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Just kidding, they are obviously grumpy about it. HAA!
Just kidding, they are obviously grumpy about it. HAA!
My own thoughts are embedded in that thread already ------ but I will say, IMG Academy threatens to really upset the landscape in terms of where elite high-school football talent gathers and plays.
A legitimate possible paradigm changer.
It will be interesting to see where things go here over the next 10 years. I'm less than sold that IMG Academy's presence is a good thing for college football as a whole.
Were you serious when you suggested at BWI that Michigan will get swept this coming season by MSU and OSU?
I think Michigan will pound MSU this fall, and the OSU game will be a battle royal.
Go Blue. Always.
Fair enough, the "show me" part, I mean.
But with all Michigan has returning and all MSU is losing - they built 2015 to be their year - I don't expect Michigan to win a close one, but something in the order of 28-10.
That "this is our year" MSU squad was basically beat by 2015 Michigan, as well.
The 2016 season marks the first time in several years Michigan will sport the better lineup, clearly, on both sides of the ball, hence the expectation to win.
Go Blue. Always.
Hey Michnittlion,
I respect your opinion but this opinion sounds eerily similar to the prediction of nddecker1. Remember him? He came on the board with the glass is half empty. Don't get me wrong...he had many good points but I told him that he was underestimating the coaching and some additions (Jake). I told him that I expected at least 8 wins and 9 was a definite possibility. Anything less than 8 wins would be a failure based on the roster.
Now to your perspective. It's reasonable but has a slight aura of denial and bias. Not saying that UM doesn't have something to prove (on the road) against good teams and UM has a question mark at qb. Let's be honest in the O'Korn (whomever) has something to prove and again on the road against quality teams that know how to win even with key losses (MSU).
That being said (my criticism of your viewpoint) is that you must be underestimating Harbaugh and staff. I believe OSU and MSU were both the better teams even though UM coulda/shoulda beat MSU. You are making the same mistake that nddecker1 made. Underestimating Harbaugh and his coaching.
He is a proven coach. He is going to develop this team and won 10 games this last year. This team returns some quality players (Butt, Lewis, Darboh, Chesson) and adds in others. Any decent qb play and some infusion of rb talent and this team is a top 10 team. Agree? I think you would. Why would a top 10 team not be able to beat a MSU or OSU on the road? Because they haven't done it recently?...with Hoke or RR?
UM isn't coached by Hoke. 5-7 to 10-3. That speaks to coaching. You are selling UM short. Not saying you won't be right but the glass half empty eeks of not envy but denial.
Let me ask you a simple question. Very straightforward of you. How surprised were you that UM finished 10-3 and beat the c..p out of Florida? Why don't you think UM will be as good or better? Because they don't have Jake?
This is a fair question and I know you will accept the challenge.
RM
btw, I am grateful that PSU become such a wonderful Farm Club for the Wolverines this year. What? 5 guys flipped to the good guys.
I think you are misunderstanding the idea of "Farm Club." Prattville HS, Paramus Catholic, IMG Academy. THOSE are the Wolverines' farm clubs.
Just read about a Prattville assistant being hired at U-M. I'll bet $100 to a donut that an IMG guy gets hired in AA in the next 12 months.
Interesting things are afoot at the block M.
Although, admittedly, they both trail David Shaw --- who has 4 of them in the 2011-2015 era! Harbaugh's next division championship will be his first ever at the Collegiate level.
Wow, this is really amusing. Who built up the program to the point that Shaw is having that success? Do you think Harbaugh would have won those same division championships had he stayed at Stanford? This is some world class spin right here.
Call it spin .... fine. Whatever.
As I said (and you didn't quote) --- Harbaugh is very good. As you also know, I was among the minority of folk who thought U-M should have hired Harbaugh in December 2007. Point being: I do give Harbaugh his due.
But the Shaw/Harbaugh facts are facts. My apologies to any HarBots who took it personally.
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And one of the facts includes Harbaugh being the one who turned Stanford around. It wasn't Shaw.
You leave that out.
Go Blue. Always.
Call it spin .... fine. Whatever.
As I said (and you didn't quote) --- Harbaugh is very good. As you also know, I was among the minority of folk who thought U-M should have hired Harbaugh in December 2007. Point being: I do give Harbaugh his due.
But the Shaw/Harbaugh facts are facts. My apologies to any HarBots who took it personally.
They're looking the other way.Harbots??? Whatever happened to the JoeBots?
Come on Michnittlion. Come on. You are much to smart to try and convince 'us' that Harbaugh hasn't proven he isn't a great coach capable of taking UM to the next level because he hasn't didn't do it as Stanford.
What do you call a Super Bowl appearance. It would like you saying JOHN Harbaugh hasn't proven he can coach at the college level or for that matter a guy like John Gruden, You don't really think Harbaugh won't win eventually at a big time level at UM do you?
I don't believe that and neither do you. Your point is that since he hasn't done it then he has to prove he can do it. How about looking at it this way. YOU are right...factually he hasn't won a Pac 12 or Big Ten championship but let me ask you this following question.
If I said to you that a Super Bowl coach was to become the head coach at PSU, took essentially the same players as when Franklin was coach (5-7) and then went 10-3 albeit with a different qb (backup from a conference rival) and then landed a top 5 recruiting class...would you accept my premise that this coach was not going to win a conference championship and get to the BCS in the near future at PSU because factually it hasn't be done prior to his arrival as PSU?
By the way...do you think Harbaugh exceeded, met or failed to meet your recruiting expectations for this last class? If exceeded on the coaching front and the recruiting front...do you think that indicates great things going forward or is that yet to be determined because it hasn't happened? Talk to me about probabilities.
RM