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Neodoomium posted:Brian just went to "It's Happening," which if you've been reading him, he's been extremely reluctant to do unless he was completely certain. 
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Looks like Durkin will be there too. Holy poo poo if this gets pulled off (I'm still a bit reserved) the Hackett played this coaching search perfectly. Best hire by a mile.
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Regnevelc posted:Looks like Durkin will be there too. Holy poo poo if this gets pulled off (I'm still a bit reserved) the Hackett played this coaching search perfectly. Best hire by a mile. Sure sucks that Cutcliffe turned us down and we had to settle for our 2nd choice.
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As much as I'd like to turn on the dozens of people who filed in here to point and laugh, I am actually just legitimately pleased we have hired a good coach.
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I am not sure if you can be smug about something people were willing to concede possible, if unlikely.
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You've hired the top sales guy from another company who was abruptly fired after a clash with management. Good Luck
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Deteriorata posted:I like the looks of this: Uhhh... any rando could send something addressed to Coach Jim Harbaugh to Michigan Stadium
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Fisticuffs posted:Uhhh... any rando could send something addressed to Coach Jim Harbaugh to Michigan Stadium Brian Cook confirms that the return address is an NFL team, and the tracking number is legitimate.
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Eltoasto posted:You've hired the top sales guy from another company who was abruptly fired after a clash with management. Good Luck Is that better or worse than fake health problems?
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Also is it really abrupt if it's been ongoing since the NFL Preseason?
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Deteriorata posted:Brian Cook confirms that the return address is an NFL team, and the tracking number is legitimate. Any rando can use any return address they want though?
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We did it. Eight months is a long time to wait before a game.
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Regnevelc posted:Is that better or worse than fake health problems? Everyone needs a vacation. I think it is a good hire for Michigan, but if I were a Michigan fan I wouldn't be so sure that it's the greatest thing ever. It might work out, it might be a nightmare. But he's being shoved out the door as a successful NFL coach for reasons. I hope he doesn't try to run that boring Stanford offense again, the B1G needs to get away from that.
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Fisticuffs posted:Any rando can use any return address they want though? You might have a point if this were the only piece of evidence involved. It doesn't matter.
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Eltoasto posted:Everyone needs a vacation. Jim Harbaugh > Brady Hoke This is the correct way to think about this. Edit: Jim Harbaugh is also not Greg Schiano
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This thread's finally getting good :popcorn: Can't wait to see more people be surprised about a thing people have thought would happen since actually preseason, while the two guys who said as much and were mocked (not that they didn't deserve it at times but still) won't get one apology from any of them Chris James 2 fucked around with this message at 01:05 on Dec 27, 2014 |
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Chris James 2 posted:This thread's finally getting good :popcorn: I will graciously accept the egg on my face, but the fat lady has not yet sung.
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Deteriorata posted:You might have a point if this were the only piece of evidence involved. It doesn't matter. Well I'm not going to call your flight tracker knowledge into question, I know how fool-proof that tool has been for other programs in similar scenarios
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Fisticuffs posted:Well I'm not going to call your flight tracker knowledge into question, I know how fool-proof that tool has been for other programs in similar scenarios You might want to get some tickets to the Michigan-Illinois game on Tuesday night. I hear there's going to be a spectacular half-time show.
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Deteriorata posted:You might want to get some tickets to the Michigan-Illinois game on Tuesday night. I hear there's going to be a spectacular half-time show. Shouldn't they do it at a hockey game if they want a crowd?
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Deteriorata posted:You might want to get some tickets to the Michigan-Illinois game on Tuesday night. I hear there's going to be a spectacular half-time show. Why would I want to watch two lovely basketball teams?
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Chris James 2 posted:Can't wait to see more people be surprised about a thing people have thought would happen since actually preseason, while the two guys who said as much and were mocked (not that they didn't deserve it at times but still) won't get one apology from any of them You can't convince me AsInHowe hasn't been full of poo poo the entire time, Det's just been reading what he wants to read into things which isn't that bad although occasionally funny. When the bets were called off at that sports book was when I started believing there was a real chance, sharps know everything.
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I never thought they couldn't because Harbaugh was turning into a trainwreck at the Niners, I just got enjoyment out of everyone acting like they never saw how the Coaching Carousel works before and jumping onto flight times and real estate rumors as if a single one has ever not been bullshit.
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Chris James 2 posted:This thread's finally getting good :popcorn: No one owes anyone poo poo. They were dumb, but they may also have been accidentally right, it happens.
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Grittybeard posted:You can't convince me AsInHowe hasn't been full of poo poo the entire time, Det's just been reading what he wants to read into things which isn't that bad although occasionally funny. lol. The wheels have been turning to get Harbaugh to Michigan since September. He's been actively seeking a way to get back to Ann Arbor for the better part of a year. The fact that you didn't know about it doesn't mean it wasn't happening.
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Deteriorata posted:lol. The wheels have been turning to get Harbaugh to Michigan since September. He's been actively seeking a way to get back to Ann Arbor for the better part of a year. The wheels really started turning when Brandon got the boot and Hackett came in. Anything before that was speculative, because Dave Brandon vowed on numerous occasions that Jim Harbaugh wouldn't come to Michigan, Harbaugh doesn't want to coach at Michigan, etc.
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And we go from thisDeteriorata posted:You're right with regard to Harbaugh. He would leave the NFL only if he didn't like it, not because nobody wanted him. I have no idea what he actually wants to do. to this Deteriorata posted:lol. The wheels have been turning to get Harbaugh to Michigan since September. He's been actively seeking a way to get back to Ann Arbor for the better part of a year. Everyone must have been doing a hell of a job of hiding their sources a month ago. It's also interesting how much Harbaugh respected Hoke a few weeks back and now he's been secretly waiting to come to Michigan for a year. AsInHowe posted:The wheels really started turning when Brandon got the boot and Hackett came in. This is believable, or at least makes sense as to when they really started going after him.
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Grittybeard posted:And we go from this Harbaugh respecting Hoke and Harbaugh seeing the writing on the wall are not mutually exclusive things.
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AsInHowe posted:The wheels really started turning when Brandon got the boot and Hackett came in. Anything before that was speculative, because Dave Brandon vowed on numerous occasions that Jim Harbaugh wouldn't come to Michigan, Harbaugh doesn't want to coach at Michigan, etc. True. I knew there was a general movement among boosters to bring in Harbaugh sometime last summer, but there wasn't direct evidence that it was in motion until Hackett came in. Everything Hackett has said and done has pointed to Harbaugh being the one and only target since day 1.
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For the record, my own personal amusement will not be at the people who have been making fun of D and Howe, but at the people who couldn't wait to tell us that Michigan was not a destination anyone would want to come to, and that they were out of their minds to think they had a shot at Jim Harbaugh, Michigan Graduate. I will also be amused as people pile in to attempt to claim this is a failure of a hire and Michigan botched it in some way. They got the best guy they could possibly get. We used to have a macro about free agency that I've recalled recently.
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I don't think Michigan is a bad job at all, just that they should have went after Mullen because going after Harbaugh seemed unlikely and honestly still does.
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There is no way this has been going on since September. Unless you think it is a coincidence that rumors only started when the wheels fell off the 49er wagon.
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A lot of the non-Harbaugh info we've gotten suggests that Mullen is the #2 or #3 option.
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Jim Harbaugh has been planning this for a year and Gordie Howe died a few weeks ago.
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CharlestheHammer posted:There is no way this has been going on since September. The decision to dump Brandon and target Harbaugh was not made on the spur of the moment. I did not know it at the time, but others have confirmed since that President Schlissel himself was the instigator of the move, initiated after the Notre Dame game and raised in priority after the Minnesota game. A study was done to assess the impact on the university and the athletic department of the effect of a) retaining Hoke b)replacing Hoke with a cheap, above-average coach, or c) going all out and paying big money for a top coach (Harbaugh). The study concluded that going for Harbaugh was the most cost-effective and beneficial outcome to the university, so that was what they did. He spent several weeks getting his ducks in a row and making sure everything was set before he pulled the trigger on Brandon.
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I just can't believe anyone would be that dumb. Though I would be interested in seeing where you got this from.
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CharlestheHammer posted:I just can't believe anyone would be that dumb. What was dumb? Part of the setup was contacting Harbaugh through his dad to find out if he was interested and what he needed to make the move. If Jim had said no, they would have moved on to someone else. Do you honestly think they would have been doing all this without some assurance from Harbaugh himself that he would take the job?
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Deteriorata posted:What was dumb? Part of the setup was contacting Harbaugh through his dad to find out if he was interested and what he needed to make the move. If Jim had said no, they would have moved on to someone else. In September? Yes. Now? (or when the team was starting to fall apart) Not so much. Still would like the source for this tho. davecrazy posted:Jay Glazer's first report about Harbaugh wanting out of San Fran was October 5th, right? I think that report was that San Fran wanted him gone, not that he wanted to leave. CharlestheHammer fucked around with this message at 02:50 on Dec 27, 2014 |
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