Per PFT: Jim Harbaugh being interviewed by Viking

How many of you guys were in drama club in high school?

So much whining in these posts.

I’d prefer we deal with uncertainty each year if it means we’re stacking big 10 championships

Sigh…..Harbaugh has the right to explore his options and do what’s best for him, but at this point let’s just rip the goddamn band-aid off. 

I don’t care if he leaves or stays. I really don’t. Michigan can survive without him and likely find someone who can replicate winning ~10 games/year and beating OSU one out of every five tries.

But if you want to leave, just freaking leave and let Michigan move on. You can’t tell me this isn’t affecting recruiting at this point. 

Its a legit interview, unlike all the other talk of one in earlier reports.

Not sure if mentioned earlier, but Harbaugh is required to let the AD know if an interview has been requested.

At the end of the day, no one knows what Harbaugh will do, but I doubt a guy that gave away all of his bonuses, which would have allowed him to get more or less the same salary before 2020, has anything to do with it.

I guess we'll find out. But no one is above the team.

A lot of unknowns here but if Harbaugh is willing to seriously consider the Vikings then my assumption is he would take any NFL job if offered. So the only question is, will an NFL team hire him. 

A couple weeks ago I thought Harbaugh was going to stay when the Raiders moved on. However, it seems like Harbaugh is trying to get any NFL job, so I guess I'm thinking Harbaugh will be leaving and may not end up with the best NFL situation. I could see him taking the Jags job. He may do better than Urban but he may not do good enough to make it 3 years. I sure the hell hope our AD is doing a new coaching search behind the scenes but I doubt that. I thing they will go with the lazy plan B which would be to promote Gattis as our new HC. I hope that goes well?

Warde in a few years:  “remember that time I let our head football coach flirt with NFL teams thinking it was harmless and then he looked for every opportunity he could find and then went and got hired and I looked like an ass, that was fun.”

Let's say the team hadn't broken through with one of their best games in a long, long time and thrashed Ohio State. Would Harbaugh still be employed here?

Coaching is a fickle business. I'd like to think that since he grew up here, played Junior Wolverines, went to Michigan, starred here, came back after reaching the Super Bowl... this is what he wants to do for life. But he was fairly close to losing his job here. So it's understandable that he might want to move on.

Still, I think there's a big part of him that does not want to move on - especially if he gets a contract that reflects the position. We'll see how strong that part is as long as the contract extension is competitive.

wrong thread

I doubt this interview goes public unless he is getting the job. As they say, he gone. 

Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

1-5(6) vs OSU. Yes, Michigan can do better. 

F*ck this guy. To do this now. I will openly root for him to fall on his face. 

Neg away.

Have you never interviewed for a job you didn’t definitely want? Talking to NFL teams doesn’t at all mean he doesn’t want to be at Michigan. 

Those who stay will be champions

Jim (reasonably, in my opinion), felt under appreciated by the administration and a large segment of the fan base, though I keep reminding myself that this blog's posters do not represent, a close approximation of the entire fanbase.

Criticism was fair, but again, just IMO, out of proportion to his record prior to 2021, especially in context of the two coaches that preceded him and the OSU dominant environment in the conference. 2021 was his vindication and by any reasonable measure, a spectacular season that was fun as well as successful.

The money is what it is, if MSU and LSU are "overpaying", markets have always been set by the most recent contracts. You can say as a coach, then the money doesn't matter and still understand that the money is a measure of the respect shown you.

For those who say the University can't afford it, wait and see if we make an unsuccessful change at the coaching position, what the costs will be from shrinking attendance and declining fan interest.

Harbaugh saved the program when it was about to crater after RR and Hoke, and reversed ticket sale trends contrary to the nation wide trends that were still in decline at the time and remain in decline.

My pure guess is that Warde would like to move on, but wants public sentiment to support it. I also predict that Gattis will be the next head coach. I share concerns of those who wonder if a guy whom most on here thought was a failure, prior to 2021, will work out. I hope so and I will be pulling for him or whomever, 100 percent. I would also suggest that attracting a top coach with a more solid track record and head coaching experience would be far more difficult than many assume.

Floki is building Jim a boat to sail to Minnesota as we speak 

Starting to be reported in a couple corners of the internet Harbaugh is being hired by the Vikings. Announcement tomorrow. 

If he wants to go I wish him all the luck in the world, and I'll be rooting for him wherever he lands. It really seems like he wants to go.

If he doesn't want to go and this is mostly a negotiating tactic, offer him all the money already.