fredsdeadfriend
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But Glen Mason was never close to being the highest paid HC in the game, and he also never brought the dog and pony show that Harbaugh has brought with him. It's been an embarrassment. We all heard nothing but rhetoric about how michigan is going to take over the conference and how they were going to return to national prominence, but they've been a pretty massive failure overall.
Also, the expectations at michigan are a lot higher than at Minnesota. While michigan has been better than Minnesota under Harbaugh, they've accomplished about the same amount from a national perspective.
Yeah, that's all true. I'm just being diplomatic. I understand why Michigan fans appreciate his making them better than they were. Minnesota fans DID appreciate what Mason did for them, BUT, just like with Harbaugh, Mason still was expected to do better.
But yes, the difference was many Minnesota fans knew Mason was meant to take us from terrible to competitive, anything more than that would have been a bonus. With Harbaugh, he was meant to take Michigan from barely competitive to Championship Caliber, and all he did was make them competitive. And for the money they threw at him, he's been a failure. At least we didn't blow the bankroll on Mason, lol.