Harbaugh's barber breaks his silence
A nice AP fluff piece which includes quotes from Bill Stolberg, barber extraordinaire and Harbaugh hair cutter since the 70's.
Stolberg, 74, remembers the younger version of Harbaugh and can compare it to his present-day personality.
“He was an ambitious kid,” Stolberg said. “I don’t think much has changed
As much as Harbaugh cares about his school, a seven-year contract worth about $40 million surely played a role in luring him back. Plus, the NFL will probably remain an option.
Stolberg accepts that, but says “I think he’ll retire here. ... If he has the teams that he’s expecting, he’ll be another Saban.”
August 21st, 2015 at 11:20 AM ^
...might be the Once and Future King of Michigan Football we've been waiting for.
He's the leader Michigan not only needs but also deserves.
HAIL HARBAUGH!
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August 21st, 2015 at 11:40 AM ^
but I'd totally accept a long run of Harbaugh til retirement, then he can slide into the now vacant Patriarch of Michigan Football role
August 21st, 2015 at 1:12 PM ^
As long as we start winning a respectable amount of games (9+) and play our losses close, Harbaugh will be worshiped by a fanbase that probably exceeds most NFL teams.
Typically when an NFL team is in the market for a new coach it is due to some degree of disarray; why would he want to take on that burden? Would he leave to reunite with Andrew Luck? Maybe. . . but I think coaching change would come quickly in Indianapolis (if it happens at all I think it will happen because Luck may regress in the next 2-3 years). I don't see Harbaugh leaving THAT soon under any circumstances.
Anyhow, I would really like to know why you think it is unlikely for Harbaugh to finish his coaching career at Michigan (assuming no scandals or shenanigans which we cannot anticipate and I cannot fathom).
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August 21st, 2015 at 1:57 PM ^
This can go on forever - please stop the back and forth. Harbaugh!
August 21st, 2015 at 12:29 PM ^
August 21st, 2015 at 12:04 PM ^
Bill is my current barber too. Great guy. I can always count on getting some good Michigan sports inside information there. I also love all the classic Michigan stuff all over and signed memorabilia. The place is like stepping back in time to an old barber shop during the Eisenhower administration. (Except for the color TV in the corner)
August 21st, 2015 at 1:26 PM ^
I assume this is at Coach-And-Four, right? I always preferred Rosie in downtown Ann Arbor, but it was always fun to sit at Pizza Bob's and watch the stream of coaches and players go in and out of Coach-And-Four and the other barbershop next to it, while eating a Chipati and some calorie-laden milk shake.
August 21st, 2015 at 2:01 PM ^
August 21st, 2015 at 2:20 PM ^
Thanks - I could never keep those two straight in my mind. But there was a stream of coaches and athletes trudging up the hill just north of Packard to get their hair cut at one of those two shops.
On my part, I went to Rosey's Barber Shop (a/k/a Rosey's Hair Styling Den) downtown when I needed a monthly touch-up. I don't know if Rosey is still at it, but his shop was great.
August 21st, 2015 at 7:30 PM ^
August 21st, 2015 at 12:09 PM ^
Looking at how dysfunctional the NFL is and the fact that Harbaugh will never get the type of control he craves there, he'll stick to college where he will always be able to do it his way.
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August 21st, 2015 at 1:59 PM ^
I manscape with a straight razor.
August 21st, 2015 at 2:17 PM ^
Can you do this, and pics, or it didn't happen?
August 21st, 2015 at 12:24 PM ^
The hype surrounding JH and Michigan. Recruits notice this stuff too.
August 21st, 2015 at 12:28 PM ^
It's about time we heard something from him! haha.
August 21st, 2015 at 12:30 PM ^
We've all been waiting with bated breath.
August 21st, 2015 at 1:59 PM ^
Enough with the breath references!
August 21st, 2015 at 12:50 PM ^
He should be disbarbered for violating barber-client confidentiality.
August 21st, 2015 at 2:19 PM ^
I am sure he would escape by a hair.
August 21st, 2015 at 10:26 PM ^
Even if he didn't escape by only a hair it would at least be a close shave and he probably would've worked himself into quite a lather.
August 21st, 2015 at 1:17 PM ^
Did he get to go down into the submarine to cut Harbaugh's hair? And if so, who was taking the snaps at QB at the time?
August 21st, 2015 at 4:44 PM ^
“He was an ambitious kid,” Stolberg said. “I don’t think much has changed. Bigger and smarter, good guy, very down to earth. Comes in, he doesn’t look for any special favors or anything. Just sits down and gets a haircut.”
That's rather cool though, and more or less how I would imagine it. It's just rather amusing that the descriptions of him as a kid from various people are extremely consistent with the descriptions of him as a 50 year-old man.
August 21st, 2015 at 4:55 PM ^
I went to Bill all through my time in Ann Arbor back in the mid- to late-1980s. I loved the fact that he was the most un-PC person in the world and didn't give a shit. There was always a stack of Playboys on the table and I remember walking in one day and they were gone. I asked him what happened and he said, "Oh, nothing. I've got a customer bringing his 9 year-old son in for a haircut so I had to put them away. As soon as he leaves, I'll put them back out."
August 21st, 2015 at 5:18 PM ^
THIS is the guy responsible for Jimmy's Karl from Sling Blade look!
August 22nd, 2015 at 12:24 AM ^
the barbers of Stambaugh!