Harbaugh - Little Interest in College
it seems in an interview, Harbaugh says he has very little interest in returning to college football.
http://247sports.com/Bolt/Report-Harbaugh-has-little-interest-in-returning-to-college-31447016
September 24th, 2014 at 3:19 PM ^
"Bleacher Report NFL Insider Jason Cole, who spoke with a source".
Yep.
September 24th, 2014 at 3:22 PM ^
That's as good as Raback'd.
September 24th, 2014 at 3:23 PM ^
The OP should say "some guy says another guy told him Harbaugh would probably say" rather than "Harbaugh says".
Not that it is actually particularly likely he comes here, but this article is dogshit.
September 24th, 2014 at 3:58 PM ^
I trust random Internet poster who said he has a client who's an investor in Harbaugh's company who said the exact opposite over random Bleacher Report guy.
September 24th, 2014 at 4:05 PM ^
enlightenedbum - Little Interest in Bleacherreport
September 24th, 2014 at 8:34 PM ^
what you posted, it's doubl-y funny. +1
September 25th, 2014 at 8:02 AM ^
He already tried to do that. Michigan wouldn't let him. :) Maybe if we offer him a free ride through grad school?
September 24th, 2014 at 3:20 PM ^
September 24th, 2014 at 8:35 PM ^
his payday!! Give him $12MM per!
Seriously!
September 24th, 2014 at 3:20 PM ^
September 24th, 2014 at 5:26 PM ^
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September 24th, 2014 at 3:22 PM ^
I would amend that title a little. How about, "Very Clueless Looking "Insider" cites very suspect "source" who believed that Jim Harbaugh would not take the Michigan job."
September 24th, 2014 at 3:22 PM ^
September 24th, 2014 at 3:35 PM ^
and promptly crater them.
September 24th, 2014 at 3:39 PM ^
Even Bobby Williams? grrr...
September 24th, 2014 at 4:04 PM ^
get promoted to HC when Saban leaves.
September 24th, 2014 at 4:21 PM ^
we have enough Sparties on the staff. . .
September 24th, 2014 at 3:23 PM ^
that's too bad
September 24th, 2014 at 7:14 PM ^
This is the reason I wasn't as excited about Harbaugh when we hired Hoke: it was obvious that he wanted to coach in the NFL. He's a great coach, but if he was just going to show up on his way to the NFL, I wasn't interested.
Now, if he ever does come home, it will be because he wants to finish his career at U-M. I doubt it will happen, but if it does, I'd be grateful to have him.
September 25th, 2014 at 4:33 AM ^
Eh, I'd be pretty okay with him coming in for 4 years, winning a bunch (a couple of B1G titles and being competitive for the national title) and then leaving for the NFL with the program in great shape. The way our recent hires have gone, even if someone comes in thinking that this is their long term destination we've seen that it might end up being 3 or 4 and out regardless. Might as well make those 4 years be incredibly awesome for the program.
I know getting Harbaugh is an extremely long shot but it really is in our best interest to pull out all the stops to make it happen. With our roster and our schedule next year I think Harbaugh would make us favorites to win the division and we'd have a real chance at winning the conference and earning a playoff birth. It sounds like there's a real chance that Harbaugh will at least be looking for a new job after this season. But if we wait until after next year he'll probably already be a year in at whatever his next stop is and thus won't be interested in making another move.
September 24th, 2014 at 3:24 PM ^
I wonder what would happen to that interest level if Dave Brandon went back to Dominos?
September 24th, 2014 at 3:24 PM ^
Err read this:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2718488
Nothing is off the table until he signs with somebody.
September 24th, 2014 at 3:24 PM ^
"I'm not going to be the Alabama coach" -Nick Saban
September 24th, 2014 at 3:57 PM ^
I remember he was broadcasting a game in 2011 and his co-broadcaster asked him point blank if he was going to be the next coach at OSU, and Urban said something to the effect of he was happy and had no plans to leave broadcasting. I think he even said he'd not been approached about the job.
He took the job 3 or 4 weeks later.
September 24th, 2014 at 8:15 PM ^
"For the last time my dad is not going to coach at Ohio State!!!" (Or something of that nature) -Urban Meyer's daughter
September 24th, 2014 at 3:24 PM ^
Bleacher report "writers" have sources? Sure, I guess buttholes are technically sources of something.
September 24th, 2014 at 4:50 PM ^
Oh, no...not merely sources, but something better.
September 24th, 2014 at 3:25 PM ^
September 24th, 2014 at 3:28 PM ^
Because of recruiting (and all of the traveling) and being the "face" of the University. The only benefit to an egomaniac like Harbaugh is that almost every college kid would say "yes sir" to him, while NFL stars may talk back (see Desean Jackson & Chip Kelly).
Can we finally stop this Harbaugh to Michigan talk? It's actually in Harbaugh's best interest to act like he would consider a Michigan offer to have more negotiating leverage with the 49ers.
September 24th, 2014 at 3:51 PM ^
Assuming, of course, he has any interest in returning to the 49ers. Things have gotten pretty ugly there on and off of the field.
September 24th, 2014 at 4:13 PM ^
although even if he doesn't get along with the 49ers, there are plenty of NFL teams that would scoop him up for more money & control.
September 24th, 2014 at 4:39 PM ^
Except, assuming Michigan were to vacate their head coaching position at the end of the season, Michigan has a huge head start in recruiting Harbaugh over NFL teams. Especially if SF makes the playoffs, no NFL can contact him until at least January. Michigan can contact him any time they want to. If Harbaugh wants to stay in the NFL, he can ignore Michigan, but they should be able to give it their best shot without competition.
September 24th, 2014 at 7:03 PM ^
September 24th, 2014 at 3:25 PM ^
One of the major issues when he was contemplating the 49'er job and possibly Michigan was that his family wanted to stay on the west coast. Also, recruiting was something he does not not enjoy doing.
Something major must happen for him to come back to college football.
September 24th, 2014 at 3:45 PM ^
Even all of that information is from "sources". According to Michigan insiders Harbaugh was never even offered the Michigan job. So all of this "his family wants to stay on the west coast" is less than credible.
September 24th, 2014 at 6:01 PM ^
September 25th, 2014 at 7:37 AM ^
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September 24th, 2014 at 3:26 PM ^
In the next 3 months we're going to see reports like this, and the opposite of this report go streaming through every avenue of media possible. What does it all mean? No one knows anything. Why the hell would Harbaugh confirm interest in a return to college when he likely already has locker room issues? For every "source" we're going to hear from in the next 2 months, there will be 5 other sources contradicting them.
September 24th, 2014 at 3:39 PM ^
September 24th, 2014 at 3:30 PM ^
Now, I'm not one of these big-city types, but it seems to me that if I was interested in negotiating a possible employment opportunity with a struggling program, I'd play hard-to-get in order to raise the price. If Harbaugh came out and said "Yeah, I'd be fine coming back to UM", it would (a) demoralize his current employer and his team, and (b) weaken his negotiations because UM would know that he might be irrational and take a bit less money because he wants to coach here.
Harbaugh will absolutely not contemplate returning to college until such time as he is handed a check and agrees to be a coach.
September 24th, 2014 at 5:08 PM ^
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September 24th, 2014 at 3:33 PM ^
Why does everyone think they know what Jim Harbaugh is thinking?
September 24th, 2014 at 3:38 PM ^
When Florio guaranteed Harbaugh would be the coach of Michigan next year, my first reaction was "based on what?"
September 24th, 2014 at 3:39 PM ^
I dunno, but they sure do!
September 24th, 2014 at 3:44 PM ^
That's a good question. He hasn't turned down any serious offers that we know of since he took over at Stanford. There isn't any action to back up all of this conjecture.
Which is why five minutes into the next coaching search, the man/woman in charge of the search should be on the phone telling him that if he wants to come to Michigan he will be the highest paid coach in football. And the first criteria for hiring the next athletic director should be that person's ability to get on the phone telling him that if he wants to come to Michigan he will be the highest paid coach in football. We'll see how he's thinking then.
September 24th, 2014 at 3:57 PM ^
I cant speak for all ex-season ticket holders obviously but I can tell you that if the monies I previously massively overpaid via face value of tickets plus annual seat licence went to bringing Harbaugh back as a HC for the football team instead of building new non-revenue sports administration buildings I would certainly come back home and re-up.
I would actually be getting something for my investment - imagine that!
September 24th, 2014 at 4:30 PM ^
based on this same reasoning.
September 24th, 2014 at 3:46 PM ^
I am Jim Harbaugh.