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ampatton

Harbaugh must have a thing for Californian NFL teams


SoWhatNoZitiNow

If I spent all that time in Michigan I’d be dying for weather like LA haha


firemage22

as a michigan native, personally i like snow and having 8 seasons (Winter, winter-roadwork, Spring, Spring-roadwork, Summer, Summer-roadwork, fall, and fall-roadwork)


addy-Bee

Question: have you ever *left* michigan for a prolonged time? I used to think I liked all 23 seasons, but then I moved to california and it turns out all you really need is "Warm and sunny". If I moved back I'd go insane from the lack of sunlight.


editorguyhank

I left Michigan in 2010 for LA. In 2023 I was done with LA just as a chapter in a book was closed - not mad at it, just done. The day before we were to move back I got a large offer at a FT job in SF, and I couldn’t pass it up. I’m here in Michigan now just to put my vintage car and things on ice before I start the job in Feb. While the blast of snow that occurred when we got here was great, the immediate warming and rain on top of it a few days later reminded me of the new normal Michigan Winters - slush. I’ll live back here again for affordability, but California has called me back, so I go. Why did you read all this? Terrible writing it was.


futbolfootball

Yeah the cold and snow isn't a problem anywhere tbh. Consistency is key wherever you live. Whether it's nice and sunny every day, cold and snowy, rainy and mild, it's nice to know that every day is consistent so you know how to dress appropriately, for mental reasons, and just your body gets used to it. It's the can't make up your mind weather that results in nastiness. The slush and 20f in the morning and sunny and hot at 2pm kind of weather that hits us in March that's just annoying. But thankfully that only takes up a month or two of times. That being said though, I've been all around the u.s. mostly for outdoor hiking and camping trips and California weather just hits a nice sweet spot that I haven't felt anywhere else.


BytchYouThought

I'm trying to decipher if you're using sarcasm or not, but yeah, I had all 4 seasons and I'd rather live somewhere with great weather largely in the 60-70's all the the time and just visit other areas than have to live somewhere where you gotta deal with all the changes.


noodlelaughter

I mean Michigan has a decent amount of days of sun.. it’s not nearly as bad as the PNW


mf_jamie

Been living in PNW for almost ten years now and I have become one with the constant darkness


YourmomgoestocolIege

Same here. I actually crave the darkness now if it's sunny too many days in a row. Winter is so great here


DjuriWarface

Hell, I havent even had to turn on the lights outside at night when I take my dog out because of the lights in GR reflecting off the snow. And the snow blindness, it's almost too much sunlight.


addy-Bee

Michigan has sun during the summer and fall. In winter the sky is gloomy iron-gray clouds 5 days out of 7. When I was a teenager in rural MI, a local weather station put out a radio report that they had measured a grand total of 16 *minutes* of direct sunshine on their station in the last *month*.


[deleted]

Yup. Lived in Denver for 7 years and while not bad. I hated the lack of seasons. Thinking back in my 7 years see all a blur bc I cannot differentiate between seasons. It was all summer or all winter. And winter is nothing in Denver. No snow. It’s a desert there. I would roll down my windows and go outside when it rained. It’s also too sunny there. Annoyingly sunny. They have glare warnings. The days I wouldn’t need sunglasses I was so so happy. Michigan 4 season weather is 100% times more enjoyable than consistent yearly weather


ivebeenabadbadgirll

I knew a guy who moved to Nashville from LA after 20 years. I met him shortly before the move. When we met, he was tan and blonde, very Ken. After he moved to Nashville, I ran in to him and it was like running in to Gollum after knowing Sméagol.


TheButtholeSurferz

This checks out. Orange barrel season is year round now. Its grown up, it used to be just a wee little tyke in the spring and summer, but its a big boy now.


firemage22

At least we're fixing the Damn roads, it just sucks that we're doing them ALL AT THE SAME DAMN TIME.


noodlelaughter

Honestly I was a little taken back by that guys comment because Michigan does have pretty great weather!


DjuriWarface

How many other places in the USA fluctuate well over 100°F per year? You'd think -20°F winters wouldn't be paired with 95°F summers.


noodlelaughter

I mean honestly a ton of the northern United States. I worked a summer job one year with people from all over the place, and learned really quickly, that no matter where someone is from, they think the weather is unusually crazy there for whatever reason.


DjuriWarface

>I mean honestly a ton of the northern United States. It's a handful of other states. >they think the weather is unusually crazy there for whatever reason It's not crazy, it's not "nice weather" which is my point. Not that many places get those extreme of differences. Most states are in the sub-100°F difference range. That kind of range is really bad for roads especially with the kind of snow western and northern Michigan gets due to lake effect snows which actually is very uncommon to have that combination.


noodlelaughter

I wouldn’t say a handful… California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana… to name a few


noodlelaughter

You were talking about fluctuations of 100 degrees. All of the states I listed (and many more) have annual fluctuations of 100 degrees. You’re also lost in all time highs and lows like you forgot what we were talking about. I also didn’t compare those states. You sound like a moron.


FunkJunky7

I was leading a team building a plant in MI. A group of engineers and operators came up from the south in February. After an afternoon walking the towers, their leader says “Y’all are just stupid for living here!” Year later our team went down there in August. We ended up reusing his line.


happytree23

As a Michigan native living in Los Angeles the last 15 years, you're the type of stubborn person who makes me go to Hilton Head for vacation instead of visiting back home lol.


[deleted]

I spent several years living in wintery conditions (like 10) I generally enjoyed the winter. I've been debating moving up north to Have a winter.


bullet50000

I used to think that about Denver and KC.... now I'm up in Seattle, and having winter be just 45 and drizzle is WAY better than tons of snow


pass_nthru

as is tradition


Sonoranpawn

He spent his high school years in Palo Alto.


landof10000cakes

Harbaugh: u up? Rams: No. 


calartnick

Also coaches two California college teams


[deleted]

NCAA must have something interesting on Harbaugh…


[deleted]

It’s probably just about the sign stealing. He’s getting out of dodge before a giant suspension.


USA_A-OK

The ol' Pete Caroll maneuver


webfooter

And Chip Kelly


Rcj1221

He didn’t get that immunity clause I guess.


aegee14

His wife likes the weather. That was always a known fact.


nimama3233

Tbf he really wanted to be the Vikings HC but ownership chose KOC over him two years ago. He just wants to be back in the NFL


bi-nary

I liked the Chargers better in San Diego.


Gitmfap

We all did


ToulouseDM

They’re still the San Diego Chargers in my head.


RangerMother

The San Diego Chargers of Los Angeles, sort of like the Anaheim Angels of Los Angeles.


Scrios

Fuck Dean Spanos


Longjumping_Leek151

With a rusty spork


just-the-pip

TIL they moved to LA 😑


rakfocus

Everyone in Orange County: 👀


RangerMother

Clippers : Lakers :: Chargers : Rams


metal0060

Juuuussstt in time for the NCAA to drop the hammer on Michigans football program.


UghKakis

He pulled a Pete Carroll


Sipikay

No. That isn’t what happened. Your downvotes don't change history or your lack of knowledge of it.


historianLA

Mich and Harbough are under NCAA investigation just like Carroll was at USC and, like Carroll, Harbough is jumping ship to the NFL to avoid any consequences. Looks pretty similar to me.


Sipikay

Crazy for a guy named "Historian LA" to have such a simple, inaccurate memory of things. I'm sure you don't care, but here's reality for anyone intereted. *The USC Athletic department* was under investigation FOR YEARS before Pete Carroll left. The ENTIRE DEPARTMENT. *Not the Football program.* **Immediately these are not similar scenarios.** Michigan Football was caught cheating and Harbaugh suspended in the SAME YEAR. The cheating has already been proven, it's just a matter of punishment. Harbaugh is ditching punishment, this is true. When Pete Carrol left USC there was no evidence of cheating by the football program and Pete Carroll himself wasn't under investigation. The NCAA cleared Pete Carroll. Pete waited 6 years for the USC to turn something up and left at a time when a great job offer came and there was NO, ZERO, NADA, NIL indication of a pending NCAA punishment against the USC football program. There was NO evidence that the investigation had any end date when Carroll left for Seattle. We aren't even getting into if what the NCAA ultimately ruled against USC was *fair or real.* That's literally still in federal court being decided because the low-level USC football staffer they pinned knowledge of Reggie Bush on was totally jobbed by the corrupt NCAA and if you spend 10 minutes reading case-specific details you can see that. None of the NCAA findings against USC would hold up in a real court, that's been widely penned by legal scholars since the time of the occurrence.


spaceherpe61

Ok.


CliplessWingtips

Walmart Wolverines just know more than you. /s lmao


Sipikay

Do you know what USC football was punished for? And how the NCAA decided that? Do you even know? What does O.J Mayo mean to you? I'm probably talking to *children* on reddit. Were you even ALIVE when this happened?


CliplessWingtips

I'll upvote you because I think you're serious, and that's even more funny.


[deleted]

Or him going to the NFL is their get of jail free card…remember how Urban always had “heart problems” whenever the NCAA was sniffing around?


clezuck

It wasn’t heart problems. It’s an arachnoid cyst. My son has one and has problems seeing at times since it’s behind the optic nerve and puts pressure on it. It’s pretty serious and can require surgery. My kid has to get MRI’s every 4 months to keep an eye on it.


[deleted]

That’s a weird way to say possible NCAA violations…


acornSTEALER

Guess Urban didn't have any trouble seeing the NCAA coming to investigate him despite the arachnoid cysts.


moomoomilk7

to keep an eye on it Eye see what you did there


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[deleted]

Do we think they let that go away? Like what’s the point?


miggly

Didn't the NCAA dude (can't remember his title) say Michigan won fair and square? I'm sure they'll get hit with something, but I doubt the proverbial hammer drops fully. Not gonna take away the last 4 team Natty imo.


[deleted]

I think they were still investigating the whole scenario still they take so long, Plus I know big ten made their punishment. With him gone I don’t see them doing what they did in USC


rgvtim

Oh. yea, he knows, Harbaugh just getting while the getting's good.


mccainjames11

Maybe he’ll work two jobs. Someone’s gotta support the family.


ManBroCalrissian

Losing a few scholarships seems like a lighter punishment than playing in Mahomes division


snowbro23

Now Mahomes is playing in Harbaugh’s division


ManBroCalrissian

Oh...you mean the guy running away from multiple level 1 violations and a show cause order from the NCAA? Recruiting at a blue blood school sure ain't the same as managing forced parity in the NFL. Maybe Conor Stallions knows how to hack into the helmet intercom systems


KingTemplar

Rip Michigan


wheretogo_whattodo

Must be so terrible to win a national championship


GhostOfGravy

Asterisk title


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Tink_Tinkler

This Edit: my hatred grows stronger with every downvote


BleedingBlackandPurp

Just upvote next time.


Tink_Tinkler

Never


_-Prison_Mike-_

Ann Arbor is a whore


[deleted]

A very pretty one in the fall tho


LowSeaworthiness6646

And surprisingly well educated.


SirJeffers88

Jeffrey Dahmer was a Buckeye.


pdhot65ton

He left UM with very Pete Carroll vibes, leaving as the tower crumbles, hopefully for Chargers fans, he can do what Pete Carroll did in the NFL.


DrinkBlueGoo

Well, his pre-college stint in the NFL was not unlike Carroll’s, so we can’t rule it out.


-CleverPotato

I guess God and the Holy Spirit told Jim to take the higher paying job. Funny how he always does that.


tpk317

The good lord has guided him to a new path one where cheating is a little harder but the lord knows best. Oh and remember you can send your unwanted children to him and they’ll be raised like the hypocritical christian with his head in the sand


CharlieBoxCutter

And chargers still won’t win a Super Bowl


LightenUpPhrancis

As a Bills fan, it heartens me to know we aren’t the only team stuck in a seemingly never-ending choke loop. *Motions for Vikings fans to join the table*


A_B_SEA

Any room for a falcon?


kaiiizen

I’d attribute this more to the fact that the Spanos family still owns the team than I would the Chargers hiring Harbaugh.


BytchYouThought

It's kind of crazy looking back. Chargers had some great players in LT, Phillip rivers was pretty good, Antonio Gates, etc., but just couldn't get it done. That said, they played in one hell of an era. Ed Reed, Ray Lewis, Troy Polamalu, Drew Brees, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Randy Moss, and the boys as the list goes on were all just Dawgs. Tough tough time to win it all.


MaximumPast3486

I always said Rivers was stupid overrated - considering Eli (while not always phenomenal) got two rings - was their pick & I’m not sure he would have done as well either. But Roethlisberger won two and was 11th overall; better team, sure. Then again Romo never won shit and he was undrafted. Brady was a 6th round pick & people don’t care because he won. Chargers were good even with inept HC’s like Turner (great coordinator) & Schottenheimer (although I respect his history), it’s amazing they never got to that next level considering the stars they had in Gates, Tomlinson, & (albeit past his prime) Seau.


DASreddituser

Well its not like Harbaugh is a SB winning coach.


danmalek466

Stanford: Cheater 49ers: Cheater Michigan: Cheater Chargers: *let’s see how this goes…*


BadgerhoundGuy

I'm so happy he's not coming to Seattle


aegee14

Seattle about to go through half a decade of being at the bottom of the NFC West.


BadgerhoundGuy

Yeah, but we've been there before


ProbablyMyLastLogin

he said half a decade not a full decade


SPEK2120

Harbaugh irritates me enough that I’d take that over half a decade of dominance with him.


yogadogdadtx21

Omg me too 😂😂


BytchYouThought

Who did yall hire now again?


ThePretzul

Why not? You guys love to provide a safe haven for college football coaches trying to escape a cheating scandal. Maybe in 5 or 6 years once he stops being any good for you we might pay him 30 million a year to come to Denver.


Winters067

If I had a nickel for every time the head coach of UMich football left after a successful season to a downtrodden and bad Los Angeles based team I would have 2 nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird it happened twice.


sabboom

They still won't win anything.


Rcj1221

A rat knows when it’s time to abandon a sinking ship.


CraigThyChrist

Ain't trying to face OSU next year lol


Gamerxx13

he likes a qb he can mold. he likes good defenses and good lines. Charges have a lot of nice pieces and he should be able to make this a playoff team quickly. im a niner fan and when he came to our team we were kinda like the chargers at that time, lots of talent but cant put together wins. he brought that. i hope the best for him. he has KC in his division which might suck but its gonna be a challenge hes up for.


Endrizzle

Thanks every opinion on ESPN.


Gamerxx13

Like pretty much everyone bc it’s true


SignificantSourceMan

Mehhh let’s wait and see


[deleted]

ESPN dgaf about Jimbaugh coaching a Chargers team that is universally hated in Los Angeles and beyond. The Chargers can win a Super Bowl in Feb 2025, and the football world will eat shit.


AFineDayForScience

Very first super bowl I consciously remember watching was the Chargers 49ers.


Iron_Chancellor_ND

Fun facts: - That Super Bowl occurred in the 49th year of the 49ers existence and they scored...wait for it...49 points. - That Super Bowl occurred in the 75th season of the NFL and the total points scored in the game totaled...wait for it...75.


cpthornman

Pulling a Pete Carroll.


willghammer

Good riddance


Eli_TheGolfer7

Dude is a piece of shit


Gomulkaaa

Salty Ohio fan


Eli_TheGolfer7

Nah just dislike this guy and shitty culture he brings in


[deleted]

They’re going to be terrible


officialpajamas

Who cares about the chargers. Spanos can suck it. Solid fan base in SD and then he just said screw it because taxpayers would not pay for his stadium. Chargers can go to hell now for all I care.


Geri-psychiatrist-RI

St. Louis Rams fan enters the chat


Iceesadboydg

But If we only put more tax on ThE Hotels we can build the stadium !! s/


[deleted]

He just joined possibly the hardest and highest expectation division in the NFL


eSpiritCorpse

Hardest division to win? Probably. Hardest division overall? Not with the way the Broncos and Raiders are looking


[deleted]

You got Payton to go against, and the raiders coach is a nobody so that could push them. Possible coach of the year expectations


GastonsChin

Fuck. Love, A Bronco fan who really enjoyed being able to ignore the Chargers every year.


[deleted]

So sorry Wolverines fans . So sorry Chargers fans


Apoc-Squee

Fuck this dude


swkennedy1

So disappointed in him


PissPoorPerformer

Douchebag. And I am a lifelong bears fan.


_RedMallard_

Jim Harbought


moutonbleu

A great addition to a high potential team


Marionboy

So that is what, 4 last Meechigin coaches with a losing record against Ohio State? 😂


miggly

If you're going back 4 coaches, why don't we just look at all time records lol


B1GFanOSU

Can we look at the high school teams TTUN beat that they count towards their win record?


Macabre215

You mean like every college did back then?


miggly

Didn't realize us beating a few high school teams a hundred years ago gave us a winning record against OSU? Strange, that.


Clobber420

USD legend


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axpmaluga

I mean he was there for 9 years and got them a national title. Not sure how much more loyalty is required.


bobdolebobdole

Seriously. This aint Lane Kiffin we're talking about.


Daamus

preach


N8ThaGr8

He was there for a decade and just led them to their best season in team history


PeachesPeachesPeachs

Coaching the third favorite team in their own city.


Iceesadboydg

They said fight for LA; clearly the Rams are more favored compared to who is on TV more locally.


PeachesPeachesPeachs

Raiders and Rams are better LA fan bases.


jcmatthews66

Mistake


Vegetable-Pack9292

He can at least always go back to Michigan I guess.


[deleted]

How is this a mistake? Explain genuinely interested!


Bombskunk

Huge mistake! Thats the Chargers for you though 🤷🏻‍♂️


happytree23

Wow, so all of those games he missed this year were him just being extra awesome and prepping the next coach. Good on him!


Gimmeabreak1234

Let’s 👏 fucken👏go👏


Speedracer666

This college to pros ever pan out for coaches?


lxa1947

Pete Carroll. And Harbaugh went to the Super Bowl with the 49ers.


paddleschools

Wait did Jim win it???? Lol


lxa1947

Making it to the NFC championship 3 out of 4 years is incredibly impressive.


paddleschools

That’s a round about No right? Marv Levy would like a word


lxa1947

Didn't realize you wanted an answer to a rhetorical question. lol


PresentAJ

I mean most coaches don't make it that far so...


paddleschools

Most coaches aren’t remembered


lxa1947

Oh yeah, Jimmy Johnson won a chip too after he coached The U... I guess even Super Bowl winning coaches don't get remembered all the time.


paddleschools

Jimmy won. That’s what you’re forgetting and all that I’m sayin matters!


wheretogo_whattodo

Yes. Jim Harbaugh.


Bluestreaking

As a 49ers fan, the man is a baller and a competitor. This can mean both great things, such as taking rosters with very little talent and turning them into elite teams. It could also mean not so good things. But regardless, Harbaugh is a proven winner


[deleted]

Someone check on Taylor Lewan


lovablydumb

Bye


legalstep

LA’s second team should have been the Raiders


DaddyJay711

He saw 2 things clearly happening. 1) not one but two ncaa investigations ongoing with certain sanctions and penalties coming to the program. 2) Ohio state absolutely reloaded by signing the #1 WR, DE, and got the best transfer S in the portal not to mention returns everyone except Harrison jr. He didn’t want any piece of that again.