Former Michigan wide receiver Amani Toomer compares Jim Harbaugh to Paris Hilton
The honeymoon between Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan football fan base appears to be fading — at least for former Michigan standout Amani Toomer.
Toomer, a former wide receiver for the Wolverines and a Super Bowl champion, appeared on Detroit’s 91.7 FM The Ticket to vent his displeasure with Harbaugh’s helm of the storied program.
“I’m a frustrated fan. I think that what Michigan signed up for was a Nick Saban, an Urban Meyer. We signed up for somebody who was going to come in and change the culture,” he said.
Harbaugh is 28-10 since taking over the program in 2015, but he is 1-5 against rivals Ohio State and Michigan State. The Wolverines finished the 2017 season at 8-4 and have a Jan. 1 Outback Bowl date with South Carolina.
“I mean, he had a great first year. The first two years I was excited. But last year, he had his best team, and they lose to Ohio State? That was a heartbreaker.
“And this year, they lost to Ohio State embarrassingly. They lose to Michigan State, another embarrassment. I just think we deserve better than this.”
Toomer is so displeased with how Harbaugh has managed the program that instead of comparing the man in khakis to another coach, he likened Harbaugh to former reality TV star Paris Hilton.
“To me, that’s [Harbaugh] not a supermodel, that’s Paris Hilton,” he said. “That’s somebody who’s given us nothing, but ‘Oh, we’re going to Rome. Oh, we wear Michael Jordan shoes.’ I don’t care. I want to beat Michigan State; I want to beat Ohio State. That’s the passion that I have for the program.”
Let’s not forget that Harbaugh did turn around a dismal Stanford program, and he was close to winning a Super Bowl with the San Francisco 49ers.
Harbaugh’s contract with Michigan is through 2021.
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