[Goose]

C'mon now, Goose.  "Lucky" is Michigan State beating Michigan on the blocked punt on the last play of the game a couple years ago; "lucky" is seemingly getting all the calls after your team is down double-digits to Michigan and looking to get run out (and I loved MSU's moxie in that game, but still).  There was nothing "lucky" about Michigan this year.  Great recruiting, preparation, coaching and hard work.  THAT's what gets results.  Luck usually follows those who work their asses off.

Well, as my post shows, I totally agree with your last sentence. Your statement about "Great recruiting, preparation, coaching and hard work." is partially true, but the fact is that Harbaugh's recruiting was seriously flawed. He was trying to recruit a more Oregon" offense and didn't succeed at it. Fortunately (lucky) for him, he had enough athletes with the necessary skills that he could put together a viable "Stanford" offense with the players he had. There was no guarantee that would be possible. It wasn't planned that way. He had to change his offensive focus over one off season while COVID was still an issue. Pretty much every B1G team has lots of "preparation, coaching and hard work". Indeed these actions are a necessary condition to success, but they are not sufficient. Making the "right" choices of what to do is critical. Harbaugh was fortunate his guys bought in to the new offensive scheme. He is very good at creating an "us against the world" vibe, but it doesn't always work. Sometimes the players just tune him out. That didn't happen, and is a function of who his guys were this year. Didn't have to go that way. So IMHO there was some significant good luck involved. As I said, Harbaugh (and his guys) took full advantage of their opportunities. That is why he is a COY in spades.

[Goose]

C'mon now, Goose.  "Lucky" is Michigan State beating Michigan on the blocked punt on the last play of the game a couple years ago; "lucky" is seemingly getting all the calls after your team is down double-digits to Michigan and looking to get run out (and I loved MSU's moxie in that game, but still).  There was nothing "lucky" about Michigan this year.  Great recruiting, preparation, coaching and hard work.  THAT's what gets results.  Luck usually follows those who work their asses off.

Well, as my post shows, I totally agree with your last sentence. Your statement about "Great recruiting, preparation, coaching and hard work." is partially true, but the fact is that Harbaugh's recruiting was seriously flawed. He was trying to recruit a more Oregon" offense and didn't succeed at it. Fortunately (lucky) for him, he had enough athletes with the necessary skills that he could put together a viable "Stanford" offense with the players he had. There was no guarantee that would be possible. It wasn't planned that way. He had to change his offensive focus over one off season while COVID was still an issue. Pretty much every B1G team has lots of "preparation, coaching and hard work". Indeed these actions are a necessary condition to success, but they are not sufficient. Making the "right" choices of what to do is critical. Harbaugh was fortunate his guys bought in to the new offensive scheme. He is very good at creating an "us against the world" vibe, but it doesn't always work. Sometimes the players just tune him out. That didn't happen, and is a function of who his guys were this year. Didn't have to go that way. So IMHO there was some significant good luck involved. As I said, Harbaugh (and his guys) took full advantage of their opportunities. That is why he is a COY in spades.