Your daily Harbaugh to the NFL pot stir: Chicago edition
Here we go...
Quick summary: IF McCaskey and Kevin Warren have the stones, Jim should be the only guy on their shopping list.
Plenty of attractive draft picks, intriguing roster mix, new stadium in the way.
Would be the biggest thing to hit Halas Hall since Ditka.
December 5th, 2023 at 8:17 PM ^
Why does it scream of entitlement? I think it’s very smart. That kind of money will set him up very well for the future after his playing days are over. Whether it’s permissible is something I don’t know but asking for equity instead of salary is very smart and shows maturity in my opinion.
December 5th, 2023 at 3:02 PM ^
Santa is keeping Jim under our Christmas tree this year.....
if he doesn't....... XM owes you a dollar!
December 5th, 2023 at 3:02 PM ^
Hahahaha.... they think he'd be around long enough to see the new stadium?
December 5th, 2023 at 3:02 PM ^
Wish I had more than one downvote to give this post.
December 5th, 2023 at 3:03 PM ^
the problem there is ownership. It's bad. Real bad. I think there are enough nepo babies in that organization that it's not likely to get straight, nor likely to give JH the freedom he'd need to truly make change there.
December 5th, 2023 at 3:38 PM ^
As a born and raised die hard Bears fan, you hit the nail on the head. Bears ownership is maybe the worst in the league and that is saying something when Dan Snyder still owns Washington. (for now)
There isn't a football brain in the whole family, and they have been living off the Halas name forever. Infact, and I had to look this up, the McCaskey family is the only owner in the NFL where they have NO business ventures outside of the Team. This means their ONLY source of income is the Chicago Bears. So, in a way, I can never understand why they DONT put everything they have into making that team as successful as possible.
The McCaskey family has a lot of bad history as well. Do some research and read about how Virginia (the current head of the team) really fucked over her younger brother's (Mugs Halas) kids and grandkids when he died. That woman is a real piece of work.
While this will sound bad, there is a reason most Bears fans are waiting for the day she finally kicks the bucket. Shes not a good person at all.
December 5th, 2023 at 3:06 PM ^
I've posted this like 5 times, but I have a reoccurring nightmare that Harbaugh goes to the Bears and drafts JJ and Harrison Jr with those high draft picks.
It's a nightmare because I'm also a Lions fan.
Though, honestly, with what has happened between the B1G and the NCAA and the Michigan administration bending over for them, it'd be very hard to blame him.
December 5th, 2023 at 3:25 PM ^
please stop posting your dreams
December 5th, 2023 at 4:36 PM ^
In this other one I was running from a cheetah in a library while wearing a clown suit.
December 5th, 2023 at 3:41 PM ^
The only good thing that came out of that whole "signgate" is Harbaugh get to see how much Santa, Regents, players, his coaches and fans love him. He is not going anywhere.
December 5th, 2023 at 4:49 PM ^
Exactly. And I'd bet there's even a lot of appreciation coming from Warde, contrary to the common themed Warde bashing around here all the time.
December 5th, 2023 at 4:17 PM ^
As an Eagles fan I'm pretty worried about the Giants drafting JJ :(. Would really suck to have to root against that guy
December 5th, 2023 at 3:08 PM ^
This is not news.
December 5th, 2023 at 3:09 PM ^
Just make a sticky on rumors
December 5th, 2023 at 3:09 PM ^
The likelihood of Harbaugh working with Kevin Warren for the Bears is about the same as me having sex with Taylor Swift.
December 5th, 2023 at 3:33 PM ^
at least she'd get a song out of it
December 5th, 2023 at 3:09 PM ^
Did Kevin Warren have a good relationship with Jim? If so, then it is possible. If not, then we are safe because no way would Jim want to have to answer to Warren if he thought Warren undermined him when the commish of the B1G Backstabbers.
December 5th, 2023 at 3:20 PM ^
I was thinking the same thing. Does Jim like Kevin Warren? Or does Kevin Warren even like Harbaugh?
December 5th, 2023 at 3:09 PM ^
A big Ditka, or a bunch of tiny Ditkas?
December 5th, 2023 at 3:11 PM ^
I love Jim and he's been a successful NFL coach, but he doesn't really fit the current trend of promoting young coordinators to HC positions. That's a copy cat league if there ever was one.
December 5th, 2023 at 3:14 PM ^
OTOH, there's Frank Reich, Josh McDaniels, Sean Payton, and Doug Pederson. Hiring previously successful coaches (or Josh McDaniels) is still a thing.
December 5th, 2023 at 3:18 PM ^
A few of those guys didn't work out too well. They notice those things.
December 5th, 2023 at 3:27 PM ^
Only one has really worked out yet. Are the Broncos actually "good" this year? I am not convinced.
December 5th, 2023 at 3:36 PM ^
I think the Broncos are kind of in NFL purgatory. .500 team, older qb and not much cap space.
December 5th, 2023 at 3:57 PM ^
Reich may have been fine if not for David Tepper.
December 5th, 2023 at 3:54 PM ^
While not young, Eberflus was previously a hot coordinator (ditto his predecessor Matt Nagy), and it's getting late early for Staley and Saleh. NFL owners aren't particularly good at hiring head coaches, it seems.
December 5th, 2023 at 3:14 PM ^
I would never work for the McCaskey’s. They’re relics. If I had Harbaugh’s personality, I would avoid that situation like the plague.
December 5th, 2023 at 3:18 PM ^
Who's got it better than us?
Sure as hell ainy the Bears. Fuck em...
December 5th, 2023 at 3:19 PM ^
Why on earth would he want to coach the Bears? He would just become another former coach in 3 years because that is what they do.
December 5th, 2023 at 3:22 PM ^
When's the signing day? Right on time.
December 5th, 2023 at 4:28 PM ^
I’d call this a Portal Day story myself.
December 5th, 2023 at 3:23 PM ^
Jim should drop this on Social Media when he signs his new deal.
December 5th, 2023 at 3:24 PM ^
FuckTheAtlantic.com
December 5th, 2023 at 3:26 PM ^
Right. Not clicking. That. Link.
December 5th, 2023 at 3:30 PM ^
Not sure Jim would go work for Kevin Warren.
December 5th, 2023 at 3:35 PM ^
Fire and ice
December 5th, 2023 at 5:38 PM ^
Classic Ralph Bakshi
December 5th, 2023 at 3:32 PM ^
This is the most plausible “Harbaugh to the NFL” option IMO. I can even see him taking JJ and Marvin Harrison Jr with him.
Depending on what his personal relationship is with Kevin Warren and the family that owns the Bears, this is pretty attractive if you’re Harbaugh.
December 5th, 2023 at 4:39 PM ^
Actually, I think (you should include that qualifier as well) if you're Harbaugh, it's downright unattractive compared to what he has now.
I swear like maybe 10% of people actually seem to be able to read Harbaugh, it seems really strange to me. I think it's as obvious as it can be, that he wants to be here, and enjoys being here.
December 5th, 2023 at 3:41 PM ^
Chicago is getting a new stadium? Didn't they just build that spaceship thing a few years ago?
December 5th, 2023 at 3:51 PM ^
I think the real question will be whether Harbaugh wants any NFL job, or a good NFL job. Does he want another realistic shot at a Super Bowl, or just to be in the League? Because it would seem like, especially after this year, he could get an NFL job if he wanted. But a good job, a good situation to walk into, is going to be much harder to find (first and foremost because teams in good situations are much less likely to have fired their HC). He walked into a great situation in SF, a talented roster that was underperforming and lent itself to an immediate turnaround. But whether he could get something similar again is anyone's guess. I hope he's smart enough not to make the Beilein mistake, jumping into an unwinnable situation just for the sake of going to the pros. At this stage in his life, you'd have to think he doesn't want to be looking for another job in three years because his crappy NFL team couldn't get it together. And the Bears seem like one of the five or so worst franchises in the NFL right now...
*I guess there's also the question of whether he wants the NFL at all anymore. I'm hoping that all this NCAA/B1G bullshit has galvanized him to stay here to win and stick it to everyone else...
December 5th, 2023 at 3:53 PM ^
"New stadium on the way" - I'll believe it when I see it. I haven't heard anything new on that in at least 6 months, and the last thing reported is that the Bears can't make an agreement on tax benefits with Arlington Heights so they're shopping the stadium around to other suburbs. It's gonna be at least a decade until they move, IF they end up moving IMO.
December 5th, 2023 at 4:04 PM ^
I think Harbaugh will leave if he gets an offer from the NFL. The Bears are a possibility and not a bad spot considering their draft picks. Hopefully he sticks around but I'm sure he will talk to NFL teams after the season is over. Buckle up!
December 5th, 2023 at 4:35 PM ^
Well I think he won't. So there.
December 5th, 2023 at 5:13 PM ^
It would take $10MIL
I don't see it.
His children are at a terrible age to relocate. He is a hero/owns AA. Makes no sense.
Of course why he will sign on in a month.
December 5th, 2023 at 4:18 PM ^
They don’t have the stones. It’s the Bears, trust me.
December 5th, 2023 at 4:35 PM ^
You realize you're just adding to the noise, amplifying the bullshit... yes?