January 10th, 2024 at 2:38 PM ^
Bill Belichick has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
Watching Pete Carroll try to advise Belichick, and Bill being like “yeah…no, we’re not going to do that”…
I’m just saying that if the Seahawks are hurting for money, they could start their own wildly successful reality TV show
January 10th, 2024 at 3:27 PM ^
I mean, Bill replaced Pete in Boston, he could replace him in Seattle too.
January 10th, 2024 at 3:28 PM ^
The Seahawks are definitely not hurting for money, but that would be a fun Prime Video answer to HBO's Hard Knocks series.
January 10th, 2024 at 3:53 PM ^
look if we are losing him regardless we can admit that Jim going to Seattle would be the actual funniest thing
January 10th, 2024 at 2:38 PM ^
Dan Quinn will likely be the guy, shouldn’t directly affect Harbaugh/Michigan
January 10th, 2024 at 2:43 PM ^
Never been impressed with Dan Quinn. Good D Coordinator. I would wonder why not kick the tires on other options.
January 10th, 2024 at 2:52 PM ^
Another NFL team could hire Pete Carroll which would be one less opening for Harbaugh.
What's your deal, Pete?
January 10th, 2024 at 2:47 PM ^
I disagree. While this particular opening may not be the one for Jim, every opening creates demand for head coaches which will intensify the bidding for his services. This one was a surprise but it kinda balances out the seemingly inexplicable decision by the Bears to keep Eberflus.
Still waiting to see what the Patriots do. And I remain worried by $2 bet with X will be won with Jim going to either the Chargers or the Raiders.
January 10th, 2024 at 2:53 PM ^
I really don't think money is playing that big a role in Harbaugh's decision process, so I'm not that worried about a bidding war.
But you make a good point that this could make Harbaugh to the NFL more likely by diluting his competition for more likely destinations like the Raiders or Chargers.
January 10th, 2024 at 2:58 PM ^
Maybe not money entirely, agreed. But I think he only leaves if they give him more money than Michigan, with more control than Michigan and with people he can trust to keep their word on that control. I'm not saying he wants to be the GM, but I wouldn't put it past him to make the GM subordinate to him.
January 10th, 2024 at 4:55 PM ^
In my perfect world JJ and Jim are having dinner tonight talking about how they want to run it back next year.
January 10th, 2024 at 3:04 PM ^
We'll see. It's a talented young roster that just needs a good QB to take the next step in the NFC, with a first-rounder that might end up in JJ's range, plus the opportunity to spoil the York family's dreams.
January 10th, 2024 at 3:48 PM ^
well.. if the cowboys lose their DC they just might go after Minter to fill that role. Not 100% certain that this doesn't affect us.
January 10th, 2024 at 4:53 PM ^
I'm mentally preparing myself for Minter to be gone anyways. I think there's a very good chance he's the next Ravens DC if MacDonald gets a HC job.
January 10th, 2024 at 2:40 PM ^
What's your deal?
January 10th, 2024 at 3:01 PM ^
One of the greatest things I've seen. Run it up Jimbo.
January 10th, 2024 at 3:50 PM ^
How *selectively* people forget that USC ran it up on, well, everyone they could, but more specifically Stanford in 2008.
Hard to get mad at a 55-21 score when last year’s game was 45-23. But god bless Pete Carroll, he who thinks that blowouts are only “classy” if he’s the one dealing them out.
January 10th, 2024 at 3:53 PM ^
Running up the score? Good for me but not for thee.
Hang a hundred, boys.
January 10th, 2024 at 2:42 PM ^
Youngest looking/acting 72 year old I've seen.
January 10th, 2024 at 3:00 PM ^
Just ran into Kurt Russell in an elevator yesterday. He's 72 and looks fantastic, and 10 years younger.
January 10th, 2024 at 3:03 PM ^
And he announced a couple days ago that he wanted to stay on. Kinda shocking to fire him.
January 10th, 2024 at 2:43 PM ^
Cannot believe they are parting ways after going 9-8. At his age Pete may be done coaching but interesting if he will join front office for Seattle or another franchise, or even media.
January 10th, 2024 at 2:44 PM ^
Pete made a deal with the devil to be like he is at age 72.
January 10th, 2024 at 2:49 PM ^
Nah, not the devil; it's the artwork in the attic that's shouldering that burden.
January 10th, 2024 at 2:54 PM ^
Courtesy of Basil Hallward.
January 10th, 2024 at 2:45 PM ^
It would be remarkably funny if Jim Harbaugh took the job just to watch all the Harbaugh hating Seahawks fans lose their minds.
January 10th, 2024 at 3:03 PM ^
I would not be one of them...if Harbaugh aint at M, Ill take him every freakin day...bring JJ too
January 10th, 2024 at 4:19 PM ^
As someone who lives in Washington state, I can confirm this would truly be a thing. People here can't stand him. I ask, "why?" The only answer I ever get has to do with him being annoying as the 49ers coach. I try to remind people that they hated when Pete was at USC blowing WSU out of the water on the regular and the response is, ah well, he's our guy now. Losers
Personally, I think he takes the Redsk... er, Commanders job. Most cap space, high draft pick, decent roster. Plus, it's close to his brother but not in the same conference.
We'll know more later, cheers
January 10th, 2024 at 2:46 PM ^
Wrigley's stock just dropped 15%.
It's amazing that there are coaches over 70 still running the show. NFL coaches work around the clock during the season. Would Belichick would want to start over somewhere new if New England moves on?
Advisory role seems difficult to define, though. What new coach wants a legend in the office? That's how Belichick ended up in New England at the last minute back in the 20th Century.
January 10th, 2024 at 2:57 PM ^
I mean look how old some U.S. Presidents have been (including the current one). Some people can just keep going.
January 10th, 2024 at 4:19 PM ^
Not the best example
January 10th, 2024 at 2:47 PM ^
this is a big shocker
January 10th, 2024 at 2:49 PM ^
NFL head coach is a great gig if you can survive it. All the money with a better work/life balance...but man you can get much better job security in college. Give and take.
Best coaching gig is probably someone like Phil Parker. Be great. Be rich. No head coach pressures.
January 10th, 2024 at 3:04 PM ^
From your lips to Minter's ears....
January 10th, 2024 at 2:56 PM ^
The guy is 72, he deserves the right to step aside, slow it down a bit, take a few naps as needed, and let a younger man do the every day grunt work.
Same can be said for the 71 year old Belichik.
Edit: same can be said about Saban.
January 10th, 2024 at 3:15 PM ^
He didn’t want to step aside.
January 10th, 2024 at 5:24 PM ^
I get that but it sounds like he's being retained by the org to continue access to his experience based knowledge/expertise. The paycheck endures in some fashion.
He'll be fine.
January 10th, 2024 at 2:59 PM ^
Pete's coming back home to LA. That's my guess. Chargers --> Pete Carroll.
Dan Quinn to Seattle.
Vrabel to Atlanta (New England is a dumpster fire)
I can't see Harbaugh uprooting his family to Vegas of all places, especially coming from a 9 year stint in lovely and cozy Ann Arbor.
My guess is Harbaugh goes to Washington to be closer to John and family - obviously I want him to stay home, but the man deserves to do whatever he wants now.
January 10th, 2024 at 3:55 PM ^
Jim and his wife met in Vegas
January 10th, 2024 at 3:03 PM ^
Wonder if they go after Debord. He mentioned he wouldn't leave Washington unless it was due the Seahawks.
January 10th, 2024 at 3:06 PM ^
DeBoer. Nobody's hiring Mike Debord.
January 10th, 2024 at 3:11 PM ^
An example as to why Harbaugh should stay. Pete Carroll won a Superbowl as coach and does that mean he is appreciated for it? Seems not.
You leave more of a lasting legacy in college if you stay and are successful than in the NFL. Plenty of successful head coaches in the NFL that have been forgotten.
January 10th, 2024 at 3:17 PM ^
Harbaugh improved Michigan greatly from where it was when he arrived but many still wanted him fired after 2020. If they’d played the OSU game that year, he probably would’ve been.
January 10th, 2024 at 3:53 PM ^
I see someone forgot that Dan Villari was about to be unleashed on anOSU in 2020
January 10th, 2024 at 3:32 PM ^
He's been their HC for 14 years, and that Super Bowl win was a decade ago. The Seahawks stuck with Pete through some bad seasons, and they're moving him into the organization rather than firing him.
January 10th, 2024 at 3:11 PM ^
My instant reaction to Pete parting with Seattle is that Harbaugh would be the exact same hire for them years later — A guy who had success in the NFL as an HC, then goes to college and has tons of success. There’s just a lot of parallels between the two. Seattle is the first coaching vacancy I've seen that actually makes a lot of sense for Jim imho.
This is going to be the craziest NFL head coach carousel. Look at the possible HCs:
Vrabel, Harbaugh, Belichick(?), Ben Johnson, AG, Dan Quinn, Mike McDonald, etc.
January 10th, 2024 at 3:56 PM ^
I don't think Harbaugh would want the job in Seattle. John Schneider is pretty hands on as GM, and I would think JH would want more autonomy when he takes an NFL job.
January 10th, 2024 at 5:00 PM ^
Sooooo Seattle is in play, now? **ducks
January 10th, 2024 at 6:06 PM ^
I heard Bama is looking for a new HC...