Jim Harbaugh recruiting tactics

>>>>At least we have a coach who promises kids they can live at his house and kill a few people if they are bored on a Tuesday night.........as long as they are good.

11-1 last 12 years - Have a mint on the way out

rojo wrote:

This is so stupid. Honestly. The kid is a kicker. Why does it matter at all if he 'gels' with the head coach. The kicker's playing time pretty much has nothing to do with his relationship with the coach or teammates. If he's good, he goes out and boots field goals in field goal situations. If he's missing kicks, he gets benched.

It's a millennial issue really, they want to be coddled and feel like someone cares about them. It's about the experience rather than the opportunity.

I'm a huge U of M fan. I never wanted Harbaugh here. He's a jerk. It's going to end very badly. I can't say if it will end like Moeller or Woody Hayes but it's going to be bad. You heard it here first.

Whether it weird, stupid, crazy, brilliant, etc........the fact is this; it is keeping Michigan football in the papers and in the front of these kids. Why would he spend the night at the house of a kicker.....why not? It just adds to the "uniqueness" of the situation. I have heard some pretty interesting things about Harbaugh since his arrival (I live in the Ann Arbor area and have friends who work at UM Athletics). He is a strange duck for sure, BUT.....he is making Michigan Football a front page story again and that is what UM faith wanted.

kjdsachjawiefjc wrote:

>>>>At least we have a coach who promises kids they can live at his house and kill a few people if they are bored on a Tuesday night.........as long as they are good.

11-1 last 12 years - Have a mint on the way out

Is that Hernandez murder to conviction rate?

Cornell Recruit wrote:

I lost my v-card on an official visit to Cornell while Rojo was the coach.

Thanks for the trip!

Wow. Please email me. I'd love to know if this is true. I used to hear stories like that with sprint/jumps guys but thought the nerdy distance runners had no chance.

Two questions. 1) Where did you end up? YOu used Cornell and then went somewhere else.

2) With a man or woman?

Hardbaugh wrote:

I think the fact that it comes off as over the top is the whole point. He's showing this kid that he's wanted more at Michigan than any other school. It'd probably be hard to turn him down, unless he's one of those guys that talks through the entire movie. So annoying.

But the deal is - it's not true. The whole recruiting thing is stupid. Harbaugh lavishly praised last year's recruit. There is no loyalty anywhere in America. Corporations will replace you, colleges, etc. It would be amazing if colleges could recruit new coaches over the current ones they have. Imagine if the Michigan AD called up Bellicheck and said, "I'll sleep at your house if you come coach us."

I grew up in SEC country and knew some folks who were football players who got recruited. I heard some pretty interesting ones.

This is just creepy.

Of course, it is ridiculous and crazy, and Harbaugh doesn't have to do this kind of stunt to get attention and recruits to Michigan, as a big-time NFL quarterback and coach at a great school with a fine history, outside of those Ohio State games. But this is what makes him so much more successful. The great ones do all the little things necessary to be great, even this kind of over the top recruiting tactic to win over an entirely unnecessary third or fourth string kicker (or best case scenario, he becomes the starter next year, but there is no talent dropoff to the other guys), at the same time as Michigan barely recruits and funds any really high caliber distance runners to the men's team nowadays, all so that they can add those fourth kickers to the football roster without busting the Title IX score.

is the sleepover ... over???

is Harbaugh doing a walk of shame back to Ann arbor without a commitment?

did he really think a sleepover with a high school athlete was the road to commitment?

ahhh ... youth

To even think about doing this is wacky.

the sleepover ended with the recruit driving in the car with Harbaugh to Ann Arbor for his visit today ... poor Penn Staters must be going nuts trying not to get worked up about Harbaugh poaching their kicker

jjjjjj wrote:

Of course, it is ridiculous and crazy, and Harbaugh doesn't have to do this kind of stunt to get attention and recruits to Michigan, as a big-time NFL quarterback and coach at a great school with a fine history, outside of those Ohio State games. But this is what makes him so much more successful. The great ones do all the little things necessary to be great, even this kind of over the top recruiting tactic to win over an entirely unnecessary third or fourth string kicker (or best case scenario, he becomes the starter next year, but there is no talent dropoff to the other guys), at the same time as Michigan barely recruits and funds any really high caliber distance runners to the men's team nowadays, all so that they can add those fourth kickers to the football roster without busting the Title IX score.

Michigan is 58-48-6 against Ohio State.

PSU is getting ready to implode. Coaches are bolting from Jimmy Frank left and right. They know he's just an over paid cheerleader, a used car salesman.

Craig Lutz Fan wrote:

I agree with Rojo. Kickers are useless. Right, Vikings?

Nope, he pulled it left.

Harbaugh is just one-upping the Penn State coach, who showered with the kid a few times.

And now the dark side of recruiting:

Michigan pulls the scholarship from a kid with only 3 weeks left in recruiting.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/michigan-pulls-offer-from-longtime-recruit-weeks-before-signing-day-183637937.html

So not only is Harbaugh recruiting over players currently on team he is recruiting over his scholarship limit and now has to rescind offers to get in order.

Glad my wife doesn't think or act like this.

Uncool.

Ohio State's beaten Michigan 13 out of the last 15 games.

jjjjj wrote:

Ohio State's beaten Michigan 13 out of the last 15 games.

Ohio State hasn't played Michigan in 13 out of the last 15 games.