I get what you are saying about coaching but it's not luck as you imply....actually the Buckeyes always replace their HoF coach with another HoF coach. The last FIVE Ohio State coaches dating back to 1947 have been inducted into the college football HoF and Meyer will make it 6. yeah, I'm not counting the Fickell he was under an interim deal to hold the fort down while they courted Meyer.
The formula they use is every successful Ohio State coach has strong ties to the state of Ohio and the school And then those coaches committ to lock down the best players in the state of OH plus just enough others nationwide. The exception being Cooper- not from Ohio and could not recruit OH... and we know how that legacy was a mixed bag.
The problem is Michigan went away from that script with with the Rich Rod hire to put in a fashionable offense. They tried to follow the keep it close to home formula that with Brady but you could tell he was in over his head. Harbaugh is round two but has only basically got them back to about where Carr left the program- can't recruit enough speed. Jim will most likely flame out before 2020 and leave in an embarrassing way due to his difficult personality.
It really doesn't matter which division Michigan is in. The main problems Harbaugh has that will never get U of M to the pinnacle:
1. JH has not been able to recruit enough speed athletes to matchup with the Buckeyes at key positions. Meyer has stuck with simply leveraging his old SEC recruiting trails and high school contacts around the USA. The JH recruiting & team road show while possibly innovative, is actually a distraction and not as effective.
2. JH is stubborn to admit he should switch to zone when his crew can't match up man to man. Also he's overly committed to establish run first, a lot like Lloyd Carr. Buckeyes were ready for that. Further JH thinks his recruits are just as fast but most are just a tiny bit slower or less athletic.
Harbaugh antics will wear really thin in another year or two... I predict he will eventually leave Michigan in an some kind of embarrassing way (a la Woody, Bobby Knight etc...).
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I get what you are saying about coaching but it's not luck as you imply....actually the Buckeyes always replace their HoF coach with another HoF coach. The last FIVE Ohio State coaches dating back to 1947 have been inducted into the college football HoF and Meyer will make it 6. yeah, I'm not counting the Fickell he was under an interim deal to hold the fort down while they courted Meyer.
The formula they use is every successful Ohio State coach has strong ties to the state of Ohio and the school And then those coaches committ to lock down the best players in the state of OH plus just enough others nationwide. The exception being Cooper- not from Ohio and could not recruit OH... and we know how that legacy was a mixed bag.
The problem is Michigan went away from that script with with the Rich Rod hire to put in a fashionable offense. They tried to follow the keep it close to home formula that with Brady but you could tell he was in over his head. Harbaugh is round two but has only basically got them back to about where Carr left the program- can't recruit enough speed. Jim will most likely flame out before 2020 and leave in an embarrassing way due to his difficult personality.
It really doesn't matter which division Michigan is in. The main problems Harbaugh has that will never get U of M to the pinnacle:
1. JH has not been able to recruit enough speed athletes to matchup with the Buckeyes at key positions. Meyer has stuck with simply leveraging his old SEC recruiting trails and high school contacts around the USA. The JH recruiting & team road show while possibly innovative, is actually a distraction and not as effective.
2. JH is stubborn to admit he should switch to zone when his crew can't match up man to man. Also he's overly committed to establish run first, a lot like Lloyd Carr. Buckeyes were ready for that. Further JH thinks his recruits are just as fast but most are just a tiny bit slower or less athletic.
Harbaugh antics will wear really thin in another year or two... I predict he will eventually leave Michigan in an some kind of embarrassing way (a la Woody, Bobby Knight etc...).