2019 Michigan Season Thread

[Mdot21]

Just saw this Family Matters recruiting spoof. Lighthearted and grabs at my childhood programming, so it landed for me:


https://mobile.twitter.com/UMichFootball/status/1093261076496551937

Also: man am I glad that Don Brown will get a chance to work with Daxton. Phew!

Kinda of sick of all the twitter bs and nonsense like this Jim Harbaugh's program puts out. How about he just beats Ohio State for once and not shit the bed in a bowl game?
Don Brown has had like 5 games now where his defenses were just flat out awful and got gashed to hell. I don't give a rats ass about holding overwhelmed crappy teams to negative yards. Get back to me when he shuts down Ohio State or an elite offense.

[Anonymous Coward]

Ha. That's not a v. fun attitude.

[FearlessF]

but, honest and realistic

[Anonymous Coward]

Of course. I'm just not sure why we'd tie them together. I happen to have high expectations for Michigan football but also enjoy smiling. So I happened to like the Family Matters spoof, despite thoroughly disliking the result against OSU. But it takes all kinds to make a world. If a person wants specific unhappinesses to spoil other happinesses, that's their prerogative. The world has room for curmudgeons, too.

[Mdot21]

Of course. I'm just not sure why we'd tie them together. I happen to have high expectations for Michigan football but also enjoy smiling. So I happened to like the Family Matters spoof, despite thoroughly disliking the result against OSU. But it takes all kinds to make a world. If a person wants specific unhappinesses to spoil other happinesses, that's their prerogative. The world has room for curmudgeons, too.

I'm just sick of Harbaugh and his program. Nothing but hype. Where's the beef man? Get back to me when the guy beats Ohio State and wins the B1G. He needs to quit focusing on this dumbass little social media memes and the podcast and espousing about building statues to Tom Brady and just win some damn football games. I don't know who the hell this guy is. This isn't the same guy that was with the 49ers. I want that guy. The guy that didn't have a twitter or podcast and was a complete psycho on the sidelines blowing up on the refs that made bad calls and on players who f'd up. He needs to get off the meds and go back to being a complete psycho. That worked for him. This doesn't.

[Anonymous Coward]

(1) It's not hard to be happy unless you've committed to anger for anger's sake. It seems you've committed to negelct Michigan happiness until after the next championship. Like I said, this seems silly - even self-defeating - to me, but that's your prerogative.

(2) I really dislike the idea of the Tom Brady statue. I think there's something dignified about a campus honoring zero sports people with statues. So I even opposed the Bo statue. But at least that one was one-of-a-kind on campus and of someone who's life is past. So, I oppose any future sports people statues, and doubly oppose them for the living.

[betarhoalphadelta]

(2) I really dislike the idea of the Tom Brady statue. I think there's something dignified about a campus honoring zero sports people with statues. So I even opposed the Bo statue. But at least that one was one-of-a-kind on campus and of someone who's life is past. So, I oppose any future sports people statues, and doubly oppose them for the living.

Why in the world would Michigan erect a Brady statue? He didn't lead them to a national title. He was 1-1 against Ohio State. He led them to a share of the 1998 conference title, but didn't go to the Rose Bowl either of his starting years. In fact, despite calling them "starting" years, he was battling Drew Henson for PT the entire time. He did lead the team to two bowl wins, but given that neither were Rose or BCSCG, it's not exactly statue-worthy.
I recognize that he's gone on to attain some truly amazing heights, but he didn't do that at Michigan, he did that in New England. At Purdue, we revere Drew Brees for what he did at Purdue, not what he's done with the Saints. 
If Michigan wants to put up statues, they should be statues of Michigan greats, not greats who happened to go to Michigan. 

[847badgerfan]

Why in the world would Michigan erect a Brady statue?  

For the same reason every Michigan fan I know is a Patriots fan?? Hangin' the hat, man.

[FearlessF]

does Purdue have statues of any astronauts that possibly achieved something noteworthy after graduation? 

[betarhoalphadelta]

does Purdue have statues of any astronauts that possibly achieved something noteworthy after graduation?

Figured that was coming next... 
I'd say it was a little different. Purdue doesn't exactly have its own space program, but our college of aerospace and aeronautical engineering has been at the forefront of educating those who have gone on to create the space program. It's not like Armstrong was the only Purdue alum to walk on the moon. Purdue was the home of Gus Grissom, Roger Chafee, Eugene Cernan [the last man to walk on the moon, so we have first and last], and is among the top producer of astronauts of any college in the nation [especially once you remove the service academies]. 
I wouldn't necessarily fault Michigan for honoring someone like Gerald Ford, even though it was his becoming President that he's known for, not his graduating from Michigan.

[ELA]

Why in the world would Michigan erect a Brady statue? He didn't lead them to a national title. He was 1-1 against Ohio State. He led them to a share of the 1998 conference title, but didn't go to the Rose Bowl either of his starting years. In fact, despite calling them "starting" years, he was battling Drew Henson for PT the entire time. He did lead the team to two bowl wins, but given that neither were Rose or BCSCG, it's not exactly statue-worthy.
I recognize that he's gone on to attain some truly amazing heights, but he didn't do that at Michigan, he did that in New England. At Purdue, we revere Drew Brees for what he did at Purdue, not what he's done with the Saints.
If Michigan wants to put up statues, they should be statues of Michigan greats, not greats who happened to go to Michigan.

That's where I'm at.  Even if Michigan is going to start putting up statues, which I have no problem with, although we should have learned our lesson by now in general of putting up statues of living people, Brady shouldn't be anywhere near the front of that line.

[FearlessF]

I'd say it's a little different as well, but along the same line.

many universities honor alum or graduates that have gone on to achieve great or outstanding accomplishments

I think a statue of Brady is over kill at Michigan, but obviously someone thinks it has merit.  Maybe just HArbaugh for the sole purpose of recruiting.

[847badgerfan]

Harbaugh would be best served by working to achieve his own statue. 

[FearlessF]

I'm just sick of Harbaugh and his program. Nothing but hype. Where's the beef man? Get back to me when the guy beats Ohio State and wins the B1G. He needs to quit focusing on this dumbass little social media memes and the podcast and espousing about building statues to Tom Brady and just win some damn football games. I don't know who the hell this guy is. This isn't the same guy that was with the 49ers. I want that guy. The guy that didn't have a twitter or podcast and was a complete psycho on the sidelines blowing up on the refs that made bad calls and on players who f'd up. He needs to get off the meds and go back to being a complete psycho. That worked for him. This doesn't.

I get this and all of it.  It's not just anger, it's not self defeating.
If not for the hype, and cheesiness of Harbaugh's antics, there wouldn't be the sense of BS and fluff.
Obviously, Jim is hoping to relate to young adults and young recruits.  That's fine if it works to an extent.  When it rubs older fans the wrong way Jim might not care and it seems he does not.
If Harbaugh's shtick rubs the fan base wrong, they are willing to overlook it IF the program is winning at acceptable levels.
Similar to Bo Pelini's antics in Lincoln.  Rubbed many the wrong way, but if Pelini had won a couple conference championships  and held victories over the Longhorns or the Badgers folks would have put up with the crap.
Sounds to me that some Michigan fans are tired of the hype w/o the success.  very understandable