All Things SkunkBear

[phork]

Why do you post here? Honest question.

Same reason I post on MGoblog. Its nice to get an outside opinion some times.

 

[GoldenDomer]

EAT SH!T TOM

 

[koonja]

Have the Envies started yet? If so, I'd like to slide in my 'most likely to be banned' vote for TomHaverford.

 

[pkt77242]

I think the guy was ribbing him a little bit.

Carlos Hyde, Alex Boone, Frank Gore, Colin Kapernick, Vernon Davis, and plenty of other former players liked the guy.

Don't get it twisted. He didn't leave San Fransisco because of issues with players. He left because of issues with Jed York, a 34 year old billionaire rich brat that hasn't worked for anything a day in his life. Does it really surprise anybody that a hard ass like Harbaugh would clash with somebody he probably has very little respect for like York?

49er fans are ready to burn York at the stake. They did not want to see Harbaugh leave.

You mean the Vernon Davis that basically stopped caring this year and stopped trying? He liked Harbaugh so much that he gave all 50% of his effort.

Also part of the reason that York and Harbaugh don't get along is that York feels that Harbaugh is to lenient with players who get in trouble with the law.

 

[pkt77242]

Harbaugh is a good coach. His record speaks for itself. I personally think he's going to tear it up at Michigan. Also, according to Matt Maiocco the supposed "tension" between Harbaugh and the players as well as Ballke was way overblown. From all I've heard on local sports radio it was Jed York (who comes across as a weenie to me) who had a problem with Harbaugh.

Anyhow, there were a lot a parallels between the Niners and ND this season (injuries, off the field issues, "coach loosing team" drama, erratic QB play....).

I agree with parts of this. Balke and Harbaugh could co-exist, York and Harbaugh couldn't. A coach like Harbuagh is loved when he is winning and hated when he isn't.

 

[ulukinatme]

Same reason I post on MGoblog. Its nice to <strike>get an outside opinion some times</strike> sip on scUM tears when they're down.

FIFY

 

[phork]

God MGoBlog makes me laugh. 10-2 next year with wins Vs Sparty and close loss to OSU. OSU is going to blow the doors off of them.

 

[gkIrish]

Anybody have any insight as to Harbaugh's recruiting efforts lately? I see that Michigan is #101 in the Rivals team rankings.

I know they are in Chris Clark's final two.

 

[IrishLax]

Anybody have any insight as to Harbaugh's recruiting efforts lately? I see that Michigan is #101 in the Rivals team rankings.

I know they are in Chris Clark's final two.

Basically, he's chasing mostly prospects that either:
1) Had serious Michigan interest
2) Decommitted from somewhere
3) Are starting the process late

Most of his overtures to currently committed guys weren't going anywhere. I think his approach is a smart one... save spots, go all out in 2016/2017.

 

[PANDFAN]

Anybody have any insight as to Harbaugh's recruiting efforts lately? I see that Michigan is #101 in the Rivals team rankings.

I know they are in Chris Clark's final two.

they were supposed to have a big weekend this past week and a lot of players seem to be setting OV's up...but hasn't brought on any commits just yet

 

[nsideirish]

God MGoBlog makes me laugh. 10-2 next year with wins Vs Sparty and close loss to OSU. OSU is going to blow the doors off of them.

Michigan has been garbage for two years now and OSU has been elite for the same two years. OSU hasn't been able to blow scUM out. I think that trend will continue next year, especially with JH as head coach and the game being in A2. OSU will win, but not by much.

Sparty, otoh, has been absolute destroying Michigan recently. Not even competitive.

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

JH is putting together an incredible staff there.

 

[ulukinatme]

Basically, he's chasing mostly prospects that either:
1) Had serious Michigan interest
2) Decommitted from somewhere
3) Are starting the process late

Most of his overtures to currently committed guys weren't going anywhere. I think his approach is a smart one... save spots, go all out in 2016/2017.

Seems to support my theory that Harbaugh is going to have to win with Hoke's '12/'13 classes for the next few years. There were some decent classes in there, but he's got a somewhat weak '14 class and a currently non-existent '15 class after that. Could certainly be a rebuilding period for them in a few years, they may need to play quite a few underclassmen from whatever class they sign next year and the year after.

 

[connor_in]

Michigan has been garbage for two years now and OSU has been elite for the same two years. OSU hasn't been able to blow scUM out. I think that trend will continue next year, especially with JH as head coach and the game being in A2. OSU will win, but not by much.

Sparty, otoh, has been absolute destroying Michigan recently. Not even competitive.

I think tO$U has been, yeah, they are our rivals but, meh, whatevs

Sparty otoh MD has been building that program on attitude and lack of respect and 5* pure hatred of A2 and "big brother"

 

[Henges24]

NSIAP

Jim hired his son Jay (with the Ravens last year) as TE coach.

Jay currently has "THE NEW TE U" on his twitter bio.

 

[gkIrish]

Basically, he's chasing mostly prospects that either:
1) Had serious Michigan interest
2) Decommitted from somewhere
3) Are starting the process late

Most of his overtures to currently committed guys weren't going anywhere. I think his approach is a smart one... save spots, go all out in 2016/2017.

Hmm so this could very well be similar to his start with Stanford (not as bad but still). I wonder how much patience scUM fans will have.

 

[nsideirish]

Hmm so this could very well be similar to his start with Stanford (not as bad but still). I wonder how much patience scUM fans will have.

I think there will be a good amount of patience. General consensus among the students I've talked to seems to be that they'd be happy with 8 wins next year which is definitely doable. Sure, there are some people on MGo that are predicting 10 wins--but I think that is the minority.

 

[Veritate Duce Progredi]

NSIAP

Jim hired his son Jay (according with the Ravens) as TE coach.

Jay currently has "THE NEW TE U" on his twitter bio.

Lol.

It just sounds ridiculous, like meatless chicken.

 

[dublinirish]

half of his staff didn't have social media accounts until a few weeks ago, they are gonna be rusty getting back into the recruiting game.

 

[IrishLax]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UCLA?src=hash">#UCLA</a> commit Will Lockett <a href="https://twitter.com/willdoesit__">@willdoesit__</a> said via text that he's visiting Michigan this weekend. Offered yesterday <a href="http://t.co/huu0pmMTo0">pic.twitter.com/huu0pmMTo0</a></p>— Tom VanHaaren (@TomVH) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomVH/status/557590906736750592">January 20, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Rooting for Michigan here. Seriously. Fuck Mora, and the more players Michigan signs that we don't want the better in the sum-zero game.

 

[ThePiombino]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UCLA?src=hash">#UCLA</a> commit Will Lockett <a href="https://twitter.com/willdoesit__">@willdoesit__</a> said via text that he's visiting Michigan this weekend. Offered yesterday <a href="http://t.co/huu0pmMTo0">pic.twitter.com/huu0pmMTo0</a></p>— Tom VanHaaren (@TomVH) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomVH/status/557590906736750592">January 20, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Rooting for Michigan here. Seriously. Fuck Mora, and the more players Michigan signs that we don't want the better in the sum-zero game.

Eh, for now. But eventually Mora will bolt and we'll be forced to refocus our hatred towards Michigan lol

 

[Irishbounty28]

Seems to support my theory that Harbaugh is going to have to win with Hoke's '12/'13 classes for the next few years. There were some decent classes in there, but he's got a somewhat weak '14 class and a currently non-existent '15 class after that. Could certainly be a rebuilding period for them in a few years, they may need to play quite a few underclassmen from whatever class they sign next year and the year after.

This could be the case, but I am sure he can close the gap by taking some JUCO players over the next couple of years. This could help them stay competitive throughout without having too much of a rebuilding year.

Disclaimer: I am not sure if Harbaugh is a big proponent of taking JUCO kids, but it is a way to minimize depth issues if you are making up for past recruiting classes being subpar.

 

[koonja]

I'd be disappointed if we offered a corner that posted a 4.79 40-yard dash.

 

[johnnycando]

I'd be disappointed if we offered a corner that posted a 4.79 40-yard dash.

Tee Shepherd.

 

[NCND]

God MGoBlog makes me laugh. 10-2 next year with wins Vs Sparty and close loss to OSU. OSU is going to blow the doors off of them.

You must have not seen the last two years that UM and OSU played. UM has been garbage and have played them very close.

 

[mtnd15]

I think there will be a good amount of patience. General consensus among the students I've talked to seems to be that they'd be happy with 8 wins next year which is definitely doable. Sure, there are some people on MGo that are predicting 10 wins--but I think that is the minority.

I don't think they have a choice but to be patient. If they run Jim Harbaugh out of town, who the hell are they going to hire after that?

 

[Irish Fam]

God MGoBlog makes me laugh. 10-2 next year with wins Vs Sparty and close loss to OSU. OSU is going to blow the doors off of them.

Sparty will run over them, again. Dantonio gets that team ready to play against UofM like its the only team on the schedule. However, I do expect the OSU game to be another close one. For whatever reason, OSU cannot put Michigan away like they should be able to... probably has something to do with the UofM players trying to make their entire season on that game.

Hmm so this could very well be similar to his start with Stanford (not as bad but still). I wonder how much patience scUM fans will have.

I really think that most fans are expecting immediate success. What exactly that is will differ from fan to fan, but I think anything less than 8 wins will be major disappointment for most. Their fans are remarkably delusional and believe they will be vying for a natty within the next few years.

 

[PANDFAN]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Michigan?src=hash">#Michigan</a> offers Wisconsin TE commitment Jake Pickard. I immediately put in a <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CrystalBall?src=hash">#CrystalBall</a> to the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Wolverines?src=hash">#Wolverines</a>: <a href="http://t.co/G5pViaroAk">http://t.co/G5pViaroAk</a></p>— Steve Lorenz (@TremendousUM) <a href="https://twitter.com/TremendousUM/status/557903758806372352">January 21, 2015</a></blockquote>
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[dublinirish]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Michigan?src=hash">#Michigan</a> offers Wisconsin TE commitment Jake Pickard. I immediately put in a <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CrystalBall?src=hash">#CrystalBall</a> to the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Wolverines?src=hash">#Wolverines</a>: <a href="http://t.co/G5pViaroAk">http://t.co/G5pViaroAk</a></p>— Steve Lorenz (@TremendousUM) <a href="https://twitter.com/TremendousUM/status/557903758806372352">January 21, 2015</a></blockquote>
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More attempted TE stockpiling, which is pretty much expected from Harbaugh.

 

[NDPhilly]

Chris Clark to UCLA?