Jim Harbaugh will not be in attendance for Michigan’s dwelling opener this month, regardless of being introduced as an honorary captain lower than every week in the past.
The brand new Los Angeles Chargers head coach had been planning to make the trek to Ann Arbor regardless of his not too long ago introduced NCAA suspension and show-cause penalty, which will not have an effect on him so long as he stays within the NFL. Nevertheless, Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore advised reporters Tuesday that Harbaugh would not make it.
The explanation offered for the absence was one thing you’d have already anticipated Harbaugh to contemplate: He did not wish to go away his present workforce alone.
Moore’s clarification:
“I really simply talked to Coach yesterday and actually what went into the choice is — we made the choice in March, or I feel it was January or February really — it was actually to honor him for what he is finished for Michigan. He got here again for 9 years and took us to the place we at the moment are, so it was actually to honor him and nothing beside that.
“Yesterday he known as me, advised me that he did not really feel like he might go away his workforce in true Coach Harbaugh trend and desirous to be within the foxhole together with his workforce and never desirous to make it seem like he was taking a deep lengthy bow.”
As a substitute, Michigan will reportedly host Harbaugh’s mother and father, Jack and Jackie Harbaugh, as honorary captains for the sport in opposition to Fresno State on Aug. 31. Harbaugh will proceed to organize the Chargers for their very own season opener, scheduled for Sept. 8 in opposition to the Las Vegas Raiders.
Chargers apart, Harbaugh’s presence on the Wolverines’ opener had already turn out to be a narrative in itself. Which may not have been nice for Michigan contemplating it threatened to amplify a pair of narratives this system wish to dampen, between the NCAA’s ongoing investigation and questions over whether or not Moore can maintain up as a successor.
