Bacon update regarding Harbaugh

I would like to add "today" to that Get' R done. 

He may want to stay, but I don't think he will sign a No NFL contract that was supposedly discussed a couple of weeks back. If he really does want to win a Super Bowl, now that he's won a college NC, I'm not sure what UM could do keep him. 

I thought they were about to kiss. Pretty sure he has Jims back. Beneficial long term family assurances may be what the recent agent hire was to ensure.

Santa has been so visible at games and during the playoffs in his short time at Michigan.  I have way more confidence in him than i do in warde or had in the guy santa replaced who didnt seem to care about football or conducting himself appropriately 

Yes, 100%. I am very confident with Ono leading the charge. There is no doubt about his support for Harbaugh. 

My guess? It’s not the bag as the money is agreed upon. Its the lawyers and it surrounds how to structure the “termination for cause” clause. Harbaugh can’t turn down a fully guaranteed NFL contract for one that leaves him exposed to whatever molehill the NCAA (or B1G) may turn into a mountain.

I don't buy the lack of love/bear hug contingency as a reason.  The man is treated like a god in AA and everyone shows him love.  With respect to Warde, my guess is that Harbaugh's still bitter about his unilateral decision to self-impose three game suspension when he denied any wrongdoing.  He doesn't trust Warde nor does he believe Warde has his back.  Now, even though Harbaugh has Ono as his trump card, Warde's still his immediate boss and their relationship (or lack thereof) certainly gives a pause when committing to a long-term deal. 

Give him a statute now. 

Let’s kill two birds with one stone and rename Schembechler after him, is that gesture grand enough?

Agreed as well. Look what the mini mafia in Indy just did to FL state over a whole lot of nothing. I mean Christ! Did they have Allen Harpers divorce attorney doing the negotiations!?

What is wrong with people like you? Always looking for scapegoat. This is between Harbaugh and the lawyers. Period. An AD isn't involved at this point. He doesn't legally vet contracts. There's literally NOTHING Warde can do here. Use critical thinking.

It makes me wonder if JUB has an axe to grind with Warde over the Pearson thing. Is JUB that attention starved that he doesn’t mind being used as a shill for the pro-Harbaugh side of a negotiation that is reaching 10 year, $125M territory?

If it were me, my concern would be the NCAA. Especially after becoming the point man for paying players he is undoubtedly in their sights. He might get hammered with some ridiculous penalty for the currently charges and then be under a microscope looking for other charges they can trump up.

Jim reports to Warde.  Santa would be crazy to get directly involved with the negotiations. He could let Warde know how he feels about very big picture stuff.  He may not even know Jim’s total compensation, he certainly does not know the market for football coaches and their assistants. 

The NFL teams are not doing a good job either. If the LA bolts “want him” they need to show it and just go all in on Jim.  Their “process” and playing standoffish wont work. So far no NFL team gets it.  That is good for us. 

Warde, Santa and Michigan are clearly “wanting” Jim. And if it’s not the money or the love, the only thing I can imagine is that he wants to know, contractually, that if the NCAA unfairly targets him after he stays, the Michigan and the Regents will go all in to back his and the team’s integrity and fight back the way they almost did with the B10. 

If a team runs hard at Harbaugh, they also have to have a minority candidate lined up to interview, (and if it’s clear the team is putting you through this as a formality, why bother) and then if Harbaugh doesn’t take the job or whatever, now you have possibly several weeks of everyone knowing the eventual hire was a second tier choice, AND everyone knows you couldn’t have done due diligence since certain candidates cannot yet be interviewed. I think there’s good reason why only 1 NFL job has been filled.

The more I read and hear speculation, the more I gravitate towards the argument that Harbaugh’s agent is working on language with the university that protects Harbaugh from future NCAA reports & leaks, making it harder to fire him “with cause” and not paying him. Fired for losing? Get paid. Fired because the NCAA did NCAA things? Fired with cause and either not paid or for a lower negotiated amount.

I don't think there is an NFL market for Jim. NFL teams are trending to younger coaches, not 60 year old retreads.  I could be wrong but I think the talking heads like to say Harbaugh because his name gets clicks and attention.

My understanding is that there is a new NFL rule this year, where teams cannot meet with Coaching candidates until after the Divisional Round of the Playoffs.  So that is still over a week away.

That means we have roughly a week to “show him the love” - parade anyone??? - and convince him to stay.

PFF just reported he’s meeting with the Chargers next week.