Jim Harbaugh Mic’d Up @ UM Pro Day
https://youtu.be/6QVPgnDTWVw?si=6T9q8F-AOf99_9lk
Even though he’s no longer the current coach, nice to see some behind the scenes of Jim and his impact with the program/players. You can see why the culture was so strong the last few years, and why these players would run through a wall for Jim. Best of luck Jim (till you play the Bengals).
I sad
April 11th, 2024 at 10:05 PM ^
Same...
The chickens were picked up and have been adopted haha
April 11th, 2024 at 10:44 PM ^
Yeah, that’s what you tell them. It’s a family named Tyson. Says so on the truck.
I thought it was a fake B1G family - Perdue.
They are weak birds!
April 11th, 2024 at 10:05 PM ^
Love that man! Hope he comes back to AA often. So cool to see the genuine relationships with so many players.
April 11th, 2024 at 10:40 PM ^
For a man derided as aloof, distant, difficult and for having poor social skills, Harbaugh sure seems to have the respect and (dare I say) love of his players.
He was all of those things, except with his players and coaches.
I think he started prioritizing getting “Harbaugh guys”. He’s also in his element.
And I do think he softened a bit. I had heard he was going through some things a few years ago and the last three years sure seemed like he was looser (winning will help with that of course)
A national treasure and the Don Quixote of football coaches. He and "the Pirate" must be kin. Another genuine soul missed.
April 12th, 2024 at 11:51 AM ^
To be fair, the players said he had changed too. I remember Hutchinson saying after 2020 he was taking more input from players on the program and what needs to be changed. I assume he'll carry that into the NFL. Seems happy getting away from the mess college football is right now off the field.
April 11th, 2024 at 10:37 PM ^
Remember when that guy was our coach and we won all the football games?
April 11th, 2024 at 10:39 PM ^
PULL IT DOWN!!!
WE DID THAT!!!!!
April 11th, 2024 at 10:40 PM ^
but I am happy with Moore and glad he got the job...
he'll get it done
SMASH
SMASH
F'N SMASH!!!!!!!!!
Yes, Harbaugh clearly had an NFL urge, and so in the big picture, I think it was good to lock down Moore while we had the chance. (But I'm still annoyed at the lack of support Warde gave Jim for the suspensions.)
Now Warde has to support Sherrone with a blue-blood NIL program to remain elite for 2025 and beyond. Everything else seems to be in place.
April 12th, 2024 at 11:30 AM ^
just keeping beating OSU, win most of your games, and make the playoffs every year. We won't be an unstoppable juggernaut, but staying at a high level of competition and smacking OSU around at least more often than not would be ideal.
April 11th, 2024 at 10:47 PM ^
Thank you forever, coach.
April 11th, 2024 at 11:03 PM ^
Kovacs sighting towards the end there too
April 11th, 2024 at 11:26 PM ^
I miss this man.
April 11th, 2024 at 11:32 PM ^
He will be missed. Genuine, authentic, quirky 100% football guy.
Onward, go Blue
April 11th, 2024 at 11:34 PM ^
3-4 regents who hate sports and have more power than Santa picked Warde over Jim. We can’t get out of our own way. Ever.
April 11th, 2024 at 11:40 PM ^
Meh. Harbaugh was always just on loan to us. He was always going to go back to the NFL. I'm grateful for what he did for us when he was here.
I'm not sure that's accurate, but most of us will never know.
JH got us a title, 3 B1Gs, 3 wins over Ohio and 15-0. Plus 49-0 win at East Landfill. He deserved the right to go and shop around after all that - glad he's getting 80MM/5 yrs and got to interview candidates to be his boss at LAC.
Can't wait until we have him back for a game during an LAC bye week.
April 12th, 2024 at 12:36 AM ^
Oh shut the fuck up already. This isn't what happened.
Even if that were true, Harbaugh had always been pretty clear that winning a Super Bowl was still a goal for him. That's something that Michigan can never offer him, no matter how much money they give to him, how much money it pledges to NIL, to an assistant budget. No college job can offer what he's looking for now.
Harbaugh accomplished everything here he could possibly accomplish. He did something I honestly felt like might never happen at Michigan again. Short of the "only thing better than one national title is two national titles" incentive, what else was left for him to do here?
I'm not sure there's really anything Michigan could've offered him that would've convinced him to stay. He could leave knowing the program was in a great position, and that he'd accomplished all he'd set out to accomplish.
April 12th, 2024 at 12:07 PM ^
Huh?? That dude CLEARLY wants to be in the NFL. Period.
Anyone who said/says $100 - $150 million guaranteed would've kept him doesn't know Harbaugh.
April 11th, 2024 at 11:42 PM ^
He won us a national championship, guys. The story has a happy ending.
April 12th, 2024 at 12:24 AM ^
FFS, wasn’t planning on being sad tonight.
I love Jim M’Fing Harbaugh. I am eating crow after wanting him gone after the Covid season. The team unity and love that he brought was undeniable in this video. JH is the most endearing leader in quite some time. I wish he wasn’t painted black by the media based on his crazy antics in his early years as a HC. Lord, I’m going to miss this man.
Negged for "crazy antics"...
WTF, man? What "crazy antics" did he do? He played a football game the way kids all across America do - shirts vs skins. He climbed a tree to get a frisbee because a little girl asked him for help (David Long's baby sister). He spent the night at someone's house because they asked him to instead of finding a hotel room. So the fuck what? He also defended his program via Twitter ONLY AFTER it had been attacked by some other asshat not associated with Michigan football. He held football camps for high school players.
Tell me, were these 'antics' only for show? That's what the media says, yet here you are pumping their water. Nothing he did ever amounted to "crazy antics". That was just a media term because they couldn't handle someone being authentic.
I'm with you in the eating of crow, though. I had mine baked, with lemon garlic seasoning. He was a very different man the last three years vs the previous three years earlier. And Thank god for that!
Holy fuck man, I thought I had a bad week…
Look dude, I’m going to keep this relatively short as you seem like a lunatic. I stopped reading after, “he spent the night at someone’s house because they asked him to.” Not only is that wildly inaccurate, but had you taken the time to do research, you’d know it happened with a couple more recruits. If you don’t think it’s quirky about his comments about chickens, what transpired at San Fran or the plethora of other examples (look it up as they’re many) of odd things at Michigan he’s done, I don’t know what to tell you. Apparently for you, reading my original comment didn’t convey that “crazy antics” was an endearing way of saying his quirkiness. Nothing he did was normal at UM and people bring up these antics for that very same reason. And you know what, WE LOVE IT. The dude was authentic with his outside thinking approach. Media made fun of it and, I (can’t speak for others) love it cause that’s who he was. He’s the crazy uncle you love because he’s downright awesome and different from others.
-1 back at ya for having to defend a stance for saying how I’m going to miss Harbaugh and his crazy antics.
It’s the weekend. Get a few drinks and relax, man.
What an innocuous thing to neg someone for and go on a rant for lol. No idea how anyone upvoted this.
You just went off on someone for using a lighthearted shorthand description of events the media latched on, and that poster didn't imply any negativity towards it.
Lighten up Francis.
April 12th, 2024 at 10:29 AM ^
If it was indeed innocuous and sarcasm, I will admit I was wrong, edit my post and apologize. Seems to me VA was calling me out for saying Harbs was a crazy and pushing the media narrative that we all hate and is untrue.
April 12th, 2024 at 10:45 AM ^
My dude i was supporting you. VAs response was over the top.
April 12th, 2024 at 10:54 AM ^
"Seems to me VA was calling me out for saying Harbs was a crazy and pushing the media narrative that we all hate and is untrue."
That's exactly what I was doing! You're reply to me was (mostly) spot on, and I agree with a lot of what you said. But I don't like calling it 'crazy antics' because the media (and opposing fanbases) use that term as derision towards his conduct. I don't think his actions were ever out of line, or inauthentic, and I appreciate his defense of his program (even if Warde fined him for it - and he did). I also don't think his interest in chickens is out of the ordinary - millions of people enjoy them as pets! Quirky? Yes. Speaks his mind regardless of subject? Yes, mostly. Is not a robot like other coaches? Yes.
Crazy antics? No. Certainly not in the way the media (I think Pete Finebaum coined that term for him) report them... We would all do well to not push a media narrative we know to be false.
April 12th, 2024 at 10:47 AM ^
"Tell me, were these 'antics' only for show? That's what the media says, yet here you are pumping their water."
How the f did you read the other posters comment so incorrectly?
April 12th, 2024 at 12:10 PM ^
I hope that crow is raw, no bbq sauce, and still has feathers because all of you who share that sentiment deserve it!
Funny thing is the sleepover ended up being for a kicker who never fully lived up to the hype (Nordin had some big moments and other missed kicks) - only to miss a sleepover in Northville two years later where the best PK is all of UM history (Jake Moody) resided.
He will always be a champions player and coach here!
Sounds like he was predicting JJ to the Bears?
God, we were so lucky, thank you Jim! I love and miss that man!
How many coaches can come back like this and have players sneaking up on them and giving them hugs? Sincere question. Zero out of the championship coaches? Maybe Dabo has some players that love him? Not Saban, not Kirby, not anyone I can think of.
A sign of the culture this program has. How many former coaches - either voluntarily or not - can walk back on campus a few months later without the new coach batting an eye? Let alone being happy to see him? It's unprecedented! And not something the media will trumpet, either...
My takeaway - Jim was there for the hugs. I didn't see him looking at any of the drills -- he knew what his players could do. He was just there to see Grant's new haircut, bs with his dad, and collect hugs.
It reminds me of the year or two after I graduated when the firm sent me back to Ann Arbor on recruiting trips. Yes, I collected resumes, but I was in it to see my old friends who were still there.
“I love you guys but that guy..” that was a bit of a weird comment to make to someone’s face.
Why is that a weird comment? Derwin James by all accounts is a freak athlete and everyone knows it. He's an all-pro in the NFL and the highest paid safety in the entire league. Here's a link to a scouting article literally titled Derwin James is a physical freak.
Jim loves his guys. He's "one of the guys". This is exactly how I'd expect him to respond if someone asked him a question like "whats it like in the pros?"
I guarantee you not a single guy in that DB room that heard him say that even flinched.
Great to see this video. Authentically his own man. Great relationships with players who love him. Coach Harbaugh made quite a mark here and will always be remembered as a Michigan Coach. Glad to know he made arrangements for the chickens too.
April 12th, 2024 at 10:18 AM ^
Harbaugh is one of the very best, and he brought greatness back to Michigan. Moore has an incredibly tough act to follow, and reality is that there is almost zero chance he will be able to match his predecessor, just as Day was never going to be to match Meyer. That isn’t a knock on Moore, but rather an appreciation of how special the last three years were.
April 12th, 2024 at 10:36 AM ^
I love the current direction of the current Michigan football staff, but I appreciate everything Jim did for the school, and am going to miss him.
April 12th, 2024 at 10:56 AM ^
I could listen to this all day. Does Harbaugh ever have a bad day? I am going to miss him and all his quirkiness. On the other hand, I think we have a fresh new soon to be elite coach with Sherrone. From the looks of it, I think Sherrone is more in tune with NIL and recruiting and I am excited to see him progress this program for many years.
"This is our time" says Sherrone!