Cool exchange between Jake Thaw and Harbaugh re:4th quarter punt in Rose Bowl

Agreed, that play allowed overtime to even happen. 07-20 that would of been a fumble for Bama touchdown for the loss. 

I was ready for the Blake O'Neill sympathy phone call for a second there

Let me know and I will join you in the "swear to god" part

He may not realize it for awhile, but Thaw will always be a Michigan Legend. 

Especially in light of his tweet about the “two biggest mistakes of his life”  being in that game.  (I can’t even recall the other one.). It was nice to see the replies were all supportive and correctly thanked the guy for saving the season.  
 

But, seriously.  There is something wrong with anyone who is giving that guy crap. 

God

and can you possibly imagine what Izzo would’ve said in an analogous hoops situation?  Bus going back and forth over the player…,

People make mistakes. What matters is how they deal with them.

He's the polar opposite of Brian Kelly, who has made an entire career out of everything being everyone else's fault.

That is the definition of great coaching. Players play their best when they feel good and confident. Chewing out players never works.  

Comes from, imho: "We're gonna believe in each other, we're not gonna criticize each other, we're not gonna talk about each other, we're gonna encourage each other."

He is genuine about it as well, not some puff. Can see it in his body language and hear it in his tone. 

Fully agree. The only one he’s ever thrown under the bus, ahem, I mean base, is Ryan Day.

Agree that it's worth watching. 

Even if he *hadn't* fixed it immediately, he was doing his absolute best to win the game. A late hit out of bounds (*cough* Crable *cough*) I could maybe see getting some justifiable flak, but Jake was giving his all every time he stepped on the field. AND he saved it.

He tweeted something about making the two biggest mistakes of his life on the biggest stage.  I said it before, but it bears repeating: it would be glorious if those really were to be the biggest mistakes of his life.  Holding yourself to a standard of perfection is a sure path to a lifetime of unhappiness.  Deciding to field the punt was a mistake, so was muffing it.  Recovering it saved the national championship.  Would that the biggest mistakes of my life turn out so well.

I don't disagree. It also says something positive that even though Thaw is in the portal with the intent to transfer he's still at Mott. And he's still welcome with the team. And Harbaugh is being this positive. Culture matters! 

Which is why I absolutely hate it when people get on here after a game to call out players who made mistakes. The last thing these guy's need is to see some guy going through a mid life crisis who thinks he's some kind of football coach dogging on them online.

I saw that, and replied that there's never been any athlete in any sport who never made a mistake. He had the presence of mind to make a play that kept from magnifying the mistake. Sometimes that's all you can do. He did it, and because of that, the offense scored, we went into OT, won it, got to the final game, and won it all.

So give yourself a break, Jake. Wherever you go, you'll always be a National Champion.