The 53 yd first play seemed to initially lull the coaches into a "we got this mentality". Showed on that terrible cluster f**k of a play at the goal line. After that more of the same "we got this" until they suddenly realized in the mid 3Q that we didn't have this. I am all for confidence in your ability but the lack of respect for the other team and what they can do is what did the team in.
I loved my 5 years there but even back then, Flint was in rough shape. Coming from a small town in Canada it was a real eye opener. The poverty I saw first hand was devestating. It seems even worse now. My heart is heavy for what I see on TV.
You are doing good things and I hope everyone who reads this donates - even just a little. I hope my part helps.
I get it- Jim's the guy but the best line I laughed at was the guys who called it "Jimmy-Palooza-2016".
Seriously though, very good for the first go around. I want a little more emphasis on the kids. I did not like them sitting in the background. If it's all about them they need to be sitting at the front.
Managers and CEOs like to surround themselves with people of the same ilk and the reality is most upper level managers and CEOs are not known to be the nicest people.
I consider corporations like toilets and last time I looked, shit floats to the top or sinks to the bottom, it never sits in the middle. Hence, you get DB like people floating to the top.
For a hockey tournament with my son. We went for the entire athletic complex tour. Very well done and impressive. They have undergone allot of upgades over the past 3-4 years and the renovations to their stadium are really going to be nice. The renovations are more than just for football. They are actually installing a student Rec Centre complete with gym, etc for all students on the west concourse. The South end expansion will be the Music Department with a concert hall and the west side will be classrooms and labs for some sort of Human Kenetics Department.
They really stressed integrating the athletic building with regular student life as a way of making athletics a more intimate part of the sudent experience.
I thought they were rival but not like ND or MSU. MD is who I really hate. He is the embodiment of everything little brother and he has used that to infect that entire fanbase. There have always been State fans who loathe UM but now the vitriol they spew is unbearable.
You're right - not every situation is exactly the same. HIs turnaruond of SF is more an indiction of what can be done with existing talent than let's say Stanford.
It illustrates the fact that Harbaugh appears has the ability to take existing talent and work around it. In fact, his "quick turnaround' ability is what allot of UM fans are counting on this year. The fact that the players already int he system are a good fit for him only makes that expectation even greater.
The team RR inheritedwas definitely young on offense for the 2008 season - but young does not mean without talent
To blame the 3-9 and 5-7 records on a team being is trying to simplify the cause of their poor performance. Many young teams with good coaches have performed better than the 08 team.
when he first came and one of the first things he did was talk with Denard and get him on board? Remeber how the first year was a definite Borges/Denard spread "fusion" as Brian like to call it?
RR failed to do that and although you nor I will ever know exactly what went down to make Mallett transfer to Arkansas, claiming Carr was the single reason for him to leave is just being blind to the other factors that went into his decision.
Asshole or not, Mallett was thinking of what was best for him and his career and playing for a guy who was going to not use his abilities as a pocket passing QB played a HUGE factor in pushing him out the door.
As your brother's girlfriend's sister's hairdresser's uncle's boyfriend that and see what your answer is.
who didn't maximize the best out of what he had, Not making a harder press for Mallett to stay can be argued as one of the things that set up his eventaul demise.
Again, let me reinterate that I liked RR more than Hoke and wanted him to succeed - I am not a hater. But guys, let's be real here. Lloyd may have dropped teh ball somewhat with the caliber of player, but the roster wasn't full of talentless players.
So what if RR took 2 years to implement his spread system. Ask the class of 08 and 09 how it felt going out 3-9 and 5-7 with no bowl?
Our newly beloved coach sure seems to be able to take teams with players that may not fit what exactly he wants or needs and turn them into winners - all while building a team in the mould he wants. RR did not do that and that's what he is to blame.
I'm not going to sit here and play the "what if: game but we know that what he did didn't work. It's only human nature to wonder what would have happened had things been done a little different.
he would run. The Threet/Sheridan arguement is only there b/c RR created that by making it know his new offensive gameplan was going to be intorduced no matter what.
RR's first mistake was to not retain a competent QB and scheme with the available talent.
I liked RR more than Hoke but come one - he was a disaster on his own. The infighting within the progam and AD just sped up his eventual demise.
Yes - very underrated. Not bragging but I never lost a stoplight drag race to anyone. Vettes, Mustangs, Camaros, etc would all be spinning while I was already at the next light.
I once raced it up near London Ontario at a 1/2 mile paved oval for a "King of the Hill" competition. Bascially, everyone would show up with their cars and race once around the oval, 2 at a time in a single elimination format.
Long story short - I made it to the finals quite easily and faced a guy with a 1987 Mustang GT all modified and tricked out. The thing was supercharged, lowered, giant racing slicks, etc - like it was straight out of the Fast & Furious
My Stealth looked stock except for the slightly larger tires and the giant 3" Stainless exhast tips coming out the rear. Needless to say everyone was gunning for the tricked out Ford to beat the import (even though it was a Dodge).
We lined up and the light went green, I revved the car up tot 6500 RPM then featheedr the clutch for about 1/2 a seoncd - then dropped it. I jumped out to a 3 car length lead before he even got off the starting line.
I was cruising to a win until turn 3. There was an accident on the stock car race prior to my race and I hit a patch of oil/glycol left on the track. I spun the car out but luckily did not crash the car into the wall.
He went high - missed me and the spill and ended up winning.
I lost - but a girl did come up to me after and give me her phone number.
Bought it used in 1995 up in Hamilton Ontario. Was a graduation present from me to me. Had the engine ported and polished. A new ECM and custom boost controller allowed me to run up to 20 PSI boost on it versus the regular 13-14 PSI in the factory turbos. Custom intake and exhaust allowed it to breathe. Had to get a special heavy duty clutch since I burnt the factory one out in 2 hours once the car was finished..
HP was well over 400+ per the engine builder although I never had it dyno tested.
Kept the factory chrome rims but installed 275/40R17 Firestone Firehawk tires. Great for gripping and not over the top for size.
What made this car fast was the AWD. Though heavy, once the rear wheels began to spin, the fronts would engage and you could actually feel the car grab the pavement and drop. Street racing anything RWD wasn't even close. I'd be 60 feet in front of them before they even found traction.
Top speed I ever got in the car was 265 kph (pegged the spedometer) on a stretch of I675 in Saginaw back in 1996 (late for a buddy's wedding).
and the old Exhibition Stadium in Toronto was a brutal place to watch baseball too. Especially in the grandstand in the outfield. That was where my Dad would buy us tickets b/c they were cheap.
Just kidding. In all seriousness, my friend lives in Northville and it's a great place. He chose to live there for the school district which he says it very good.
Seriously - if he was such a dick and ego maniac, he must have been like that long before he became AD. Did anyone here allot of complaints when he was hired? I didn't.
That begs the question. How was a guy like that allowed in the door to begin with? I realize MSC had allot to do with his hire, but did she really hire him in a complete vacuum? Why weren't his character issues ever mentioned before?
Like finds like and I think there are/were allot of DB types already in the department and when the wheels fell off the bus, DB was the scapegoat.
Don't get me wrong - the guy seemed like a total tool and had to go but I think there is probably allot more house cleaning that needs to be done.
DB's hire seems like it was a culmination of a general trend the Department was already heading in. His spectacular failure just sped up the process or the department needing to be reset.
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The 53 yd first play seemed to initially lull the coaches into a "we got this mentality". Showed on that terrible cluster f**k of a play at the goal line. After that more of the same "we got this" until they suddenly realized in the mid 3Q that we didn't have this. I am all for confidence in your ability but the lack of respect for the other team and what they can do is what did the team in.
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Fuck you Mark Dantonio
Eat a bag of dicks
He deserves the criticism. Completely underwhelming game last night. I would not care except he is paid allot for results that are not happening.
I couldn't stop watching his upper lip try and fail to move while he was talking.
I'm Canadian and I never realized it didn't work out of country.
My bad for the bad link.
Full episode right from the CBC
http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episodes/wolverine-ghost-of-the-northe…
Have at it.
I totally messed it up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqqfGXrX__8
I loved my 5 years there but even back then, Flint was in rough shape. Coming from a small town in Canada it was a real eye opener. The poverty I saw first hand was devestating. It seems even worse now. My heart is heavy for what I see on TV.
You are doing good things and I hope everyone who reads this donates - even just a little. I hope my part helps.
Go Blue.
I get it- Jim's the guy but the best line I laughed at was the guys who called it "Jimmy-Palooza-2016".
Seriously though, very good for the first go around. I want a little more emphasis on the kids. I did not like them sitting in the background. If it's all about them they need to be sitting at the front.
Holtz is extra slobbery though. I need a raincoat just to watch.
It's the last time he can wear that sweatshirt without receiving any flack.
I consider it it a great sign.
I hope he does well.
Managers and CEOs like to surround themselves with people of the same ilk and the reality is most upper level managers and CEOs are not known to be the nicest people.
I consider corporations like toilets and last time I looked, shit floats to the top or sinks to the bottom, it never sits in the middle. Hence, you get DB like people floating to the top.
For a hockey tournament with my son. We went for the entire athletic complex tour. Very well done and impressive. They have undergone allot of upgades over the past 3-4 years and the renovations to their stadium are really going to be nice. The renovations are more than just for football. They are actually installing a student Rec Centre complete with gym, etc for all students on the west concourse. The South end expansion will be the Music Department with a concert hall and the west side will be classrooms and labs for some sort of Human Kenetics Department.
They really stressed integrating the athletic building with regular student life as a way of making athletics a more intimate part of the sudent experience.
I feel your pain. I live south of WIndsor now and nothing on TV here either. Channel 7 is showing Oklahoma KSU !!! WTF???
Didn't know the reference until my kid showed me the YouTube video.
Hilarious
https://youtu.be/9C_HReR_McQ
I thought they were rival but not like ND or MSU. MD is who I really hate. He is the embodiment of everything little brother and he has used that to infect that entire fanbase. There have always been State fans who loathe UM but now the vitriol they spew is unbearable.
But hoping for more. Losse to BYU, MSU, OSU and PSU.
We can't score enough points
Couldn't help it but I went to RCMB and the butt hurt was in full effect.
Then football
I need a good posbang to make me feel better.
I will miss Jon Stewart
You're right - not every situation is exactly the same. HIs turnaruond of SF is more an indiction of what can be done with existing talent than let's say Stanford.
It illustrates the fact that Harbaugh appears has the ability to take existing talent and work around it. In fact, his "quick turnaround' ability is what allot of UM fans are counting on this year. The fact that the players already int he system are a good fit for him only makes that expectation even greater.
The team RR inheritedwas definitely young on offense for the 2008 season - but young does not mean without talent
To blame the 3-9 and 5-7 records on a team being is trying to simplify the cause of their poor performance. Many young teams with good coaches have performed better than the 08 team.
when he first came and one of the first things he did was talk with Denard and get him on board? Remeber how the first year was a definite Borges/Denard spread "fusion" as Brian like to call it?
RR failed to do that and although you nor I will ever know exactly what went down to make Mallett transfer to Arkansas, claiming Carr was the single reason for him to leave is just being blind to the other factors that went into his decision.
Asshole or not, Mallett was thinking of what was best for him and his career and playing for a guy who was going to not use his abilities as a pocket passing QB played a HUGE factor in pushing him out the door.
As your brother's girlfriend's sister's hairdresser's uncle's boyfriend that and see what your answer is.
who didn't maximize the best out of what he had, Not making a harder press for Mallett to stay can be argued as one of the things that set up his eventaul demise.
Again, let me reinterate that I liked RR more than Hoke and wanted him to succeed - I am not a hater. But guys, let's be real here. Lloyd may have dropped teh ball somewhat with the caliber of player, but the roster wasn't full of talentless players.
So what if RR took 2 years to implement his spread system. Ask the class of 08 and 09 how it felt going out 3-9 and 5-7 with no bowl?
Our newly beloved coach sure seems to be able to take teams with players that may not fit what exactly he wants or needs and turn them into winners - all while building a team in the mould he wants. RR did not do that and that's what he is to blame.
I'm not going to sit here and play the "what if: game but we know that what he did didn't work. It's only human nature to wonder what would have happened had things been done a little different.
he would run. The Threet/Sheridan arguement is only there b/c RR created that by making it know his new offensive gameplan was going to be intorduced no matter what.
RR's first mistake was to not retain a competent QB and scheme with the available talent.
I liked RR more than Hoke but come one - he was a disaster on his own. The infighting within the progam and AD just sped up his eventual demise.
I didn't do any LSD in my younger years. If that's what I see I am glad I didn't b/c that is just freaking me out.
That's the creepiest thing. Eyes are said to be the window to the soul. Does that mean the AI realiizes everything around us is actually alive?
Yes - very underrated. Not bragging but I never lost a stoplight drag race to anyone. Vettes, Mustangs, Camaros, etc would all be spinning while I was already at the next light.
I once raced it up near London Ontario at a 1/2 mile paved oval for a "King of the Hill" competition. Bascially, everyone would show up with their cars and race once around the oval, 2 at a time in a single elimination format.
Long story short - I made it to the finals quite easily and faced a guy with a 1987 Mustang GT all modified and tricked out. The thing was supercharged, lowered, giant racing slicks, etc - like it was straight out of the Fast & Furious
My Stealth looked stock except for the slightly larger tires and the giant 3" Stainless exhast tips coming out the rear. Needless to say everyone was gunning for the tricked out Ford to beat the import (even though it was a Dodge).
We lined up and the light went green, I revved the car up tot 6500 RPM then featheedr the clutch for about 1/2 a seoncd - then dropped it. I jumped out to a 3 car length lead before he even got off the starting line.
I was cruising to a win until turn 3. There was an accident on the stock car race prior to my race and I hit a patch of oil/glycol left on the track. I spun the car out but luckily did not crash the car into the wall.
He went high - missed me and the spill and ended up winning.
I lost - but a girl did come up to me after and give me her phone number.
Bought it used in 1995 up in Hamilton Ontario. Was a graduation present from me to me. Had the engine ported and polished. A new ECM and custom boost controller allowed me to run up to 20 PSI boost on it versus the regular 13-14 PSI in the factory turbos. Custom intake and exhaust allowed it to breathe. Had to get a special heavy duty clutch since I burnt the factory one out in 2 hours once the car was finished..
HP was well over 400+ per the engine builder although I never had it dyno tested.
Kept the factory chrome rims but installed 275/40R17 Firestone Firehawk tires. Great for gripping and not over the top for size.
What made this car fast was the AWD. Though heavy, once the rear wheels began to spin, the fronts would engage and you could actually feel the car grab the pavement and drop. Street racing anything RWD wasn't even close. I'd be 60 feet in front of them before they even found traction.
Top speed I ever got in the car was 265 kph (pegged the spedometer) on a stretch of I675 in Saginaw back in 1996 (late for a buddy's wedding).
Sold the car in 2000 right before I got married.
God I miss that car.
Phil McCracken
instead of "SPARTAN FAN". Well, you can't spell sparty without party.
and the old Exhibition Stadium in Toronto was a brutal place to watch baseball too. Especially in the grandstand in the outfield. That was where my Dad would buy us tickets b/c they were cheap.
Congrats on keeping up with your exercises at such an advanced age.
Talk about an intimidating venue for visiting teams!
Just kidding. In all seriousness, my friend lives in Northville and it's a great place. He chose to live there for the school district which he says it very good.
Jim Harbaugh
1) Engineer (at least that what it says on the door)
2) 2009 Dodge Ram (I live in the sticks and commute the back roads to work)
3) No social pressure but I do occasionally get sinus pressure due to cold.
Seriously - if he was such a dick and ego maniac, he must have been like that long before he became AD. Did anyone here allot of complaints when he was hired? I didn't.
That begs the question. How was a guy like that allowed in the door to begin with? I realize MSC had allot to do with his hire, but did she really hire him in a complete vacuum? Why weren't his character issues ever mentioned before?
Like finds like and I think there are/were allot of DB types already in the department and when the wheels fell off the bus, DB was the scapegoat.
Don't get me wrong - the guy seemed like a total tool and had to go but I think there is probably allot more house cleaning that needs to be done.
DB's hire seems like it was a culmination of a general trend the Department was already heading in. His spectacular failure just sped up the process or the department needing to be reset.
????? What the hell was that?
Then yes - that is me.
For her music
Pure comedy gold.
And an upvote for you!