This is the first week I've heard doubts and disappointments about Harbaugh shower down from Michigan fans. Harbaugh's W/L record has been sized up against Hoke's. His 1-4 record against rivals MSU & OSU has brought comparison's to Lloyd Carr. I like the Lloyd comparison so far because he was a master at blowing out the Indianas and Minnesotas only to get rolled in the higher pressure games. Plenty blame the hemorrhages taking snap at QB, but I wonder how much of the incline towards impotent offenses in big games goes back to Harbaugh's days in the NFL. It's noticeable too with other college coaches bringing back NFL experience, such as Jim Mora Jr putting his tail between his legs on offense, not realizing that in college you can gameplan for getting away with a lot more risks than you can in the NFL.
With all that said, Michigan wins 2 of 3 vs Penn State, Ohio State, and Wisconsin. I'll go further and mark the two wins as Vs Ohio State and @ Wisconsin.
Uh...what? I haven't really seen any Michigan fans calling for Harbaugh's head.
Carr didn't get the nickname LLLLoyd for nothin'. Carr lost more than his fair share of games he had absolutely no business losing. App State says HI! He pretty much never had trouble with MSU and he absolutely owned OSU until Tressel arrived in 2001. Carr took over Michigan in '95. He took over a team with a loaded OL and an incredible RB in Tim Biakabatuka- and he still managed to lose 4 games. Biakabatuka was probably the best RB that has ever touched a football at Michigan.
Shit- Carr dropped 3 games in 2000 with a starting QB like Drew Henson, a starting RB like Anthony Thomas, WR's like David Terrell and Marquise Walker, and an offensive line that consisted of 4 guys that were drafted by the NFL- two of them in the 1st round in Jeff Backus and Steve Hutchinson. And none of these guys were young. They were all upperclassmen playing together in their prime.
Henson would've been the #1 pick in the NFL draft had he not quit football to sign a long-term deal with the New York Yankees. Anthony Thomas was the #1 HS RB recruit in his class back in '97- basically a 5* before there were recruit rankings- he started at Michigan for 4 years set every school rushing record known to man was drafted in the 2nd round and was the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year.
David Terrell was a top 10 NFL draft pick, Marquise Walker was a 3rd round draft pick. LT Jeff Backus was a 1st round pick and LG Steve Hutchinson was a 1st round pick as well and he'll probably be in the NFL Hall of Fame one day. Oh yeah- not to mention their starting RT Maurice Williams was drafted in the 2nd round and their starting RG Jonathan Goodwin was drafted in the 5th round. 4/5 = 80%. 80% of their OL drafted by the NFL. 3/5 = 60%. 60% in the first 2 rounds. That's insane. Has Michigan even had an OL drafted in the 3 yrs that Harbaugh has been there? I think only Glasgow- who was a walk-on.
When Harbaugh builds a starting offense with a roster like that and still manages to lose 3-4 games every year- then fans will start calling for his head.
LC had sick talent like that basically from day 1 pretty much year in year out and he still managed to lose a shit ton of games he shouldn't have.