Today's potentially meaningless quote - Harbaugh on whether he wants to be back in 2023: "Have I not showed that? I love Michigan. I love the team. I love everybody (there)."
This is after declining to answer questions about the NFL or ongoing contract negotiations. The source is MLive beat writer Aaron McMann:
When I asked if he wanted to be back at Michigan, not just expects to be, he said: "Have I not showed that? I love Michigan. I love the team. I love everybody (there)." https://t.co/zbE6XUsOTZ
— Aaron McMann (@AaronMcMann) January 13, 2023
January 13th, 2023 at 2:35 PM ^
Thanks for sharing! I definitely support this comment!
January 13th, 2023 at 2:53 PM ^
Fire Warde
January 13th, 2023 at 6:02 PM ^
Fire Warde. Give Jim 10-years, $125 million. And tell the NCAA to piss off about the cheeseburgers.
January 13th, 2023 at 6:02 PM ^
It’s all Warde’s fault
January 13th, 2023 at 3:16 PM ^
I definitely support your support!
January 13th, 2023 at 3:54 PM ^
"When I asked if he wanted to be back at Michigan, not just expects to be, he said: "Have I not showed that?"
Well...ahhh...no, Jim. You second annual dalliance with the NFL suggests otherwise.
January 13th, 2023 at 4:09 PM ^
UNLESS, it was all a ploy to get stronger commitments from the university for fielding a top competing program.
We do have to allow for that to be the actual reason behind the NFL dalliance. Not saying that's definitively THE reason, but it certainly could be.
January 13th, 2023 at 5:52 PM ^
Jason Gay of the WSJ had the line that college coaches' resting state is finding ways to shake down their university for more money. It's likely that's the play here.
I'll be curious about the buyout number. That will tell me a lot about if Harbaugh is pretty much over the NFL.
January 13th, 2023 at 6:24 PM ^
An NFL owner can afford any buyout if they want
January 13th, 2023 at 6:33 PM ^
Certainly if their name is Walton.
January 13th, 2023 at 8:19 PM ^
And if they’re willing to pay it, more power to them. A big payout received from an NFL team would go a long way to paying the large buyout of a top coach to replace him.
I’d rather get $20 million for an NFL team hiring Jim than the $2 million or whatever it is now. If he’s gonna leave, we should be highly compensated for it.
January 13th, 2023 at 5:52 PM ^
It also could be feeling like there was a lack of support related to the NCAA findings.
January 13th, 2023 at 4:10 PM ^
And technically Jim, you didn’t actually answer the question.
January 13th, 2023 at 6:07 PM ^
To me this screams that Jim has a higher standard of the program and how it should be run than the AD does. I think he's fighting/demanding the things necessary to make this a program he can be happy running for the next decade. It's entirely possible to want to be here and also know you have to have options if the school does not align with your vision.
I relate it to a marriage where one party is all in but the other is complacent. This often leads to divorce. Hopefully Santa is the right marriage counselor to make this work.
January 13th, 2023 at 7:09 PM ^
Or, he is demanding things that can't realistically/reasonably be done as a way to justify leaving, even if they are things we might agree with ("Warde is gone, or I am").
January 13th, 2023 at 6:07 PM ^
Duplicate
January 13th, 2023 at 6:09 PM ^
Does it, though? A person who is feeling unsupported by his employer is very likely to consider alternative employment options even if he loves his current job and wants to keep it. What we know right now is that Warde hasn't given Coach a contract he can live with, hasn't done everything necessary to optimize the NIL program (in Coach's view, at least), and has been notably silent in the face of NCAA allegations. On that last item in particular, many AD's would be hopping mad at the NCAA and would have their coach's back in a conspicuous way.
January 13th, 2023 at 2:37 PM ^
I support this comment.
January 13th, 2023 at 4:13 PM ^
I am in full support of NFG's message to the board and appreciate his support of the above comment and coach Harbaugh
January 13th, 2023 at 2:38 PM ^
He even loves Warde? Alright, he's definitely high, drunk or both.
January 13th, 2023 at 2:50 PM ^
Or stumbled into some bad poultry.
January 13th, 2023 at 2:59 PM ^
Jim Harbaugh does not consume poultry!
January 13th, 2023 at 3:09 PM ^
Nervy bird
January 13th, 2023 at 2:39 PM ^
This is annoying. To me, no, it doesn’t show he wants to stay when he has flip flopped since last year. How does he honestly think he has shown he wants to be here when he has interviewed with the broncos and wanted to talk or whatever with Carolina? I’m cool with harbaugh having issues with AD. But, to say he has shown he wants to stay here with these cryptic messages and that he “will most likely be the 2023 coach” is laughable. To me, this is a bad look.
January 13th, 2023 at 3:31 PM ^
Yep. You nailed it.
+1
January 13th, 2023 at 4:25 PM ^
There they are!! Wassssup fanboyz!!!! Happy Friday broskis!
January 13th, 2023 at 3:56 PM ^
I hope he stays. But, god, has been annoying about this. And it sure won't help recruiting.
January 13th, 2023 at 4:48 PM ^
I want him to stay as well. Still confident he stays, but this whole charade of him instilling confidence that it’s matter of fact he’s going to be UMs coach next year is at the very least questionable. If he wants all this annoyance to go away, simply state what he did after this escapade last year and shoot down the rumors. Not interview with NFL teams and just commit to UM. What’s that saying from one of those presidents? ““There's an old saying in Tennessee…I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee…that says, fool me once, shame on you. Fool…you can’t get fooled again.”
January 13th, 2023 at 11:11 PM ^
Well when you are coming off your second B1G title and we are recruiting like mid level B1G school what would you do. He has to leverage the NFL to get what he wants. More money to for assistance to keep the good ones we have in place. Open up the NiL money so the top recruits will come here easily. The fact that two five star QBs are walking out of the state of Michigan with the way the program is looking is crazy. Kids should be lining up to play at Michigan. But clearly the NIL here is dog water. And it needs to change so flirt with the NFL until Michigan gives him what he wants. Fire Warde or whatever to get it done I don’t care but it feels good to be a happy Michigan football fan again. They either get with the times of the current landscape of college football or go back to the Rich Rod, Brady Hoke days.
January 13th, 2023 at 2:42 PM ^
Just because I'm interviewing for other jobs doesn't mean I don't love this one! Don't worry about my Tinder profile, honey, it doesn't mean I don't love you!
January 13th, 2023 at 3:09 PM ^
Professional careers and marriage/committed relationships are not analogous. If he goes winless next year will you still be asking for him to be committed to the university for life? And 100% you can love your current job but have good reasons to look for another one.
January 13th, 2023 at 3:50 PM ^
This. People keep making this analogy, but they are 100% not the same thing.
Jim is a high-level football coach with a very marketable resume. He should be protecting his worth and making sure he doesn't get railroaded by an employer simply because he already enjoys working there, especially when said employer and its fans would be quick to throw you out the door the moment you don't meet their absurdly high, often unfair expectations.
January 13th, 2023 at 6:11 PM ^
100%. Any coach would do this if he were in Harbaugh's position and had Harbaugh's resume and talent.
January 13th, 2023 at 7:04 PM ^
Nope. Plenty don't.
January 13th, 2023 at 7:38 PM ^
Who are the “plenty”? I can’t think of anyone outside of Saban that can even come close to Harbaughs resume.
January 13th, 2023 at 7:21 PM ^
Jobs aren’t like marriages, you don’t have to love your job. But if you want to say that kind of dumb shit, then you shouldn’t be actively looking for a new gig.
January 13th, 2023 at 3:27 PM ^
I’ll never look at it again. But because you never know what the future holds I’ll keep that account active
January 13th, 2023 at 8:10 PM ^
"Just because I wanted you fired after having the 8th best Power Five record and constantly calling you a disappointment after pulling the program out of a blazing inferno and wanting you replaced by some dogshit coach like Matt Campbell, you must be 100% committed to Michigan at all times unless you lose three games again. In that case you can look at other jobs because I will have you fired and replaced by some no name assistant who isn't qualified to coach at Grand Valley whom I will spite hire because you dared look three years before at an NFL job and had the audacity to lose three games at Michigan. After my new hire fails and the team goes 5-7, I will blame you somehow for the losses. THIS IS A MARRIAGE AND YOR RUINED IT JIM."
January 13th, 2023 at 2:44 PM ^
Fuck yeah! That's my coach!!!
January 13th, 2023 at 2:45 PM ^
’Have I not showed that?’
(Looks at text message from NFL contact)
’Aaron, I gotta make a phone call.’
January 13th, 2023 at 3:33 PM ^
LOL. Y'all are on fire today!
I'm gonna take a backseat and let guys keep rolling today so my fanboyz don't get riled up when I post the same thing.
January 13th, 2023 at 2:47 PM ^
He could never make some people happy. Wanna know why? Because generally if you check peoples general posting history and comments, they speak for themselves. Continue on coach. Enjoy your family and we will see you in the Spring. Lord help some people.
January 13th, 2023 at 5:32 PM ^
He could never make some people happy
Sure he could. Here let me help him. Jim, say this: “I’m actively working on a new contract with AD Manuel and am confident we will reach an agreement very soon.”
January 14th, 2023 at 8:20 AM ^
What if He isn’t sure he can? What if he truly loves Michigan but feels like he keeps getting signals from Warde that Michigan doesn’t feel the same way.
January 13th, 2023 at 2:48 PM ^
Have we all not shown that at Michigan we take the biggest poops
January 13th, 2023 at 3:05 PM ^
Have we though? Have we really?
January 13th, 2023 at 3:24 PM ^
I'm low carb right now. Mine aren't large or often right now (sad face)
January 13th, 2023 at 2:53 PM ^
I support the comments supporting this comment
January 13th, 2023 at 2:59 PM ^
Nope, didn't pinkie swear!
January 13th, 2023 at 3:01 PM ^
Jim? I luv ya, I really do. The best thing you've done in 2023 is hire an agent.
What you next need to do is hire a PR person to help you manage your image. You are a brilliant football mind, without ANY question. But what you don't know about personal image management, about controlling interviews and interviewers, could fill an entire semester of a graduate level seminar.
They offer Media Management Training to senior execs. Sign up, please?