Harbaugh Update

[BIGSTICK67]

Okay I was wrong. Glad it happened. Figured it was another false alarm by Harbaugh.

I was too and glad it happened!!

 

[BluesBucksNHuskers]

Michigan selling their souls and offering cause immunity isn’t being talked about enough. What an awful message it sends to the integrity of the sport for an administration to basically say, “We’re willing to overlook blatant cheating in a public way because you’re winning”…

Just an awful look

 

[Tsakoi]

Michigan selling their souls and offering cause immunity isn’t being talked about enough. What an awful message it sends to the integrity of the sport for an administration to basically say, “We’re willing to overlook blatant cheating in a public way because you’re winning”…

Just an awful look

Are you saying absolute immunity is a terrible precedent to set and a really bad idea for all involved?

 

[BluesBucksNHuskers]

Are you saying absolute immunity is a terrible precedent to set and a really bad idea for all involved?

I’m trying to think of a scenario I wouldn’t apply that to and coming up blank.

 

[Dawgsauce]

Are you saying absolute immunity is a terrible precedent to set and a really bad idea for all involved?

I could really do some damage with absolute immunity.

 

[nja13]

So Harbaugh had been at Michigan for three years and gone 10-3, 10-3, 8-5, never finishing higher than third in the division.

During his fourth year, 2018 - Frost's first season, I went to the Nebraska-Michigan game in Ann Arbor week 3. I remember talking with a Michigan fan and he said, "Scott Frost is kind of like you guys' Jim Harbaugh for us."

And I remember my immediate reaction was, "My god, I hope not. We have way higher goals and hopes than what Harbaugh is doing at Michigan." I didn't say that out loud, but I absolutely thought it and the guy probably saw the shock and confusion on my face.

At that time, Harbaugh was seen as a dissapointment at Michigan, especially after dropping to five losses in year three, and 2018 me was absolutely insulted anyone would compare Harbaugh to Frost.

If I step back, the guy I was talking to was probably taking more of the "former star quarterback returning to his alma mater with hopes of restoring glory" angle than he was talking about results. In that sense, the Frost and Harbaugh situations were very similar.

Looks pretty foolish to look back on now! Luckily for Michgian, they were patient enough to keep Harbaugh through several 4 and 5 loss seasons (including 2-4 in 2020) and that paitence paide off with three straight playoff appearances and a natty (once they started cheating and stealing signs! 🙂 ) while we Husker fans could only dream of Frost matching Harbaugh's level of success, including any "dissapointing" 8-5 seasons.

 

[Ext. 55]

Harbaugh doesn't quite strike me as an LA guy

For sure he is…lots of autism in Cali.

 

[Dawgsauce]

 

[nscottie]

 

[BIGSTICK67]

I wonder if this is a good or bad hire? I know nearly nothing about him except he filled in has HC during Harbaugh's suspension...which was a farce. I guess I know that he cried after the PSU game.

 

[nscottie]

I wonder if this is a good or bad hire? I know nearly nothing about him except he filled in has HC during Harbaugh's suspension...which was a farce. I guess I know that he cried after the PSU game.

Time will tell how good of a hire this is. Yes, he filled in for Harbaugh on game days. But practices and game plans were still done by Harbaugh.

This contract, to me, reflects a prove yourself theme. Base salary of only $500k and everything else is incentive loaded.

 

[BIGSTICK67]

Time will tell how good of a hire this is. Yes, he filled in for Harbaugh on game days. But practices and game plans were still done by Harbaugh.

This contract, to me, reflects a prove yourself theme. Base salary of only $500k and everything else is incentive loaded.

It's almost as if it's $500K per win...ha ha!

His agent did a poor job IMO.

This contract wouldn't surprise me if it was Cockeye. 🤣

 

[Pepe Silvia]

Time will tell how good of a hire this is. Yes, he filled in for Harbaugh on game days. But practices and game plans were still done by Harbaugh.

This contract, to me, reflects a prove yourself theme. Base salary of only $500k and everything else is incentive loaded.

there's an "additional payment" of $5 million so even if he flames out and gets fired after year 1 he'll have made the equivalent of coaching 3 years as a top coordinator. easily worth the risk for a first time HC to get a shot at a program that big

 

[herbsinator]

Time will tell how good of a hire this is. Yes, he filled in for Harbaugh on game days. But practices and game plans were still done by Harbaugh.

This contract, to me, reflects a prove yourself theme. Base salary of only $500k and everything else is incentive loaded.

The extra $5m every year isn’t performance based.

 

[nscottie]

The extra $5m every year isn’t performance based.

Certainly confusing. Not sure why it’s a base + additional + incentives.

 

[herbsinator]

Certainly confusing. Not sure why it’s a base + additional + incentives.

Maybe a Michigan state law thing since it’s a public university