CC: Rapoport: Both Oakland and Michigan will be in the Bay Area to Meet with Harbaugh this Weekend

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@RapSheet: Michigan AD Jim Hackett & U-M officials will be in the Bay Area this weekend to speak with Jim Harbaugh. So will #Raiders officials #GameOn
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Yeoman

December 26th, 2014 at 10:26 PM ^

They have good reason to feel that way. If Harbaugh has success at Michigan, well, that doesn't mean anything because it's just college. But if he has success in the NFL, turning around their now-moribund local competition? I'm not sure the draft picks they'd get would make up for the loss of goodwill.

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ak47

December 26th, 2014 at 10:56 PM ^

If they don't believe he can turn around Oakland and that they are moving to la anyways (both plenty likely) it is very much in the niners interest to allow harbaugh to speak to Oakland. If he goes to Oakland they almost certainly get draft picks back, if he goes to Michigan they probably get nothing, there is little reason for them to block a conversation because there worst case scenario is saying no even if harbaugh wants to go there and they don't like the trade. Harbaugh talking to Oakland is a no risk situation so they won't prevent it. There is a reason Sam Webb is still at 85% and it's because nothing is signed. Until it's signed it's not done and pretending like the raiders aren't the biggest competition or likely to make a push this weekend because you don't like Ian rapaport is just being dumb.

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The Reeve

December 26th, 2014 at 11:21 PM ^

Logic demands that SF and M have struck a deal. And Hackett et all are not planning press conferences and basketball game introductions, abandoning Plan B coaches, Jim telling friends, etc. for Oakland to be viable. The deal is done. No way JH burns every bridge from here to AA and pisses on the University he loves for a dumpster fire NFL franchise AT THIS POINT IN TIME. If it was viable, EVERYTHING would be different right now: UM would have a plan B, the back channel would be a buzz with JH pumping the brakes on expectations, there would be no catered events and press conferences and friends being told he was coming 100%. IR is an idiot and a troll because he is postulating a non-possibility...and people keep listening.

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DomIngerson

December 27th, 2014 at 2:04 AM ^

Yup. I still can't believe the Raiders are the #1 NFL team being mentioned right now. No way in hell does SF let JH go to Oakland/LA. It makes no sense unless you're an NFL writer still holding out hope that Mrs Harbaugh refuses to leave the Bay area (she's from KS). This shit is done with. On to recruiting...

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Greeks for Harbaugh

December 27th, 2014 at 12:05 PM ^

Talking to someone is not tampering. If he were to sign a contract over the weekend, it may be. A simple conversation has probably already happened though, and this might just be them giving a final last ditch effort before he comes to Ann Arbor.

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