Harbaugh was on Mike&Mike this morning
It seems to have been a ranging conversation, and he gave a lot of good quotes on the spring trip and recruiting...
On SEC and ACC outrage:
“I thought it was fake outrage. I thought it wasn’t really real,” Harbaugh told Mike & Mike when asked his reaction to their reaction. “The moral high ground of the sanctity of spring break, that’s what people chose to use as their moral stance? I thought it was fake. I thought it was fake outrage.”
On why athletes have a sense of entitlement:
“My thoughts on recruiting, as the coach or when I was a player, you want to connect with the people you’re gonna be coached by or coaching the next four years. Not only that, but the entire family. This goes back to Bo Schembechler when I was recruited. Bo would come into your home, he’d take off his shoes, he’d sit on the couch, he wanted to know mom, he wanted to know dad, he wanted to know the grandparents, play with younger sister and you felt like coach knew you, wanted to know you. To me, that part is vitally important being able to go somebody else’s hometown, to be able to go to their school, to their house and begin the process of a long and trusted friendship is vital to a ball team. That hasn’t changed, that’s the relationship building trust is a foundation of any relationship, I believe, a marriage or a ball team.”
March 16th, 2016 at 10:18 AM ^
Is there an audio link?
March 16th, 2016 at 10:21 AM ^
It was just put up by the News (Angelique), and didn't include any audio links. I'll watch to see if it gets updated with a link through the day. I don't think there's any groundbreaking stuff in there, but anytime Coach craps on the SEC/ACC, I'm happy to know about it!
March 16th, 2016 at 10:23 AM ^
He also made a comment about leaving a kid's house that was basically "This is considered work?" type statement. You can just tell how much he enjoys building relationships. All of the "Oakland is still in play" people are still 100% wrong. I think this is his last job.
March 16th, 2016 at 10:57 AM ^
Are you sure? I heard Oakland was still in play.
March 16th, 2016 at 11:42 AM ^
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March 16th, 2016 at 11:01 AM ^
I don't believe that this will be his last job. However, I do belive that the wishful thinking from sparty that he will be gone in a few years is crazy. He had a taste of NFL coaching, and it is obvious that he is having the time of his life right now. I don't see him ever taking another college job, but I do think that he wants a Super Bowl ring. With that in mind, I don't see him leaving Michigan at least until he has a National Championship. Once he has accomplished that, I think he starts weighing his NFL options, and I feel confident that he will have his replacement on staff already.
March 16th, 2016 at 11:04 AM ^
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If Harbaugh gets us rolling like that, which is certainly not guaranteed, I could see him being satisfied with that and staying around until his mid 60s. Here's hoping!
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March 16th, 2016 at 11:37 AM ^
Yeah but didn't Saban crash and burn in the NFL? Harbaugh was a huge success in the NFL other than his last season, which was still .500 I believe.
March 16th, 2016 at 11:51 AM ^
They went 9-7 and 6-10. Not sure what Saban's role was with regards to player personnel - I don't think he was a GM but the Dolphins big mistake while Saban was there was signing Daunte Culpepper instead of Drew Brees, who was coming off the shoulder injury.
March 16th, 2016 at 11:55 AM ^
So not "crash and burn" then I guess. That's also not a real big sample size to judge.
March 16th, 2016 at 12:34 PM ^
March 16th, 2016 at 11:47 AM ^
I think you're wrong about this, although I understand why you say it. It's true that Harbaugh is hyper-competitive and that instinct will give him a desire to win a Super Bowl. But what he's really about at a deeper level is relationships and well-loved traditions. For this reason, I think Harbaugh will be just as thrilled and enthusiastic about coaching Michigan ten years from now when he has won two national championships. Coaching at Michigan is completely optimal for him at multiple levels, not least including the ability for his children to imbibe the family legacy. So while the competitive desire to be alpha dog will be there, I think there is just way too much giving him joy and satisfaction in Ann Arbor for him to leave.
March 16th, 2016 at 11:53 AM ^
Harbaugh will either retire as the HC of Michigan at the time of his choosing, or he'll die doing it. There is just no good reason for him to leave.
March 16th, 2016 at 11:56 AM ^
The time I could see him leave is if he screw up and hire an idiot AD somewhere down the road. Like Dave Brandon II. Then I could see him leaving.
Which is why priority #1 of every athletic director henceforth is keep Jim Harbaugh happy
March 16th, 2016 at 12:34 PM ^
Hiring an AD who he played with and is young, is a step in the right direction to keep him here long term
The "he wants a super bowl ring" thing is so overblown. If that were really the case he would have never left the NFL in the first place. Secondly where has he ever stated his life goal is to win a super bowl ring. It's just another narrative put out there by NFL people that has been wrong. Remember JH wanted the job after Rich Rod was let go but Brandon ruined that.
He's not moving his parents back here for no reason. He is LOVED here. Hard to get that anywhere else and I think he realizes that.
March 16th, 2016 at 11:03 AM ^
I sure hope so because he doesnt seem like the type who retire early on. imagine 20 years or so of harbaugh!
On a somewhat related note, I've thought about Jay Harbaugh eventually moving on to a head coaching gig down the road. Imagine a father vs son matchup hypothetically.
March 16th, 2016 at 11:39 AM ^
He's in his early 50s, so 20 years might be pushing it. But I think a good decade is quite possible.
March 16th, 2016 at 11:49 AM ^
Saban is 64 and still going strong. Spurrier was in his 70s I believe. Paterno was like 150 when he was forced out. Coaching into your 70s is not unheard of.
March 16th, 2016 at 12:07 PM ^
was undead.
March 16th, 2016 at 11:26 AM ^
I'm with you, Kwitch22. I have been saying for months that he will retire as the UM head coach.
March 16th, 2016 at 10:26 AM ^
March 16th, 2016 at 10:35 AM ^
I listened this morning on the way to work and his quote doesn't have much to do with the question. He was basically saying that recruiting is really the same as it was, building relationships with families and earning their trust. All the other stuff is generally "fluff." He kinda sidestepped a little. But when Golic tried to say people are doing things differently Harbaugh again was like "what are you referring to?" in a way of saying that things are really the same.
March 16th, 2016 at 10:36 AM ^
March 16th, 2016 at 11:02 AM ^
their.
March 16th, 2016 at 11:37 AM ^
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March 16th, 2016 at 11:47 AM ^
son of a bitch. (period)
March 16th, 2016 at 11:58 AM ^
No, please don't stop. I'm enjoying this.
March 16th, 2016 at 12:34 PM ^
please doughn't stop.
March 16th, 2016 at 11:37 AM ^
generally think Mike and Mike do pretty good interviews.
March 16th, 2016 at 10:39 AM ^
March 16th, 2016 at 10:41 AM ^
Didn't hear the interview or read it yet, but wondering if the question had to do with treating the recruits as little gods, demeaning oneself and bending over backwards to let them know how desperately they're wanted. And Harbaugh would go, "Huh?"
March 16th, 2016 at 10:34 AM ^
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The worst
March 16th, 2016 at 10:45 AM ^
March 16th, 2016 at 11:38 AM ^
is the in-thing to hate Rome and Mike & Mike.
March 16th, 2016 at 12:00 PM ^
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March 16th, 2016 at 12:19 PM ^
lol
I haven't watched ESPN other than game telecasts in years. the network sucks and I have probably a decade of posts to show my opinion is not what it is because of some "fad."
ESPN sucks. It has for years. It's following the path MTV took years ago and is a joke. Mike & Mike is syndicated crap.
March 16th, 2016 at 12:33 PM ^
four options on my way to work. Baligan, the debacle that is Stoney and Bill, Paul W. Smith or Mike and Mike.. I listen to Mike and Mike. They are not the greatest thing around but they have good guests for interviews and cover basically all relevant sports topics. They can also be very funny. I get that there is a lot of ESPN hate but Mike and Mike is not "His and Hers" or "First Take." It has been on for like 15 years and is a pretty good show.
for my commute and while in my car while on the job. Mike and Mike easily beat the morning drive FoxSportsRadio team (Andy Furman and Mike North)---the two of them are completely unlistenable, screaming and talking over each other. The only other sports option is 670 The Score (out of Chicago), and they do some weird rotating seats thing between 6 different radio "personalities' switching off, 2 of them tag-teaming at a time interchangeably between the 5am-9am and 9am-1pm slots. The mumbo-jumbo of it all just doesn't work. Other than that, it's music or politics, and I sure don't need the added stress of listening to anything political first thing in the morning.
I only wish Mike and Mike would boot Cris Carter, Stephen A Smith, and a few of the other "semi-regulars" off, as they spend waaaay too much time mucking up the show. But the list of guests that are interviewed on that show is the best, bar none, even if the interview questions are sometimes lacking.
As for you, ElBictors (join date 3/27/2015)----you say you have a decade of posts. If not WD, who? /s
March 16th, 2016 at 12:43 PM ^