Ok. But you're also talking to the guy who thinks Pelini was fine at Nebraska. So by comparing Harbaugh to someone I think was fine at Nebraska, you're saying I agree with myself. I think Harbaugh has underachieved, to that I agree with your point. I'd like two things to happen in the next two years: a win over OSU and a win against another team as an underdog. I'd also like to see both the offense and defense gel in the same season. But otherwise, it's my opinion that if you keep winning games the other stuff will happen sooner or later.
Harbaugh has better players, but is also in a much harder division of football than Nebraska has ever been in.
That's some pretty big stretching you did there. You're trying to suggest beating teams or losing close games to teams who beat other teams somehow equates to being in a better division or having an equal road to championships? The Western division has never won a B10 title game. Beating one strong team from the west is not the same thing as going through stretches playing Michigan State, Penn State and Ohio State. Pelini never had to compete in a division as tough as the current B10 east, and it's not even close.
Michigan's offense progressed massively from the start of the season from the end, that's good coaching. And our bad performance against Army has to do with what? We won that game. Teams can play really bad games. OSU won the B10 last year and got blown out by Purdue, who finished 6-7.
Right, but that has nothing to do with my point about the strength of the division and level of competition. So when you compare stats of Pelini and Harbaugh you have to also take into account that Harbaugh has a much harder ladder to climb.
Harbaugh has been attacked since he got here. I've simply defended him. I think you're confusing my defense as "pimping him up". And it's probably true if he was an outsider, he'd be gone and we'd be on a 5th coach struggling with what the previous 4 coaches struggled to do; consistently win, beat OSU and win championships.
