Lovely article on Harbaugh in the NY Post
https://nypost.com/2018/02/07/jim-harbaugh-is-a-big-loser-on-national-s…
What a way to cap off a day.
February 8th, 2018 at 8:50 AM ^
February 8th, 2018 at 12:21 AM ^
February 8th, 2018 at 12:24 AM ^
February 8th, 2018 at 12:40 AM ^
Stop linking to clickbait articles!
February 8th, 2018 at 11:57 AM ^
Or if you must, at least title it appropriately, instead of sarcastically.
February 8th, 2018 at 5:44 AM ^
February 8th, 2018 at 12:50 AM ^
Tiger says he's sorry but Elin says "beat it, Bozo"
February 8th, 2018 at 1:04 AM ^
February 8th, 2018 at 1:55 AM ^
February 8th, 2018 at 4:24 AM ^
February 8th, 2018 at 5:59 AM ^
February 8th, 2018 at 6:39 AM ^
February 8th, 2018 at 7:36 AM ^
February 8th, 2018 at 10:58 AM ^
Um...pretty sure you are forgetting to count Rutgers as rivalry wins!
February 8th, 2018 at 2:05 AM ^
February 8th, 2018 at 7:00 AM ^
When did they become the bastions of truth or CFB recruiting experts?
February 8th, 2018 at 7:07 AM ^
where Maizen works
February 8th, 2018 at 7:15 AM ^
February 8th, 2018 at 7:20 AM ^
February 8th, 2018 at 7:46 AM ^
February 8th, 2018 at 7:56 AM ^
February 8th, 2018 at 8:38 AM ^
February 8th, 2018 at 10:16 AM ^
I didn't like during the Bump era, but that seemed horrible. And UM emerged fine from that.
But Michigan probably isn't ever going to be Alabama or even OSU for reasons in and out of their control. But if 8-5 with the youngest team in America and 3 different QBs is the bottom for Harbaugh, it's not the worst.
February 8th, 2018 at 8:46 AM ^
February 8th, 2018 at 9:59 AM ^
I'll admit to being wrong becuase, honestly, MSU defies expectations. They recruit at a middling level, don't have a plethora of talent, and yet they keep winning. But they also went 3-9 and their two wins against Michigan have been memorable for their unlikeliness.
I think they were a paper tiger this year; they went something like 6-1 in 1-score games, and that's similar to their 2015 year where they got blown out in the CFP. And this off-season they've lost a couple of more WRs from a mediocre passing offense. They are young, like Michigan, but didn't suffer losses at QB like Michigan (imagine them having to play Damion Terry and then imagine how bad they'd be). Next year they could 100% be another top-15 team, or they could regress a bit and finish 8-5.
In the long view of college athletics, teams like MSU don't remain dominant. Maybe they stay this way until Dantonio is gone. But I have decades of evidence saying they aren't a consistent top-10 team in the country, and I am confident saying that will play out in the long run,
February 8th, 2018 at 10:11 AM ^
As you said, the article is factually true.
February 8th, 2018 at 10:34 AM ^
It's factually true in that the numbers are the same. All of the opinions and editorializing aren't.
February 8th, 2018 at 8:21 AM ^
February 8th, 2018 at 8:29 AM ^
"Journalist" wrote an article about two months ago about how Patterson could lead this team to a National Championship.
"They were already going to have big expectations next year with so many returning starters, but an addition like Patterson — with Ohio State (J.T. Barrett) and Penn State (Saquon Barkley) losing their best offensive players — could make the Wolverines a Big Ten and national championship contender."
Full article here:
https://nypost.com/2017/12/05/jim-harbaugh-might-steal-a-qb-that-can-win-him-a-national-title/
February 8th, 2018 at 10:30 AM ^
Good work, sir!
February 8th, 2018 at 10:36 AM ^
You mean to tell me that the NY Post might be an inconsistent piece of journalism that will say whatever it can to remain relevant?
February 8th, 2018 at 8:53 AM ^
February 8th, 2018 at 8:55 AM ^
My dog would rather poop in quicksand than on the New York Post.
February 8th, 2018 at 9:38 AM ^
Interesting recruiting rankings comparions highlighted:
Hoke: 30; 4; 6; 20
Harbaugh: 37; 5; 8; 21
Strangely similar, though Hoke had slightly better ranked classes each year.
That's where the comparison ought to end, however.
February 8th, 2018 at 11:48 AM ^
Hoke:
Year 1: 11-2; 2-1 vs. ND, MSU, OSU; BCS win.
Year 2: 8-5; 1-2 vs. ND, MSU, OSU; Outback loss to S. Carolina
Year 3: 7-6; 1-2 vs. ND, MSU, OSU; bowl loss
First three years: 26-13, 4-5 vs. rivals, 1-2 in bowls, 1-0 in BCS (NY6) win.
Harbaugh:
First three years: 28-11, 1-5 vs. rivals, 1-2 in bowls, 0-1 in NY6 (BCS) bowls.
February 8th, 2018 at 9:39 AM ^
Things are cute and quirky when you win, but they're the first things people pile on when you lose.
February 8th, 2018 at 9:52 AM ^
How the 'related articles' state "NFL architects: How Giants can recruit a top GM and coach"
One 'top coach' listed? Jim Harbaugh. The NY Post is all over the place on their views on Jim. Just throwing any garbage out there and seeing what will stick.
February 8th, 2018 at 9:58 AM ^
Google NY Post and Pulitzer and see how many names come back.
February 8th, 2018 at 10:59 AM ^
The Post is trash.
February 8th, 2018 at 11:12 AM ^
Is a bigger loser for posting trash
February 8th, 2018 at 11:24 AM ^
"I hate this article so much I'm going to link it here so it gets many more pageviews."
February 8th, 2018 at 11:30 AM ^
February 8th, 2018 at 11:42 AM ^
Unfortunate to say, but true.
This all started for me when I listened to the first few weeks of him and Jack's podcast. I really enjoyed it, but mostly for Jack. Jim seemed to just be sitting there half-working, half-participating. But in the back of my mind I was thinking "can't this just be Jack's podcast during the season, and have Jim participate in the off-season (or as an occasional guest?).
Then the Michigan State night game happened.
And the podcast thing took on a whole new dimension and I started looking at Harbaugh through a whole new lens. I still haven't really recovered much of my previous level of excitement about him, especially with the Outback performance. Something still seems a bit "off." Is it that I don't think he's' working hard enough? Stubbornly set it his ways? Doesn't care as much? Those are REALLY difficult things for me to say about this man, given his history. But I just said them.
February 8th, 2018 at 2:04 PM ^
February 8th, 2018 at 6:59 PM ^
There's no way around that, no point in sugar coating it. And when you put yourself out there as one of the sports ubiquitous faces and court attention, you're going to draw a backlash and people are absolutely going to tap dance on your face when you screw up. That's the nature of the beast.
There's only one thing for it: win games and don't whiff on your recruiting.
February 9th, 2018 at 12:20 AM ^