January 4th, 2011 at 6:35 PM ^
Not sure if I believe this yet..if Jim is in fl still I doubt John has heard his decision..I doubt a decision has been made yet
January 4th, 2011 at 7:48 PM ^
How can RR be retained at this point. This is becoming a joke. It's like favre retiring. RR fire, not fired, fired, not fired. All that is missing are naked crotch photos.
January 4th, 2011 at 7:49 PM ^
Don't give them any ideas....
January 4th, 2011 at 10:42 PM ^
I think Harbaugh is a good coach at Michigan and I think he'd win at Michigan, but what if Harbaugh=Jeff Tedford. Tedford also took over a 1 win team and preceded go 10-2 (and one of those losses was an game they should have won against Carroll's best USC team) in year 3 with his stud NFL qb (Aaron Rodgers). Since then he's been decent, but hasn't really got back to that level (though the point where it really began to fall off for him was that Kevin Riley Oregon State game with number 1 rank up for grabs). And certainly no one is clamoring for him as Michigan head coach.
January 4th, 2011 at 6:35 PM ^
"I think...I don't think..." It sounds like he knows as much as I do, which is nothing.
January 4th, 2011 at 6:38 PM ^
Thanks for that.
<br>If anyone needs me I'll be slamming my head against wall, followed by drinking.
January 4th, 2011 at 6:39 PM ^
In other words, he doesn't know either.
January 4th, 2011 at 6:45 PM ^
His brother would have some insight. The "I don't think" is perhaps the opening for Jim to change his mind.
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<br>Hey, until we hear from Jim, DB, RR, Mary, damn someone...no one knows.
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<br>I do know that the SF deal is being seriously looked at. Sounds like our deal is further down the list.
January 4th, 2011 at 6:55 PM ^
Unfortunately this is turning out to be a Les Miles snafu!! All the speculation...the alum vs DB/MSC....the NFL jobs....has really turned JH off to Michigan!! Clearly this is NOT the Michigan he grew to love so much!! Who can blame JH for staying in comfy surroundings??
January 4th, 2011 at 6:55 PM ^
I know this is exciting/scary/redeeming or whatever you'd like to call it, but a cool down might do us all some good (notably our livers). I can't imagine that this instant reaction blitzkrieg is going to make any coach more comfortable making a decision to come here. We still don't know anything official until actual statements have been made by the people we're speculating about.
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<br>DB is a smart guy who was hired for his impeccable decision-making and we still don't know that he has dropped the ball, so quick reactions aren't helpful. It's entirely possible that it's all squared away and down to logistics.
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<br>I trust him until he proves me wrong, wait for official word before judging and pump the brakes until then. Do work, wizard.
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<br>Go Blue.
January 4th, 2011 at 7:01 PM ^
If he hires Hoke, then dammit he's proved us wrong. That would be a major mistake and I feel like we will be doing this in three more years.
January 4th, 2011 at 7:02 PM ^
Surely he'll would freeze over before that.
January 4th, 2011 at 7:03 PM ^
Hell might freeze over as well. Stupid fat fingers.
January 4th, 2011 at 7:50 PM ^
I hope you brought your parka.
January 4th, 2011 at 7:06 PM ^
Listen I'm not defending a hypothetical Hoke hiring but if DB hires him then how is that "proof" that DB has failed us?
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<br>Proof is in the results, which won't be known for years to come.
January 4th, 2011 at 8:16 PM ^
He's not a top target. This is the winningest program in football history and we can't sign a top tier coach?
January 4th, 2011 at 7:08 PM ^
If it turns out that DB has decided to give RR a 4th year, how crappy is it that his 4th year begins with the media blabbing non-stop that he's been fired?
January 4th, 2011 at 7:12 PM ^
The only reason for John to put something out there is to help in negotiations. Hard to judge here but best guess is that the reason you signal to someone they are not looking good is to get that party to up their offer. I hope that's the case as I can't believe DB is going to lose JH over money.
January 4th, 2011 at 7:17 PM ^
Hadn't thought of this.. Very true. I would plus 1 you if I could
January 4th, 2011 at 7:24 PM ^
I guess more money is always nice. I was thinking(hoping/dreaming) all along that JH would come just because he's a Michigan Man wanting to return to his school as a conquering hero.
January 4th, 2011 at 7:14 PM ^
I can't think of one good reason why the guy's brother and close friend would go out of his way to volunteer this information it were untrue. Unless he's just some total idiot.
January 4th, 2011 at 7:34 PM ^
I think your right and that sucks. This morning I was 90% certain JH was coming home to Michigan. Now I'm about 90% he's not.
January 4th, 2011 at 7:48 PM ^
Sorry just needed to vent. I can't take much more of this.
January 4th, 2011 at 8:13 PM ^
"done now?" Done as in no longer interested due to some reason ie money? Or done as in done with Michigan entirely?
January 4th, 2011 at 11:39 PM ^
I reproduced the quote in its entirety. Seems pretty straightforward to me, for better or worse...
January 4th, 2011 at 8:28 PM ^
What the hell does that mean?
January 5th, 2011 at 9:10 AM ^
Here's the full quote:
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<br>"I don't know what he's gonna do. I think the Michigan thing is dond now. I don't think he's interested in doing that, which is hard for him because he loves Michigan, but it says a lot about Stanford. We'll just see what happens."
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<br>If nothing else, it sounds like the M job was definitely offered to him, which conflicts with some of the "reports" yesterday.
January 5th, 2011 at 4:13 PM ^
There must have been a hundred posters here assuring us all for months that Michigan was Jim Harbaugh's "dream job."