Harbaugh to interview with Chargers next week

Seeing as this is the 2nd time this has been posted I would suggest pinning it Mods cause it’s not going to go away on its own.

How many of these NFL “it’s believed” or “sources say” or “potentially could” articles will keep being posted on the MGoBoard? I have the over/under set at 5.5 through the weekend.  

In the article he says "speak with" and not interview:

Sources say it's believed the Chargers will speak next week with Harbaugh, who has indicated to associates there's a real possibility he could leave the University of Michigan to become Los Angeles' head coach.

Also:

Meanwhile, sources say negotiations are ongoing with Michigan as the school makes an effort to sign Harbaugh to a contract extension, particularly in light of other recent movement within college football.

I've also heard rumors he's going to announce later today he's staying at Michigan.  Nobody knows anything.

The CBS article author has no source of his own, and instead cites a Tom Pelissero article on NFL.com.  The Pelissero article itself article does not at all claim any true source saying that an interview has been set up or that Harbaugh will be interviewing.  The carefully worded text is more compatible with the idea that a 'source' thinks an interview may or should take place.  Thus, the 'source' is likely someone speculating that such an interview will happen. Otherwise, the Peilserro article would provide more detail. 

Here is the text of the Pelissero article: "Harbaugh is certainly a candidate of interest, but sources say the sides have not yet spoken. That should change next week, and if all goes well, things could ramp up quickly."  That is VERY far from stating that an interview has been scheduled, or even that the 'source' has any personal knowledge that either side is seeking to schedule an interview.   It is carefully worded to separate sources saying that "the sides have not spoken," and then in the next sentence (not attributed to any source) speculating that things "could ramp up quickly."  In addition, it is buried several paragraphs into the article.  If the Pelissero really had a real source stating that an interview actually is going to happen, it would be in the first paragraph.  

Will JH interview with the chargers?  Maybe.  I would guess that there will be some sort of contact.  But that is...just a guess.  Neither of the articles moves the needle or contains any useful information, other than very vague and non-specific things that are already known.  This is click bait (Harbaugh gets clicks) and sports writers filling their quota of articles they must produce.  

That's not what the article says.

According to NFL Media, it's believed the Los Angeles Chargers will speak with Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh next week.

This sentence basically means nothing

I'm watching Chernobyl and reading about how the actual events went down.

When the reactor was on fire Valery Legasov decided to perform helicopter drops of sand and boron to put it out. When scientists suggested to him that the drops wouldn't be effective, Legasov noted that they must be seen as doing something to put out the fire, even if it's unlikely to succeed.

I dunno if I need to spell out this analogy any further but just in case, Valery Legasov = Chargers leadership and the toxic nuclear disaster fire would be the Los Angeles Chargers

I don't think Harbaughs style would work with nfl players anymore. Especially on a struggling team. These players have much more money and come from a different generation than his 49ers. It'd end up like Beilein where we wish he had just stayed at Michigan and retired instead of getting clowned by young diva athletes.

The Chargers also have too much rot in the system. How can you go 5-12 when you have Hebert, Allen, Ekeler, Bosa, Mack? And those are vets so its looking like he'd need to tear down and rebuild.

Just let me know when it’s time to start tracking planes. 

Whatever you do please do it quickly 

'It's possible', 'sources say', 'might leave', etc. The song is on infinite repeat year after year. I'll believe it if it happens; otherwise, it's clickbait.

Evidently the players know whether JH is staying. If he's not, I'd have expected to see a mass exodus to the portal. Yet as far as I know, we're not seeing that.

If I were Warde I would be sitting on his doorstep with the biggest College Football contract of all time asking him to sign and hopefully before next week.

And I would also not return any Jim Stapleton calls if they happened to come in. 

It’s believed the Chargers will speak to him next week is a FAR cry from “Harbaugh to interview with the Chargers.” 
 

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Saban retires three times, DeBoer hired twice, Harbaugh interviewing twice … boy oh boy 

Again?

Keith Jackson?

This is like the ancient party Game of Telephone.  Quietly hear a whispered message, repeat the message to the next ear and so on and so on. The fun part is how changed the message is once it's spoken aloud at its "final destination".

Some guy writes/tweets/speculates - then the next guy (who's a "good guy") opines about the speculation - only to soon have the speculation considered kinda factual, so it gets repeated with expansions until it's confirmed in some nebulous way.

Fun game - full of lessons.

Ibd

Jim is doing his due diligence through his agent, which is what anyone who is smart would do in his position. If he actually interviews, same thing - he’s exploring his options.  How can we NOT expect Jim to be smart about this? 

So players have to decide before he does... Pretty sure he's going and that's why they are