If you're going to suggest that a guy out-did Harbaugh who went to a state with 8 times the number of four star recruits and finished with 1 single four star more than Michigan, I'm going to call BS.
This was a bad year. If you think michigan deserves to be considered among the schools that should pull recruits on name alone, this was a really bad year. He struck out all over the place with kids he really needed. You don't see Urban, Saban, Dabo, etc. doing that really ever. If he finishes 3rd in the conference and loses key games yet again this year, what is he going to have to sell these kids on when they're battling the likes of OSU, Penn State, the SEC and ACC for recruits? You've got 3 top 100 players for 2019. A year ago, you were bragging to me about you guys coming in and stealing 5* DE Leonard Taylor from our own state, and we saw how that went. BYU is currently 7th in the 2019 rankings so I'm taking anything there with a grain of salt.
Ok.
Dude, this has supposedly been the case since he got here. Just waiting for things to improve. In 3 years, there's nothing. Your biggest accomplishment is coming close to winning the division and then finishing 3rd.
I'm not going to say finishing 3rd with a chance to win the B10 East is everything I've ever hoped for, but considering just 3 years ago our program was giving away tickets with a Coke purchase, I'm fine where we're at so far. I don't want this to be where we finish but I'm much happier now than I was then. How many programs would kill for a top 25 recruiting class? Hell, Michigan State fans would kill to have the #21 ranked class every year. Hell I don't think they've finished higher than like 17th under Dantonio. I'm not suggesting I want to set the bar at what would be great for MSU, but it's about putting things in perspective. Michigan's 3 full classes under Harbaugh average to #11....that's pretty damn good.
A guy that had a month or so? Yes making excuses since we still hear the excuse of Harbs first class and his short time.
They already have 14 commitments when he was hired...which included 6 or so of our four star players. He almost had the equivalent of our entire recruiting class when he stepped on campus.
I think you're lowering your bar too much. If you had brought in a relative unknown to coach and you were here, that'd be one thing. Harbaugh is one of the highest-paid coaches in the country and he's so far back from the others on accomplishments it's comical.
Again, I don't want the bar to be set where we finished this year but I don't think it's anything more than a 1 year blip.
But they are not his kids... Isnt that another excuse used for Harbs?
And that's sad and shouldn't be happening.
I guess we'll see. If you guys finish 3/4 in the B1G East again this year, what's the perspective gonna be then?
