Jim Harbaugh, the Savior of Michigan Football©, was hired last month to much ado. And rightfully so, Michigan hired a man whose career triumph was a loss to his little brother in the Super Bowl. Men like that — especially Michigan Men — don't just fall out of the sky.
Since then, however, the only things of note Harbaugh's done are hire a staff (which includes his 25 year-old son), play the piccolo, and flip commits from powerhouses like Texas and UCONN.
And while this latest anecdote didn't involve Jim Harbaugh directly, it still was another setback for his regime.
Greg Mattison, former Michigan DC since demoted to Michigan DL coach who by all accounts an excellent recruiter, was in the house of Daishon Neal, a Nebraska commit, last night. Let's see how it went down:
Daishon Neal's father: "Michigan was a powerhouse, they stormed in hard and tried to get him."
— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) January 27, 2015
Neal's father says Michigan's coaching staff made one mistake, said his son probably wouldn't be able to get into school w/out football
— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) January 27, 2015
At that point, Neal's father told U-M's coaching staff to leave the house -- he was leaning toward U-M, then threw them out of the house
— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) January 27, 2015
Neal: "They basically tried to call me stupid in my own house." ... Apparently Michigan offended the Neal family quite a bit there
— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) January 27, 2015
Yikes.
As Baumgarder later noted: Michigan can't comment on this because schools can't publicly comment on unsigned recruits, so we only have one side of the story.
Will any context stop me from laughing while I sip this tea? No.
