[Mick]

[quote author=dabigv link=topic=11430.msg109260#msg109260 date=1419971521]
...and he's not an autocrat like Saban who fundamentally needs to control everything.

Interesting. There was a report on the radio this morning that he essentially has control over everything at Michigan.

Neutral for Stanford. If program success is based on having craptastic coaches at every potential competitor, that program isn't going to be very successful.  A rising tide lifts all boats. Or destroys them.
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Late comment here, but I have two thoughts:

1)  First, Harbaugh's locker room reputation is both well-known among college HC's competing for the same talent AND the recruits, whereas I don't believe that was the case when he was at either USan Diego (not applicable) or Stanford (where the worst-to-first turnaround could overwhelm that story).  I don't think he'll be the recruiting juggernaut he was at Stanford despite Michigan's advantages.

2)  I think Harbaugh's assistant coaches really excelled with the smarter football players at Stanford.  He had ex-NFL coordinators running things, and their schemes overwhelmed the opponents.  Based on the staff I see him assembling at Michigan, I don't know that he will be able to replicate the talent of the coaches he had during his Stanford career.

3)  Let's say I'm dead wrong in public, and Harbaugh wins the national championship...or two.  Let's not forget that he's the fourth-winningest coach in modern NFL history.  The burn to win a Super Bowl probably doesn't go away.  I don't see him being Schembechler with a 21 year career there, although he will be the closest thing to a deity on earth in Michigan, based upon everyone I've spoken with there (I recently moved to Michigan).

[Mick]

[quote author=dabigv link=topic=11430.msg109260#msg109260 date=1419971521]
...and he's not an autocrat like Saban who fundamentally needs to control everything.

Interesting. There was a report on the radio this morning that he essentially has control over everything at Michigan.

Neutral for Stanford. If program success is based on having craptastic coaches at every potential competitor, that program isn't going to be very successful.  A rising tide lifts all boats. Or destroys them.
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Late comment here, but I have two thoughts:

1)  First, Harbaugh's locker room reputation is both well-known among college HC's competing for the same talent AND the recruits, whereas I don't believe that was the case when he was at either USan Diego (not applicable) or Stanford (where the worst-to-first turnaround could overwhelm that story).  I don't think he'll be the recruiting juggernaut he was at Stanford despite Michigan's advantages.

2)  I think Harbaugh's assistant coaches really excelled with the smarter football players at Stanford.  He had ex-NFL coordinators running things, and their schemes overwhelmed the opponents.  Based on the staff I see him assembling at Michigan, I don't know that he will be able to replicate the talent of the coaches he had during his Stanford career.

3)  Let's say I'm dead wrong in public, and Harbaugh wins the national championship...or two.  Let's not forget that he's the fourth-winningest coach in modern NFL history.  The burn to win a Super Bowl probably doesn't go away.  I don't see him being Schembechler with a 21 year career there, although he will be the closest thing to a deity on earth in Michigan, based upon everyone I've spoken with there (I recently moved to Michigan).