[damaniac]

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I hear you about Harbaugh being inexpierienced in big time CFB, but I think most will agree that he was bred to be a coach. He grew up as a kid hanging out at college football practice all day with his dad who was a long time head coach. QB at Mich and big time student of the game. Had alot of success in a fairly long NFL career. Did great things at SDSU in a short amount of time. Had a a successful first year at Stanford, including one of the biggest upsets of all time. He's been around football along time, he understands more than the X's and O's. He's more than ready imo. If it wasn't for those comments I would think he would be the perfect Michigan coach.

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I disagree. First, he was a SDU, not SDSU. SDU is a non-scholarship DII school, SDSU is a DIA school. Big, big difference. His first year at Stanford is hardly successful. Given the circumstances it's hardly a failure either, but geez, they're 3-7. Okay, they pulled off a great upset. If you're deciding a guy with less than 1 year of DIA experience is good because of 1 game, you could be AD at Notre Dame, but you're not good enough for Michigan (or any other school that expects to win and is run by competent people).

As for the rest okay, hung out with the program, dad was a coach, that's all well and good. But think about it: you're Michigan. You don't have to take a risk on a guy with a very limited track record. Big level BCS schools have to take chances on guys with a couple good years at minor programs and hope they get the real deal instead of a decent coach who got lucky. We can afford to look at guys who have been successful over a longer sample, at multiple programs, which provides more certainty that a coach is good. There's no reason to take a risk on a guy who might be good when you can take guys who almost certainly are good.