i played for harbaugh (and Shaw) for one season at USD. No doubt harbaugh is nutty, but he’s highly demanding while also being fair. Those who perform in practice are the ones that will get playing time, didnt matter how heavily you were or weren’t recruited initially. Personally I saw the method behind the madness when we’d be up 6 scores by halftime, the winning made it a lot of fun. I think his philosophy with his uncompromising football values are why he’s he’s had success every place he’s been. Additionally, while very demanding internally, he always has his players’ backs. Be it an uncalled cheap shot from the other team, the media, or school administration. That breeds loyalty amongst the players and the suffering from his demanding nature breeds comraderie within the team. I’ve always been a fan of the harbaughs since.
He lives and breathes nothing but football, and I would consider him an ‘old school’ coach that only adapted to modern times as much as he needed to, no more, and apparently begrudgingly at times. Also, from what I hear, there is more to the ‘cheating’ scandal than is currently in the mainstream public media. I guess Ryan day has been behind the scenes on that, something like the law firms and initial reporters involved have connections with him. That info came from an insider at Michigan, so I’ll leave it up to others to decide the validity of that.