In the future (hopefully very distant future), what does Michigan do to honor Harbaugh?
In the vein of what players from today will be the coaches in 20 years...
Yost Ice area
Crisler area (sorry, it will never be center to me)
Schembechler Hall
Lloyd Carr Tunnel
Give Coach Harbaugh's last three years and the National Championship, let's start the speculation on what Michigan would do to honor Harbaugh? Some new building on the athletic campus? Renaming something?
January 19th, 2024 at 4:01 PM ^
Just rename Washtenaw Dairy.
January 19th, 2024 at 4:02 PM ^
A Restaurant specializing in Burgers, Poultry, and Whole Milk.
January 19th, 2024 at 4:02 PM ^
A sandwich at Zingerman's named after him.
January 19th, 2024 at 4:10 PM ^
The Nervous Bird and Bacon Club?
January 19th, 2024 at 4:30 PM ^
which is actually a cheese burger and comes with whole milk.
January 19th, 2024 at 4:34 PM ^
The Harbaurger - Georgia Reuben with Alabama white sauce.
January 19th, 2024 at 4:03 PM ^
My highest aspiration for myself has always been to have a plaque with my name on a urinal in the basement of the former West Engineering building.
So it's a bit beyond me to imagine how to honor someone who actually has mattered.
"The MMBbones memorial urinal"
Wow! I can only dream...
January 19th, 2024 at 4:07 PM ^
A giant whole milk fountain with his statue on top in front of Schembechler?
January 19th, 2024 at 4:08 PM ^
The Jim Harbaugh Center for Amicus Briefs at UM Law School
January 19th, 2024 at 4:11 PM ^
The James Joseph Harbaugh Memorial Podium for press conferences.
The James Joseph Harbaugh Home Plate at the baseball stadium (complemented by the Ryan Day Bag at third base)
More seriously, maybe the home locker room or even the field itself. But I prefer just to think about them going to work in a month or so, getting that spring ball going. A couple of big games early for Team 145. Win each day.
January 19th, 2024 at 5:53 PM ^
"I know you’re all feeling the darkness here today. But there’s no reason to give in. No matter what you’ve heard, this process will not take years. In my heart, I know we cannot be defeated, because there is an answer that will open the door. There is a way around this system. This is a test of our patience and commitment." -DD
January 19th, 2024 at 4:16 PM ^
If he stays, how about we change his title so that he is known by Jim Harbaugh, the Jim Harbaugh Family Football Coach.
January 19th, 2024 at 4:19 PM ^
The next time they build an arena for whatever sport - they can name it The Jim Gym.
That way Stapleton might actually think it's in honor of him.
January 19th, 2024 at 4:20 PM ^
Lloyd Carr: won/shared 5 conference titles; 1 national championship; 6-7 vs OSU
Jim Harbaugh: won 3 conference titles; 1 national championship; 3-5 vs OSU
Lloyd got a tunnel named after him; name the east entrance to the stadium after Harbaugh?
January 19th, 2024 at 4:25 PM ^
3 conference titles, and 4 division titles (in an era where you don't share conference titles) in 9 seasons (8 "real" ones), Lloyd coached 13 - longevity matters tho so maybe we ignore that
January 19th, 2024 at 4:26 PM ^
3 conference titles for Harbaugh, my friend. Not to be “that” guy
January 19th, 2024 at 4:33 PM ^
Thanks to you and Vasav for the correction—major brain fart on my end. Corrected.
January 19th, 2024 at 4:23 PM ^
harbaugh has already passed Bo and Lloyd, in my mind. The Women's Hockey Arena maybe should be named after Red Berenson (altho, was he part of the reason the program was blocked? if so, BAM Harbaugh Ice Center) but he prolly deserves the field at M stadium named after him. Him, Crisler, Yost. Ahead of Kipke and Oosterbaan. Ahead of Bo and Lloyd. Heck maybe Bo and Lloyd are even with Oosterbaan. And the way Kipke's tenure ended, sure the 4 of them can be together.
January 19th, 2024 at 4:24 PM ^
Harbaugh endzone, where he tackled rick Leach.
January 19th, 2024 at 4:24 PM ^
If he comes back and continues at the current level, the stadium. If he leaves, a statue out front of the stadium. Replace Bo’s statue, Harbaugh has surpassed him. My vote
January 19th, 2024 at 4:26 PM ^
eh not the stadium - that belongs to michigan. It should always be michigan stadium
January 19th, 2024 at 8:08 PM ^
That’s fair, the field then.
January 19th, 2024 at 4:26 PM ^
A bronze cast of a jackhammer at South State and Hoover perhaps....
January 19th, 2024 at 4:31 PM ^
Something with milk and steak.
No statues or buildings!
January 19th, 2024 at 4:45 PM ^
"The Diag Presented by Jim Harbaugh."
January 19th, 2024 at 4:47 PM ^
Name intersecting streets "better than us" and "nobody"
January 19th, 2024 at 4:49 PM ^
I feel safe demanding a walk-through statue garden with stations like:
- Harbaugh playing peruball shirtless in pastey white dad-bod
- Harbaugh climbing a tree, and at a sleepover
- Harbaugh visiting Schembechler's grave with Ohio St looming in the near distance
- Harbaugh running a football camp in Alabama
- Harbaugh working on a white board full of slogans like "1% better today than yesterday, 1% better tomorrow than today", or "known friend and trusted agent"
- Harbaugh gifting the Pope a winged helmet
- Harbaugh paying for a cheeseburger
- Harbaugh showing Brown & Gattis the door, and hiring Minter & Moore
- Harbaugh sitting out a game, watching it on tv
- Harbaugh repeating the peruball pose, but with the natty trophy
just ideas.
January 19th, 2024 at 5:11 PM ^
Friday two dollar steak and large glass of milk day in all campus cafeterias
January 19th, 2024 at 5:14 PM ^
The Big Harb
January 19th, 2024 at 5:21 PM ^
The Harbaugh-retum
Ann Harbaughr
January 21st, 2024 at 8:37 PM ^
Nevermind. Note to self: always wear your readers.
January 19th, 2024 at 5:24 PM ^
Offer tree climbing 101.
January 19th, 2024 at 5:27 PM ^
no statues. ever.
January 19th, 2024 at 5:55 PM ^
Replace the statue of Bo with a statue of several UM players with the title “The Team”.
Rename Schembechler Hall “Hall of Victors” or something along those lines.
Create an area for plaques of Bo, Yost, Crisler, Carr, Kipke, Harbaugh, etc. That say you honor their contributions while not being too open about glorifying them.
January 19th, 2024 at 8:24 PM ^
not sure why this is negged - this is completely appropriate. it honors the contributions of individuals within the framework of the entire program…and has the bonus effect of allowing those contributions be re-assessed if need be. i vote this.
January 19th, 2024 at 6:17 PM ^
Anything but a statue. Except for the one exception where, in the 2010s, we became that kind of school; historically, we are not that kind of school. And I like that about us.
January 19th, 2024 at 6:39 PM ^
Jim Harbaugh Field at Michigan Stadium
January 19th, 2024 at 7:13 PM ^
Too soon
January 19th, 2024 at 7:39 PM ^
A 200 foot statue or naming the campus Harbaughville…no matter what we do, it won’t be enough. Not only was the program struggling before he arrived, but college football was dominated by a few elite schools and it felt like you had to buy a roster that could compete. I had given up hope of seeing a national championship but somehow, some way he did it. Amazing. He’s earned the right to chase a Lombardi trophy, but it would be great if he decided to stay.
January 19th, 2024 at 8:44 PM ^
Statue with all his trophies in front of him. Maybe even him climbing a tree
January 19th, 2024 at 10:35 PM ^
BRAVO Leon..... Climbing a tree. How great would that be, to have a tree on stadium grounds with a bronze statue on it. Made me laugh out loud. Thank you.
January 19th, 2024 at 9:37 PM ^
lol @Ice area
January 19th, 2024 at 9:55 PM ^
Re-reading this and shouldn't have posted when I was busy at work. Where's that damn edit button?
January 19th, 2024 at 10:34 PM ^
statue
January 20th, 2024 at 12:46 AM ^
"In a moment we expect Coach Sherrone Moore to step up to the Jim J. Harbaugh Press Podium and address the media about the upcoming season"
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holy shit never realized Jim was a JJ until just now
January 20th, 2024 at 1:13 PM ^
Rename the tunnel