John U. Bacon: The Leaking comes from Jim Stapleton
October 25th, 2023 at 11:48 AM ^
except that WD was the other way around - pretty sure he'd give up an organ on behalf of U of M if requested. that kid loved our school beyond measure.
October 25th, 2023 at 12:13 PM ^
Still does.
October 25th, 2023 at 12:20 PM ^
WD is that you???
October 25th, 2023 at 12:17 PM ^
Uh oh, I think Wolverine Devotee is actually Stalion!
October 25th, 2023 at 12:21 PM ^
Put me down for still thinking he's Ghost of Jermaine!
October 25th, 2023 at 12:24 PM ^
This!
October 25th, 2023 at 11:16 AM ^
Odd to hold a grudge this long after 2008 consider Ron English became a head coach at EMU in 2009 and did ... poorly.
October 25th, 2023 at 11:57 AM ^
Though I'm sure Stapleton is an absolute dipwad, he probably believes with some reason that a lack of success at EMU is not reliably predictive of English's likely performance as Michigan HC.
Of course, English's performance as Michigan DC was also quite hit-or-miss.
October 25th, 2023 at 12:20 PM ^
English was our DC for The Horror and Horror 2.0 the next weekend when Dennis Dixon and Oregon introduced English and his totally unprepared Michigan D to the modern day read option. People forget that these Mt Rushmore low points in UM football history fall squarely on English’s shoulders.
October 25th, 2023 at 1:11 PM ^
Not to absolve English for the complete lack of preparation for the read option, but the read option was a relatively new offense to college football at that time. It's the reason Rich Rod was such a hot coach. When Rich Rod was hired, Tressell went to I believe South Florida and studied with their coaches how to defend the read option because South Florida was in the same conference as West Virginia and they were one of the few teams that had consistent success against Rich Rod's offense.
Offenses in the Big Ten have rarely been at the forefront of innovation. It's one of the reasons I like UCLA, USC, Washington and Oregon joining the conference. Michigan, as well as the other current Big Ten teams, will be forced to play against teams who have offenses which are much more modern and inventive then what we usually see in the Big Ten.
October 25th, 2023 at 1:24 PM ^
Not to quibble, but, I recall Michigan’s introduction to the read option at Northwestern on 11/4/2000, 54-51. Granted, it was not a shellacking like the one Oregon administered in Michigan Stadium almost seven years later, but it was a rude introduction just the same.
October 25th, 2023 at 12:21 PM ^
The thing about this is that any argument that you could make for English, you could have also made for Mike DeBord - also a coordinator under Lloyd and unsuccessful MAC head coach (at CMU).
Bill Martin made the decision not to promote from within and while his external hire didn't work out, none of the internal candidates have panned out as head coaches, either.
October 25th, 2023 at 1:05 PM ^
He ended up getting fired mid season for (verbal) player abuse. And of his coaching record… believe me, he was every bit as bad as his record would indicate. Probably worse.
October 25th, 2023 at 11:27 AM ^
NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions Roster - NCAA.org
He is indeed on the Div 1 roster. Scroll down on the linked page.
October 25th, 2023 at 12:11 PM ^
He won't be on there for long. Sue the motherfuckers.
October 25th, 2023 at 11:54 AM ^
Is umbig11 Jim Stapleton?
Was a semi insider that donated money to the university and really wanted Harbaugh fired....
October 25th, 2023 at 12:43 PM ^
I thought umbig11 lived in Maryland? Stapleton lives in AA according to some on here
October 25th, 2023 at 12:12 PM ^
If his ax to grind stems from English not getting the job, why take it out on Harbaugh? He had nothing to do with that. Or does he expect Harbaugh to hire English as DC?
October 25th, 2023 at 12:19 PM ^
So he actively hates Michigan, got it. I wish pain and suffering for people like him
October 25th, 2023 at 12:25 PM ^
It's ironic that his revenge for Harbaugh may have kept Harbaugh from coaching The Vikings but staying as coach at UM. Looks like he's trying to come full circle on Harbaugh now.
Read that he got a minority ownership of The Vikings in 2005. Bet that's increased in value.
October 25th, 2023 at 12:41 PM ^
Yeah, I don't get it...if he wanted Harbaugh gone from Michigan so badly, shouldn't he have done everything he could to get him the Vikings job?
October 25th, 2023 at 1:05 PM ^
Maybe he's just a cunt?
October 25th, 2023 at 11:11 AM ^
I have no clue, but posts mentioning him here on MGoBlog have been removed.
Apparently, he is one of Harbaugh's biggest critics. He is a minority owner of the Vikings and allegedly played a big part in why Harbaugh was passed up for the position.
Specifically from John U. Bacon's tweets:
As I reported in Three and Out, after Stapleton had been accused of sabotaging U-M coach Rich Rodriguez he wrote a 4-page letter refuting the charges, but still had his sideline pass revoked. He is now one of Harbaugh’s critics, hoping to persuade the Wilfs to reject him. (10/13)
— John U. Bacon (@Johnubacon) February 2, 2022
He also sits on the NCAA Committee on Infractions, so, that's particularly telling, isn't it? When the NCAA comes to Michigan tomorrow, I would ask them who is leaking this information about their investigation and why haven't they shored it up?
October 25th, 2023 at 11:15 AM ^
even the post about posts about stapleton being removed was removed!
October 25th, 2023 at 11:29 AM ^
Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked, have been sacked.
October 25th, 2023 at 11:33 AM ^
Sack cubed.
October 25th, 2023 at 11:39 AM ^
And replaced by Harrelson the Wonder Llama
October 25th, 2023 at 11:47 AM ^
By a Llama no less...
D'oh! beaten to it....
October 25th, 2023 at 11:54 AM ^
...persuade the Wilfs...
Wardes I'd like to ...? Odd.
October 25th, 2023 at 12:10 PM ^
I went for "Wives I'd Like to ..."
October 25th, 2023 at 12:09 PM ^
He is a minority owner of the Vikings and allegedly played a big part in why Harbaugh was passed up for the position.
So he did Michigan a solid? At the time, it looked like Gattis might replace Harbaugh as HC.
October 25th, 2023 at 12:23 PM ^
Who are the Wilfs? White milfs? Do I get a chance to try to convince them otherwise?
October 25th, 2023 at 12:41 PM ^
Sounds like he's calling a play out of the Clarence Thomas playbook on conflict of interest and recusal. Because, he should definitely be sitting on a committee looking at Harbaugh.
October 25th, 2023 at 12:41 PM ^
Sounds like he's calling a play out of the Clarence Thomas playbook on conflict of interest and recusal. Because, he should definitely be sitting on a committee looking at Harbaugh.
October 25th, 2023 at 11:12 AM ^
A local Ann Arbor resident who:
1. Sits on the NCAA compliance committee
2. Is a minority owner for the Minnesota Vikings and allegedly told them to not hire Harbaugh last year after his interview
3. Is close personal friends with our ex-DC Ron English
4. Hates Jim Harbaugh intensely because he somehow believes Jim was responsible for Ron English not getting the U of M HC job when Lloyd retired
October 25th, 2023 at 11:18 AM ^
These people are always interesting to me. I just don't get the thinking here. So he believes that Ron English should have gotten the UM job after Lloyd and that is somehow JH's fault when he wasn't even around? The other thing that makes these people batshit stupid is that, ok Ron should have gotten the UM job, surely if he was qualified to get the head coaching job at UM but got "screwed", he would have gotten another big time job soon after that....right....right? Teams had to be lining up to swoop in and take advantage of UM's big mistake....right???
October 25th, 2023 at 11:39 AM ^
Some assholes just can't help being assholes. And the more you call them out, the more they double down on their Aholeness.
October 25th, 2023 at 12:44 PM ^
That's the key. Assholes just double-down on contradictions that, to the rest of the world, illuminate their idiocy. This is the narcissist mindset. Negative data from others or the environment at-large is simply more evidence of the conspired array against me, that they then need to fight even harder and with even more vitriol and prejudice.
October 25th, 2023 at 11:21 AM ^
Since everybody in college football does this kind of sign scouting . . . how in the world does the entire SEC not have disgruntled former employees coming out of the woodwork to revenge-tattle that their ex-school has been doing it?
You think that Saban or Smart or [fill in the blank] haven't pissed off a bunch of lower-level staffers over the years?
Same for the Big 12. And Pac 12. And ACC. And . . .
There have to be 50 programs scared shitless that these revelations become a thing.
I think that's why a lot of coaches out there are dismissing it as just a trivial part of the game. Because they are doing it and don't want it turned into an offense that actually becomes enforced.
October 25th, 2023 at 11:26 AM ^
Seems like alot of those coaches bounce around to other SEC programs..so they all keep themselves in good graces since never know where will end up
October 25th, 2023 at 11:26 AM ^
It only takes one olive to be pulled out of the jar . . .
October 25th, 2023 at 11:30 AM ^
Maybe UM, Stapleton, Harbaugh, and Stalions are the vodka, gin, vermouth, and olive in this whole martini.
October 25th, 2023 at 11:52 AM ^
Vodka AND gin? A bold move!
October 25th, 2023 at 11:59 AM ^
I'm a big James Bond fan, so I love a good vesper martini!
October 25th, 2023 at 12:16 PM ^
I resent that you equate Stapleton with Gin, my favorite liquor of choice. And since every real drinker knows that the original martini is gin-based, that should be UM. Stapleton can indeed be the olive, because his pits about to stink.
October 25th, 2023 at 11:50 AM ^
I think this is correct. There is a sort of unsaid agreement that schools won't tattle on each other because the conference winning NCs is more important. I also think they kind of look at it as a challenge to deal with rather than an excuse.
October 25th, 2023 at 12:35 PM ^
Everyone other than cryin day
October 25th, 2023 at 11:46 AM ^
Well, I think this would about answer your question, no? Not every former disgruntled employee happens to also sit on the one committee tasked with oversight.
Ross Dellenger on the Yahoo pod said something to the effect that the NCAA is investigating 20+ schools for NIL violations. (This also tracks - the NCAA is surely investigating other schools other than Michigan). You don't hear about any of those because the process is supposed to be confidential. As we've suspected, the NCAA's process re Harbuagh is about an ax to grind, and this would be the most likely suspect.
October 25th, 2023 at 11:53 AM ^
Jim"Lizzie Borden"Stapleton.
October 25th, 2023 at 12:28 PM ^
SEC programs tend to have stronger ties to the state government. Nobody in their right mind would publicly sabotage Bama, Georgia, etc.