🏈 Jim Harbaugh suspended as UM regents discussed leaving the B1G conference

[UAgrad93]

Stalions hasn’t said a word as of yet. Let UM fire him and this dude is going to sing like a bird!!

 

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[BamaFan334]

Freaking love it. Burn baby burn!!!

 

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Pete Thamel reported tonight that in the Big Ten Athletic Directors meeting with Tony Petitti, the most powerful message came from Michigan State athletic director, Alan Haller.

While is has been rumored that Ryan Day has been the most vocal coach, Haller’s message is being discussed the most since it included alterations in preparation that Michigan State needed to go through prior to its game with Michigan when he received a call in the middle of game week.

He also referenced last year, when the Big Ten quickly and aggressively forced Michigan State to suspend numerous players after the tunnel incident in Ann Arbor before the league finished investigating the incident.

He expressed the hypocrisy of the Big Ten in the event that Michigan would not be punished since they are under investigation, but Michigan State’s players were not protected especially in this situation where player protection seems to be a major concern.

This is not the typical demeanor of Haller, so it has been reported that this resonated with Petitti and the other Athletic Directors.

 

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[bama alum]

Cue the canary!

Source: Michigan fires football analyst Stalions

Michigan has fired football analyst Connor Stalions amid an NCAA investigation into an alleged sign-stealing operation by the Wolverines, a source confirmed to ESPN.

www.espn.com

 

[bamafan9201]

Stalions hasn’t said a word as of yet. Let UM fire him and this dude is going to sing like a bird!!

Source: Michigan fires analyst Connor Stalions amid NCAA sign-stealing investigation

Stalions has been accused of purchasing tickets to games of future Michigan opponents in his name for games and transferring them to various friends and acquaintances.

uk.sports.yahoo.com

Apparently Stallions just got fired according to a source for Yahoo Sports.

I dunno man, this guy lives and breathes this football program, don't think he'll want to make things worse.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Apparently Stallions just got fired according to a source for Yahoo Sports.

I dunno man, this guy lives and breathes this football program, don't think he'll want to make things worse.

Agreed. His attorney(s) is going to tell him to zip it, as he should. Same type of route that Bohannon took at UA when he was busted.

 

[bamafan9201]

Agreed. His attorney(s) is going to tell him to zip it, as he should. Same type of route that Bohannon took at UA when he was busted.

Yea, if I was his attorney, I would say the same thing. If he ever wants to have a chance to coach or be an analyst again, he can't burn bridges here.

 

[BamaFan334]

Agreed. His attorney(s) is going to tell him to zip it, as he should. Same type of route that Bohannon took at UA when he was busted.

A jaded person will turn in two seconds. He's already done in coaching for along while if not forever. A program firing him and not having his back, especially if they were behind it may be his only saving grace if he rolls on them and shows some kind of morals in this whole thing. I feel the Bohannon deal was different because he could implicate himself and be charged with actual crimes, not just NCAA sanctions.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

A jaded person will turn in two seconds. He's already done in coaching for along while if not forever. A program firing him and not having his back, especially if they were behind it may be his only saving grace if he rolls on them and shows some kind of morals in this whole thing. I feel the Bohannon deal was different because he could implicate himself and be charged with actual crimes, not just NCAA sanctions.

The comparison is in regards to how the attorney told both of them to shut up and not cooperate with the University's investigation(s)... assuming the news on Stalions doing so is true, which seems likely. He won't be working for a university again, but if he indeed was working in concert with others under the university/AD umbrella (certainly appears he was), his best path forward would be to listen to his attorney. If he ends up being a hothead like Zach Smith was, there's no telling what he'll do... but I think despite the stupid shit he did, he's way more intelligent, based on his resumé, than someone like the former meathead Buckeye coach.

 

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UPDATE: Based on information from Sam Webb’s most recent Webblog post and what I have been told:It is Michigan vs. the Big Ten.Currently, most schools, from across their administration, want to see Jim Harbaugh gone from coaching in the Big Ten.

It is hard to envision a scenario where Jim Harbaugh is not hit with either a hefty suspension or is outright fired.Tony Petitti is doing his best to keep the Big Ten patient, but as more information is released, this is only getting more difficult for him to manage.Jim Harbaugh seems to be the focus of the Michigan opposition.

Although the defense that Jim Harbaugh did not know is being used quite a bit, that only appears to unsettle the opposition more. They believe that Jim Harbaugh’s inability to recognize cheating on his staff is possibly just as bad as his instructing them to cheat himself.

However, the high-level administration at Michigan does not plan to discipline Harbaugh. They are putting that in the hands of Tony Petitti, which I think is a wrong choice because Petitti does not have the influence and trust of a long-term leader. He is still new, and it is clear that Michigan’s opposition is trying to use that against them.

All in all, it looks like Jim Harbaugh will most likely face an indefinite suspension. Michigan’s opposition would like to see Jim Harbaugh suspended for multiple years from the Big Ten if Michigan is not willing to fire him (possibly, but not likely, an outright ban from the Big Ten).Still, Petitti wants there to be a way Harbaugh can end his suspension IF the NCAA investigation reveals information that makes Harbaugh innocent.

But as I said, at this point, Michigan’s opposition has either one or more new findings that we do not know yet that make them believe that if Jim Harbaugh did not know what happened, it is just as bad as his orchestrating it.More is to come, but this is developing day by day. I cannot imagine we do not get clarity on this at some point next week.

 

[rammerjammer]

I would imagine Petitti is trying to keep this from coming to a head until after the OSU/UM game. Bottom line is money!!! Always is.

Possibility of having 2 teams in the CFB and allow the Big 10 to crow for having 2 teams in the top 4 is money money money. When this article first came out, I thought it was a bunch of hulabaloo about nothing. If 1/2 of what they say has been done, then this is for sure dirty. To the extent that Stalion went to gain access, etc. UM needs to feel the pain sooner rather than later. It will be interesting to see what happens to a team when sanctions hit them and kids are able to transfer, NIL money. I would imagine with all the new rules, it will be a death penalty to teams that are sanctioned.

 

[BamaFan615]

Wonder what the one or more new findings would be.

I’m not sure it should really matter at this point to be quite honest. 100% chance Harbough knew this was going on.

 

[TerryP]

Possibility of having 2 teams in the CFB and allow the Big 10 to crow for having 2 teams in the top 4 is money money money.

It's a fraction of what they make in their TV deals. A fraction.

 

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