Rug Dog

November 21st, 2017 at 3:32 PM ^

I would think this is just a ploy to stop the dumb rumors that he wants to go back to the NFL.  Let's be honest, the rumors definately can hurt recruiting.  With our young team and the bad luck with injuries, I hear it nearly daily from people (I live in Ohio).  I'm sure young recruits hear it too.

Or maybe I'm over thinking it.

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1VaBlue1

November 21st, 2017 at 9:12 PM ^

Do you think Cooper would have rebuilt the absolute, non-disputable, worst program in the entire NCAA into a yearly Top 20 standard bearer in only 4 years?  Do you think Cooper could have taken an NFL trash pile to one Super Bowl and within a muffed punt of a second SB, in only 4 years?  I don't...

Cooper was a pretty good coach, but he wasn't in Harbaugh's league.

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GoBlueMAGNUS

November 21st, 2017 at 3:36 PM ^

It cant be a bad idea since you know the every coaching staff, reporter, and message board in the universe is telling every recruit Harbaugh is going back to the NFL.

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JamieH

November 21st, 2017 at 3:42 PM ^

Honestly, who the hell else are we going to get that is better?   The odds of us pulling that rabbit out of a hat are pretty low. 

If Harbaugh wants to coach here for 20 years, I'm all for it.  Yeah, we've had a rough year on offense, playing 3 QBs.  I wish he had gone to Peters sooner, but so be it. 

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uminks

November 21st, 2017 at 3:43 PM ^

then Harbaugh. I would try to sign him to a lifetime contract. I'm sure in a few years that a Harbaugh led Michigan team will be very competitive for the B1G title and reaching the playoffs.

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Chambers007

November 21st, 2017 at 3:47 PM ^

Can't start my own posts yet but long time user of Mgoblog. Love this site and want to thank you all for making it great. Shea Patterson has interest in Michigan, will be at The Game. Just a year ago he was a 5 star and #4 overall. Played as a true freshman and was pretty good. Pretty sure he would be our started. big arm and mobile. Could be a huge pick up. Thoughts?

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Don

November 21st, 2017 at 4:56 PM ^

I guess we have a different metric for what level of on-the-field achievement "merits" a lifetime contract.

86-36 overall with no conference championships at the P5 level, 1-4 against our main two rivals, and continuing difficulty in winning road games against good opposition doesn't "merit" by itself a lifetime contract. His record certainly merits a continuation of his coaching here, and only an idiot would say that he's not a significantly better coach than the previous two guys were.

Do I really care beyond argument's sake if he got a lifetime contract? Nope.

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kscurrie2

November 21st, 2017 at 4:35 PM ^

I’m actually ok with this. I really think other schools use him leaving for the NFL in recruiting and I think it does hurt us with players. I think Harbaugh feels the same. It seems to come up every year an honestly I’m tired of heart it. Though I hope signing a lifetime deal with out this rumor to bed, it probably won’t. He is the best fit for this school, he checks all the boxes required. I really don’t think we can do better.

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303john

November 21st, 2017 at 4:32 PM ^

Is reason alone. It wasn't like Hoke brought swagger to the Big House. Give him a lifetime contract and the Keys to Ann Arbor. 

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jblaze

November 21st, 2017 at 4:39 PM ^

I feel like I have been branded an anti-Harbaughist, and I'm not. A lifetime contract would be awesome for Michigan and I'd love to see it done. I don't live in CFB teritory, but pretty much any non-M CFB fan always brings up the "what happens when Harbaugh leaves" line and a lifetime contract would stop that.

We were not very good during the end of Lloyd, RR or Hoke and Harbaugh is pretty much the only guy that can bring us back (although I'd love to see some cohesion on O).

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SpilledMilk

November 21st, 2017 at 7:37 PM ^

Just been it's called a lifetime contract doesn't mean that there won't be a ton of out clauses for both sides. This will become public knowledge and the effect that it was intended to have will be mitigated.

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ndscott50

November 21st, 2017 at 4:39 PM ^

I can see always making sure he has 4 years left on his deal to limit negative recruiting but lifetime would seem to create unnecessary risk. Why increase the cost if you have to move on beyond the industry standard?

I believe Harbaugh will succeed here for many years to come. Nothing is guaranteed though and many well thought of people have gone off the rails for reasons that were completely unexpected. It’s the same reason it’s generally a bad idea to build statues of people while they are still alive

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NateVolk

November 21st, 2017 at 4:55 PM ^

I love this whole thing because it forces the fools who have been drawing their "unacceptable" sidearms since MSU,  to confront reality. The same ones comparing him unfavorably to this coach and that coach using false equivalences so varied and pointless, it confounds.

Realities like he's by far the best coach Michigan could ever pull. And the reality that he's the only one the school should want. And the final reality that he is doing an amazing job with a lousy hand and a young team.

And besides all that, it's inarguably a shrewd move by the school and for the program.

It makes the whining look even whinier.

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Maynard

November 21st, 2017 at 5:24 PM ^

Wow. I'll be that guy. FUCK NO! Some of you have lost your minds. You want him here until he retires? Great. So do I.  ------  If the results warrant it. They don't yet.

It's a gimmick anyway but do we need any more gimmicks? I know I am not the only one who is thinking and/or saying enough with the gimmicks. Get some results first. FFS, beat your rivals first before doing the ablsoule most Michigan thing ever, giving a coach a lifetime contract who hasn't even won his own fucking division yet. 

Binding or not, that reeks of desperation on both sides. 

 

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Maynard

November 21st, 2017 at 8:39 PM ^

Harbaugh. One contract at a time (and not a lifetime one). Just like every other coach and school has done for decades.

A meritocracy. Not a tenured position.

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Catchafire

November 21st, 2017 at 5:33 PM ^

Why don't we ever hear this nonsense about Saban or Meyer leaving for the NFL? What else do either of these great coaches have to prove at the college level?

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HL2VCTRS

November 21st, 2017 at 6:35 PM ^

In Saban’s case it’s not what he has to prove, but what he already proved in the NFL. He went to the NFL and it didn’t work. There’s no real reason to expect them to come clamoring back for him. I think he’s viewed as a college coach only just for that reason. Nobody expects Meyer’s system to work at the NFL level, so I don think it’s a serious option for him. Harbaugh is about the only coach that has proven to be successful in the NFL and walked away to come back to college. Therefore, it will continue to be unique to him.

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SpilledMilk

November 21st, 2017 at 7:30 PM ^

I would like to see some college offense out of UM sometime soon. NFL success is great and all but it clearly doesn't gurarantee titles in the college game.

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1VaBlue1

November 21st, 2017 at 9:19 PM ^

It does when your name is Alabama.

It will at Michigan.  Give it time, building a piipeline and rolling program-experienced and conditioned kids takes time.

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