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We'll talk about what it means that Jim Harbaugh, the former head coach at the University of Michigan,

leaving to go to the Los Angeles Chargers means for him as well as the football program moving forward.

We'll do that right here on In the Trenches.

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Nine years is longer than most people thought that he would be in Ann Arbor.

So he stayed around, he got the job done, and now he has left, in terms of the legacy,

he's left the program in a position for future success as well.

This is In the Trenches, presented by Meyer.

Once again, here's John Jansen.

Welcome back, friends, and we're obviously coming to you today because there was breaking news last night that Jim Harbaugh is now the former coach of the University of Michigan.

He is taking his talents out to L.A. and will be the head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers.

Mr. Bush, I want to bring you in here on this discussion as well.

What was your initial reaction to the fact that Jim Harbaugh is no longer in Ann Arbor?

Yeah, John, I think I believe throughout the last few years that if he got an NFL offer, he would go. And I think that that wasn't necessarily

the case this time around. I do feel like the Chargers really had to go above and beyond to bring

him in, to take him away from not just his alma mater, not just a place that means a great deal to him,

but a place that just won a national championship that has a system in place that has the ability to reload at

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