Harbaugh through his lawyer responds. Lord.
Tom Mars, Harbaugh lawyer:
“Coach Harbaugh filed a lengthy response to the NOA, which unfortunately has not been made public. I see that Michigan changed its position to get this resolved, which is not surprising. I can almost hear the wheels of the bus going ‘whomp, whomp.’” https://t.co/JBcWXrs9eo— angelique (@chengelis) April 16, 2024
So save to say Jim's not very happy with how this was handled by Michigan. WOW.
I wish Jim the best, but I don't really think his or his lawyer's opinion should dictate how Michigan responds to things. If the only penalties are to coaches who have left, seems like Warde did a pretty good job with this one
The penalties are not just for coaches who left.
Who are they for? I can't get a description from anyone who understands the whole picture. The athletic department said there are no game suspensions and they won't identify who was penalized. If we won't be able to tell who was penalized, I can't imagine they're very severe penalties
UM is soft. The leaders are soft, institutionalized caged rats. Harbaugh is too tough for Michigan. The man and the university couldn’t be more different.
I don’t understand the “unfortunately has not been made public” in reference to Harbaugh’s lengthy response to the NOA. If he chooses not to make his response public then why does his lawyer complain that it’s “unfortunate”?
Twitter is the wrong place to be moaning about a lack of transparency.
- Mars is just attention seeking. Harbaugh replied to the NOA - like a year ago. There is no new response. This is just Mars bringing up the past for attention.
Harbaugh could release it to the public anytime he wanted. The NCAA can't punish him, and can't punish Michigan for what he does.
You're a free man Harbaugh, I'm sad you're not our coach anymore, but if you want to rip the NCAA from a distance, do you need pens? Cause I got pens.
Totally fine with how UM has handled this post-Harbaugh's exit. And I don't really care what his agent is saying either. His agent is trying to boost his reputation with other potential coaches who may feel they need someone who will fight for them.
I will always love and appreciate everything Jim has done both as a player (21-3-1 over last two years with 6-0 combined vs. ND, MSU, Ohio). and a coach. He was the QB my senior year in 1985 when we beat ND to start the season, beat MSU 31-0 in EL (I was there), and closed the regular season with an exciting win over Ohio. Then a comeback bowl win vs. Nebraska.
As a coach, 40-3 and three B1G titles and a NC. I would have loved him back but he also was in Minny on signing day after 2021 and then told Warde "this wouldn't be an annual thing" but then talked with Broncos after 2022. Reportedly, the hold-up in his contract (at least one of them) was that he had to agree to not go NFL-shopping after the season.
Love the guy but we needed to move on and this settled the deal for the current staff and team.
April 16th, 2024 at 10:06 PM ^
Just read through the thread posts. Damn...people are afflicted by this one way or the other. The Spring game can't come soon enough.
I have to admit I hate stirring the pot. There are several moles here doing that.
Jeez, many of these comments are so disappointing in ragging on Jim here; you are losing the forest through the trees.
The issue is not limiting the damage, Warde doing what is “best” for the university and moving on, or Jim wAs eVenTuaLly going back to the NFL. Those can all be true, fine you got us there.
The main point here is Jim was standing on principle, much like he has done and drawn the media’s ire his whole career because no one does this shit anymore. Not soft as Charmin Ryan Day, or bags of cash Saban, or really anyone off the top of my head in this sport for a very long time. That’s why players love him, and part of why it’s so unorthodox in today’s day and age.
It’s fine if you want to settle with the corrupt NCAA and get probation, I get it.
Jim is a once in a lifetime coach who won a national championship with 2x 5 stars and the rest through grit and development. He has his flaws like anyone, but being the leaders and best means making hard decisions and standing up for what’s right, not what’s easy. Even if it means taking your lumps against the an organization with the media factory like ESPN, etc. standing behind them to churn out hit pieces. It won’t get any easier if the NCAA falls apart, because it will be replaced with more empty suits and political gamesmanship as power becomes increasingly concentrated at the top with the SEC and B1G.
If he lied to the NCAA, then yup he’s in the wrong on burgergate. But everything I saw to the affirmative was rumor and hearsay. And we know how tight lipped Jim is during his press conferences. I imagine he’s the same with the NCAA.
Anyways, food for thought. I’ll quit drinking and go to bed.
April 17th, 2024 at 11:11 PM ^
I assume this is along the lines of, “Mr. Warde stand down and we’ll make you chair of the CFPC. Harbaugh is gone, so quit fighting and trying to make us look bad. No one respects us anymore. Why don’t we just place the blame on the guy that made both of us look bad?”