<p>Just wondering, has anyone ever done decent in NFL but failed to live up to expectations at the college level?
Because it seems like most NFL->college coaches are quite good.</p>
<p>I don’t have too many doubts about Harbaugh, really just curious. </p>
<p>…announcement may happen at the Tuesday basketball game!!! Glad I bought tickets last night!</p>
<p>Two responses.</p>
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<li><p>The Raiders are REALLY close to being a good team despite what their record says. They have had a hellacious schedule. They play San Diego, Denver, and Kansas City twice, which is already hard. But then after that they had to play the NFC West which is a really tough division. They had to play the play the Patriots and Miami. There 3 wins were solid (KC, SF, and Buffalo) and they were a missed call away from beating the Patriots and one play away from beating Seattle. They’re a pretty solid team with a rough schedule. If they played cupcakes like Seattle did all year, they would have had a better record. Also, Harbaugh’s wife wants to stay in Bay Area. Michigan is farther away from a championship than Oakland is.</p></li>
<li><p>This is a question. How do students or Michigan parents feel about him being offered $48,000,000 per year? That’s a lot of money going to only one person for a recreational activity.</p></li>
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<p>Lol… you aren’t a MIchigan person, are you? Football is not just a “recreational activity” for students or alums. And if he can rejuvenate the Michigan program, it will likely be considered money well spent by many people involved with the university.</p>
<p>Whoops, not $48,000,000 per year. And nope, not a Michigan person. </p>
<p>Alexandre: it is my undestanding that Oakland has had 7 coaches in 12 years? If true, that is a bit hard to comprehend. If Harbaugh steps into the Michigan job he will be the 3rd in 7 years, which is a total aberration. If he lives up to half the hype, his horizon at UM would be more or less unlimited. I think the $48MM number is over-reported, but my over all sense of the way the perception is trending is that they are down to contract details. All of that said, I think people are putting too many emotional eggs in that basket…there are other candidates and I hope that if Harbaugh says no they can pull the trigger on another coach very quickly. As it is the anticipation is at a fever-pitch and any other coach will have to outlive the “Plan-B” reputation.</p>
<p>Parents shouldn’t care about a big number for Harbaugh as the athletic and academic lines are under separate budgets: Harbaugh’s comp does NOT affect tution.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.vpcomm.umich.edu/pa/key/understandingtuition.html”>http://www.vpcomm.umich.edu/pa/key/understandingtuition.html</a></p>
<p>Q. What does tuition money NOT pay for? </p>
<p>A. Tuition dollars are not used to pay for these areas:</p>
<p>Intercollegiate athletics. </p>
<p>Student housing. </p>
<p>U-M Health System. </p>
<p>Student Publications. </p>
<p>Most construction projects.</p>
<p>These are all self-funded areas of the university that generate their own funding and pay their own way. No tuition or tax dollars are used in these areas.</p>
<p>Bacon just called it, that’s a wrap. He’s coming.</p>
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<p>I don’t care. My tuition money (when I have to pay tuition) doesn’t go towards it and I’m not naive enough to believe that we would get the donations that we do without a successful sports environment. </p>
<p>Blue85, the Raiders are now looking for their 7th coach in 10 years. </p>
<p>2005 Norv Turner
2006 Art Shell
2007-2008 Lane Kiffin
2008-2010 Tom Cable
2011 Hue Jackson
2012-2014 Dennis Allen
2015 ?</p>
<p>Yikes, talk about a coach’s graveyard. CaliCash, given the above, I am not sure why anybody with options would want the Raiders job. The franchise is nowhere near being good. Your reasons for Oakland’s disastrous 11-36 record in the last 3 seasons are not entirely valid, and even if they were, wouldn’t Harbaugh be subject to the same conditions? </p>
<p>“Michigan is farther away from a championship than Oakland is.”</p>
<p>You honestly believe that? Michigan is loaded with four star and five star athletes in virtually every position, they simply have not been developed or adequately motivated. Harbaugh is known for his attention to detail and his motivational skills. At Michigan, Harbaugh can add 20 new players every year to his roster since college players have 4 years of eligibility. Considering that Harbaugh is the hottest coach in the country right now, the resources of Michigan, its incredible facilities and singular tradition, recruiting talent should be easy. That means in 2-3 years, his roster will be almost filled with his own players. He can push players harder and not have to worry about their egos and he will have virtually no meddling from the President or the AD. At Oakland, he can only add 7-10 new players to his roster annually. He will have to put up with NFL primadonas, the owner and the GM. Think about it this way, if in four years, Harbaugh turned Stanford from an 1-11 team with little talent to a 12-1 team, what he can do at Michigan is frankly scary! I am not saying he will mind you, because each situation is different, but it does fire up the imagination! 
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<p>As for Harbaugh’s wife, she may want to live in the Bay area, but when asked about his favourite place to live in 2013, Harbaugh said Ann Arbor. He and his wife have lived 6 wonderful years together in the Bay area, I am sure she won’t mind living 6 equally wonderful years in Ann Arbor. Besides, it is my understanding that his whole family (which I assume includes his wife) are in favor of his taking the Michigan job. Here’s the thing, although Ann Arbor and San Francisco are very different cities, both are really great places to live. Also, considering the money he will be earning, it is not unthinkable for the Harbaughs to maintain very close ties to San Francisco, including possibly commuting back and forth, although that would not be optimal.</p>
<p>“That’s a lot of money going to only one person for a recreational activity.”</p>
<p>This is why so many people are puzzled at why Harbaugh would leave the NFL for Michigan. The majority of people have never attended a university with the spirit and athletic tradition of Michigan. To them, college football is merely a “recreational activity”. Try telling that to an Alabama, Michigan, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma or Texas alum! LOL! To us, college football is much more than merely a “recreational activity”. It is a way of life. As such, most Michigan alumni, students and parents would probably not care since (1) they care deeply about football, (2) appreciate the benefits to the entire university that come with having a successful football program and (3) understand that the Athletics department is run entirely separately from the University, both fiscally and administratively.</p>
<p>It is now widely accepted that Jim Harbaugh will be the coach, John Bacon says Harbaugh’s friends will be flying in, though no contract signed</p>
<p>Let’s also remember that Oakland supposedly has one of the least talented rosters in the NFL, so a rebuilding job there would be very difficult. </p>
<p>Tickets for the basketball game on Tuesday are now sold out and going for $130 on StubHub since the rumor is that an announcement will be made at halftime and that JH may be at the game.</p>
<p>Congrats on landing the Urban Meyer of Michigan - Jim Harbaugh!! lol</p>
<p>Source: <a href=“Harbaugh to Michigan? 'It's done' report states - NBC Sports College Football”>http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/12/27/harbaugh-to-michigan-its-done-ny-times-reports/</a></p>
<p>Can’t wait to resume THE best rivalry in all sports! Go Bucks!! :D</p>
<p>It has not happened yet. Let us hope it does tomorrow. </p>
<p>49ers announced Harbaugh was no longer their coach, immediately after the game. They couldn’t even wait until Monday morning.</p>
<p>As a 49er fan probably going to Michigan, I can’t decide whether I should be devastated or excited :-/ </p>
<p>Glass 1/2 or nearly full Sophia! Be excited and enjoy.</p>
<p>I hope I get accepted and get to witness some magical championship run now. </p>
<p>I wonder what Brady Hoke is up to now? Is he in the running for any HC jobs?</p>