Harbaugh wanted Viramontes to play QB
247's Clint Brewster reporting the exact opposite of what we've all heard/assumed, Jim Harbaugh had every intention of Vic Viramontes starting out at QB when he got to Michigan. Looks like he fell victim to some negative recruiting:
"We have been told that Viramontes was given bad information from a member of his camp that Michigan wouldn’t give him a shot at quarterback and he would immediately be a fullback or linebacker, which is completely false. Jim Harbaugh see's Viramontes as a high ceiling prospect at quarterback that has a lot of similar qualities to Colin Kaepernick."
December 8th, 2015 at 9:56 AM ^
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December 8th, 2015 at 10:06 AM ^
it doesn't seem like it's in JH's M.O. to say he can't compete at some position.
December 8th, 2015 at 9:58 AM ^
This is a lot of information from a paywalled post, no?
December 8th, 2015 at 10:03 AM ^
Quiet. Maybe he'll give us his Netflix password.
December 8th, 2015 at 10:05 AM ^
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December 8th, 2015 at 10:42 AM ^
12345? That's the kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!
December 8th, 2015 at 11:37 AM ^
December 8th, 2015 at 10:04 AM ^
Pretty sure 247 sub is free through the end of the year or I wouldnt have been able to read it either. Don't have a paid sub.
December 8th, 2015 at 10:36 AM ^
That's fair. I forgot 247 had that promotion going. I'm not a subscriber, either.
December 8th, 2015 at 10:44 AM ^
Then why do you care? It's free information. Did you try to purge it from memory when you realized it was paywalled? Are you that principled about this?
December 8th, 2015 at 10:47 AM ^
I asked a question on an internet forum. Clearly, I'm paying the price. Why do you care about me caring?
December 8th, 2015 at 11:05 AM ^
Double Post-browser crashed.
December 8th, 2015 at 11:04 AM ^
I found a couple of articles with links to the free Wolverine247 account until Dec 31st, but the links were dead. The site wants to charge me money. Is the sign-up period over? Does anyone have a link?
December 8th, 2015 at 10:05 AM ^
Who gives a shit? If I buy a newspaper am I not allowed to discuss the article I just read with people that haven't read the paper yet?
F paywalls.
December 8th, 2015 at 10:17 AM ^
Blockquote rules around here are good and should be observed. Content needs to be paid for somehow (which is why the newspaper business is in such difficulty)
December 8th, 2015 at 10:19 AM ^
The newpaper business is in such difficulty because they've been exposed as jackasses with opinions - something everyone on the internet already has.
December 8th, 2015 at 11:16 AM ^
The Times and the WSJ and the Orange County Register all have a stake in their reputation and th news portion of their content is generally pretty solid. The same can't be said about Redstate or Hufpost. This doesn't even begin to address the massively shrinking foreign bureaus. We need more and better information. We get declining and less accurate content.
December 8th, 2015 at 11:22 AM ^
They just need to adapt and diversify. Like evey other industry has in the past 50 years at some point.
December 8th, 2015 at 12:03 PM ^
Newspapers were doing their part to ensure less accurate content since forever.
December 8th, 2015 at 12:57 PM ^
You're partly correct. We definitely need more, and better information. I am not at all convinced that conventional media is the way to get that. Actually, I'm fairly certain that it is not. They have (mostly) all been pushing their own (and others) agenda's forever. They deserve to die. The internet revolution has exposed them for what they are. We'll find a better way to get the info out there.
December 8th, 2015 at 6:25 PM ^
People are now relying on Facebook posts, tweets, email chains, and memes to get their information. People read something on a meme and then two days later start quoting it as fact. This is not a good development. Quite the contrary. At least when newspapers/news outlets push agendas, they can still be found liable for libel or slander, thereby mitigating the amount of misinformation that is propagated. The main point of freedom of press is to have an informed citizenry. Today's developments in the sharing of "information" have led to a misinformed citizenry, which I think is detrimental to society.
December 8th, 2015 at 10:48 AM ^
I don't feel bad for business models which market a non-exlusionary, non-substractable product on the internet. That will be $5 for this sentence.
December 8th, 2015 at 12:23 PM ^
That is not how you use that meme.
December 8th, 2015 at 10:55 AM ^
December 8th, 2015 at 11:10 AM ^
In response to Hatter' s equally offhanded point about newspapers. My point about block quotes stands. Thanks for the snark though.
December 8th, 2015 at 11:38 AM ^
Thank you, for recognizing the snark. It's always good to start your Tuesdays off with a hearty cup of snark.
December 8th, 2015 at 11:51 AM ^
I always love when people acknowledge the snark. I'm all like.... "OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH SNAP!!!! He said THANKS FOR THE SNARK!!!!!!"
December 8th, 2015 at 10:34 AM ^
I sort of had this in mind when I asked the question: http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/meta-premium-information-policy
Your nuanced response really cleared things up for me, though.
December 8th, 2015 at 10:41 AM ^
And I'm pretty sure that a two sentence quote is fine per MGoBlog guidelines.
December 8th, 2015 at 10:06 AM ^
Something something
They can protect the form of the information, but not the content
/not a lawyer
December 8th, 2015 at 10:19 AM ^
December 8th, 2015 at 10:39 AM ^
You're the guy who asks the teacher if we have homework
December 8th, 2015 at 9:58 AM ^
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Looks like he's been banned, all his posts are deleted from the original decommit thread.
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Damn good deal!
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December 8th, 2015 at 9:58 AM ^
Given Harbaugh's history of trying players out at any and every position, I don't see why anyone would assume he would be assigned a position right away with no chance to move.
As much as I am hyped about Peters, I think in the long run Harbaugh will be looking for someone more mobile (in general). Of course if a guy like Peters is available you take him but I think we haven't seen the end of mobile QBs at Michigan.
December 8th, 2015 at 10:05 AM ^
Harbaugh has offered more mobile quarterbacks than Peters, but they still have to be able to pass the ball well. It's tough to find those guys. Personally, I think the toughest offenses to defend are the teams that run a lot of pistol, which can attack downhill with I-formation stuff but also run spread principles with the zone reads and such. Harbaugh ran a lot of that at SF and saw how well it can work. Anyway, I think Peters is mobile enough to run a lot of that stuff, but he's not a guy I would want to run much on power reads; he's more of a guy who can roll out and just keep defenses honest on zone reads.