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NFL teams offer up big money to Harbaugh and keep him from Michigan.
 

I will be too. Michigan needs to keep Rich Rod.
 

I'm crossing my fingers that Elway will hire him and they will select Luck. That should be enough to lure him to Denver.
 

I'm glad Maturi didn't offer him 4 million a year to come here and decided to go cheap with 750K for Kill instead. I'm sure that will pay off in the end.
 

Wasn't part of the pipe dream of getting Harbaugh here that he would have the ability to stick it to Michigan every year? What happened that caused the perceived bad blood between Harbaugh and Michigan?
 


Sparlimb said:
I'm glad Maturi didn't offer him 4 million a year to come here and decided to go cheap with 750K for Kill instead. I'm sure that will pay off in the end.
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How can people be so frickin' delusional? Only thing more ridiculous than the thought Harbaugh would consider the Gopher job is the pipe dream that Dungy will coach here because he once was a Gopher several decades ago. Harbaugh can write his ticket to anywhere, and it sure as hell wouldn't have been here for whatever money could have been offered.
 


Stanford looked great tonight, as Mississippi State did the other night - very well coached teams. Harbaugh at Michigan would be a nightmare for us and maybe even for Ohio State.
 




I respectfully dissent

I hope Harbaugh comes to Michigan. Would be great for the Big 10, which sorely needs a boost to its national stature. If we wish mediocrity on other conference schools, we'll wallow in mediocrity ourselves, as a member of a lower echelon conference. Let's aspire to greater things rather than trying to drag others down to our level.
 


Harbaugh has got it all going on at Stanford. My guess is he'll stay there forever or coach in the pros. I don't see him taking another college job because he's in the perfect situation at Stanford. Stanford's alumni roster reads like a "who's who" of American business and politics. It wouldn't take too many phone calls to put Harbaugh in tall cotton for the rest of his life.
 

50PoundHead said:
Harbaugh has got it all going on at Stanford. My guess is he'll stay there forever or coach in the pros. I don't see him taking another college job because he's in the perfect situation at Stanford. Stanford's alumni roster reads like a "who's who" of American business and politics. It wouldn't take too many phone calls to put Harbaugh in tall cotton for the rest of his life.
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I was thinking the same thing while watching the game last night. He could be "Bo Schembechler" at Stanford. I think that might be one reason he stays away from Michigan.
 



50PoundHead said:
Harbaugh has got it all going on at Stanford. My guess is he'll stay there forever or coach in the pros. I don't see him taking another college job because he's in the perfect situation at Stanford. Stanford's alumni roster reads like a "who's who" of American business and politics. It wouldn't take too many phone calls to put Harbaugh in tall cotton for the rest of his life.
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A who's who of people who won't even bother to show up to a home game.
 

Sparlimb said:
I'm glad Maturi didn't offer him 4 million a year to come here and decided to go cheap with 750K for Kill instead. I'm sure that will pay off in the end.
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Maturi: "Minnesota is very interested in setting up an interview with you Jim for our vacant head coaching job."
Harbaugh: "No thanks Mr. Maturi, I've got a good job right now and am not interested."
Maturi: "But we'll offer to pay you $4 million. You'll never get that opportunity again."
Harbaugh: "Whatever you say, Joel."
Maturi: "I know you're going to a BCS bowl game this year at Stanford, but we have a new stadium!"
Harbaugh: "Thanks but I'm not interested."
Maturi: "I won't even interview you, I'll just give you the job for $4 million a year. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity Jim."
Harbaugh: "No thanks Joel."
Maturi: "Pretty please???"
Harbaugh: "No."
Maturi: "Pretty please with a cherry on top?"
Harbaugh: "Ok, I'll take it."
 

NateDawgUM said:
A who's who of people who won't even bother to show up to a home game.
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Who's who's only show up for Rivalries and Championship/Bowl games. Winning brings fans to home games. We'll see what their attendance is if he stays at Stanford next year.
 


NateDawgUM said:
A who's who of people who won't even bother to show up to a home game.
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There are a ton of people that don't go to any games that will still write a big check for their alma mater.
 

I get that Harbaugh would probably be able to stick at Stanford for awhile, given this season. However, he has to feel (or at least, know in the back of his mind) that this season was basically the best season he may ever have there.

That is a senior-laden team with a sure-fire first pick at quarterback; not a lot of teams can trot that out there every Saturday. It's a once-in-two-decades type of team for a school like Stanford, and if they lose who they're expected to lose next season, he could be going from 12-1 to something like 10-3 or 9-4; that could be his ceiling at Stanford.

If he doesn't strike while the iron is hot, he runs the risk that it'll never be quite as hot in the future. That's why I think he's gone, probably to the NFL.
 

Gopher07 said:
I get that Harbaugh would probably be able to stick at Stanford for awhile, given this season. However, he has to feel (or at least, know in the back of his mind) that this season was basically the best season he may ever have there.

That is a senior-laden team with a sure-fire first pick at quarterback; not a lot of teams can trot that out there every Saturday. It's a once-in-two-decades type of team for a school like Stanford, and if they lose who they're expected to lose next season, he could be going from 12-1 to something like 10-3 or 9-4; that could be his ceiling at Stanford.

If he doesn't strike while the iron is hot, he runs the risk that it'll never be quite as hot in the future. That's why I think he's gone, probably to the NFL.
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He is doing things that no other coach has done there. He has a top15 class committed for next year as well. I think Stanford is a helmet school even without success of some other helmet schools. If the ceiling is one win from NC game, I'll take it.
 

I'm saying his ceiling in a normal year (i.e., a year without the number one pick) will be 10-3. Not chopped liver by any means.

But he knows he can turn this 12-1 season into a $6 or $7 million/year NFL contract right now...which is why I think he's gone. If he waits three years, a QB or two doesn't pan out, a key player here or there gets injured, he goes 10-3, 9-4, or even 8-5 (gasp) suddenly those $6 or $7 million contract offers aren't sitting on the table. Coaching is a fickle game like that.

I'm not saying he couldn't have sustained success at Stanford, mind you ... I'm just saying there's a possibility, greater than minute, that he doesn't. At if that possibility becomes reality, would he be sitting there wondering what could have been if he took the 2.5x pay raise and went to the NFL?
 

Just to be clear, I think if he leaves Stanford, it will be for the pros. It appears he has near total, if not total, control at Stanford. He may go to the pros for the big coin in hopes of creating the same situation at the professional level that he appears to have at Stanford.
 

50PoundHead said:
Just to be clear, I think if he leaves Stanford, it will be for the pros. It appears he has near total, if not total, control at Stanford. He may go to the pros for the big coin in hopes of creating the same situation at the professional level that he appears to have at Stanford.
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Maybe he just wants to compete against his brother.
 

uagain said:
I hope Harbaugh comes to Michigan. Would be great for the Big 10, which sorely needs a boost to its national stature. If we wish mediocrity on other conference schools, we'll wallow in mediocrity ourselves, as a member of a lower echelon conference. Let's aspire to greater things rather than trying to drag others down to our level.
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I am ok with a BigTen Champsionship regardless of how strong the conference is. :)
 

50PoundHead said:
Harbaugh has got it all going on at Stanford. My guess is he'll stay there forever or coach in the pros. I don't see him taking another college job because he's in the perfect situation at Stanford. Stanford's alumni roster reads like a "who's who" of American business and politics. It wouldn't take too many phone calls to put Harbaugh in tall cotton for the rest of his life.
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The problem is those people donate to the school but not to the atheletic program. The admin at Stanford supposedly won't spend millions on a coach because they feel academics is so much more important (fools!!!):). That is why he's rumored to be willing to go elsewhere.

I'm in favor of keeping RichRod and letting Michigan drop some more. Nothing like seeing the big boys struggle!
 

Lakeville Goldy said:
The admin at Stanford supposedly won't spend millions on a coach because they feel academics is so much more important (fools!!!):).
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Rumors are rampant on the 'Trons that he has an extension at $3 MM per waiting for him anytime he wants to sign it.
 

Well, academics are more important, but I don't imagine it would take too many phone calls to some highly-placed donors to get Stanford to where it would want to be in the long term with Harbaugh. Jeez, start with Elway.
 

dpodoll68 said:
Rumors are rampant on the 'Trons that he has an extension at $3 MM per waiting for him anytime he wants to sign it.
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It has been confirmed that he has had an extention in his hands for some time. $$ wasn't confirmed in anything I heard.
 

50PoundHead said:
Well, academics are more important, but I don't imagine it would take too many phone calls to some highly-placed donors to get Stanford to where it would want to be in the long term with Harbaugh. Jeez, start with Elway.
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I'd think Elway would rather have him be Denver's coach than donate money to keep him at Stanford.
 

dpodoll68 said:
I'd think Elway would rather have him be Denver's coach than donate money to keep him at Stanford.
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That may be, but if Harbaugh wants to stay at Stanford, my guess is Elway could help make that happen with a nice-sized check.
 

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