He is a Michigan Immortal....but his comments reflect the attitude of a lot of Div 1 schools, not just Michigan.
Posted on 08/03/2007 11:29:18 AM PDT by MurryMom
Michigan players and coaches are lashing out at Jim Harbaugh over remarks the former Wolverines quarterback and current Stanford coach made about his alma mater in a newspaper interview.
Michigan tailback Mike Hart says he has no respect for Harbaugh.
(Excerpt) Read more at post-gazette.com ...
With a little more practice at creating alternative reality and a few small monetary donations to the Republican Party, the Wolve jocks quoted above might qualify to be hired by the Bush Administration as special assistants to Karl Rove.
The link does not work.
What exactly did Harbaugh say?
Link is broken
NCAA ping
Here is link
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07215/806578-134.stm
That is outrageous!
Let's run it down shall we?
Are they able to be honest with the public?
No.
Are they able to be honest with themselves?
No.
Would they recognize a victory if it bit them on the ass?
No.
Do they recoil in horror at the truth?
Yes.
Do they call good news bad news?
Yes.
Then there's no doubt about it. They're ready for a mid-level Staff position working for Harry Reid or Nancy Pelosi.
And seeing how they all already have those spiffy kneepads they'll be perfect as interns at the Clinton Library.
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That is not outrageous!
Thank you.
Go Blue!
Coach ________ told the ___________ that the University of __________ admitted athletes who were borderline academically, then steered them into less-challenging courses to keep them eligible.
Does it actually surprise or offend anybody that not all athletes are 4.0 material (and I do not mean their running times.
He is a Michigan Immortal....but his comments reflect the attitude of a lot of Div 1 schools, not just Michigan.
We all know that Ann Arbor, MI and Palo Alto, CA are both hotbeds of Republican activity...
That’s the point, most of these guys are hardly there to do anything other than play sports. How many football players are engineering majors?
No.
My point was that the Michigan athletes didn't even respond to the accusations made against their program, they just invented a bunch of ad hominem non-responses to them. Anybody who has ever attended a college with a big-time football program knows that players in football and other revenue producing sports get special treatment from the adminstration.
The Wolve jocks' boorish behavior clearly qualifies them to be members of the Bush administration. I've never heard of Harry Reid and/or Nancy Pelosi treating their critics with ad hominem remarks unresponsive to the issues.
However, they excel in many other sports.
My alma matter, the University of California, recently relaxed the academic standards for football players have have been able to build a very good program. However, when I see some of the players interviewed on TV and how they express themselves, I cringe to think they are attending my university. Is that elitist? Yes!
Winning is nice but sometimes I wonder if it’s worth it.
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