Scholarship table
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny. Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.
After winning the '05 Series, the White Sox went out and added a couple of all-stars (Jim Thome and Javier Vasquez), re-signed Paul Konerko to a long-term deal and looked to be set up to contend for the next 3-5 years.They've won one playoff game since.
The jury is still out but for many wearing Blue it is one word: Harbaugh
Good God the irony on this is so rich.
Rex Grossman, Rashaan Salaam, Curtis Enis, Curtis Conway, Cade McNown, David Terrell, Cedric Benson, Kevin White... Marc Trestman
How do alums view this? Poor record vs OSU. Haven't won the conference. Haven't made the playoff.Has he been that much more successful than his predecessors or others who were targeted in the same hiring season?
Honestly? I think its humbled even the proudest of Michigan Men^TM. Everyone's getting restless, but to what end? If Harbaugh can't do it, whats the next move? I think its starting to reset expectations. And that's fine! Michigan has still been very good!
The candidates that year were Jim Harbaugh, Jim Harbaugh, and Jim Harbaugh.Based on RichRod and Hoke, he has been more successful. He's beaten Michigan State and gone to Jan 1 bowl games. But, he still hasn't been to a Big Ten title game or the playoff, whereas OSU and MSU have. Definitely, the Wolvies set themselves up for disappointment as many (the ones who the only time they've ever set foot on a college campus is for a football game) though Harbaugh would never lose a game. Others still had outsized expectations but couldn't foresee OSU being at the ridiculously high level they have reached. At least he's beaten MSU.
I'm not a Michigan fan and don't have much of an opinion on Harbaugh either way, but I think he's gotten a mostly unfair rap, partially because he was viewed as the second coming and a savior. He took over a program that had went 20-18 the previous 3 seasons and made them competitive again right away. No he hasn't beat OSU, but nobody really has. When he took over Michigan in that abysmal state, OSU was coming off a National Championship, ahead of schedule, and was lead by one of the top 5, if not top 3, CFB coaches of all time. There is not a coach in the country that is going to be consistently successful against that outside of Dabo and Saban right now.Especially if Michigan wants to play old school rough and tumble football against the modern lightning attack of OSU, they are gonna struggle, just like UW and others.