbaugh's faux naiveté has got to be positively infuriating if you aren't a Michigan fan. The idea that he has no idea why people would be mad about the Florida trip because "in my America, you're allowed to cross state borders" is just so deliciously false, but he delivers it with a Gump-like sincerity that's perfectly calibrated to maximum troll. I love this man.
March 10th, 2016 at 10:11 AM ^
There was an article somebody posted here which nailed it: basically, when the SEC started pretending that they weren't mad because of the recruiting angle, Harbaugh started pretending that it wasn't about the recruiting angle too. And he is better at it.
Once you accept that framework, the naysayers pretty much have contrived arguments, and Harbaugh has lots of good talking points.
to have figured out how to play the SEC's bullshit game.
You can't play it in the realm of logic and reason, because they intentionally frame every argument before you even start so that you're always fighting uphill. And their arguments are always so crazy (given the reality of how they operate) that you have to be half-crazy yourself to even have a chance. They present a united crazy front that is very difficult to deal with. It only works because they have so many people repeating the same crazy shit that eventually people think it must be true because so many people are saying it.
Harbaugh gets it though, and as you said, fights fire with fire. They want to pretend that the reason they are upset has nothing to do with recruiting? Fine, then we will pretend the reason we went on the trip has nothing to do with recruiting either. Never mind that it is LUDICROUS and EVERYONE knows it is about recruiting. If you aren't willing to play crazy with them, you can't even begin to fight. Somehow he manages to pull it all off without ever seeming like they get under his skin, which of course, pisses them off to no end.
The bit where he says 'I think the Florida Chamber of Commerce might even promote tourism' is style point classic...
March 10th, 2016 at 10:30 AM ^
The real story here is that Eisen used the words "freshly squozen" to describe Florida orange juice. I love the English language.
March 10th, 2016 at 10:50 AM ^
Angelique's article has some good quotes:
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wol…
March 10th, 2016 at 11:16 AM ^
"Trying to get better at interviews"
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How do you go from Hoke to Harbaugh....that is a leap that defines physics...and logic.
I just cannot get enough of listening to Harbaugh the man is genius..were as well...you know...
Great interview. Harbs did not want to leave. If you get a chance, listen to Eisen's interview with Ed O'Neil too.
The man is pure gold across the board. What else is there to say?
Who would you rather have coach your team?
Noooobody!