Harbaugh and 49ers have deep rift per Jason LaCanfora/CBS

Submitted by Ron_Lippitt on

http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2014/2/24/5442024/jim-harbaugh-san-francisco-49ers-cleveland-browns-trade

Of course I recognize this has little to do with Michigan Football, per se.  But am I the only one doing the math on the two years remaining on his $5M/Year contract.  Adam Schefter reports he's looking for $8-$9M moving forward, so if a certain thing with a certain hot-seat coach were to not work out so well in 2014, would this be a viable (real) option?

This assumes he would even consider coming back to college football.

#HasThatShipSailed?

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MIMark

February 24th, 2014 at 4:30 PM ^

If the UF job is open in December I could see Harbaugh interested. Great job, easy recruiting, great pay, and the media bias toward the SEC makes competing for national titles a bit easier. Seems like a slam dunk for Harbaugh.

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FrankMurphy

February 24th, 2014 at 4:32 PM ^

It could be that he has Carroll envy. Pete Carroll is effectively both the head coach and the GM of the Seahawks, an arrangement that has obviously worked out well for them. Maybe Harbaugh is trying to engineer the departure of Baalke and/or Marathe so that he can strongarm the Yorks into putting him in charge of personnel. 

As for the possibility of Harbaugh coming to Michigan, I wouldn't say that ship has sailed, but I don't see him coming back to college until he wins a Super Bowl. His two biggest rivals (Pete Carroll and his brother John) each have a ring, and Harbaugh doesn't seem like thg kind of guy who lets his rivals have a notch over him. 

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gwkrlghl

February 24th, 2014 at 5:50 PM ^

He'll do so all high-and-mighty about academics or whatever and then he'll go here and get us major violations for academic fraud and say "Whatever. I'm a winner. Winner win b*tches" on the way out the door

I don't think we want Harbaugh

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ifis

February 24th, 2014 at 6:13 PM ^

Brady Hoke is our head football coach.  He will lead Michigan to championships, starting in 2015.  We will not fire him (nor should we) unless we are worse than 7-6 this year.  If you think it is reasonable to expect victories against Ohio or MSU this year with our still-green linemen, then you are out of your mind or, more likely, you just don't know a lot about football.  The program will exceed reasonable expectations if we beat either of those teams in 2014.  If we beat both, the staff will have turned out to be the best coaches in the nation by a wide margin and Nuss will probably be gone in 2015.  This is not basketball.  It is very rare to beat elite football teams with this many freshman and sophmores starting at positions that rely on strength.  In 2015, on the other hand, we will be legitimate national championship contenders.  Furthermore, unless folks enter the NFL draft after 2015, most of the 2016 starters will be returning from 2015. 

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ifis

February 24th, 2014 at 7:13 PM ^

As you say, Hoke now has three of his 'own' classes.  However, the classes of 2013 and 2014 are still too young to expect a lot, especially along the offensive line.  The class of 2012 should start to show significant improvement this year.  That means that if every offensive linemen that Hoke recruited in 2012 pans out, then Kalis, Magnuson, Bars, and Braden should be beasts and we will be fine.  The problem is, offensive line is probably the toughest position to predict in recruiting so we should expect some busts and the best (Magnuson) is already injured.  Hopefully, some of the 2013 recruits can step up but it is unreasonable to expect them to; we should expect them to start to be ready in 2015.  As a result, we should expect more erratic line play this year.  Therefore, yes, it is unreasonable to expect us to beat our rivals this year.  If we have a good offensive line, the coaches and players will have done a tremendous job.  If we do not have a good offensive line by 2015, the coaches will have done a poor job.  2015 should be the report card for our coaches, and I fully expect us to destroy MSU and be competitive with Ohio that year.   

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State Street

February 24th, 2014 at 6:55 PM ^

Instead of shelling out for some lavish indoor rowing facility or some shit, wouldn't it be nice to throw like 10 million a year at a guy like Harbaugh, after we've just received $100 million in cash from our biggest donor?

Priorities.

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goblue20111

February 24th, 2014 at 9:17 PM ^

This is preposterous.  Lack of spending money isn't the problem.  We thought it was the problem so we gave Hoke the money that we didn't give RichRod to go out and get who he thought were the best coordinators and we got Borges and Mattison.  Wish Al the best but I'm glad I'll never have to watch him call another Michigan game.  Mattison, he's done a good job, but for all the "former NFL DC and at Florida under Meyer talk", I've never felt we had a defense that imposed fear in the opposing teams.  The defense literally couldn't have gotten worse.  He's made us respectable again but not elite.  Great recruiter though.  

I want Harbaugh as bad as the next guy though I don't think it'll happen.  

That said, I would hope that we can keep funding ALL the sports.  How many of you morons beam with pride everytime Michigan athletes win at the Olympics? A lot of schools manage to fund their other sports.

The problem is we've had incompetence -- the problem isn't spending enough.  

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Snow Sucks

February 24th, 2014 at 8:06 PM ^

I don't think Jim will ever coach in the NCAA again...or at least for a long time. If he didn't want to coach his own fucking alma mater, then it's pretty clear he has no interest in NCAA anymore.

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NoMoPincherBug

February 24th, 2014 at 8:13 PM ^

Harbaugh coaching Michigan would = at the minimum at least one appearance in the National Title Game, and a constant ass kicking of Ohio and Sparty...and constant controversy in the media.

Hoke = classy program, for the most part, with ocaissional upset of Ohio and 50-50 vs. Sparty

Love Hoke...but... there is a difference there in winning.  What do people want?

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Roc Blue in the Lou

February 24th, 2014 at 9:02 PM ^

If Harbaugh believes he needs more control in San Fransico, can't imagine how he would accept a position that reports to Brandon, UM President, Board of Trustees, B10 Chiefs, NCAA watchdogs and the like.  No freakin' way.  And, if he is the "winner" every other joe on here has an orgasm over, why the FK would he leave the NFL without a Lombardi??????  Makes No Sense and, quite honestly, seems more than a little desperate for sooooo many on this board to openly salivate for "the one" who has never won a national title as player or coach.  Makes the Ohio Urb nuts actually seem more sane.

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kjblue42

February 24th, 2014 at 9:05 PM ^

I don't know why Michigan fans are still up this mans ass when he scoffed at us made a few negative subtleties about the program and takes the sanfran job. He wants to trump brother John and go down as one of the greatest coaches ever and when not come back to the NCAA unless he was booted or washed up in my opinion. I'm sick of hearing about it. I'd rather see someone like Nussmeier have success and take over and go down as a Michigan great through the ropes.. The hell with Harbaugh

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Rodriguesqe

February 24th, 2014 at 9:43 PM ^

my understanding of why harbaugh took the 49er job:

1) his wife loves the bay

2) highest level of competition

3) loves the 49ers

4) $$$

 

Hard to guess how big #4 is. but if he burns bridges in SF (seems likely to inevitable, strike #s 1 and 3.

that would leave #s 2 and 4. what if someone he also dreams of coming back to his alma mater, where he starred at qb and accross the street from his hs? couldnt this possibly outweigh the nfl and the $$$?

i'll say this: rodriguez got axed, in part, because everyone thought harbaugh was pining to come in and rescue the program. i know brandon has strongly supported hoke, but he should get in front of this story. as stated, this is going to be a major reoccurring storyline come the fall. 

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goblue20111

February 24th, 2014 at 10:13 PM ^

He makes 5MM now and wants 8MM or so.  Realisically, he could get a bump to 6-6.5.  I don't think Michigan couldn't match that.  I think he just loves coaching in the NFL though.  

All this "coaching at his alma mater and across the street from his HS stuff" is naive pie in the sky.  His best HS ball came when he went to California.

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Cold War

February 24th, 2014 at 10:04 PM ^

He alienated a LOT of Michigan people. His return would create huge fractures in the Michigan family, the same kind of fractures Hoke helped mend.

Hoke is the kind of man I want coaching Michigan, and, yes, it goes beyond wins and losses. He respects and honors what many of us believe to be great about Michigan. It's a big part of the  reason I'm a Michigan fan.

Hiring Harbaugh would be selling your soul to the devil. There's every chance he'd leave this program in a shambles the likes of which we haven't seen. And even if he won I'm not sure how great I'd feel about it.

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Wolverine Devotee

February 24th, 2014 at 11:20 PM ^

You know what mends wounds? Winning.

If Rodriguez came in and went 6-6 at worst, I bet he would've got a hell of a lot more support.

Or if 3-9 season did happen and an 8-4 season with a win over ohio in 2009 would've helped.

Hell, even the two losing seasons in 2008 and 2009 but a Big Ten Championship in 2010 would've healed everything. Michigan would've cruised through 2011 if they won a title in 2010.

Give me a dick that wins games over a "we didn't execute" guy that doesn't. As long as that dick doesn't get in trouble with the NCAA, I'm fine.

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