Why should Harbaugh be fired? He has his team at 8-4 without a quarterback. He's a screwjob away from being in the playoff last season.

I’m a UK fan so I have no dog here. An outsiders opinion. Is Harbaugh the coach that cant win the big one? Lost a great Super Bowl game to the Ravens and now he’s being owned by Urban Meyer. I agree it’s hard not to get motivated by listening to him but at some point his teams are going to

Have to make that step.

It sure seems like most people are starting to see through Harbaughs acts except those in Ann Arbor.

Whitlock’s name for him: Jim LaVarbaugh.

I’m a UK fan so I have no dog here. An outsiders opinion. Is Harbaugh the coach that cant win the big one? Lost a great Super Bowl game to the Ravens and now he’s being owned by Urban Meyer. I agree it’s hard not to get motivated by listening to him but at some point his teams are going to

Have to make that step.

No, he hasn’t gotten it done yet in his brief stint at UM, but he has changed the culture for the better in every place he has been. His tenure has been so short at each place it is hard to label him as a “coach who can’t win the big game.” If we are a recruiting class and a half through at UM, then it becomes more of a fair question. He has come up short three times (none of which they were favored to win) against arguably a Mount Rushmore college football coach. No shame in that (yet).

Just wait until Meyer unleashes his NFL QB on college football next year. OSU will have a Big 12 offense.

Went about as I expected, the team up north has some excellent athletes and a very good defense. OSU started out slow, then the obviously better coached team took it's toll.

Meyer was pretty upset in the presser, turns out that J.T. had his knee injury before the game ..with the press / cameraman bumping into Barret's knee. They were trying to get around him it seemed, getting too close / pushing in the process during warm ups, etc, ...I'll start another thread if there's not one already. ..U. Meyer stated there would be an investigation.

As for Harbaugh, he has a proven record as a college coach w / Stanford that he's a winner. Harbaugh has recruited well in his first three seasons and is building depth as well. I don't follow their recruiting very close but it seems to me that he needs to recruit more and better linemen. That's jmo as an outsider. Harbaugh has brought in some good skill people since he was hired. They definitely need to get a QB.

 

Harbaugh's Most Impressive stat imo is ...0-3 vs. Meyer / Buckeyes ! :sneaky:

Michigan is missing two things...a quarterback (they literally have nothing right now) and a big bruising running back (every Big Ten team needs one).

 

They will be fine next season. I'm not upset about going 8-4 with no QB.

Michigan is missing two things...a quarterback (they literally have nothing right now) and a big bruising running back (every Big Ten team needs one).

 

They will be fine next season. I'm not upset about going 8-4 with no QB.

 

Do they have a stud QB coming in next year? If not, why will they be better?

Two years in a row, Michigan has ripped my heart out. They had to go the extra mile though, they then stomped on my heart, ran over it, put it in the blender and then froze it so that they could repeat the process over and over. That's what it's felt like the last 15ish years, especially the last two.

 

However, two years in a row, The Game has lived up to being the greatest rivalry there is, imo at least. I figured we'd be stuck with O'Korn at QB after the L to Wisconsin due to Peters' concussion. I never thought The Game would be much of a game knowing who was playing QB for us. I envisioned a beat down similar to 42-13 a a couple seasons ago but something closer to 31-10. After going up 14-0, I had to pinch myself a few times because again, with JOK QBing, 14 seemed like a tough number to get to especially in the first half. It was a good game, much better than I thought it would be but we left a lot out there. I'll always wonder if Peters would have hit those WIDE OPEN throws that JOK continued to miss (4 come to mind). I'll wonder if Peters would have made the correct read that led to JOK's game-ending interception. Ugh, this game kills me every single year. And I do the same thing every year after the damn L from those damn Bucks. I drive for a couple hours and stay away from sports for the next few days- no sports talk radio, no NFL games, no college basketball, no ESPN, nothing.

 

And on a final note, what the heck happened to JT? How does that happen! It's unacceptable and as much as I hate the Buckeyes, that sort of thing just shouldn't happen. I hope it is nothing serious and he can be back for the championship game and for the bowl game. The kid has driven me nuts the past 4 years but I would hate to see him unable to end his career how he would like due to injury. I would have much rather had JT finish the game. The O looked much better with Haskins imo but I have not seen him play much this year. He, like Dobbins, do not look like much fun for the next few years.

 

Until next year, Buckeyes.

Harbaugh 1-5 against MSU and OSU and that one win was against a 3-9 team. Harbaugh on the hot seat heading into next year?

 

I'd say a warm seat more than a hot seat. The honeymoon is definitely over. It was over for me after the MSU game this year and the unbelievably dumb play-calling. The culture has changed, the recruiting has changed, the expectations have changed. However, there's a few things that have NOT changed- rivalry and big game results as well as consistent, solid QB play.

 

IMO:

Year 1: JH overachieved. 7-5/8-4 expectations, 10-3 final record.

Year 2: Underachieved but not by too much. Three losses by a combined 5 points. 10-3 final record.

Year 3: Understandable how/why the season went how it did but still underachieved quite a bit losing every big game on the schedule - MSU, PSU, Wisconsin, OSU. 8-5/9-4 final record.

Year 4: ???

 

Year 4: All the tools are finally in place for next season to be the best yet under JH. However, next season also happens to be the toughest schedule we have faced since his return to AA. A lot of questions should be answered, can Michigan/Harbaugh win the big game? Can they beat their rivals? Can they have consistent QB play? Open @ ND, have Wisconsin @ home and then of course Sparty and the Buckeyes on the road. Three of those four must be won. The MSU and OSU games must have different outcomes this year, no exceptions. 1-7, 2-6 is NOT acceptable. 3-5, I can live with that for now.

 

If not next season in Year 4 of JH, then when? The yearly schedule just gets tougher from here on out (2019 - home vs ND; 2020 - @ Washington, home vs Virginia Tech; 2021 - home vs Washington, @ V Tech) so we better start winning now and carry that over into next year for years to come.