griesecheeks

September 29th, 2010 at 1:49 PM ^

eh, i'm not positive on what his resume looked like during the coaching search in 07, but I feel like at the time it would have been a stretch to hire Jim, even with the Michigan Man thing. He's had much better seasons since then, and I think, were there to be an opening, he would be much more viable this time around.

that said, there will be no opening, unless we somehow find a way to lose 7 of the last 8 games, in which case, we'll have another problem on our hands.... 

Six Zero

September 29th, 2010 at 10:10 AM ^

I think if Carr retired a year later, there'd be NO CHANCE that Rich would be our coach.  Les Miles wouldn't have been put on the spot during the SEC game by Herbstreit and might have more chance to handle the situation out of the spotlight.  OR, with another season to let his star shine, Harbaugh would've gotten a closer look.  One of those two, in my opinion...

BUT, maybe that's why we should value Rich coming to the school.  The stars aligned to have Lloyd leave when he did, and to have Martin make the choice he made at the time he made it.  Rich is a departure from the past, a new leaf, a new offense, with new players.  Yes, it's been a bumpy road to say the least, but we all know we haven't seen the best of what's to come.  And if all of that's not enough to please all of the 'right here right now' people, just ask yourself this:

Would Denard be here if Les was the coach?  Or if Harbaugh was?

Mitch Cumstein

September 29th, 2010 at 10:16 AM ^

But I'm pretty sure Denard would not be here if either of them were.  Who knows though, Patterson might be here or Luck?  And we might have a different hero to worship.  I just think its way to speculative to compare personel/success here of coaches that might have been the coach.

jmblue

September 29th, 2010 at 2:57 PM ^

I think if Carr retired a year later, there'd be NO CHANCE that Rich would be our coach.  Les Miles wouldn't have been put on the spot during the SEC game by Herbstreit and might have more chance to handle the situation out of the spotlight.  OR, with another season to let his star shine, Harbaugh would've gotten a closer look. 

Disagree on both counts.  Les Miles isn't our coach because we didn't want him.  (He and Lloyd aren't exactly best buds.)  He tried to work the media to become a candidate.  We did not contact him.  Bill Martin wasn't  "accidently" out of touch on that sailing trip.  He knew perfectly well that LSU was calling Miles's bluff and putting the screws to him right then. 

And Harbaugh went 5-7 in 2008 (on the heels of a 4-8 season in '07), so I doubt he'd have been in strong consideration then.  Imagine the outcry if we'd hired a guy whose career record was 9-15.

jamiemac

September 29th, 2010 at 10:20 AM ^

Sometimes this forum makes me want to throw out my computer.

Another day, another Harbaugh thread

Great. Maybe we can talk about the Freep next? Please?

Geuax Blue......come on man? Where are you? There is an mgolicious topic on this article and you've been deleting threads that coincide with mgolicious for weeks now. Wake up!!

mgoSk

September 29th, 2010 at 10:57 AM ^

Hearing all this about Harbaugh makes me like Denard more and more. How lucky are we to have such an incredible player who is all about the team and shows zero selfishness or arrogance?

UofMFaninDC

September 29th, 2010 at 11:12 AM ^

Maybe at a different time he would be a favorite to becomem Michigan's coach. But I believe he wants to coach in the NFL like his brother.  Within the next two years NFL teams are gonna go hard after him. I think a positive about Rrod is that he is a college coach, and will not bolt.  

Callahan

September 29th, 2010 at 12:09 PM ^

To answer the OP's question, I highly doubt Harbaugh's statement were meant to 'plant seeds' that he would be interested in the job. He wouldn't need to do that. Pretty sure Brandon knows who he is and how to get a hold of him. I'd be willing to be money that somewhere in the interview, the reporter asked him about the influence playing for Bo Schembechler had on his coaching career.

jmblue

September 29th, 2010 at 2:49 PM ^

Now when is he going to stop lying to recruits, telling them that Stanford is different than a football factory like Michigan, where players aren't allowed to major in history?

buddhafrog

October 2nd, 2010 at 11:32 PM ^

I hope to god YES.  I've never seen a UM offense like I have this year.  I have my doubts whether Denard could have started over Tate if Jim Harbaugh were coach just b/c the scheme would be so different (just my humble opinion).

Yet, I love Harbaugh and the idea of him being the head coach.  I believe he is doing something great in Stanford and if RR fails, he would love to coach here.  I just feel like the team would be more balanced if he were here.

Of course, Oregon just put up 45 points on Stanford today, so....

jmblue

October 2nd, 2010 at 11:49 PM ^

Putting aside the fact that Harbaugh is a lying scumbag who isn't above trashing his alma mater to recruits, the guy is simply married to an outdated way of playing football.  This is the best offense he'll probably ever have there.  Luck may be the first QB drafted next year.  His OL, backs, and receivers are all very good.  And still, they looked like they were running in mud today compared to the Oregon offense (which has a new QB).  Oregon seized control of the tempo, got Harbaugh's plodding team out of its comfort zone in the second half, and it turned into a rout.