CC: Tonight's SF opponent and planetary alignment

Keeping the CC: Harbaugh barrage going, but trying to find different angles of topics to discuss. This one's sort of a hpothetical/what-if with a dose of paranoia. My previous OP was accused of being paranoia about Les Miles but most commenters disagreed. But I'm telling you up front with this one: It's paranoia. 

We've been discussing how the planets have been aligning for IT to HAPPEN: Coach Harbaugh on the outs with the 49ers, Brandon and Hoke crashing and burning, JH's NFL options looking less than clear-cut, with the only stay-in-California option being the wacky and woeful Raiders. 

Another huge planet that has gotten in line this season is one that has been making me nervous throughout this CC, and no one has been talking about them: The 49ers' opponent this evening, the San Diego Chargers, and the fact that they do NOT appear to be in the mix of NFL coaching options. 

I believe we should feel fortunate that this franchise is doing reasonably well, but it appears that their chances of making the playoffs are less than 50%, depending on how things shake out between the Ravens and Steelers. I'm not sure if SD completely controls its own destiny but they do have an opportinity to finish a strong 10-6. JH still has family there, coached and played there, and they have a good team ... but their above-par performance this season under Mike McCoy has kept them out of any CC discussion. Even the most expansive "coaches on the hot seat" lists don't mention McCoy, although there seems to be a lot of over-arching pressure on Rivers to join his draft classmates Eli and Big Ben as, at very least, a Super Bowl participant.  

It seems unlikely that the Chargers would want to swap out McCoy, especially at such a high price of draft picks and the purported contract dollars being thrown around. They don't seem like big spenders and haven't been the big-coaching-splash types. Having said that, I'm rooting for them to make the playoffs (which may, coincidentally, require John Harbaugh's team to factor into the playoff implications) and remain completely off the radar from being a last-minute entrant in the sweepstakes.

Cue cats, monkeys, and cat-monkey rodeos.