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Although the rule of Jim Harbaugh states that teams coached by the fiery leader don’t win 11-plus games until at least his second year, 2015 is about to debunk that theory for the Michigan Wolverines football program.
The Michigan Wolverines have consistently had top-10 recruiting classes, they’ve just been mishandled by their coaches: one whose innovative offense couldn’t take hold (Rich Rodriguez), and one who refused to wear a headset on the sidelines (Brady Hoke). Michigan tried polar opposites, but now they’ve secured a universal absolute in Harbaugh.
I can’t recall even one CFB analyst saying that Michigan will win right away, and the responses I did remember fail to fit a bell curve. Everyone seemingly hedged conservatively, stating ad nauseam that rebuilding Michigan football would be a “process.”
I’m telling you one more time: the talent is there. I’m also telling you that this is the 2015 head-coaching climate: adapt or disappear.
Michigan’s football team is far better than what Harbaugh inherited from the Stanford Cardinal in 2007. Not attempting to use past events to predict future results withstanding, morphing a 1-11 team, which likely appeared to be Stanford’s junior varsity, into a 12-1 west coast juggernaut in four years is another nugget we shouldn’t readily bury. Comparing the two incoming situations, I reason Michigan can win with significantly stunted growing pains.
Harbaugh not only added several paragraphs to his Wikipedia page, but he also brings promise of added recruiting prowess. In three years after departing Stanford, Harbaugh’s players would go on to win 11, 12 and 11 games, respectively.
Michigan is not currently in the top 40 of the 2015 class rankings, but this is understandable given the coaching changeover. Their 2014 class finished ranked 18th, the year before that the Wolverines were sixth and in 2012, Michigan compiled the seventh-best incoming class in the nation according to ESPN 300.
Even if you don’t buy into recruiting class ratings, that’s still an astonishing amount of blue-chippers you can’t ignore.
Whether you believe the hype or believe it is hype, Michigan is not as much of a slouch on paper as they were in the field in 2014. They may have given away tickets with the purchase of a soft drink last year, but at least in 2015 they won’t be giving away games just as easily. That’s the Harbaugh mindset, and it’s set to take effect acutely.
Jerry Landry is a writer for www.RantSports.com. Follow him on Twitter @Jerry2Landry, “Like” him on Facebook or add him to your network on Google.
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