OT: 49ers lose to Cardinals, 23-14
September 22nd, 2014 at 9:34 AM ^
Wow, I didn't know Jim Harbaugh was an avid MGoBlog reader. Thank so much for letting us know your thoughts and future plans, because clearly the authority you've demonstrated by using *never* is 100%, absolute certainty, based on concrete knowledge.
September 21st, 2014 at 7:44 PM ^
September 21st, 2014 at 7:47 PM ^
F*** the 5 star guys. I want someone that does what Dantonio is doing, turning 3 stars into studs!
September 21st, 2014 at 7:53 PM ^
September 21st, 2014 at 7:57 PM ^
Would be hilarious to see Harbaugh piss off dantonio after whipping his ass in a another "what's your deal?"-type exchange.
September 21st, 2014 at 8:49 PM ^
/ducks
September 21st, 2014 at 9:20 PM ^
If this team keeps going the way it is then it's a lock that we'll be getting nothing but 3 star players. MSU is good, but they just got waxed by Oregon, if short-term memory serves. The only five star players that MSU can get or will ever be able to get will be in state.
I think that we want better. Someone like Dantonio would be great, but not because they turn "3 stars into studs." Rather because they would be able to attract high level players from here but also from throughout the country and then develop them into NFL material.
September 21st, 2014 at 7:54 PM ^
September 21st, 2014 at 8:28 PM ^
Fuck no he wouldn't. Harbaugh would get sick of DB's meddling the first day and tell him to gtfo and do your job and I'll do mine.
DB would have to go first.
September 21st, 2014 at 8:44 PM ^
If that is the case, then DB needs to grow the fuck up and do what's right for the program, which is (if Harbaugh EVER comes here when DB still is) let Jim do his thing and not interfere.
September 21st, 2014 at 7:59 PM ^
will get the Cowboys job
September 21st, 2014 at 8:44 PM ^
you really think Harbaugh wants to work with the NFL version of Dave Brandon, Jerry Jones and the most overrated QB, Tony Romo?
September 21st, 2014 at 8:44 PM ^
I have a feeling that will happen, too.
September 21st, 2014 at 8:00 PM ^
Plus, it's got to be an ego thing. His brother has won a Super Bowl, and two of his former Pac-12 colleagues, Kelly and Carroll, are tearing the NFL up. He wants his chance to win it all too. And it's awfully hard to blame him.
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September 21st, 2014 at 8:03 PM ^
I don't believe he's an NFL guy. Sorry, I just don't.
September 21st, 2014 at 8:08 PM ^
Who do you think are NFL guys if not a guy who was in the NFL for 14 years as a player and led his team to the Superbowl as a coach? If he's not then no one is.
September 22nd, 2014 at 9:46 AM ^
Obviously we're all just putting forth our opinions and projecting here, but I have to agree with WolverineDevotee and others above who believe he just not necessarily an "NFL guy." The man has largely been successful at every destination in his life. Count me as one who seems to think that maybe the allure of being a "legend" or "savior" for his alma mater is particularly strong. Perhaps he has realized the NFL is truly a more difficult grind that college, and perhaps he really wants to have more control and autonomy over his team. Also, I just think his enthusiasm, emotions and "fire" are so much better suited to recruiting, motivating and teaching young men than it is to direct and manage professionals. I think it is just as likely that he wants to be the next Belichek and it is he wants to be the next Nick Saban.
One more thing, it is always brought up that Mrs. Harbaugh did not want to leave the Bay Area. If Jim were really to part ways with the 49ers after this season, how does the Mrs. feel abou the other locales that have been noted above (Dallas, NY, etc.?).
Just one more opinion to add to the large and useless pile we already have going.
September 21st, 2014 at 8:47 PM ^
I agree with you, but if DB offered to double Jim's salary, that might change his mind. DB should do that right now anyway. I'd offer Jim $7-$8 million a year.
September 21st, 2014 at 8:02 PM ^
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September 21st, 2014 at 8:02 PM ^
Harbaugh is everyones #1, but it is a pipe dream. We should really be focusing on candidates that possible. I like the idea of Mullen, Kirby Smart, or Jim Mora Jr.
September 21st, 2014 at 8:06 PM ^
what do you think of Teryl Austin? If DB is bent on having a Michigan Man connection, he would be a good candidate. Defense has been great under him at UF and coached good players as a position coach.
Despite having a shit load of injuries on defense, Lions defense is top 5 in the league.
September 21st, 2014 at 8:06 PM ^
Jesus, can't we have a potential coach who doesn't wear khakis?
September 21st, 2014 at 8:38 PM ^
What would you prefer? Shorts? Jeans? A kilt?
September 21st, 2014 at 9:10 PM ^
I could support a guy who wears a kilt. Not too soon, given the recent vote across the pond, but next year.
September 21st, 2014 at 9:15 PM ^
September 21st, 2014 at 8:11 PM ^
Plus, cards blew someone else out last year that was supposed to be awesome. They do it every year. But yet, the cards are as average as average gets! I'm not a lions guy, but the lions have a shit ton more going for them than 75% of the league. If they use it, that's a different story.
September 21st, 2014 at 8:17 PM ^
Their Defense is legit and they can run the ball. Anyways it has zero to do with what Jim can accomplish in the College game. Jim will be able to recruit whoever he wants at Michigan and get them and he clearly knows how to develop players and he's you know and actual coach.
September 21st, 2014 at 8:24 PM ^
on the strength of a strong defense and running game. The fact is Kapernick isn't as good as some think and the defense is missing two of it's best players.(Bowman and A.Smith)
It's quite clear what made the Niners so good.
September 21st, 2014 at 8:38 PM ^
The 49ers are good and dude, look what he did at Stanford. He left them as an ass kicking machine.
September 21st, 2014 at 8:27 PM ^
September 21st, 2014 at 9:16 PM ^
...have been that what he really enjoys about coaching is the game-planning and play-calling. He likes the chess match.
And in college, with nobody on your squad over 22, you have to keep it somewhat simple. He doesn't like the limitations, and the extra stuff you get to do instead, like recruiting, isn't his cup of tea.
I don't think he'd ever leave the NFL for money. He might coach in college if it's his only choice, but it'd never be first choice.
September 21st, 2014 at 8:33 PM ^
and he will forever be one of my favorite Wolverines. I would dearly love it if he came back, but I just don't see it happening. Harbaugh is hyper-competitive. I don't see him leaving before a Super Bowl win.
That said, Harbaugh is exactly what this program needs.Fiery, ultracompetitive, and the personification of what Michigan was for so long.
September 21st, 2014 at 8:47 PM ^
If he comes, you gotta change Morris' jersey number.
To #4.
September 21st, 2014 at 8:51 PM ^
Nah. I like 7 on the starting QB.
September 21st, 2014 at 9:15 PM ^
Or we can stop being so fixated on fucking jersey numbers and just let guys do their thing and make their own legacy with the number they're given from the fucking beginning.
But that's just me.
September 21st, 2014 at 9:18 PM ^
Oh shut up.
September 21st, 2014 at 9:25 PM ^
September 22nd, 2014 at 9:27 AM ^
September 21st, 2014 at 9:11 PM ^
Has a successful NFL coach ever willingly moved on to coach college football? There is no precedent, I can't think of a single instance and the only coaches that have arguably been more succesful than Jim in the past 4 years are his brother, John Fox, and Pete Carroll.
September 22nd, 2014 at 10:05 AM ^
I'm not sure how you want to define "successful", but with that said, Saban went 9-7 in a tougher division IMO, and then 6-10, and left for Alabama.... wasn't fired. But then again, Harbaugh won divisions... so it's all on your definition of 'successful'...
September 22nd, 2014 at 3:27 PM ^
Sub .500 would definitely qualify as not succesful no matter what the division looked like. Saban is an amazing coach, but he definitely didn't show it at the pro level. I've read many times that the way Saban handles his program and players is much more conducive to success in college because of the constant turnover and thus less chance of a revolt. All the message board and think piece scuttle-butt on Jim seems to be the same; saying he's just too big a presence and too domineering to keep a team full of professional grown-men together for a long time. Even if that is the case, Jim has been to three straight NFC championship games and a Superbowl in the past 3 years. That guy has had success at the highest level in a way that Saban could only dream. This alone seems to preclude Jim ever returning to college. Dude can get it done on the biggest stage. If he ever coaches college again its because it's what his heart wants. There is zero evidence to suggest his heart wants him back in Ann Arbor.
September 21st, 2014 at 9:26 PM ^
September 21st, 2014 at 9:26 PM ^
September 21st, 2014 at 9:29 PM ^
He already "came home"—to Palo Alto:
"I used to stare down at that field as I was stenciling those numbers," Harbaugh told reporters, athletes and others who crowded into the Arrillaga Family Sports Center's Kissick Auditorium. "I so very badly wanted to go to Stanford and play for the Cardinal. … This was my number-one choice all along."
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2007/january10/harbaughsr-011007.html
September 21st, 2014 at 9:32 PM ^
Harbaugh is never going to Michigan. From what I have heard, his wife is not leaving California. (I know from experience how hard it is to get a California girl to leave California--and a Michigan girl to come to California, for that matter.)
The Niners have been arguably more frustrating to watch than Michigan. They cannot finish games. Teams make adjustments and stuff Kap in the second half. And he got outplayed today by Drew Fucking Stanton. Their defense was aging last year and the year before; now they are downright rickety. The Niners missed their window.
September 22nd, 2014 at 6:15 AM ^
September 22nd, 2014 at 7:23 AM ^