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OSU was 6-7 because Fickell either isn't a good head coach or wasn't ready. In the four seasons going into 2011 OSU was 44-8. The 4 seasons after 2011 OSU went 50-4. The OSU recruiting classes from 09, 10, 11 and 12 ranked #5, #18, #6 and #5. Going into 2015 Harbaugh had the #6, #4, #20 and #37 ranked classes to work with....and a good number of kids from the 4 and 6 ranked classes were already gone. Don't try and kid yourself and think Urban taking over the 2012 team was anything like what Harbaugh took over at Michigan. Urban took over a totally healthy program. Harbaugh took over a broken program with some pieces to work with.
Harbaugh isn't on Urban's level yet. It's just that simple. But it's impossible to argue he isn't a good coach based on his accomplishments. He's flipped around every program he's coached at and if we give him some time, he'll start winning the most important games that have eluded us since 2006.
Nobody has ever said JH isn't a good HC, including myself (he's not an elite HC though). But too many of you meeeechegan fans truly think he's already an elite CFB coach without a complete CFB coaching resume. He hasn't won anything. Now name another coach in any sport that's won nothing yet is called 1 of the elite coaches. Also stop pretending ann arbor has ever had a problem w/ recruiting. The players haven't been the problem before Jimmy Jam's return, the coaches were the problem. Otherwise JH wouldn't have taken Hoke's recruits & doubled the win total his 1st year.