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What A Difference A Year Makes
“They simply should go forward and hearth (Harbaugh) right this moment and save the agony of ready until November.”
These have been Paul Finebaum’s phrases only one 12 months in the past. I do know, I do know, it is Paul Finebaum, however the SEC slap wasn’t the one one saying stuff like that. Hell, I used to be prepared for Harbaugh to be gone instantly after the 2020 season. On the time, it was justified. Now, Harbaugh is on the prime of the heap within the Massive Ten Convention.
Finebaum did not cease there both. He went on and on about Harbaugh and ended up being useless unsuitable. This is that whole article from one 12 months in the past.
Because the world of faculty continues to alter and evolve, Paul Finebaum seems decided to stay the identical.
On Friday, Finebaum continued his routine of bashing Jim Harbaugh at each alternative. Showing on an episode of Keyshawn, JWill and Zubin, Finebaum as soon as once more launched into tirade concerning Harbaugh’s tenure on the College of Michigan.
“They simply should go forward and hearth (Harbaugh) right this moment and save the agony of ready until November,” mentioned Finebaum. “Michigan manages its soccer program like an artwork museum. They do not have a look at it the best way the remainder of us do, that you just truly need to win and beat your rival. What they did was reduce his contract and that may virtually make it obvious that he’ll in all probability lose his job after this 12 months. And I do know what all of us mentioned about Harbaugh 5, six, seven years in the past and when he was a Tremendous Bowl coach and a championship coach within the NFL, however he is been an abject catastrophe in Michigan.”
Do not maintain again, Paul.
After suggesting that the College of Michigan ought to preemptively hearth Jim Harbaugh now, Finebaum went on predict that 2021 might be Harbaugh’s closing 12 months in Ann Arbor.
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“He was probably the most heralded rent aside from City Meyer of the final in all probability eight or 9 years in faculty soccer. And I simply, I am probably not certain what he is performed and he should not have been retained. He was, however the query wasn’t ought to he have been retained, the query you requested me is will he be again subsequent 12 months and the reply isn’t any.”
Although harsh, Finebaum’s evaluation of Harbaugh’s tenure so far is not all that incorrect. In actual fact, most Michigan followers would seemingly agree with the final premise of the argument Finebaum is making – that Harbaugh’s teaching profession at Michigan has been an enormous disappointment up to now.
The issue, nevertheless, is that Finebaum’s schtick of trashing Harbaugh has turn out to be borderline obsessive and odd. In an interview final week, he went so far as to say that Harbaugh makes him sick.
“I don’t know when you can give you a vomit emoji in a short time within the spur of the second, however he makes me sick as a result of he shouldn’t be teaching,” Finebaum mentioned when requested to explain Harbaugh. “Yeah, this man ought to have been fired final 12 months. If we do our job as poorly as Jim Harbaugh has performed his, we’re gone – It’s not even a debate, it’s not even, ‘Hey, would you come into my workplace and let’s have a dialog.’ It’s they throw you out within the parking zone.
“However someway, a way, this man, who I believe is an entire fraud, is a serious head coach. He’s making six or seven or eight million {dollars} a 12 months though I believe they reduce his wage final 12 months. He’s nonetheless there. He can’t beat his rival. He actually fairly frankly can’t beat even the center of the pack within the Massive Ten.”
With the kick off of the 2021 season simply over one week away, it is a fairly protected wager that we’ll be listening to loads extra from Mr. Finebaum on the subject of Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines.
Earlier than final 12 months, I used to be outspoken about Harbaugh. I criticized him and his shortcomings in a method that I believed was warranted, and I am not going to take it again. In 2021, he made a number of key hires, helped his staff develop a dominant identification and formed a profitable tradition, and it paid off in a large method. Earlier than that, he was 0fer in some very key areas, however calling him an abject catastrophe and claiming that he makes one sick, is excessive, and Finebaum is aware of it. He is been revved up about Harbaugh ever since he bought to Ann Arbor and final 12 months his venom was at an all time excessive. Now, Harbaugh is smiling as his staff prepares for what ought to be a extremely profitable season and a practical likelihood at repeating as Massive Ten champs.
Profitable cures plenty of ills, and the 2021 season proved that. Within the means of profitable 12 video games, Harbaugh and Michigan made Paul Finebaum appear to be a dunce, and U-M followers in all places can rejoice in that just about as a lot as they did within the win over Ohio State, Massive Ten title and School Soccer Playoff look.
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Will Mikey Keene be Michigan’s Week 1 starting quarterback in 2025?
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Michigan Wolverines fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.
Michigan now has a veteran quarterback in the fold for the 2025 season. On Monday afternoon, Fresno State transfer QB Mikey Keene committed to the Wolverines.
Keene had a 70.5 completion percentage in 2024 with 2,892 yards with 18 touchdowns and 11 interceptions at Fresno State. Keene was at Central Florida for his first two years and is familiar with Michigan’s new offensive coordinator, Chip Lindsey. Lindsey was Central Florida’s offensive coordinator in 2022 while Keene was at UCF. Keene fared well in ‘22 with Lindsey when he saw the field, throwing for 647 yards, six touchdowns and one interception with a 72.3 completion rate.
Does Keene’s veteran presence and familiarity in Chip Lindsey’s scheme give him the edge to ultimately be named Michigan’s starting quarterback in Week 1 against New Mexico next season? Or will the 2025 No. 1 overall prospect and No. 1 QB Bryce Underwood prove to be ready to roll right out of the gate? Vote below.
Whether Keene winds up starting or not he was brought in to compete with Underwood and receive a shot at the starting position in 2025. Keene, who stands 5-foot-11, 200 pounds, will be entering his fifth collegiate season in 2025 and has amassed 8,245 passing yards, 65 touchdowns and 28 interceptions in his career with a 67.8 completion percentage.
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