Source: Harbaugh and UM working on 5 year. $11 million per year

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Is this guy a reliable source? I’m not on the twittersphere, but I can’t say I’ve heard of him.

Also, is an NFL owner going to care about a $33 million buyout in two years? I mean, sure, they’d rather not have to pay it, but these guys have such deep pockets, and are desperate and greedy enough to win that if they want Harbaugh bad enough, I feel like there are some owners out there who would say “fuck it I’m paying the buyout, and we’ll go get him anyway.”

That should be 5 yr 13 million unless they are boosting all Assistant Coaches' salary to make them highest paid in the country.

Double. Deleted.

Kind of sounds like they made this public to put the pressure on Jim, otherwise deal would’ve been signed sealed delivered. 

come on..... GET IT DONE!   XM has two.....errrrr i mean three dollars riding on this!

why must we hear this every week

Hallelujah 

Not to throw a ball bearing into the gears but Coach needs to stop and think about whether he'd have as much fun coaching in the NFL as he does living in his "home town", next to family, coaching the kids at M.

Sure, the NCAA and Teenieweenie are obnoxious and Warde is Warde, but (in a few days) JH is a 60 year old guy who coaches kids who absolutely love and respect him. Hey Coach? The NFL offers owners and GMs who micromanage like crazy and players with outsized egos. Think it through ...

Prediction? He stays @ M.

terms coming out must mean NCAA outcome was favorable?

Only hurdle is Harbaugh putting into writing that he won’t explore a NFL job this cycle.

Oh, is that all?

Sounds fake, tbh. What kind of nonsense contract clause is that? That's what the buyout is for.

Fire Warde

Not enough Money. Print moar. 

If this is playing the media to force Harbaughs hand dumb move Warde but I've come to expect not much else honestly. 

Here's the thing. Why 5 years? JH isn't retiring from coaching in 5 years, the NFL won't want him at that age so why not do a 7 or even 10 year contract?

Give this man the damn pen. 

also, i don't know if it's the wording or the idea here, but does this strike anyone else as odd?

contracts often have buyout clauses, among other conditions.  is this tweet suggesting that they're having trouble coming up with an agreeable buyout clause? 

if harbaugh was intent on coaching at Michigan, putting a condition in the contract that he won't pursue an nfl job shoudn't be difficult - either the buyout is HUGE in the first 12 months of the contract, or a condition is added that he won't pursue an NFL job in the 2024 cycle.

seems to me that if you're trying to get him to sign a 5yr extension, the buyout should be huge the first two years, then get gradually smaller.  but i'm certainly no expert here.

I’ve never heard of a cfb contract in which the coach is prohibited from taking a job outside or cfb. Pretty sure that would be unenforceable

That is so weird that not exploring the NFL is the one condition he is balking at.  Hmm....

At this point why would Harbaugh be in a rush to sign a new contract? We know he likes to explore NFL options and it's not like UM is going to hire someone else unless he leaves. Jim holds all the cards. 

I still believe if we win the Natty he's gone to the NFL and Moore takes over as HC.

I'm sure there would be escaped clauses for NFL jobs.in any new contract.

Do you know how many fucking cheeseburgers you can buy for that kind of coin?

Same story different day, month, year.

What’s that old saying ? “ I’ll believe it when I see it “ … I’ll believe it when I see the press conference announcement of the new contract … these so called insiders know half of what they think they know 

Of course I want Jimmy to stay, but Im less anxious/fearful about this than any other past year of the NFL stuff...

Moore just showed everyone who he is as a coach.  


 

Anybody can just TAKE a reservation. It's the hold, that's the most important part