Harbaugh says error made in Schembechler vetting process
Harbaugh provides details of how the “mistake” was made.
Too many people wanted to jump to blame someone in these situations including Warde and Harbaugh. That includes whomever wrote that long post about “don’t blame Warde, blame Harbaugh” because they happen to be an expert and work in an AD department. As I said it was a mistake. Here are the relevant details.
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said on Thursday that a mistake was made during the vetting process in the recent hire of Bo Schembechler's son.
"Once I became aware of things that were offensive -- offensive to me, offensive to other members of our team -- [we acted]," Harbaugh said, according to MLive.com. "We didn't want that mindset around."
"I read the report myself," Harbaugh said. "We have a company that vets that -- social media -- and they came back and [cleared him]. We've got a new company doing that [now], but they've got to be better.
"I'll take responsibility for that," he said. "If somebody can find that in a day, then we have to be better ourselves."
I expect nothing less from Jim as described above. We are all lucky to have a coach with this level of integrity and character
Extreme Ownership starts at the top! Love coach even more
“Extreme Ownership” sounds like a show on TLC where people not only buy stuff and become owners, but they sew the purchased goods onto their bodies
Decent book. Read last year.
That’s what I’m talking about MgoFoam
There is a Navy Seal named "Jocko"?! That's the most "username checks out" moment ever!
The book is a great reminder to stop blaming other people...
Don't like a decision from management? You must not have done a good enough job articulating your case.
Don't like a decision from a peer? You must not have built a strong enough relationship where they understand your perspective.
Don't like a decision from a subordinate? You must not have clearly articulated importance to them.
Obviously, YOU aren't at fault for everything, but when you start with the framework of looking inward first, you'll be in a much better place.
Or your boss just fucking sucks.
I just started the Executive MBA program at Wharton, and there are several members of my cohort who are either current or retired special forces, including at least one Navy Seal. He is a badass motherfucker who takes care of business, and I have no doubt he is going to be successful in whatever he sets his mind to.
Sounds like a show you have a fear of missing out on.
This is my favorite post of the year so far. It will be hard to beat. Hats off to Faux Mo.
I wonder what the reaction will be of the folks who argued Shemy was being unfairly targeted for his politics and just “liking a few tweets”. Now that Harbaugh has demonstrably rebuked those views as offensive, are they going to go out with angry pitchforks against Harbaugh? I guess they’ll tune into Steve Deace’s podcast to form their opinions
JMFH states blatantly obvious. More at 9
So wait, there was an actual company hired to review his social media and somehow missed all ~3000 offensive likes, retweets, etc? Yikes
They probably just do a routine search as part of an HR consulting package. Those companies are grifters that sell you common sense and package it as innovation.
They're really just there so Michigan doesn't catch heat for firings and fuck ups.
Not surprising they failed miserably.
“We got a new company now” - love that quote!
Those responsible for sacking the individuals involved ... have been sacked.
The company was Newsmax
you are a jerk
Thanks Shemy
a little touchy today?
I happen to think he is a wonderful gift to the MGOBLOG community.
-Terrance Williams
Best moment of my life
Background check companies are a cesspool. They either rubberstamp everyone, or don’t lift a finger to verify anything.
My current job, when I was in the background check process, the company doing the checking didn’t do anything. They were ready to hand in a report which basically said “we’re not even sure if PopeLando exists - he definitely doesn’t have a permanent residence nor any employment history.”
It took the TA/HR rep who offered me to basically redo the work themselves.
And also here are some criminal records that might belong to PopeLando but we actually searched for "P! /2 Land!" so we can't be sure.
People make mistakes, ownership and accountability is the point here
Yeah, who vetted the hiring of that company. Sounds like we need to hire a new guy to do the vetting of the companies we hire.
We need a new bee watcher watcher to watch the bee watcher who wasn't bee watching quite hard enough.
This is a deep cut. Did I ever tell you how lucky you are?
Kind of refreshing to see someone take ownership of a mistake, even though they personally did everything they thought they were supposed to do. We need more of that in this world. I'm not one for the torch and pitchforks, but the name of the company should be disclosed. There's being bad at your job and then there's what happened here.
It's spelled Hatbaugh, maybe the moms will fix it for you.
The company that vets social media is either bad at their job or saw nothing wrong with what was liked.
Thank you moms! That is a fix worth fixing!
You're welcome...but actually I didn't have to do a thing.
:) Only in MGoBlog moms hear Thank You for things they don't even do. In real life, hard to hear thank you even for things they do.
I'd like to believe this. But you're going to tell me the guy had extreme views like that and people didn't know it about him? Maybe. But unlikely.
You know who probably had no clue? Harbaugh.
You know who took responsibility? Harbaugh.
Leadership.
I thought Shemy and Harbaugh have known each other for the majority of their lives. Or was it another Schemblecher son that Harbaugh became friends with while Jack Harbaugh was an asst. under Bo?
Read Harbaugh’s statement. He 100% acknowledges he’s known Shemy his whole life but had no idea his politics were so extreme & offensive.
”That’s not us. That’s not who we are.”
Pretty damn emphatic rebuke if you ask me. God I love our coach.
I can't think of anyone I've known lifelong whose politics I don't have a pretty good idea about. But I do think it's possible that he saved teeing off and hating for the internet. I accept that.
I have friends whose politics have absolutely shocked me and I realized it was because we never really talked about politics until about 8 years ago. We just voted privately and then went on with our lives. Times have changed.
Or harbaugh knew that the guy was a Republican, and had no issue with it because one shouldn’t automatically eliminate friends or job applicants just because those people are from a different party. But, knowing that someone is a Republican doesn’t equate to knowing that the person is a racist, hateful piece of shit. And once he learned that about Shemmy, harbaugh found it to be unacceptable and cut ties.
Of all the people in the Michigan program who I can envision as being completely and totally unaware of what a friend is posting on social media, it’s Harbaugh.
A lot of people don't have the time or really care what happens on social media. Some people also believe in keeping thier political/social views to themselves. It's not all that uncommon.
Yes. How many people do you think were acquainted with Shemy in the athletic department and who used social media? Probably not many.
hasn't this topic been talked about enough already?
I hired a social media screening company to find out.
OK they replied; we can still talk about how they’re utterly worthless grifters
Hmm. Were you, by chance, a finger pointer?
Right? And on a Michigan football board, no less.
I'd rather have some more updates on Coach Prime and Colorado football. You got any more of those for us, Zeke?
MGoShemyPrime