Football is no longer a meritocracy
I won't link a story from the Freep, but it has Carlo Kemp's name in the title. Go find it if you want to... Essentially, Coach Harbaugh switched things up - football is no longer a meritocracy, its a cage match!
“We’re a total of 103 on the team,” he said. “There’s no difference between scholarship and nonscholarship to me. That’s the team, 103 right now. There’ll be 22 more coming. Plus preferred walk-ons coming as well. We’ve got to be 105 when we start training camp. Cage match to begin on Feb. 29.” ...
“It’s always a competitive thing is happening at whatever positon it’s at. That’ll be something that’s happening at quite a few positions. Might as well say all of them. Nothing’s set in stone. As we said, it is a meritocracy. Cage match. Let’s move from meritocracy to cage match.”
February 20th, 2016 at 11:08 PM ^
4 Scholarships need to be freed up by Fall Camp. I'm predicating 1 noncontributing 5th Year Sr, 1 QB, 1 WR, 1 DB, and possible a Medical Scholarship thrown in for good measure.
And remember, DON'T NAME NAMES!
February 21st, 2016 at 11:38 AM ^
February 20th, 2016 at 11:09 PM ^
No more lollygaggin', pussy-footin', candy-assin', butt-draggin',
entitlement seekin', cry-baby, non-playin' like your hair
is on fire players.
Shit's gettin' real, and all for the success of the team and
everyone on board. Gone are the days of any Michigan player or
coach ever to mutter the pitiful cop-out " It's only a game"....
If you lose it breaks your heart to pieces and you
break down and cry like a man who lost everything because
that is exactly what you put into it.
When you win you win with humble pride and the
spirit of a champion who acts like he's been there before
and knows he was supposed to win because he earned it.
Thank God for Harbaugh, and for the wise, competitve badasses
who put in the work to bring him home to Ann Arbor
where he belongs.
Go Blue!!!
February 21st, 2016 at 9:54 AM ^
It's great that Harbaugh's our coach and creating this competition, but I'm pretty sure you wouldn't last a day at a Harbaugh practice.
February 21st, 2016 at 12:47 PM ^
I would. From the sidelines observing. I would make through. I'm sure.
February 20th, 2016 at 11:09 PM ^
February 22nd, 2016 at 7:37 AM ^
To each his own, I guess.
February 20th, 2016 at 11:38 PM ^
But I didn't neg because this is rather awesome.
February 21st, 2016 at 12:05 AM ^
February 21st, 2016 at 12:18 AM ^
It's time Jim starts acting like one. His act of dumb jock is wearing thin on me. Does he ever talk in complete sentences?
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February 21st, 2016 at 12:29 AM ^
Replying to an app post that got bombed, is my guess.
February 21st, 2016 at 12:56 AM ^
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February 21st, 2016 at 1:10 AM ^
Realist.
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February 21st, 2016 at 5:55 AM ^
February 21st, 2016 at 8:47 AM ^
And to think Foley told Undertaker to throw him off the top. I still to this day react when I see that video.
February 21st, 2016 at 9:01 AM ^
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government or the holding of power by people selected on the basis of their ability.
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a society governed by meritocracy.plural noun: meritocracies
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a ruling or influential class of educated or skilled people.
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February 21st, 2016 at 11:58 AM ^
Currently at 103 + 22 on the way = 125
"We need to be at 105 by training camp."
I've never heard of a hard cap on the number of players you can have on the team. Huh. I think we were closer to 120 when I was there. Also, I remember stories of Nebraska (who was known for their enormous walk-on program) being over 200.
Does anyone know if there is an NCAA limit to the number of players you can have on your team?
February 21st, 2016 at 2:10 PM ^
If one of your 105 is injured, he can be replaced.
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February 21st, 2016 at 2:27 PM ^
most of that is because Bo didn't care for or trust the media nowadays (especially in the building phase like JH is in), you almost have to have some sort of media presence.
February 21st, 2016 at 3:59 PM ^
.....of the game once talent gaps get reduced. Harbaugh's culture had Stanford whipping a more-talented USC early on. Now Urbz will continue to recruit well, but his teams will not have the backbone of Harbaugh's teams.....and his chest pains begin anew in December.