Andrel Anthony suggesting positive news for Michigan
Also articles coming out about Michigan looking good about Donovan Edwards. One can hope
December 14th, 2020 at 10:17 PM ^
Yes - Donovan, change the game for Michigan!!!
Also, you have to give credit to Anthony for having the courage to commit to Michigan while living in East Lansing, and sticking to the commitment after a humiliating loss to the hometown rival and a historically bad season.
December 14th, 2020 at 10:37 PM ^
One game doesn't show the state of the programs. He knows better. We just sent eight starters to the pros, and are playing with a new OL and thIrd string QB.
December 14th, 2020 at 10:43 PM ^
Agreed - impressive when a high school student has more poise and insight than a huge portion of adults.
December 15th, 2020 at 7:39 AM ^
He's still young. Give him time.
Sarcasm aside, good news would be an oasis in the desert right now.
December 15th, 2020 at 8:57 AM ^
Let’s hope it’s not a mirage.
December 15th, 2020 at 10:18 AM ^
Hey also probably hasn't followed the program for the last 20+ years like most of us, which is compounding our frustration. He came up watching the Hoke-Harbaugh transition, but really hasn't been subjected to the last 20 years of pain.
A couple of tough season's in the past few years probably doesn't feel as bad to an 18 year old as it does to a 30+ year old.
December 14th, 2020 at 10:54 PM ^
Anyone want to tell that to Rayshaun Benny?
December 14th, 2020 at 10:55 PM ^
But msu is gonna focus all of their energy on building his brand! No thanks - we have seen what the ‘my brand’ focus does for a team. They can have him.
December 14th, 2020 at 11:11 PM ^
Sounds like Benny is delaying his signing?
December 15th, 2020 at 4:40 AM ^
Shaun Nua has been working hard trying to get him back. Maybe they told Nua he can come back if he signs 2 4star D-tackles?
December 14th, 2020 at 11:54 PM ^
Malik McDowell Part Deux.
December 15th, 2020 at 12:49 AM ^
DT’s.... the new WR’s....
December 15th, 2020 at 1:40 AM ^
Not even close to a Malik McDowell situation. Benny is not a bad student, and was pretty interested in Michigan, now is torn. MSU has been super aggressive in recruiting him and Tucker has been impactful.
December 15th, 2020 at 8:58 AM ^
But where does his momma want him to go? that's the question
December 15th, 2020 at 12:01 PM ^
Concur. I watched him play and he showed the most sportsmanship on the field - talking with opposing players, picking them up off the ground, sharing helmet pats, etc.
He's an absolute take from a character perspective based on what I saw.
December 15th, 2020 at 7:58 AM ^
'But muh brands!!'
December 15th, 2020 at 3:56 PM ^
He was gone anyway. Has a bunch of family at MSU. Foregone conclusion.
December 14th, 2020 at 11:21 PM ^
Will be optimistic, but Harbaugh hasn’t produced one NFL RB in 6 years. Charbonnet is nonexistent. jH seems to have a knack for torpedoing skill players.
December 15th, 2020 at 8:49 AM ^
Do you ever say anything that isn't whining, or blaming someone for something? You seem like a real swell guy. You picked one of two positions where we haven't put multiple guys in the league in the past five years. Seems fair, dude.
Toxic, AF. "Fans" like you deserve whatever happens. King nothing.
December 15th, 2020 at 9:25 AM ^
Simple one word answer,”NO!”
December 15th, 2020 at 12:30 PM ^
I’ve always thought he was Maizen. Just another data point
December 15th, 2020 at 5:53 AM ^
MSU is losing their top recruit to Notre Dame too.
And I bet if Benny doesn’t sign on Wednesday he isn’t staying with them either.
December 15th, 2020 at 8:45 AM ^
Welp, I'm watching Kingpin this weekend. That much is for sure.
December 15th, 2020 at 4:08 PM ^
UofM Fan sez:
"I don't puke when I drink, I puke when I don't drink."
December 14th, 2020 at 10:26 PM ^
This kid has been all-in since he committed to UM. Hopefully the good news is the Harbaugh extension we’ve all been gleefully waiting for.
December 14th, 2020 at 10:42 PM ^
Sarcasm?
I'm sure as shit not hoping for an extension. The only way the good news could get even better is if Harbaugh left.
December 14th, 2020 at 11:27 PM ^
Yes yes because a coaching search after a weird ass season and during a pandemic should play out extremely well for us.
December 14th, 2020 at 11:36 PM ^
Because holding on to a checked out coach who went 2-4 in his 6th year is a recipe for success.
December 14th, 2020 at 11:58 PM ^
How'd he go 2-4? We fire him mid year? O right
He's won 8+ all others with three 10s.
He's not the coach to get us into the top3 most likely, but he has earned the right to be fired next season so we can have a smoother transition and an extended search in a year not named 2020.
Or you can once again prove reactionary ass clowns who want to "blow things up" during a health crisis, while the idiots down south, whom you all are so obsessed with, pass the baton like it's the 4x100 at the Olympics.
December 15th, 2020 at 12:10 AM ^
You want Michigan to keep Harbaugh on for a lame duck season? Wtf are you thinking? Teams do not do that. You do realize that his contract is up after next year, right? There would be no need to fire him after next season. But that’s irrelevant because the choice right now is replace him or resign him for 4 years minimum. Otherwise you are just setting him up for failure and likely nuking this year’s recruiting class, while next year’s simply won’t exist. There is literally zero chance that Warde just waits on it.
Harbaugh is 0-5 against OSU and would be 0-6 if they played this year. He’s 3-3 against MSU including an utterly inexplicable loss to Mel Tucker’s first year team. He’s 3-3 against James Franklin. 2-3 against Wisconsin. 1-1 against Iowa. If that’s okay with you then by all means advocate to resign the guy. But he’s clearly lost and the game has passed him by. He would have a better shot trying to make it in the NFL again.
December 15th, 2020 at 12:32 AM ^
"You want Michigan to keep Harbaugh on for a lame duck season? Wtf are you thinking? Teams do not do that."
OSU gets Fickell for a "sacrificial lamb" season while Urbz recruits from the set of gameday but somehow you don't want Harbaugh to have a lame duck year?
So we can hold on to the commits we have now and show all the players, present and future, there is a plan to get into the top4?
But by all means try to find "the perfect coach" THIS year.
You should probably make all your important decisions based on THIS year, real smart.
December 15th, 2020 at 12:55 AM ^
This year? Have you not been paying attention? There has been a downward trend for this program for the last 4 years and the decisions made by the staff have been mind boggling and have come to a head in this disaster of a season. The recruiting decisions, the coaching hires, the game plans, the obvious lack of preparation. It is not something that just started this season.
Not sure what Fickell/Urban have to do with Harbaugh. We aren't in a situation where we need to find a coach at the last minute because of a scandal. Though we are putting ourselves in that situation with Warde waiting so long.
December 15th, 2020 at 1:06 AM ^
Than you should run him off last season.
Doing it this year proves UofM and their fan base has very little respect for the uncertainties the current players, commits and families are going through.
Plus you might have more qualified candidates next year because they will feel ready to move their families..
December 15th, 2020 at 3:22 AM ^
Like I said, this downward spiral has been a trend for awhile. I have been saying for a few years now that I would be ok with moving on from Harbaugh. The way things were going, It didn't surprise me that our program has cratered.
December 15th, 2020 at 9:45 AM ^
Win totals of 8, 10, 9 and 2 makes for a weird downward spiral. I’d describe it more like falling off a cliff. Harbaugh’s career record of 2 losing seasons suggests this year is an anomaly. His weird ass press conferences suggest otherwise.
December 15th, 2020 at 11:03 AM ^
Only if your only criteria is wins. I'm talking about decisions in the program that suggest the program was going downhill despite the record.
December 15th, 2020 at 10:50 AM ^
"I would be ok with moving on from Harbaugh."
I would as well, but not THIS year, especially as a re-action rather than a plan.
December 15th, 2020 at 9:13 AM ^
What they allowed for OSU is typically ass licking bull shit. They lie to the NCAA but are allowed two head coaches at the same time to insure recruiting stability.
If Harbaugh falters by mid season next year I’m guessing we can’t go out and hire his replacement to recruit while he finishes the season.
December 15th, 2020 at 11:01 AM ^
But you can tell recruits who the replacement is and what the plan is.
Plus put him on Gameday!
Maybe it's as simple as offering an up and coming defensive coordinator that wants a head coaching job, the DC job with the offer of being the interim head coach if things keep going south.
December 15th, 2020 at 10:40 PM ^
But Urban was allowed to recruit. Full time.
No game prep just recruit. Every time OSU gets in trouble they get a better deal.
December 15th, 2020 at 9:29 AM ^
So Warde is to blame again? I love people’s assessment in here! Because I guarantee when he does stay and keeps a class in tact and brings in two top ten recruiting classes and rights the ship, someone’s gonna say. “I knew he could do it!”
December 15th, 2020 at 1:37 AM ^
Firing Harbaugh this year makes more sense than next year when you are competing with Texas, USC, Nebraska etc. for a new coach. Cutting bait and switching this year is the best option for the program long term compared to watching Michigan crumble under the hellacious transfers we seem to get every year and then trying to build the program back up after multiple losing seasons.
December 15th, 2020 at 2:11 AM ^
No 1, UofM is already competing against those potential openings since coaches can uneducatedly guess also.
Secondly, they had most transfers during '18 & '19 seasons, 10 and 9 wins respectively and not nearly as many during this seasons disaster, maybe the change in recruiting between '17 and '18 has brought in guys who don't give up on their team so easily. Which we could get a few fans like that.
And yet both Hoke and Harbaugh were able to "build the program back" after losing seasons because they had players that DIDN'T transfer/bitch out.
And since I know Harbaugh won't go "scorched earth" on the program, let him play out the contract and fire him in October and we waaaay ahead on the search.
Just think how much longer the coaching search will be year, and we know ........nothing excites this place more than a "coaching search". Ooooooof
December 15th, 2020 at 9:31 AM ^
Did you just say Nebraska? Whew it’s gotten really, really, really bad if we’re not able to compete with Nuuuubraska for a coach! Hilarious!
December 15th, 2020 at 10:03 AM ^
Michigan already has a losing season next year?
That’s fascinating
December 15th, 2020 at 1:41 AM ^
Not a great example. Ohio State was a .500 team with Fickell as their head coach that season.
December 15th, 2020 at 8:02 AM ^
Where is the high caliber unemployed coach that can be locked up and recruit in the background while Harbaugh finishes out his contract. Yes, I know Urbz is not coaching and I guess never say never, but it seems extremely unlikely that Michigan would want Urbz with his approach and all his baggage.
December 15th, 2020 at 9:34 AM ^
I'm not advocating for keeping Harbaugh, but if you want to keep any college coach on a short leash with minimal impact on recruiting, give them a 4 year contract extension with a smaller buyout provision. You can tell recruits the four years represents your confidence in the coach, but the smaller buyout means it's easy to can him after one year.
When other schools try to negative recruit against you because of the smaller buyout, you say COVID crushed revenue for the school, do you want to play for the coach that is willing to restructure their deal for the good of the team, or the coach that selfishly hoards every penny for themselves?
December 15th, 2020 at 8:58 AM ^
Can't defend the results to date - especially against rivals. That said, if Jim Harbaugh can't win here, the problems probably run deeper than the HC. Top coaching candidates see this which will make it hard to attract a top tier coach. It's a bad situation, but I continue to believe that the Jim Harbaugh is the program's best option for success.