Chris Partridge remarks on improvements in the program's culture
In recent comments on Jon Jansen's show, Chris Partridge said he noticed that the culture of the program has improved significantly since he left in 2019. Though he didn't say anything to disparage the previous culture, he did say that he could feel the difference:
"This thing seems to be humming," Partridge said. "You guys have gotten it rolling since I've been gone. The culture is just awesome. I think it's got to be one of the best cultures in college football. I think the players, how willing, how hungry they are — it's a really good place. Walking in and feeling it, you can feel it as soon as you enter the building."
More evidence that after 2020, Harbaugh found some kind of switch and flipped it.
February 23rd, 2023 at 10:52 AM ^
That article appeared just before Charlotte offered him the job. I don’t think it was a coincidence at all.
February 22nd, 2023 at 10:06 PM ^
Interesting, credible take. Thanks for sharing.
February 22nd, 2023 at 11:04 PM ^
What would you expect him to say, seriously
February 23rd, 2023 at 8:59 AM ^
Maybe nothing if it wasn't true?
February 23rd, 2023 at 9:16 AM ^
Two consecutive wins over OSU will do that.
February 23rd, 2023 at 10:22 AM ^
Way way way easier in coaching to keep a winning culture going then it is to turn around a losing culture....
Credit to Harbaugh he seems to have turned this corner and is rolling now. The people he has hired seem to have made a huge difference. Its hard to clean house and start over when you thought you were on the correct path all along. It was needed and he was willing to take a hit to his pride to do it. You will not last long in coaching profession if you are not willing to adapt. Its the thing I enjoy most proving the Harbaugh naysayers wrong. The narrative is he is stuck in his ways, unwilling to change, wears people out yadda yadda. Nothing could be further from the truth from where he has taken this program from 2020 to 2023! Harbaugh adapted knew he had to!
February 23rd, 2023 at 11:35 AM ^
Keep it rolling. The team has great leadership in the players with JJ and Blake. The coaching staff has their act together. Now, let's have a great 2024 recruiting class.
February 23rd, 2023 at 3:54 PM ^
Maybe the “switch” was Michigan/Harbaugh changing their recruiting to target guys that would fit the culture he wanted to have and to to have what he would call “a burning desire to play football.”