Schefter: Harbaugh to NCAA Unlikely
December 1st, 2014 at 11:22 AM ^
Schefter is very reliable. He's careful not to report rumor.
Crucially, he is sticking to what he knows here. So when he says "Harbaugh to NCAA unlikely," he is saying that as someone who has the best ear to the ground in the sport. Someone fed him info about possible trades; nobody has fed him any info about Harbaugh to Michigan. If that info was out there, he'd have it; it's not being talked about in NFL circles.
Combine that from someone who can be objective and knows the business, for whom the idea of leaving a successful, Super Bowl-caliber NFL career for college is unthinkable, and you get this conclusion.
This doesn't mean that Harbaugh won't come, but it makes a lot of sense.
December 1st, 2014 at 11:38 AM ^
Okay, picture this:
someone in the 49ers organization tells Schefter that he thinks Harbaugh is going to stay in the NFL.
Because the guy's in the 49ers organization, Schefter gives it some credence.
However, the guy may be putting that word out there for no other reason than to increase Harbaugh's trade value.
Like I said - until this process is over, don't believe anything you hear, read, or see on tv.
December 1st, 2014 at 9:09 AM ^
Someone please tell me how Adam Schefter knows exactly what I want?
December 1st, 2014 at 9:40 AM ^
At the risk of adding the obvious, Schefter is a Michigan alum and within the confines of reporter neutrality roots for Michigan. I'd have to assume he wants Jim H in Ann Arbor. The fact that he thinks it's not happening cannot be considered a good sign.
December 1st, 2014 at 12:34 PM ^
the deal.
December 1st, 2014 at 9:41 AM ^
December 1st, 2014 at 10:50 AM ^
December 1st, 2014 at 1:09 PM ^
Just like it sounds. He says "hey, I heard [insert info]. Coach/GM says "Oh, really? Well, did you know about [insert other info about something else].
Not everyone is a fan. From the article linked below: "Not everyone is as impressed with Schefter’s rapid reporting. Last month, after Rams quarterback Sam Bradford left a preseason game with an apparent knee injury, Schefter tweeted that initial tests “did not show damage to ACL.” St. Louis Coach Jeff Fisher was promptly asked about the report.
“Oh, you know, I didn’t see Adam in the locker room or the training room today,” he told reporters. “That’s funny. If you see [Schefter] tell him I say hi.
“Yeah, he knows everything,” Fisher added, the sarcasm impossible to miss.
The next day, the news became official: Bradford would miss the season because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/adam-schefter-is-nfl-repo…
December 1st, 2014 at 8:41 AM ^
He'll have his pick of jobs - and there will be some good ones open: NY Giants??
December 1st, 2014 at 8:41 AM ^
December 1st, 2014 at 8:41 AM ^
oh boy. My MICHpression is kicking into high gear.
Help me John Belein you're my only hope.
December 1st, 2014 at 8:42 AM ^
When Harbaugh signs with another NFL team is when I'll believe it.
December 1st, 2014 at 8:42 AM ^
December 1st, 2014 at 8:44 AM ^
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December 1st, 2014 at 8:58 AM ^
December 1st, 2014 at 9:22 AM ^
Seriously. I'm disappointed this wasn't the first comment in this thread.
December 1st, 2014 at 8:45 AM ^
December 1st, 2014 at 8:54 AM ^
December 1st, 2014 at 9:45 AM ^
That was the last (hopefully) guy.
December 1st, 2014 at 11:03 AM ^
would have a sniper stationed at the state street Exit on 94 to make certain he is not the coach
December 1st, 2014 at 11:27 AM ^
Lol. You just played Black Ops didn't you?
December 1st, 2014 at 11:27 AM ^
Lol. You just played Black Ops didn't you?
December 1st, 2014 at 9:54 AM ^
LALALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
/Gazes dreamily at Jim Harbaugh poster above the bed.
December 1st, 2014 at 8:47 AM ^
December 1st, 2014 at 8:49 AM ^
I don't think anyone really knows Harbaugh's mind right now except Harbaugh. What Schefter is hearing may just be more of the NFL's echo chamber of so-called "insiders", media people and agents who are inclined to believe that a successful pro coach like Harbaugh would stay in the pros and never go back to the NCAA.
December 1st, 2014 at 8:49 AM ^
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December 1st, 2014 at 9:12 AM ^
That was more than likely a planted statement, IMO.
It doesn't mean, however, that Michigan is out of the running.
Get the checkbook out, dammit!
December 1st, 2014 at 8:50 AM ^
I am so not prepared to hear, "After an exhaustive search, we've come to the conclusion that Hoke embodies everything that we all value and love about Michigan." Not prepared at all.
December 1st, 2014 at 8:52 AM ^
"If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all!"
- Every mom everywhere across all time
December 1st, 2014 at 8:52 AM ^
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December 1st, 2014 at 8:54 AM ^
December 1st, 2014 at 9:05 AM ^
Huh? What?
December 1st, 2014 at 8:58 AM ^
You could see this coming when the report came out that they might try to trade him. They know another NFL team will want him so why not look for player compensation to release him early? Michigan only has a chance if he gets an outright release which appears very unlikely anytime soon.
December 1st, 2014 at 9:24 AM ^
SF doesn't have to fire him in order for him to consider UM.
December 1st, 2014 at 11:05 AM ^
With all of the countless threads on the topic, how do people still not understand that he can walk for a college job? His NFL contract has zero bearing on his ability to accept the Michigan job.
December 1st, 2014 at 8:58 AM ^
But John Bacon said that Dave Brandon was the reason we didn't get Harbaugh four years ago!
Oh, that's right, he said it because he wanted Brandon gone for his own reasons.
December 1st, 2014 at 9:05 AM ^
Whatever Bacon's reasons were, he was 100% correct about David Brandon. DB was the worst AD in the history of the University of Michigan. He was personally responsible for holding the program down another four years. He alienated everyone around him except his rotating roster of employee/sycophants.
December 1st, 2014 at 10:18 AM ^
Hiring Brian Ellerbe as the HC in basketball was a far worse hire than Hoke. Plus, he put up the fucking halo and ran the AD into the red.
Fuck that guy.
December 1st, 2014 at 9:37 AM ^
Didn't David Brandon himself say that he never considered anybody other than Brady Hoke for the job?
Personally, I think Mr. Brandon was lying when he said that, but it's hard get angry at John Bacon for assuming that Mr. Brandon was actually telling the truth.
December 1st, 2014 at 9:01 AM ^
If I were to bet, I'd say Harbaugh goes elsewhere. That said, you have to take any ESPN report with a grain of salt. They dedicate an entire morning program to the NFL and broadcast NFL games. Over the past 2-3 days, there has been an apparently organized effort to talk about Harbaugh staying in the NFL. He may very well do that, and it certainly would be in the interest of ESPN that he do that. Nothing has happened until it happens.
December 1st, 2014 at 9:01 AM ^
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December 1st, 2014 at 9:02 AM ^
why is Shefter's word stronger than oak??
December 1st, 2014 at 9:04 AM ^
sweet schefter, way to kick a fanbase when were down
December 1st, 2014 at 9:05 AM ^
December 1st, 2014 at 10:48 AM ^
different sport, but Doc Rivers was traded to the Clippers last year. And Jason Kidd traded to the Bucks this year.