Bacon: Harbaugh getting $5 mil per year, same as SF deal
BREAKING NEWS: Straight from UM AD Jim Hackett. Harbaugh's salary will be roughly $5M a year, plus incentives, same basic contract as 49ers.
So much for "Harbaugh is only leaving the NFL because UM overpaid him"
December 30th, 2014 at 11:02 AM ^
This is great news and debunks the "he came for the money" theory.
I would love it if Harbaugh chained himself to the podium during the press conference to prove that he isn't leaving anytime soon. NFLers in their infinite wisdom are already proclaiming that he won't stay long.
December 30th, 2014 at 11:03 AM ^
Michigan commit Brian Cole said he's expecting Jim Harbaugh to call him at 1:30 today. #UAALLAMERICA
— Tom VanHaaren (@TomVH) December 30, 2014
December 30th, 2014 at 11:07 AM ^
I might just go home from work at lunch, just when I think the day can't get any better, it does!
December 30th, 2014 at 11:08 AM ^
Very glad for him and his family. Work your tail off and go for the money (/s) in NFL!
December 30th, 2014 at 11:05 AM ^
So if you're an NFL guy, are you eating your socks with a fork and knife right now?
December 30th, 2014 at 11:10 AM ^
Someone please post the monkey on the dog gif..
December 30th, 2014 at 11:11 AM ^
Is a great place to raise your kids.
December 30th, 2014 at 11:12 AM ^
Does this mean Grantland has to rewrite that article about Harbaugh and the money?!
But it was soooo long. That's like back in the day when you wrote a paper on the computer and the lights went out.
December 30th, 2014 at 11:14 AM ^
Figured the buzz would be strong with this hiring, but even I am surprised at the reaction of the recruits I have talked to.
— Steve Lorenz (@TremendousUM) December 30, 2014
December 30th, 2014 at 11:15 AM ^
Fuck yes. LMAO.
Not only do we get to enjoy all the NFL writers back tracking from being way off the whole process, but all their excuses for being wrong are now totally fucking invalid.
Jim Harbaugh just wanted to be at Michigan. End of story.
December 30th, 2014 at 11:16 AM ^
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December 30th, 2014 at 11:25 AM ^
...when am I going to eat breakfast?!
Shit, it's almost lunch. I need food!
I can't move from the computer and the TV. This is bigger than my hunger.
December 30th, 2014 at 11:55 AM ^
OSU can keep her
December 30th, 2014 at 11:28 AM ^
Interim AD turned Permanent Director of Everything - Jim Hackett!
Build a statue for this guy.
December 30th, 2014 at 11:54 AM ^
Ooops, no politics!
December 30th, 2014 at 11:32 AM ^
December 30th, 2014 at 11:34 AM ^
I was almost throwing up happy when he decided to come...but this makes me even more happy and now I know I will throw up. He wants to be here, he wants a good staff with him who is paid well, and he wants to win. I feel he has been waiting for this for a long time...the time was right and he is home.
Let us all raise our glasses and cheers to JH
December 30th, 2014 at 11:35 AM ^
I was almost throwing up happy when he decided to come...but this makes me even more happy and now I know I will throw up. He wants to be here, he wants a good staff with him who is paid well, and he wants to win. I feel he has been waiting for this for a long time...the time was right and he is home.
Let us all raise our glasses and cheers to JH
December 30th, 2014 at 11:38 AM ^
But, Mark Davis offered more money!?! Why wouldn't he take MOAR MONEY! The Bears could afford $5 mil! The Falcons and Jets think that's ridiculous too! NFLLLLLLLLLLLLL!
December 30th, 2014 at 11:38 AM ^
December 30th, 2014 at 11:41 AM ^
Less than I expected, but with incentives it still works out. Also nice to see him focusing on his staff and making the overall team better.
December 30th, 2014 at 11:45 AM ^
D'Oh!
December 30th, 2014 at 11:42 AM ^
Less than I expected, but with incentives it still works out. Also nice to see him focusing on his staff and making the overall team better.
December 30th, 2014 at 11:42 AM ^
1) Hackett is a boss, and the man can sure sell what he needs to sell. To walk into a successful NFL coach's office and convince him to come back to college, all the while receiving essentially the same compensation he got at SF, that's pretty great salesmanship.
2) While not surprising, this was never about money for Harbaugh. But he could've taken, and likely gotten that $8 million/year if he really wanted. He doesn't want to make this about him. He wants to get the best damn assistants that are available and build the best damn team he can.
I don't want to get ahead of myself. It still wouldn't surprise me if he went back to the NFL one day, but he's giving indications that he may want to make this his final stop. And I, for one, would be extremely grateful for that.
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December 30th, 2014 at 11:53 AM ^
True blue
December 30th, 2014 at 11:58 AM ^
Maybe 6 years 48 (49) million $ is just a smoke screen to deter other NFL teams from pursuing him? Even a higher bidder (Raiders) could not change his mind.