Harbaugh had a not so stellar years 5-6 at Michigan going 9-4 and 2-4 but went 12-2 last year and has the team 9-0 this year. Jimbo could very well have the same kind of turnaround if we stick with him

If only the rest of our schedule would agree to play Big 10 level football.

CrottyKid said:

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If only the rest of our schedule would agree to play Big 10 level football.

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Or the upgraded talent sticks around and putting it all in at once enables an out year reload strategy for bringing in talent.

As much time as we spend fussing about Jimbo because of our made up new coach timer, we mostly have been delusional about expectations THIS year. The two years of sub-standard oline play led to the position coach (who usually is a de facto run game coordinator weather named that) being replaced. The changes to oline blocking this year are fairly transformational and the talent upgrade is, too. We sold know more by the end of the year if it's working especially with Achane out.

As I've noted all year: we are young on the oline. It would have been nice if everything went faster than it should have and probably was why Jimbo didn't set realistic expectations with fans (which he should have) for the year. It made him look like a poor leader when we started leaking bad losses and vibes with bad previous year outcomes.

He is in a hole for next year and probably feeling it in the recruiting trail. But there still is reason to believe this year was positive development-wise. Whether you call that "wait until next year" or "wait to scrap it until a future year", I think it is an outcome that deserves the strategic support of the fan base given the talent level up.

YES: there is a "wheels falling off" vibe this year. But the team plays the whole game. So they haven't come off. Next up is real with this team. And to do that means we have more depth than in past years. I DO WISH he had a better rb stable or trusted it more. We now have guys building from way too few touches starting and rotating in. That was an F. (Unless Achane plays later in the game and the action was really disciplinary rather than injury..then the lack of rotation got exposed in even a worse way.)

CrottyKid said:

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If only the rest of our schedule would agree to play Big 10 level football.

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Harbaugh has done a really good job and deserves credit, but yeah, outside of Penn St, their schedule is real bad so far. The Ohio St game will tell the truth.

I give credit to Harbaugh for getting help by improving his staff. He hired a NFL defensive coach from the Ravens.

He also had 3 10 win seasons in the prior 4 years.

Has Jimb done that?

Maybe Jimb can jump back up to 8-4 next year. I believe!

When you have to reference the COVID year to make your argument, it's probably not very strong

This reminds me of the Billy Kennedythreads. "Mike Krzyzewski didn't win a NC until year 4, Kennedy could follow the same path!"

Harbaugh had capital in 3 10 win season prior to that. Jimbo has not once broken the 10 game barrier.

I hate to break it to you, Jimbo is an idiot and it's not going to get better.

Loren Visser said:

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He also had 3 10 win seasons in the prior 4 years.

Has Jimb done that?

Maybe Jimb can jump back up to 8-4 next year. I believe!

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10 wins in the Big 10 is the same as 7 wins in the SEC West. Prove me wrong

Agsrback12 said:

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Harbaugh had capital in 3 10 win season prior to that. Jimbo has not once broken the 10 game barrier.

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This. Every single pumper that starts one of these dumb comparison threads ignores that every coach they try to compare Jimbo too actually had more success than him prior to their "rebuilding year".