Harbaugh drops the 2017 roster
https://twitter.com/CoachJim4UM/status/902825674142089217
5:30am twitter drop of the roster.(no height/weights) Guess the cable subscribers, I mean Rutgers, will be happy now??
No depth chart as per usual.
August 30th, 2017 at 6:41 AM ^
Pardon the lack of embed. MGoBlog is not playing nice with my job's server this morning.
August 30th, 2017 at 6:59 AM ^
August 30th, 2017 at 7:42 AM ^
I love how it looks like he used a picture from his phone and posted on twitter. No fucks given.
August 30th, 2017 at 8:30 AM ^
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August 30th, 2017 at 10:27 AM ^
Seconded. Notepad on my work PC, Taco HTML on my home Mac.
August 30th, 2017 at 4:42 PM ^
Sorry if I offended you. Poor joke I suppose.
August 30th, 2017 at 7:02 AM ^
August 30th, 2017 at 7:12 AM ^
MGH has me covered.
August 30th, 2017 at 8:59 AM ^
HGH has me ripped.
August 30th, 2017 at 8:32 AM ^
James Hudson Listed as an OL
August 30th, 2017 at 9:27 AM ^
August 30th, 2017 at 12:38 PM ^
August 30th, 2017 at 3:20 PM ^
he was officially on scholarship for 2015 and 2016 (but suspended in 2016). Apparently no longer with the team in 2017.
August 30th, 2017 at 6:40 AM ^
August 30th, 2017 at 6:51 AM ^
Hey, I know you from /r/cfb.
August 30th, 2017 at 6:58 AM ^
August 30th, 2017 at 7:01 AM ^
Well I'm cornfrontation over there, so may be thinking of someone else. :)
August 30th, 2017 at 6:47 AM ^
August 30th, 2017 at 6:50 AM ^
Our long national nightmare is over.
August 30th, 2017 at 6:52 AM ^
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August 30th, 2017 at 7:59 AM ^
August 30th, 2017 at 9:58 AM ^
how much Tacopants has grown?
August 30th, 2017 at 10:23 AM ^
August 30th, 2017 at 6:56 AM ^
August 30th, 2017 at 7:07 AM ^
August 30th, 2017 at 7:15 AM ^
It was just to piss off Rutgers, our true rival.
August 30th, 2017 at 9:50 AM ^
Illinois will be crushed.
August 30th, 2017 at 7:21 AM ^
I think his take has one more layer than that. And the other layer is the bigger one.
The first small layer has to do with, yeah, competitive advantage. To never reveal one's hand unless the opponent does too, and even then show as little as necessary. Since this isn't actually a big deal, I think that is much more-so a matter of the principle than any kind of anxiety.
The second layer seems to animate him much more. That's the idea that published rosters and two-deeps are antiquated ideas. That any opponent can with a small amount of effort compile an "educated guess" roster and 2-deep on the basis of (a) game film, (b) incoming recruiting class size, and (c) online hubbub. The information is out there. And when properly executed that educated guess could be so close as to be indistinguishable from the real roster/depth chart. So, he thinks the tradition of formally forking it over is anticompetitive and utterly unnecessary.
We might disagree with him. (We certainly know that NJ.com and Brian do.) But his take is nonetheless cogent -- Polarizing and abrasive, sure, but not illogical.
August 30th, 2017 at 8:07 AM ^
The idea of starters has run its course. Are the "starters" the 11 on the field for the first snap? No. They are just the 11 that fit the scheme being run for that play. Besides QB and the 5 OL, everyone else is there because they fit the play design. There are wholesale changes from play to play on both offense and defense. That's why the notion of losing so many "starters" from last year is not as bad as it sounds other than losing a ton of experience.
August 30th, 2017 at 8:35 AM ^
August 30th, 2017 at 9:50 AM ^
There is a third layer (which is the important one, because I think it's actually the root of the NJ writer's efforts): this was all about whether one specific player was actually on the roster or not. I think that's absolutely not ok, so I'm 100% on board with Harbaugh doing this like he's done. It's not fair to that player. I also don't like that no one else in the media has called it out for what it is.
August 30th, 2017 at 10:46 AM ^
August 30th, 2017 at 11:53 AM ^
I don't think it's fair to name the player, but no (should be decently easy to figure out, though).
August 30th, 2017 at 3:38 PM ^
as mentioned, it's not that hard to figure out who is playing/starting by doing a little research (plus, you have to do that to figure out starters anyway).
The issue for the media is and always will be trying to determine whether players have been booted so they can try to figure out why. Disciplinary issues are always a bigger story than anything else that happens off the field and the media is gonna dig for those things.
August 30th, 2017 at 7:38 AM ^
are earned by completing camp, not by showing up on the first day of camp. Example: Keith Washington.
August 30th, 2017 at 8:39 AM ^
August 30th, 2017 at 11:39 AM ^
Over and above keeping UF in the dark about the depth chart, I'd think that it might be confusing for UF if they didn't know who was wearing what number (noyt to mention the broadcasters). Only a guess on my part.
August 30th, 2017 at 7:09 AM ^
fuck with people....good for him.
August 30th, 2017 at 7:59 AM ^
More precisely, Harbaugh likes to fuck with assholes (Hi Pete!)....even better for him.
August 30th, 2017 at 8:16 AM ^
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August 30th, 2017 at 7:15 AM ^
Here comes the pain!!
August 30th, 2017 at 7:29 AM ^
August 30th, 2017 at 8:40 AM ^
Shelton appears to be gone too, as expected.
August 30th, 2017 at 9:53 AM ^
... I heard some rumors (not through premium boards but through a source that knows the family. Maybe it was posted on premium boards too, though, I don't know) about Harris being in the dog-house (like completely) , at least last week I heard that. He's a good kid but needs to man-up is all I'll say.
August 30th, 2017 at 12:50 PM ^