He does not call the plays because Bill Callahan prefers to call his own plays. He had stated this before Jay Norvell was hired so its no reflection on Jay. I hope you dont hire Jay because we prefer to keep him but I do think he would make ISU the only reservation I would have about Jay is that I dont know how great he is at recrutiting. He has been involved in recruiting some good players for us but you dont hear as much about him as John Blake.
Harbaugh vs. Norvell
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Norvell has recruited a whopping 4 players in his time at Nebraska!! 4!! That tells you right there that he is not the man for this job. If a Nebraska fan/coach is out there selling Norvell to get the job, shouldn't a red flag go up? Hmm y are they campaigning for one of their own guys to go to their conference rivals?
I think the next head coach needs to be able to do the following.
1. Create enough "buzz" next year to sell tickets even though we are coming off a losing season.
2. Be a good "salesman" and create enough hope to keep the fans coming back for what may be a couple of tough rebuilding years.
3. Turn us into a top tier winning program.
I think Harbaugh has the best shot on steps 1-2, for step 3 who knows.
1. Create enough "buzz" next year to sell tickets even though we are coming off a losing season.
2. Be a good "salesman" and create enough hope to keep the fans coming back for what may be a couple of tough rebuilding years.
3. Turn us into a top tier winning program.
I think Harbaugh has the best shot on steps 1-2, for step 3 who knows.
I guess he really hasn't had a lot of time to get that coaching experience because he was busy with his 15 year NFL career where he was an All-Pro.
As mentioned earlier...he took an unpaid recruiting job because he wanted to get into coaching so bad. He has been a head coach for 3 years...taking a non-scholarship team on the brink of the 1-AA scholarships (which has never been done before).
I'm not a Norvell fan. I think ISU needs a fresh new start. No former ISU assistants (unless its Jimmy Johnson), no one coaching under Mac, etc. Everyone talks about how Harbaugh might jump ship, even though they have no idea what he is thinking. Well look at Norvell's resume. He DOES jump ship. He has been fired twice.
Harbaugh sells me on excitement, Norvell does exactly the opposite.
Where did you see this, everywhere I look it does not say he ever coached for the Raiders. Also, where did he do the coaching stint for his dad at western kentucky?
Why does Harbaugh sell you on excitement? Just cause he got SD a good year?
I'm sorry, I'm not buying in to a coach with no BCS conf or NFL coaching experience. We canned Mac cause we wanted to get to the next level not give a coach time to learn on the job for a few years and then hopefully make 7 wins.
How does a 15 year NFL All-Pro QB, an up-and-coming coach who coached his current team to 1 loss in the last 2 season coming to Ames, IA sell me on excitement? If you can't get excited about that, what will it take? Bill Parcells?
You talk about experience...at least JH has head coaching experience, unlike JN.
Harbaugh excites people cuz he is Jim Harbaugh. Playing starting QB in the league and now being a HC of a great D1A non scholarship excites people. Sure it is 1AA non scholarship but at least he is head coach and calls the flippin plays. He will bring an excited brand of football to the clones while briging in some top notched talent just due to his name alone
Yes, Bill Parcells would generate excitement. :wink0st:
Sorry, I don't think JH is qualified to take over for our school. I don't care how anyone spins it but I'm not willing to gamble our program on him. He's coached at a D I-AA.
I'm not saying Norvell HAS to be hired. Only what the thread was about....JH vs Norvell. Norvell has a better resume hands down.
True, and I think we could agree that no candidate (at least one offered by the media) has been met with overwhelming love by the fan base.
Does anyone besides me think that its wierd that this guy has such an awesome resume and hasn't been hired as a head coach yet? There must be something to it. Oh yeah he is no good
Yeah, that's true. I'm a pretty big Harbaugh guy, I just think there is unlimited potential with him. But I also know that potential doesn't amount to success.
I don't think there could be one guy everyone would be happy with...unless it was someone huge.
Are we really going to see an announcement next week? I kinda want this to be over.
Re: Harbaugh Bio
Jim Harbaugh begins his third year as the University of San Diego head football coach and quarterbacks coach. Last year he guided the Toreros to a program-best 11-1 overall record, the PFL North Division title, the outright PFL Championship, and to the No. 1 ranking for all I-AA Mid-Major programs.The Toreros received the Sports Network Cup for being the No. 1 ranked team in the final poll. Additionally, Harbaugh was the PFL North Division Coach of the Year and a nominee for the I-AA Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year. Under his direction the Toreros enter the 2006 campaign having won 16 of their last 17 games.
In 2004, his first year, he directed the Toreros to an overall mark of 7-4, including 5 straight wins to end the season. USD finished 3-1 in the Pioneer Football League North Division, good for a 2nd place finish. Five of his players were recognized as All-America; twelve were recognized as All-PFL; eight players were selected to the PFL All-Academic Team; and quarterback Todd Mortensen, the PFL co-Offensive Player of the Year, signed a free agent contract with the Detroit Lions.
Harbaugh, a former NFL quarterback who played 15 seasons in the league, played locally with the Chargers between 1999-2000. The 41-year-old Harbaugh, who resides in nearby Coronado, played in 177 league games with 140 starts since originally entering the NFL as a first round pick by the Chicago Bears in 1987. For his career, he completed 2,305 of 3,918 passes for 26,288 yards with 129 touchdowns.
Harbaugh played seven seasons for the Bears and passed for a career-high 3,121 yards for Chicago in 1991. He played for the Indianapolis Colts from 1994-97 and in 1995, achieved career highs in completion percentage (63.7) and touchdown passes (17). While with the Colts he led the team to the AFC Championship game; was voted to the Pro Bowl; was named the 1995 Comeback Player of the Year and the AFC Player of the Year; and was runner-up in the NFL MVP voting. Harbaugh played for Baltimore in 1998, and following his two-year stint with the Chargers closed out his NFL career with Carolina in 2001.
In January, 2005, Jim was inducted into the Indianapolis Colts Ring of Honor. Harbaugh, one of the most successful and popular players in the club's 21-year Indianapolis era, played from 1994-98 with the Colts. He was inducted at halftime of the Colts-Denver Wild Card playoff game. Jim started for the majority of his Colts career, completing 746 of 1,230 passes for 8,705 yards and 49 touchdowns. He won the NFL passer rating title in 1995 at 100.7. Harbaugh joins the late Robert Irsay, Bill Brooks, Ted Marchibroda and Chris Hinton in the Colts Ring of Honor.
Harbaugh was a four-year letterman at the University of Michigan and finished his college career in the top five in passing attempts, completions, completion percentage, passing yards and touchdown passes. Playing for Bo Schembechler, he was a three-year starter and led the Wolverines to appearances in the Fiesta, Holiday, and Rose Bowl games. As a senior in 1986 he guided Michigan to a No. 2 national ranking while earning Big Ten Player of the Year honors and finishing third in the Heisman balloting.
Over his final eight seasons in the NFL (1994-2001), Jim was an NCAA-certified unpaid assistant coach under his father, Jack, at Western Kentucky University. Serving as an offensive consultant, he scouted and recruited high school student-athletes throughout several states including Florida, Indiana and Illinois. He was involved in recruiting 17 players on WKU's 2002 I-AA National Championship team. His dad was a football coach for 41 years, including 14-years as Head Coach at Western Kentucky. His brother, John, is currently Special Teams Coordinator with the Philadelphia Eagles; and his brother-in-law, Tom Crean, is Head Basketball Coach of Marquette University.
Harbaugh has been very active in Community Service ventures. He has been actively involved with the Harbaugh Hill Foundation, the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children (Indiana University), Western Kentucky University, the Jim Harbaugh Foundation, the Uhlich's Children's Home and the Children's Miracle Network.
Jim Harbaugh begins his third year as the University of San Diego head football coach and quarterbacks coach. Last year he guided the Toreros to a program-best 11-1 overall record, the PFL North Division title, the outright PFL Championship, and to the No. 1 ranking for all I-AA Mid-Major programs.The Toreros received the Sports Network Cup for being the No. 1 ranked team in the final poll. Additionally, Harbaugh was the PFL North Division Coach of the Year and a nominee for the I-AA Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year. Under his direction the Toreros enter the 2006 campaign having won 16 of their last 17 games.
In 2004, his first year, he directed the Toreros to an overall mark of 7-4, including 5 straight wins to end the season. USD finished 3-1 in the Pioneer Football League North Division, good for a 2nd place finish. Five of his players were recognized as All-America; twelve were recognized as All-PFL; eight players were selected to the PFL All-Academic Team; and quarterback Todd Mortensen, the PFL co-Offensive Player of the Year, signed a free agent contract with the Detroit Lions.
Harbaugh, a former NFL quarterback who played 15 seasons in the league, played locally with the Chargers between 1999-2000. The 41-year-old Harbaugh, who resides in nearby Coronado, played in 177 league games with 140 starts since originally entering the NFL as a first round pick by the Chicago Bears in 1987. For his career, he completed 2,305 of 3,918 passes for 26,288 yards with 129 touchdowns.
Harbaugh played seven seasons for the Bears and passed for a career-high 3,121 yards for Chicago in 1991. He played for the Indianapolis Colts from 1994-97 and in 1995, achieved career highs in completion percentage (63.7) and touchdown passes (17). While with the Colts he led the team to the AFC Championship game; was voted to the Pro Bowl; was named the 1995 Comeback Player of the Year and the AFC Player of the Year; and was runner-up in the NFL MVP voting. Harbaugh played for Baltimore in 1998, and following his two-year stint with the Chargers closed out his NFL career with Carolina in 2001.
In January, 2005, Jim was inducted into the Indianapolis Colts Ring of Honor. Harbaugh, one of the most successful and popular players in the club's 21-year Indianapolis era, played from 1994-98 with the Colts. He was inducted at halftime of the Colts-Denver Wild Card playoff game. Jim started for the majority of his Colts career, completing 746 of 1,230 passes for 8,705 yards and 49 touchdowns. He won the NFL passer rating title in 1995 at 100.7. Harbaugh joins the late Robert Irsay, Bill Brooks, Ted Marchibroda and Chris Hinton in the Colts Ring of Honor.
Harbaugh was a four-year letterman at the University of Michigan and finished his college career in the top five in passing attempts, completions, completion percentage, passing yards and touchdown passes. Playing for Bo Schembechler, he was a three-year starter and led the Wolverines to appearances in the Fiesta, Holiday, and Rose Bowl games. As a senior in 1986 he guided Michigan to a No. 2 national ranking while earning Big Ten Player of the Year honors and finishing third in the Heisman balloting.
Over his final eight seasons in the NFL (1994-2001), Jim was an NCAA-certified unpaid assistant coach under his father, Jack, at Western Kentucky University. Serving as an offensive consultant, he scouted and recruited high school student-athletes throughout several states including Florida, Indiana and Illinois. He was involved in recruiting 17 players on WKU's 2002 I-AA National Championship team. His dad was a football coach for 41 years, including 14-years as Head Coach at Western Kentucky. His brother, John, is currently Special Teams Coordinator with the Philadelphia Eagles; and his brother-in-law, Tom Crean, is Head Basketball Coach of Marquette University.
Harbaugh has been very active in Community Service ventures. He has been actively involved with the Harbaugh Hill Foundation, the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children (Indiana University), Western Kentucky University, the Jim Harbaugh Foundation, the Uhlich's Children's Home and the Children's Miracle Network.
Jake Harbaugh, Jim's father coached with Bo Schembechler at Michigan for 6 years.Jim Harbaugh as a Kid put his feet up on Bo's desk Jim was 10 to 16 during that. Jim would later play QB under Bo Schembechler at Michigan.
Bo Schembechler has the most wins in all of Michigans history.
http://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/coaches/coaches.htm
Glen (Bo) Schembechler 1969-1989 194 48 5 .802 143 24 3 .856 13
thats the kind of environment Jim had when growing up one of the best Big10 coaches at a PowerHouse in the Big10 and his father an assistant and later a Headcoach at another University.
while JIm is coaching Div 1-AA its a non scholarship team with jack squat for a budget. he has taken that team to new heights and worked his *** off doing it. he Left his coaching position at the Oakland Raiders to do it.
he could have wound up Coaching the Raiders if he had stayed.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/pioneer/2005-09-13-harbaugh-cover_x.htm
how many Div1 coaches run till they vomit and match lift for lift in the weight room till they blow a muscle.
its odd that Oakland Raiders happened to go to the SuperBowl when Jim Harbaugh was an assistant coach in 2002. raiders falling short previous years.
Bo Schembechler has the most wins in all of Michigans history.
http://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/coaches/coaches.htm
Glen (Bo) Schembechler 1969-1989 194 48 5 .802 143 24 3 .856 13
thats the kind of environment Jim had when growing up one of the best Big10 coaches at a PowerHouse in the Big10 and his father an assistant and later a Headcoach at another University.
while JIm is coaching Div 1-AA its a non scholarship team with jack squat for a budget. he has taken that team to new heights and worked his *** off doing it. he Left his coaching position at the Oakland Raiders to do it.
he could have wound up Coaching the Raiders if he had stayed.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/pioneer/2005-09-13-harbaugh-cover_x.htm
how many Div1 coaches run till they vomit and match lift for lift in the weight room till they blow a muscle.
its odd that Oakland Raiders happened to go to the SuperBowl when Jim Harbaugh was an assistant coach in 2002. raiders falling short previous years.
