Michigan’s Rashan Gary discusses how he and his family handled the criticism while he was out with a shoulder injury, Nov. 6, 2018. Nick Baumgardner, Freep
Standing outside a doorway next to the stage at Hill Auditorium, Jim Harbaugh put on glasses, squinted into Mike Tirico's cell phone and let out a forceful sigh of relief.
No, this wasn't a scene from a sitcom. It was the moment Michigan's head coach found out Rashan Gary, the country's top-ranked recruit at the time, was coming to Ann Arbor.
Michigan was in the final moments of its first "Signing of the Stars" spectacle in February 2016, a circus-like event that generated a gargantuan level of recruiting hype.