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What constitutes a large…

What constitutes a large sample size for you? If a guy has 20 years as a head coach, then he’s probably in his late 50s or early 60s and likelier to retire than to be at 〽️ long. More importantly, I think having been an assistant at P5 for a long time, then gone out and had a sustained level of success for more than half a decade at one place is pretty clearly a good indicator of May’s ability to coach and build a program. 

May was the number 1 guy most experts saw available and ready to move up/on to a better job. 

I just hope “he’s big enough…

I just hope “he’s big enough in the moment” going forward😂

Worst take of the whole year…

Worst take of the whole year, past present and future.

Gotta love analysis of 2024:…

Gotta love analysis of 2024: “I watched five minutes of his team in this one tournament” so I’m going to assess him off that with some hyperbolic statement easily contradicted by “the moments” he wasn’t “too big for” last March. 

What? Either you aren't…

What? Either you aren't married, were recently married with a spouse who pretends to love everything, or your spouse pretends/ignores your bullshittery very well after years and years. Besides being wrong about how spouses don't turn a blind eye to one's faults--at least in a successful marriage--not everyone operates with such a relativistic mind to do a 180 when the wind blows. 

Been with my wife for two decades. I've always found certain things irritating about her, and her me. If you have to like everything about people to respect them, love them, or want them in charge of your athletic program, then you'll never find an AD you'll want to keep.

Jimmy Rolder, if healthy,…

Jimmy Rolder, if healthy, looked great a few years ago. If he's progressed, he should get a chance to start or be in the two deep. 

Jimmy Rolder, if healthy,…

Jimmy Rolder, if healthy, looked great a few years ago. If he's progressed, he should get a chance to start or be in the two deep. 

It's amazing how fans make…

It's amazing how fans make such ignorant calls based off of very little information. All you do is show your lack of a logical imagination that people grow. People develop. Athletes improve with, get this, really good coaching. If you want to stare at a guy's high school passing stats and say "He cannot throw" after he's been in Michigan's program for three years--WTF do you think the coaches have been doing? They put Orji in games. He wouldn't have gotten time in the playoffs if he was not considered as part of the present and future of the program. As Campbell said recently in an interview, the actual OC has said they have guys on the team they believe are starters. You don't deserve to have Franz' name as your SN. 

Someone in their 40s who…

Someone in their 40s who hasn’t had anything other than speeding tickets, here. “I hope you mess up” is a horrible argument to make if you want to be level-headed and say, don’t be judgmental. How old are you, and what is your education level that that was your reply. 

And? So Bears fans cannot…

And? So Bears fans cannot want a Chicagoland native because of historical precedent? Better to actually have JJ be drafted by Bears after they trade down the 1 and up from 9.

Why would anyone tank for…

Why would anyone tank for next year’s draft when they can draft a QB this year who is better than anyone coming out next year? The Broncos are going to lose regardless unless they somehow trade for a capable top tier starter, because a rookie is not going to win with that roster. 

NOVEMBER 30th. Had to make…

NOVEMBER 30th. Had to make sure I wasn’t missing a seismic schedule change after reading this!

You mean we “beat them”…

You mean we “beat them” despite them having the best player in MHJ keeping them close. We won. Weird that you field like belief is a bad thing. And that we should be negative because…”they’re scary.” 

I don’t understand fans who cower as their starting position for looking ant the next year nor do I understand downplaying winning The Game any year, much less how hard it is to win a third straight one against a team gunning for 〽️.

They he will throw through…

That he will throw through the upright, ten rows up.

Jenkins’ grade is a result…

Jenkins’ grade is a result of playing next to two special beasts who are underclassmen. He hurt his draft grade simply by playing next to two guys I’d draft in Rd1 this year if they were eligible in Mason and Kenny G. He was supposed to be the star in the line but got outshined by those two and, to an extent, Harrell’s really solid year as a run defender and all around game. 

Corum’s really being knocked by his knee injury. He improved all year, as we saw in the CFP a glimpse of who he was pre-Illinois hit job. He’s got a chance to be a starter/co-starter on plenty of teams. R2/3 grade. 

Lance Zierlein is one person…

Lance Zierlein is one person. He wrote all those evals. Why would anyone trust just one guy’s draft grades? 
 


 

 

David Terrrrrrrrrrell.

David Terrrrrrrrrrell.

1) Florida because they were…

1) Florida because they were so blatantly bad at trying to buy their QB

2) FSU because they’ve thrown up a middle finger and publicly spit at the NCAA, ACC and CFP. 
 

To extend the car pullover metaphor—these idiots stayed in the fast lane driving 20 over the speed limit while the police cruiser rides their ass for a mile waiting for them to notice and move over. When they didn’t realize the cop was there giving them time to get in line and don’t piss off the flying officer…well, now they got pulled over.

Okay, so more competition…

Okay, so more competition for everyone to get better. I hope there’s an open competition this spring and that it is fair game. 

More than one thing can be…

More than one thing can be true, right? Howard and his staff are not coaching well, and men’s basketball is a different animal than every other D1 sport—including subtle differences with football, the only other significant revenue sport in NCAA:

1) Smaller rosters make for more glaring weaknesses—harder to fill with fewer spots.

2) Flooded, absolutely flooded, basketball portal based off NIL dreams and desire to start.

3) Howard cannot control UM granting credits to players, and if they are upperclassmen who’ve proven themselves, UM makes it harder on those without a degree.

4) Recruiting blue chips is harder when there’s less pay for play…

5) Male basketball players, in general, are pretty egocentric more so than any other sport. Many of them want the bag, think they’re going to the NBA, and/or have a Dug-like devotion to academics. 

Top tier basketball transfer players have more leverage than any other student athlete, and with UM’s deficiencies—losing Dickinson (best player in portal) and then losing Caleb Love also lost them chances at other top guys who committed elsewhere by the time Hunter and Love were gone.

With Hunter and Love, this roster would’ve been top 10 potential, but losing them made them thing at center and wing. 

The team is absent enough talent this year. You don’t lose the best player in the nation, two first rounders, and then miss out in the replacement dominant NBA prospect scorer and thrive in one of the top conferences. 

If Howard is fired, that will do very little on its own—because Michigan’s basketball issues are systemic to the institution. He’s got a better class coming in next year and one last chance, to me, to get Michigan administration to help fix portal and NIL. If he doesn’t bring in better assistants and get some good transfers, and perform next year, then moving on is a guarantee.

And I’m not even going to say he should be kept this year—just that there are many reasons why the basketball team’s roster construction issues are singular. 

This isn’t women’s ice hockey. If it is Howard or someone else, a coaching change alone isn’t going to turn the program around. 

If Howard is fired, expect us to lose the 2024 class. Don’t expect a quicker turnaround by getting some guy like one of the Millers or the VCU coach. Wouldn’t expect a Miller with how the university operates NIL.

Maybe you could just take…

Maybe you could just take some literacy and reality lessons and stop being Toby? Webb's reporting on many of the moves has been accurate for when those guys agreed. 

You guys are crying because he's reporting agreements in place that are verified by the coaches and players, but then these coaches backed out. 

It's like crying at the newspaper for making an engagement announcement paid for by the to-be groom when the to-be groom then decides post-publication that he doesn't want to get married to the bride/other groom.

How horrible are you people that you have to continuously tear down insiders because of your desire to be placated with instant gratification. If they'd waited until the contract was signed and the press conference, you'd be the same people saying they didn't know anything and they waited so long to report that they are fools.

Nobody can win with miserable people like you.

What did you do to win the…

What did you do to win the National Championship? And what did Moore do? Yeah, you should be grateful and trust time rather than hyperventilating all over the keyboard.

The “cheeseburgers”…

The “cheeseburgers” violations also include allegations of players practicing with a coach they weren’t supposed to—Osborn was accused of doing on field coaching when an analyst here, if I recall correctly. 

Although the violations alleged are much , much less egregious and much fewer than OSU’s “tattoo gate,” the complete derisive deflection of “cheeseburgers” as “nothing that matters” is just harming progress. Osborn, if he is the coach involved in the current violations alleged, and Partridge are not likely to ever work for M again, no matter how much we dismiss their actions as fans. 

Im not saying it is right, but it is another one of those things where most universities are not going to hire the skeletons that got out of the closet and scared the public.

Did we lose Herbert? Are…

Did we lose Herbert? Are people worried that we will lose players? Man, this seems like some new news we should all get the word out on every day.

He was the direction of this…

He was the direction of this team. As one of his biggest defenders when he was playing here, one cannot excuse the roster stinking when the very best player on the team and in the portal—a Naismith candidate/favorite—abandons his team. 

The OP asked. People can respect the person’s decision but also dislike it and disown him. Wishing Kansas loses doesn’t say anything about wishing for Hunter to fail at life. I just hope his team fails to win a NC because he abandoned the team for his own gains. He is a big reason 〽️ is having a miserable season. 

Technically, Clink could…

Technically, Clink could have been hired at a MAC or MAC equivalent as a DC or even HC, but he appears from a fan perspective to want an easier route to big time jobs. What is better—HC or University of Buffalo or CB coach for any NFL team? 

 

Oh, the annoying dramatics…

Oh, the annoying dramatics of fans. I find the hiring of an OC who leaves a few weeks later more a debacle. Or losing your HC to a conference opponent demotion in position… 

We have the HC, the OC, and a veteran, proven new DC. The DC may want his guys—and Clink may have had the change of heart when he saw that or was told that he wasn’t going to be groomed or given more responsibilities. Wink Martindale has been well respected for 99% of his coaching career. He’s an NFL guy who’s going to provide the returning starters on defense with even more NFL preparation.

 

Because Clink changed his…

Because Clink changed his mind after they hired Wink, you disparage insiders. Blame the fickleness of the men making the decisions. It gets tiresome when the first response is to blame the reporters for “being wrong” when coaches…change their minds, or even lie to reporters before they sign their MOU/new contract.

Wrong. Harbaugh was filled…

Wrong. Harbaugh was filled with motion in his offenses when he got there. And for the first few years here it was talked about a lot by announcers. That Bama game was just motion on roids and uppers, where they used multiple quick shifts and motion AND quick snaps.

Pretty sure people are…

Pretty sure people are allowed to panic all they want and continue to always go to the worst place with all this sad news. Pretty sure people are allowed to not be negative and work to balance the BPONE from the most emotional fans, too.

Do you think he hasn’t been…

Do you think he hasn’t been since he was hired? Or do we just imagine Moore sitting around being surprised by guys he works closely with getting new jobs?

Elston has been on the recruiting trail all the way up to today. So I would hope and believe there has been communication amongst all parties that matter (coaches, players, recruits)

Because hiring someone else…

Because hiring someone else would have...checks notes on critique…resulted in even less continuity of staff. 

Nobody knows if Harbaugh and Moore have discussed who he wanted to take or who Moore may want. 

Why? I have faith in Moore…

Why? I have faith in Moore being able to put together a new staff. 

He did get Caleb Love, but…

He did get Caleb Love, but then that was squashed by credits not transferring. His mistake with guards was not getting a lower tiered back up grad transfer, but dudes transferring mostly don’t want to come off benches. 

Once they hit .500, JH should've kept playing GW and YK. That they shortened the rotation while sucking more and more made and makes no sense. Continuity wasn’t helping. 

Howard is too loyal to guys that have harmed the team with their play or their lack of going to class. Also, these DC kids have ended up hurting the team in different ways. Hunter dropping us. Terry being not good. Dug being Cardale. 

Maybe stop mentoring him…

Maybe stop mentoring him like college is a capitalistic transaction and advise him to explore his option by taking Gen Ed’s that meet any degree. There’s a reason degrees are half Gen Eds and then major classes make up 1/3 to 1/2. It’s so young minds can actually explore many avenues rather than have mentors who treat them like a “percentile” in their class. Yes, your description of your nephew is pretty elitist and bothersome to those “poor kids” who go to great universities. I know first hand—you may not intend to sound like one, but your descriptions of him and of the different fields of study can come off as reductive snobbery to poor kids, having been one. And you instill that mindset into him if you talk to him the same way you laid it out here. And he may resent that or believe it, but he shouldn’t believe it.

There isn’t a magical path, a magical degree, and if he wants to make money “fast” he should learn to do the best he can in all his classes to open up doors that nepo babies already have opened for them.

But no student should ever be pushed into a field they have no interest in enough to help drive them to learn to do well in that field. Or, unless they have a preternatural gift they just discovered when finally pursuing courses in that field. Money comes with success. Success comes with working towards learning things. Learning requires not being reductive of any possible major because it’s trendy to be STEM or Finance major. 
 

Throw your support into him finding himself at Michigan, and tell him to explore his options in his first years.

 

1. Why post this? This isn’t…

1. Why post this? This isn’t news or information.

2. *May, not could.

“Could” is ambiguous in your sentence—can be taken as a slight, like “You could write more clearly than you did.”

**Moot

**Moot

He has plenty of time to…

He has plenty of time to talk to him after the season. They were in a parade together. His speech at the arena sealed it; he was waving face for not trying to do a thing to keep JH. Platitudes was all he gave. 

Whatever the reason, none of…

Whatever the reason, none of them point to a good relationship between the AD and his best coach.  

According to an article…

According to an article interviewing UA All-Stars, Harbaugh was one of the most likable coaches on the recruitment trail. “Weird” is a subjective term often used by boring people to describe interesting people. 
 

Harbaugh is a cool person because he’s singular. Kids dig that. 

Enough with all the damn…

Enough with all the damn editorializing on the same damn topic. Fer godsakes—YES I wanted to keep Harbaugh then and still am a staunch supporter of his. 

Your demand that we exhaustively explain ourselves REPEATEDLY on why Warde should be fired because you have a varied OPINION is tedious.
 

Stop trifling.

It is not revisionist. If I…

It is not revisionist. If I were AD, I wouldn’t care of MGobloggers wanted Jom fired. I’m not caring now. I thought you were all dumb me-first emo capitalist fanboys pouting because you needed someone to blame about covid and your lack of seeing it was not the coach who was the problem. 

Tell us how often high profile coaches  take huge pay cuts for one bad season, much less during covid. Either retain, extend, or fire. 
 

“Well, Jim, I can fire you like fans want or you can take a pay cut.” Imagine thinking this was rational or even what remotely happened. 

That’s such a dumb way of…

That’s such a dumb way of understanding people and their being good at a job. Reducing his salary nor the sleight of doing it had any kind of impact on Harbaugh winning. He’s a goddamn winning football coach and the nearsighted bullshit of fans and CEOs who lord $ as a symbol of value are the problem. There was no need to reduce Harbaugh’s salary and say “Know your place, Jim, and if you’re good enough earn it back.”

If only we could do this with Congress and CEOs? Or shit, even plumbers who have 5 star Google and Yelp ratings but don’t do their best work one winter. 
 

Retaining Harbaugh was the most obvious move to make. The smart move would have been to have a conversation about the future and expectations without taking away salary. Harbaugh didn’t need a damn carrot or stick. You either believe him or and what he will do for you, or you do not. 

Good for you. Nobody is…

Good for you. Nobody is saying Warde didn’t try—people can INTEND all they want, but they are still in a business that involves people. People have egos. Good people can make missteps. The anger isn’t at the person—it is at his performance. The deflections to whataboutisms when complaints are lodged about the CEO of the athletics department are sad. Warde never should have cut Harbaugh’s salary for one bad season that came during pandemic. That was a huge misstep—intended or not.

Either fire the person you don’t think will do well in future or HONOR the contract they already had. Warde’s actions towards Harbaugh were all about putting “the university above the coach.” Sounds great for the university until you realize that the employee gets the message that they’re expendable and not as well appreciated. 

Being a signee does not…

Being a signee does not guarantee Noland the job. He hasn’t been in the practice field yet. This is just like when McCord and Ewers both went to OSU to compete with Stroud after Fields.

Very few QBs are settled in their jobs, which is why many of them are leaving 1) to follow their coaches and the offense they already know or 2) to take their already proven capabilities from a smaller school to a bigger program in need or 3) to use their HS blue chip status to get a chance at a school after losing out on a job or not liking their experience or coaches at old school or) a combo of the above. 

We may see Noland transfer if he doesn’t feel he’s getting an opportunity to compete with Sayin or feels lied to. 

All teams have no QB if they have 4 QBs. Howard is a stop gap for OSU and then the pecking order after him is determined by practice performance, most likely. 
 

OSU is chasing us for a competent starter, buying more lotto tickets, and I know everyone that drops their jaws to the floor for 5 stars will cry about Harbaugh’s flirt with the pros, but I believe Moore is at M to stay as HC or OC—if he were less confident with the QB room or felt “need” to find a transfer QB, he’d pursue those guys more in the portal.
 

This is the way.

That Notice is not for the…

That Notice is not for the Stallions investigation, but for the cheeseburgers, for those asking or confused.

People need to realize that…

People need to realize that QBs can develop within a program. We have pretty good offensive coaches and they recruited these guys. I am excited to see how these young guys look in Spring, along with the whole offense.

There’s a reason players…

There’s a reason players like CJ Stroud and Mahomes and Love have faith. They don’t listen to blog posts when deciding on their job readiness. Unless you’re Jim Harbaugh, j you’re just blabbering. 

All you’re doing is bringing back the insufferable fan vibes that JJ helped STFU for the most of his time here.

He’s a National Champion QB…

He’s a National Champion QB with the best modern record. All of the hot takes on here diminishing his skill level are really just people sad that he’s leaving and trying to pick apart the guy who just led the team.

I’ll trust Harbaugh’s eye for talent over any goofy folks here. Plenty of us are “amateur wannabe NFL scouts,” so some of you need to stop feeling yourselves.

You’re same people he told to take 3 deep breaths in November 2020.


This is not the time to disparage a god damn MICHIGAN LEGEND. That time is never.

I remember having to tell a…

I remember having to tell a bunch of people to be patient and stop crying on a daily basis here. I also remember that the entire fanbase at games needed to play their role and have faith AT GAMES.

Not only has the team transformed on the field, but to witness just how fans (especially the students) have really taken to being more resilient and LOUD. It's amaizing to see how fans and the team interact, and how the stadium is filled with people who don't look like they're going to cry at the smallest thing that doesn't go Michigan's way.