Joel Klatt: Notion that Harbaugh is underperforming is "false" and "petty"
October 12th, 2017 at 7:41 PM ^
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October 12th, 2017 at 10:27 PM ^
October 12th, 2017 at 11:12 PM ^
Of course a loss is a loss. But Harbaugh is suffering a fair amount of criticism that is brought on only because we keep ending up so far ahead of schedule.
Remember when this would be our first real turn around year (it ended up being 2 years ago)?
Remember when 9 wins was considered the ceiling for this team (it still isn't)?
Have we lost games that we could have (and in some cases should have) won? Yes.
But we are a freaking national power that is still in its ascendancy.
He's awesome.
Period.
P.S. I reserve the right to piss and moan about a thousand things every time that we lose. But, when it comes down to the number one person in the world I would trust to fix it, do you know what the answer is?
JIM FREAKING HARBAUGH
October 13th, 2017 at 12:03 AM ^
death in Bolivia...
October 13th, 2017 at 9:22 AM ^
I am getting sick of the whole "But we don't lose games by much" montra. I get it, but it's as tiresome at this point as hearing about how Harbaugh's success in the NFL means Michigan has bragging rights montra.
October 13th, 2017 at 11:35 AM ^
If you are going to use the word repeatedly in trying to make a point (albeit not one I agree with), at least try to get the spelling right
October 13th, 2017 at 12:49 PM ^
I personally haven't read or heard fans asserting bragging rights for Harbaugh's NFL success. I also don't see UM fans talking much about "losing with dignity."
I do hear a lot of fans and pundits talk about his coaching success including in the NFL to assert his ability as a coach and analyze potential coaching matchups. I also think that most people reference the closeness of games to discuss how far the program has come under Jim, and how close it might be to attaining championship goals.
In those cases they're relevant points to make. I would agree that we're not supposed to feel better about the loss. These losses have a value of absolute zero. By one or 21 we're all dead inside.
October 12th, 2017 at 10:43 PM ^
The guy is 131-57 (69.6%) career, after taking over at places that were collectively 18-34 (34.6%). I'm not really worried about him getting Michigan back on track.
October 13th, 2017 at 12:44 AM ^
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October 12th, 2017 at 9:14 PM ^
make mistakes sometimes. We'll see how he responds, but I have a feeling he'll fix things and I would bet that we'll win one of PSU/OSU.
October 12th, 2017 at 10:22 PM ^
I'm watching you FatGuy. If we don't win either game and you complain, I'm coming for you! :)
October 13th, 2017 at 7:00 AM ^
I'm Jewish, we complain about EVERYTHING.... ;)
October 13th, 2017 at 11:39 AM ^
Speak for yourself, fat boy
October 12th, 2017 at 7:43 PM ^
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October 12th, 2017 at 8:02 PM ^
Please, don not tempt the Michigan almighty hating god
October 12th, 2017 at 10:34 PM ^
I am all for Harbaugh , but evan though I hate to do it , I must say , Hats off to the MSU coaching staff , they beat us , when I never tought they couid
October 12th, 2017 at 11:32 PM ^
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October 13th, 2017 at 6:46 AM ^
October 13th, 2017 at 9:01 AM ^
I know our defense was extremely injured for the 2015 OSU game, but that was a horrible game. It is the ONLY bad game for him as our coach. I suppose I could count this most recent MSU game, but it was a four-point loss and O'Korn and the offense's poor play pretty much cost us the game. Terrible game, but at least it wasn't a blowout like the 2015 OSU game, which is what separates them.
October 12th, 2017 at 8:34 PM ^
October 12th, 2017 at 8:54 PM ^
No, it's the same "I'm hurt, am angry at those who made me hurt" red faced proclamations we've heard all week. You can tell because it comes with a certain solution: the offensive coaches have to be replaced. It's that simple. He's just stating facts. He's sorry if that hurts us, but Gerry from human resources just has to keep it real.
October 13th, 2017 at 9:22 AM ^
Claiming we had the better team two years ago is flat out ludicrous and ignoring the facts. We massively overperformed that entire game to put ourselves in a position where we had a 99.999% chance of winning.
October 12th, 2017 at 9:29 PM ^
You're a dick. If you don't see that we are underperforming than you're a blustering moron.
October 12th, 2017 at 10:10 PM ^
You should send him your phone number and address in case he wants to talk about it face-to-face
October 13th, 2017 at 5:42 AM ^
October 12th, 2017 at 10:16 PM ^
Tough guy confirmed.
October 12th, 2017 at 10:26 PM ^
checks out.
October 12th, 2017 at 10:47 PM ^
I'm not sure what that means, so can't help you decide if that was worth you +1'ing yourself or not
October 12th, 2017 at 11:09 PM ^
I will +1 you anytime Bodogblog
October 12th, 2017 at 11:17 PM ^
Cheers my friend
October 12th, 2017 at 10:52 PM ^
Michifornia (Tough Guy)
October 13th, 2017 at 12:02 AM ^
October 13th, 2017 at 12:35 AM ^
I love the 1984 level thinking vs MSU.
They were a playoff team with a 3rd round NFL QB. We had a guy who transferred in who Iowa dropped.
MSU had more talent in 2015. We outcaoched them!
We were thinking of going 7-5 in 2015 and be happy. We go 10-3, with a bullshit loss.
Now, we're a silicon valley startup with too big evaluation to start. There's no room to show growth. So the fans get frustrated and the startup dies
October 12th, 2017 at 7:57 PM ^
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October 12th, 2017 at 8:47 PM ^
This is the complete opposite of a Hot Take
All of the upvotes.
October 12th, 2017 at 8:58 PM ^
October 12th, 2017 at 9:07 PM ^
October 12th, 2017 at 9:08 PM ^
Flukey as they were, our savior has now lost 2 of 3 to our in-state rival. He really hasn't done anything to shift the narrative back to us owning the state. MSU is not a good team this year, we should've destroyed them in the first half so that we weren't stuck playing catch up in a monsoon.
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