Hope this link continues to work. The story was front page when I grabbed it, but was taken down moments later.
I'll cut and paste a section just in case:
."Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh" ... that alone should get the juices flowing for Thursday night's opener at Utah. Most don't believe the Wolverines will win in Salt Lake City, but U-M's decided schematic advantage will make Michigan a threat to win every game it plays.
"Decided schematic advantage," of course, was Charlie Weis' self-aggrandizing comment when he accepted the head coaching job at Notre Dame. Harbaugh has made no such similar statements -- all he's said since his arrival at Michigan, essentially, is that his team would work hard. Then he disappeared into his two-a-days submarine, resurfacing only once to meet with the media and give as few details on his team as possible.
But if there's a team that's going to have such an advantage, it's going to be Harbaugh's. He was already good when he arrived at Stanford, turning a moribund program into a powerhouse. While there, he frequently met with former Stanford and San Francisco legend Bill Walsh before the coach's death in 2007, adding even more football knowledge to brain already on schematic overload.
"Given where he is today, you have to start discussing him as being in the same category as Bill Walsh," 49ers running backs coach Tom Rathman, who played for Walsh, told the Chicago Tribune in 2013.
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I'll cut and paste a section just in case:
."Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh" ... that alone should get the juices flowing for Thursday night's opener at Utah. Most don't believe the Wolverines will win in Salt Lake City, but U-M's decided schematic advantage will make Michigan a threat to win every game it plays.
"Decided schematic advantage," of course, was Charlie Weis' self-aggrandizing comment when he accepted the head coaching job at Notre Dame. Harbaugh has made no such similar statements -- all he's said since his arrival at Michigan, essentially, is that his team would work hard. Then he disappeared into his two-a-days submarine, resurfacing only once to meet with the media and give as few details on his team as possible.
But if there's a team that's going to have such an advantage, it's going to be Harbaugh's. He was already good when he arrived at Stanford, turning a moribund program into a powerhouse. While there, he frequently met with former Stanford and San Francisco legend Bill Walsh before the coach's death in 2007, adding even more football knowledge to brain already on schematic overload.
"Given where he is today, you have to start discussing him as being in the same category as Bill Walsh," 49ers running backs coach Tom Rathman, who played for Walsh, told the Chicago Tribune in 2013.
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