Don

December 19th, 2014 at 11:42 AM ^

From everything I've heard the last several days, he has said that he doesn't know—nor does anybody else outside the concerned parties—what the length of the supposed contract offer is. If he initially suggested a time span and I missed it, my bad, but he's been consistently saying all this week that the length isn't known.

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Blue Mike

December 19th, 2014 at 11:07 AM ^

I think the point is that it shouldn't take Harbaugh two weeks to decide if he wants to go to Michigan.  He has the offer, if he wants it, take it.  If not Michigan needs to move on as quickly as possible.  Michigan's advantage over the NFL ends on December 29.  If JH hasn't given Michigan any indication by then, it means he's waiting to see what NFL jobs open up, and he wants to stay in the NFL.

You can't forget that if Michigan has to move to plan B, that part of the process takes time.  We are quickly approaching the timeframe where the new coach will be behind for next year.  Everyone knocks Brandon for waiting until after the bowl game to fire Rodriguez and hire Hoke, but we're only two weeks away from falling into that same timeframe if Harbaugh says no.

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maize-blue

December 19th, 2014 at 9:33 AM ^

I think the 23rd is the day. I believe I read that this is the date that Hackett and Harbaugh will "officially" meet face to face. This coincides with the players supposedly being told that a new HC would be in place by Christmas or shortly thereafter, depending on the article.

Also if you add 12+23+14 that equals 49 and his reported offer is 49 mill. My conspiracy theory is that that number and date are on purpose to stick it to the 49ers.

I think that if Hackett can't get some kind of positive vibe from Harbaugh at that meeting then we'll see things moving fast on Plan B guys. All speculation and wild theory on my part though.

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gustave ferbert

December 19th, 2014 at 10:00 AM ^

12+23+14=49 remove the plus signs

you get 122,314.  You take that number, subtract the answer of 49.

122314-49=122,265.  You will get a number that is perfectly divisible by 9. 

122,265/9=13585.

How freaky is that?

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tbullet7

December 19th, 2014 at 10:36 AM ^

Harbaugh's first coaching job was at Western Kentucky in '94.  94 flipped around = 49.
 
Michigan's first Rose Bowl appearance - a victory over Stanford, Harbaugh's last college coaching stop.  The score?  Stanford - 0, Michigan . . . 49.
 
The number of days and nights Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, spent meditating?  49
 
Michigan fans long for the days of old.  Bob Dylan once sang, "How oft' times I repine for the days of old"  The name of that Bob Dylan song?  "Days of 49"
 
And, finally,

"Jim Harbaugh is definitely goin' to be the coach at Michigan." contains 49 letters.

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Njia

December 19th, 2014 at 9:54 AM ^

A few things:

  • Harbaugh likes swords. You're built and look like a Viking. Grab a broadsword, head out to SF with it and "encourage" his ascendancy to the Michigan throne.
  • You're bigger than he is. No need to take "no" for an answer.
  • Vikings pretty much got whatever they wanted.

I figure that should pretty much settle things.

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FreddieMercuryHayes

December 19th, 2014 at 9:36 AM ^

I know UM really wants Harbaugh, but they can't just wait forever.  If Harbaugh can't reach a decision in a week, then he's never going to reach one.  So cut your losses and move on to have a coach ready to meet with team when classes resume and salvage a recruiting class.  That's my opinion at least.

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bigfan2959

December 19th, 2014 at 9:52 AM ^

Harbaugh's team was eliminated from the playoffs last week.  I think it's deadline time.  I don't think Harbaugh comes at this point.  There was no reason not to make the decision by now if he wanted to come. Very soon UM will need to move on. 

My best guess is also that the leak was for the benefit of the UM fan base.  They know Harbaugh is our preferred candidate so they want it known they did everything to get him.  Less likely to lose unhappy season ticket holders that way.

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CompleteLunacy

December 19th, 2014 at 10:58 AM ^

But the other part thinks that in a worst case scenario...we always have Miles, even if it takes Harbaugh another two weeks to say no. Miles said 7 years ago he would never say no to Michigan. I have to believe that's still true today. Miles is a pretty good fallback I think, and in this case we would actually give him a chance to coach his bowl game at LSU this time.

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Ray

December 19th, 2014 at 11:20 AM ^

I think Miles is the fallback, no-matter-what candidate.  He knows that he doesn't have the years in the tank that Harbaugh has, so I would imagine he understands Hackett's preference for JH.  That off the record statement was the perfect way to deflect questions ("Look--I already covered this and I'm not talking about Michigan"), which buys all kinds of cover against being Herbstreited again through the bowl season.

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