So What Are the Odds John Harbaugh would Join Brother Jim @ U of M?

If he would it would be purely temporary, like one season.. like others said, he won’t have a problem finding another head coaching job, it will come down to what he wants. 

Off topic... Is John technically a Jr.? Or was their dad actually named "jack" rather John with the nickname of Jack?

I’d say no, but it all depends on what he wants in the offseason. Does he just want to take a break for a while, spend time with family, etc.? If so, I doubt he comes here. If he wants to scale back responsibilities but still coach in some form, maybe he takes a year and comes up to Ann Arbor as something like an offensive analyst. Or he might just try his hand and jump straight back into the NFL. 

Plenty of fired coaches have done it. Steve Fisher, John Fox, Lovie Smith, Rex Ryan, just to name a few.

Give me a TV gig every time.  

How would we know if John was reffering to Jim or to Msu? it could get really confusing. 

Ok, to play along with the game - here's a scenario.

Chris Partridge gets an offer he can't refuse to be a DC or HC somewhere. John fills in HIS spot, since after all that's pretty much the exact role he had before he became a HC.

But I do not want this to happen, as losing Partridge would seriously suck.

zero chance.   The Browns go after him.  Maryland would be fun, but that would be a step down for him and not an attractive job.  Be cool to have him in the conference though. 

Too Bad the Lions won't fire Patricia this year.   John could come to Michigan for a year waiting for the Lions job to open.  So maybe 1%

i think you are going to see John Harbaugh coach the Denver Broncos next year.  

Denver should be doing so much more with that defense and John Harbaugh would be a good defensive minded coach.   

I don't expect him to come to Michigan, but I'd definitely welcome him here

There will be 4-5 openings in the nfl after this year.  He’ll be top 1 or 2 most sought after

None! It’s not happening 

Zero!  The ONLY and REMOTE way John ends up in Ann Arbor is if he gets fired, Jim goes to NFL and comes in to replace.  Not happening either way!

Kind of an insulting question to John, he will get a head coaching job if he wants one.

This is as likely to happen as Michigan winning the national championship for the next 5 years.

  So, im saying theres a chance.

Yeah, he's not coming to coach here. If he takes the year off from coaching, he'll spend some time in Ann Arbor and help out as Jim asks him to (possibly as a talent evaluator, part time volunteer analyst, or dude who addresses the team from time to time). But a full-time paid assistant coach? Nope. 

My bet is Harbaugh fires the RB coach and replaces him with brother John

He’s one of the more respected coaches in the game. He’ll walk into another NFL job if he pleases. Only way is if he wants to take a year off head coaching and just be an analyst. But even then he’d be gone after a year. I’d love for Patricia to get fired and the Lions grab him. Sadly that won’t happen even if the lions lose out. 

We should've grabbed him for the Lions last year. That way the Harbaugh brothers could coach the Wolverines on Saturdays and the Lions on Sundays.

its a very different life in the pros.  if he came to coach with us, a lot of it would be on road recruiting... 

LOL.

Zero chance. He's an NFL coach all the way, if the Ravens do let him go he will find another NFL gig soon after. 

Could only see John if he wanted to take a year off and work for brother JIm as a consultant while waiting for a better NFL job.

If there was an opening for the head coaching position I'd put the chances of him joining at about 50 percent.

More likely he’ll be the Colts’ replay review consultant than on staff in Ann Arbor.

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Maybe we can hire him as a kicking coach!

Seriously though, I don’t think the idea is far fetched that he comes and works with family for a year in the interim. I’m sure he looks at Jim’s situation with somewhat envy in relation to spending time with parents (proximity) as they enter their golden years.

A bigger worry of more mine would be...when urbs pseudo-retires after this year....would OSU throw a bunch of money at him. Then Jim and John have a 10 year war of their own... now there is a story for the media.

And John Harbaugh is just the type of guy Ohio state could use to restore their “image” after Urban Meyer’s malignancy (stage 4) has spread to all areas of the university ..and even throughout the country (Hi Zac!). 

Honestly though...John strikes me as an alpha that’s not going to sit back and take a side job for too long. He will be a HOT commodity in the nfl. I can see him being the next cowboys coach. Maybe another high profile team. I think he’s that good. 

Wish we could have got John Harbaugh to coach the Lions!

No chance.  He will be head coach of another NFL team next season.

Zero. Point. Zero.

Replace Jason Witten on MNF, get a fat beer or insurance advertising contract ...be the subject of coaching rumors every year.

It would be pretty entertaining to watch John and Jim wrestle on the sidelines over playcalls but it probably wouldn't be very effective.