Daily article on Mike Hart as WMU RB coach
Title pretty much says it all.
To expand briefly, the article touches on Hart's time here as a break-out star, and his role as a still-young coach at Western, who coincidentally played MSU already and OSU this weekend. A good read!
https://www.michigandaily.com/section/football/new-home-hart
September 25th, 2015 at 9:59 AM ^
It's be nice if he were to become a coach at Michigan some day, but I'm not ready to see Wheatley go.
September 25th, 2015 at 10:03 AM ^
It would be interesting to see him and Harbaugh standing next to each other on the sideline. I hope it happens someday.
September 25th, 2015 at 10:31 AM ^
are you sure? I mean, Wheatley has been here so long....
September 25th, 2015 at 11:35 AM ^
Wheatly? Lloyd Carr once told Hart he'd be the HEAD coach at Michigan someday.
September 25th, 2015 at 10:05 AM ^
shows you something about the talent level in the NFL that Hart could not even carve out a useful place in the league. He was one of the best college running backs I have ever seen. I know a lot of it has to do with his size but it stuns me that there was not a feasible place to use him on a football field at the professional level.
September 25th, 2015 at 10:09 AM ^
September 25th, 2015 at 10:11 AM ^
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September 25th, 2015 at 10:51 AM ^
Indy at the time he was picked was basically a NFL-version of an Air Raid offense with Peyton at the helm. He would've had to have much better pass catching skills than what he came out with. If he would've went to, say, Pittsburgh or the NY Giants, his running style of always finding an extra 1 or 2 yards after contact past the LOS, he would've stuck around for a couple more years. As it was, after his Indy time, he was already injured enough that he knew his time in the league was going to be short anyway (last statement from first hand conversation with Hart in Indy at a bar where we had mutual friends), so onto coaching it was.
September 25th, 2015 at 11:04 AM ^
If Hart would have been able to stay healthy, he would have been a very productive player for the Colts. Every single time he got into a game he was productive. More productive than Donald Brown. Sure he wasn't fast, but he always got positive yards, was hard to bring down, was great in pass protection, and caught everything. Just couldn't get the ankles to stay intact.
September 25th, 2015 at 11:09 AM ^
September 25th, 2015 at 11:56 AM ^
If only Hart hadn't thrown two interceptions in 2004 and given up 37 points, we might've won. Hart should probably take quite a bit of blame for the 2005 and 2007 games, since you know, he could barely walk because of ankle problems. Plus in 2006, he was awful too. 142 yards and 3 TD's is not that good. If only he would've played better on defense and not given up 42 points, we would've won easily.
September 25th, 2015 at 1:08 PM ^
Exactly. It was the defense shitting down their leg that lost 3 of those 4 games he was here.
September 25th, 2015 at 11:59 AM ^
of a certain someone who famously said "I like people who weren't captured" a couple months back.
September 25th, 2015 at 11:33 AM ^
Loved watching him run. Unbeleivable ability to shift slightly and make people miss tackles.
September 25th, 2015 at 5:19 PM ^
I'm not sure he missed a hole or a cut in his entire career. He didn't have breakaway speed, but he made the absolute best of every block around him and often got the extra yard or two after contact.
On top of that, the guy basically never fumbled.
September 25th, 2015 at 11:44 AM ^
Nice article. I was impressed that the writer tracked down Underwood who was classy in his comments given his career wasn't what I'm sure he would've hoped it would've been.
I rewatched the Florida bowl game a month or so ago on BTN. It reminded what a great back Hart was. As the article states, despite good seasons here and there (Fitz in 2011) he's really last star running back Michigan has had. I hope his coaching career is successful.
September 25th, 2015 at 12:02 PM ^
September 25th, 2015 at 12:23 PM ^
Those uniforms were great. Simple. Michigan.
Maybe we should go back to Nike?
September 25th, 2015 at 12:36 PM ^
The B1G logo. I liked it better then.
September 25th, 2015 at 1:07 PM ^
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