In the Trenches 118 - Jim and Jack Harbaugh
MGoBlue Podcasts with Jon Jansen
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4.8 • 754 Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2020
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Jim and Jack Harbaugh sit down and provide detail, background and perspective on why Jim wrote his open letter to the football community.
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| 0:00.0 | Yesterday, Michigan Football's head coach, Jim Harbaugh, released an open letter to the football community. |
| 0:07.9 | So we have them today, along with his dad, Jack Harbaugh, to talk about some of the specifics in this open letter. |
| 0:14.5 | And why? Jim Harbaugh, next on In the Trenches. |
| 0:18.5 | Let's go In the Trenches with John J go in the trenches with John Jansen. |
| 0:21.9 | The former Wolverines captain in Michigan Sports Hall of Famer will take you inside the locker |
| 0:26.3 | room with players and coaches. |
| 0:28.4 | Once again, here's John Jansen. |
| 0:31.4 | Welcome back, friends. |
| 0:32.6 | We're going to cut right to the chase today because yesterday, the head football coach at Michigan, Jim Harbaugh, |
| 0:38.6 | released an open letter to the football community. And I am joined by Jim Harbaugh and his dad, |
| 0:44.6 | Jack Harbaugh. Gentlemen, thanks for joining me. And how are you guys doing still in quarantine? |
| 0:51.3 | Doing good, John. Thanks for having a son. |
| 0:53.6 | Well, I'm excited. |
| 0:54.0 | We're right down here next door to Jim and get a chance to see the kids every once in a while, |
| 0:58.2 | not as much as we would like, but Jim and Sarah are looking after us, and we're doing well. |
| 1:03.3 | Well, good. That's good to hear and excited when we finally get a chance to get back to Schembecker Hall |
| 1:08.2 | and shake hands and see everybody. |
| 1:10.4 | But, Jim, your |
| 1:12.6 | open letter yesterday, how long have you been thinking about this proposal and why is it important |
| 1:19.7 | to you? Well, many young men and their families for Steve College football is preventing them from earning a living as a professional football player. |
| 1:30.3 | And that's not unreasonable. |
| 1:32.3 | It's not an unreasonable perception given the rules that are currently in place. |
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