Jim Harbaugh gets creative with recruiting
Jim Harbaugh gets creative in recruiting with a Birthday Cake
Thought it was a pretty cool recruiting strategy.
http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfrecruiting/on-the-trail/insider/post/_/id/73…
November 19th, 2015 at 3:27 AM ^
November 19th, 2015 at 9:13 AM ^
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November 19th, 2015 at 11:03 AM ^
I would have tought Hoke pioneered this strategy.
November 19th, 2015 at 4:07 AM ^
I'll never forget how much the national media made of JH's assumed adversion to recruiting when the possibiliy of his return to UM was being discussed. They were so wrong on so many levels...
November 19th, 2015 at 6:45 AM ^
That was one of the aspects of the narrative pushed so hard by the NFL beat writers that I never understood, especially since Harbaugh has turned recruiting here into the social media savvy "Michigan Experience", if you will, or at least he has been instrumental in that shift. The improvement seen in all his college stops so far would hardly be possible if Harbaugh found recruiting to be a drag.
November 19th, 2015 at 8:03 AM ^
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November 19th, 2015 at 8:38 AM ^
It's one of the biggest differences between the pro game and college. If you are a group of people desperately trying to convince yourself of something tht you have basically made up, it is the perfect target. And it just goes to show you how little they knew him, or what he was really going to do. They just made it all up.
November 19th, 2015 at 9:21 AM ^
Some of them really do not like the endless recruiting cycle. I could understand that, especially for the seedy underside which is basketball recruiting.
November 19th, 2015 at 5:20 AM ^
November 19th, 2015 at 6:54 AM ^
Very clever
November 19th, 2015 at 6:14 AM ^
(you're all welcome!)
November 19th, 2015 at 6:43 AM ^
+1 informative!
November 19th, 2015 at 8:58 AM ^
Thats the birthday cake they give out at Ole Miss on unofficials...
November 19th, 2015 at 2:34 PM ^
They can (ahem, cough, cough) have it and eat it too?
November 19th, 2015 at 12:19 PM ^
Posted 2 years ago and only has 2500 views. Strong pull from the deep youtube.
November 19th, 2015 at 6:39 AM ^
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November 19th, 2015 at 4:50 PM ^
Neg-ah please
November 19th, 2015 at 8:03 AM ^
that lurks on the blog and negs every post possible. It makes them feel better about losing to Maryland and their eventual beat down in Columbus. Meanwhile, every recruit that isn't being targeted by Michigan...
November 19th, 2015 at 8:05 AM ^
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November 19th, 2015 at 8:06 AM ^
it's early, I haven't finished my coffee. My life is over.
November 19th, 2015 at 8:22 AM ^
November 19th, 2015 at 9:37 AM ^
30, 2014. 68-66. It was a glorious Terripans victory.
November 19th, 2015 at 8:12 AM ^
November 19th, 2015 at 9:40 AM ^
remember Wolverines Dominate?
I initially thought that he was Wolverines Devotee's super mean alter ego. Now I think that he exists in two or three different profiles and splits his venomous material using all of them so he won't get sent to Bolivia. I still feel his presence on the Board.
November 19th, 2015 at 9:52 AM ^
When someone does that, I just go through and give everyone in the thread an upvote. Troll problem solved.
November 19th, 2015 at 10:05 AM ^
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November 19th, 2015 at 9:13 AM ^
Tom VH loves writing about sweets.
November 19th, 2015 at 9:16 AM ^
Yes, he has the money to have cake whenever he wants, but as you age, we all want to be responsible with our bodies. These guys recruit hundreds of players, one is likely to have a birthday soon.
So when the wife is ribbing you for having a little cake:
"Honey, it was this recruit's birthday, and we wanted to show him some love, and, well, he couldn't eat it because that'd be a violation and he wasn't really in town anyway, so, you know, it would have gone to waste... I guess now it'll just go to my waist."
/dad_bod
November 19th, 2015 at 9:37 AM ^
November 19th, 2015 at 9:51 AM ^
the remanents of their defensive gameplan for Indiana. As is evident from their intended deployment of an unidentified 4 legged creature during the 3rd overtime, the staff was prepared to take some rather drastic measure to win that game.
November 19th, 2015 at 10:14 AM ^
Ahh yes, it all makes sense now. And I can't say that I blame them either. Maybe the snowman was a contingency plan in case of snow?
November 19th, 2015 at 10:24 AM ^
that is looking ahead to this week. There could be some accumulation this week through the midwest and the Northeast. Hackenberg does not have the greatest poise and they think he will throw at the snowman if he believed it is open and then a defender can spring out from behind it and pick it off. The preparation of this staff is really unbelievable.
November 19th, 2015 at 4:53 PM ^
And they're jammed into that loveseat like its a clown car
November 19th, 2015 at 4:53 PM ^
And they're jammed into that loveseat like its a clown car
November 19th, 2015 at 9:46 AM ^
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November 19th, 2015 at 10:28 AM ^
The personal birthday wishes, the twitter edits from Aaron Bills and the active twitter account in general by JH are great small examples of the emphasis this staff has put on nailing the little things that are important in modern day recruiting. Now let's please land Gary, Walker and Nauta. Thanks.
November 19th, 2015 at 12:21 PM ^
I am just enjoying the hell out of Harbough. He is an amazing coach, fascinating guy and really funny at times. I expected a great coach. I did not expect a phenomenon.
November 19th, 2015 at 1:18 PM ^
We want all the recruits
November 19th, 2015 at 2:33 PM ^
Hope the recruit looks at it that way as well.
November 19th, 2015 at 3:21 PM ^
Despite the MANBALL / Back-to-Bo-Basics narrative, this is a very modern and innovative coaching staff.
They are not just recreating Michigan circa 1973.