Great Article on how Harbaugh will Immediately Change the Culture
Great article by Nick Baumgardner, from Mlive, on how Harbaugh right away changed the culture at Stanford from a 1-11 team to a 12-1 team.
With the talent on our roster, it's going to be exciting to see how much the players develop.
http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2015/01/jim_harbaugh_will_beg…
Feel free to embed any parts of the article that resonate.
Loved the part about how Harbaugh charts the results from each drill, and posts the results in the locker room. Makes everything a competition.
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A direct violation of FERPA.
January 6th, 2015 at 2:48 PM ^
This was less than 15 years ago. But not one student complained, and I think the worst grade in that class was a C+.
January 6th, 2015 at 5:09 PM ^
And if it wasn't the teacher's union would definitely whine about it.
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January 6th, 2015 at 1:51 PM ^
the data driven analysis! Morris, you were only 84.3% effective on that last drill!!! Get out there and get me another .7%!!!
January 6th, 2015 at 2:10 PM ^
I think even 85.0% would still be considered ffailurein the Harbaugh era.
January 6th, 2015 at 1:54 PM ^
I liked Nick's comment on Twitter too: "If you're not a little bit scared of your coach, then there might be an issue. I think that happens inside Michigan's locker room soon." I think that was a large part of the problem under Hoke. Too much best buddy as the head coach, and not as much respected leader. You should like your head coach becaue he pushes you to be your best, not because he supports you no matter how much you slack off or fuck up.
January 6th, 2015 at 2:19 PM ^
I think that coaches who are feared can be successful, but I also think that coaches need to be flexible. I think that you need to coach each player how they will best respond. Let's say the QB screws up.
A coach can:
1: yell, scream, throw the playbook and embarrass the QB in front of the team.
A. The QB could have a fire lit under him, go out and make the best play of his life.
B. Or the QB could roll his eyes and tune out his asshole of a coach (see Purple Brian Kelly).
Or, the QB screws up -
2: the coach can call the QB over, talk to him quietly and tell him that he believes in the QB and that he will do better. (Like Hoke after the Hagerup GIF)
A: QB has confidence, goes out and makes the best play of his life.
B: QB thinks his coach is a wuss and doesn't try hard.
Gotta coach each player in the most effective way for each player.
January 6th, 2015 at 2:04 PM ^
I'm a little amazed about the part where Stanford guys would participate in a drill if they felt like it. I never played organized football so maybe that's more widespread than I assume, but it's never occurred to me that anything at practice would be optional.
January 6th, 2015 at 2:30 PM ^
Harbaugh did that intentionally to single out kids who WANTED to work and weed out those that wanted to skate by. That isn't normal. He was basically giving the slackers rope to hang themselves because they didn't know they were being tracked.
He was sending the message that you should really work because YOU want to get better, not because someone is telling you to. Self-motivation is probably the #1 biggest indicator of future success, outside of basic talent IMO.
January 6th, 2015 at 2:18 PM ^
While things usually aren't "optional," there are ways to slack off and limit your reps and stay out of drills as much as possible. A lot of drills are "hop on up and be the next guy to go" style and players can slink around in the back for those.
January 6th, 2015 at 2:09 PM ^
but this article illustrates why I would be fine with them. College football is not a beauty contest. If Harbaugh thinks the return of helmet stickers can help to reinstill a competitive edge, then by all means bring them back. If, on the other hand, he thinks they are unnecessary, that's fine too.
January 6th, 2015 at 2:11 PM ^
Regiment = group of soldiers.
Regimen = prescribed plan.
Great article but GODDAMN I hate that mistake. I probably need to chill a little.
January 6th, 2015 at 2:56 PM ^
But seriously, hell no you don't need to chill. If we want to complain about players not catching balls, running bad routes, etc., then we should follow the Jim Harbaugh School of Excellence and hold ourselves accountable for proper grammar. I think we need a new, secondary point system to track winners and losers in our written communications. Get a point for no typos, but get neg-banged for poor grammer. That'll make this great blog the best damn blog ever!
January 6th, 2015 at 3:19 PM ^
"Get a point for no typos, but get neg-banged for poor grammer."
-1
January 6th, 2015 at 3:32 PM ^
And give you two points for efforting the correction (and I'll hope that's acceptable grammar :^)
January 6th, 2015 at 2:16 PM ^
I'm predicting that we'll see, maybe even during the first game, that Hoke was soft and was more of a camp director than a hard nosed head coach.
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January 6th, 2015 at 2:30 PM ^
Stats, records and names of former staff/players are one thing but it is the behind the scenes actions and mind-set that I was curious of.
If you're not competitive then you shouldn't play football. Who practices on special teams? Blyuck. But being able to rank higher than someone else on a list? Oh yea. It'd motivate my old ass right now.
But what really sold it to me was something that should go in life was this quote.
He treated people the way they deserved. If you worked and were accountable, he respected you and you got more of a leash. But if you weren't, he held you accountable and he'd push you to be accountable
(editted out blockquote attempt-have to run out)
January 6th, 2015 at 2:29 PM ^
Is a great motivator. JH clearly knows this and adds embarassment and accountability to motivators as well. It's a bit reminiscent of Kobe and MJ and not wanting to win, so much as hating to lose.
January 6th, 2015 at 4:37 PM ^
I agree will all of this, but I think we should also be ready for some defections with such a stark change in culture (see Bo & Rich Rod).
Nevertheless, I love it. We need that level of intensity in this program and "Those who stay..."
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January 6th, 2015 at 3:09 PM ^
And my oh my does it need changed. We need our guys to get pissed and play with passion. I feel that was lacking with the last regime.
January 6th, 2015 at 3:20 PM ^
...and I hope a bunch of Michigan players won't stand around anymore after a punk linebacker cheapshots the QB.
January 6th, 2015 at 3:27 PM ^
While I hope we're never the ones to start fights, I hope we protect our own going forward. And then maybe drill that guy's ass into the ground on the very next play.
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1983: W 24-21
1984: L 6-21
1985: W 27-17
1986: W 26-24
Jim played in '84 but did not start. He started (and finished) both the '85 and '86 games, and of course was a major contributor to both those wins.
So when Jim played, M won three of the four meetings with tOSU. Time to bring that winning culture back to AA.
January 6th, 2015 at 4:31 PM ^
Harbaugh was the starting quarterback in 1984 but broke his arm midway through the season and missed the rest of the year.
January 6th, 2015 at 4:26 PM ^
Amen to your above post. Any team with a pulse will not allow cheap shots to go unanswered. I suspect there will be several more players who will be playing somewhere else when all is said and done.
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