Reports: Michigan makes 6-year, $48 million offer to Harbaugh

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"If Jim Harbaugh does return to Michigan it appears he'll be paid handsomely to do so.

According to multiple reports from Joe Pequeno and NFL.com's Ian Rapoport, Michigan has offered Harbaugh the coaching job in Ann Arbor. Both reporters say the offer is for six years, though Pequeno says the contract is worth $49 million and Rapoport says $48 million. Either way, if accurate, Harbaugh would be the highest-paid coach in college football were he to accept, surpassing Alabama's Nick Saban."

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...gan-makes-6-year-48-million-offer-to-harbaugh
 


I hope he takes it and flames out in fantastic fashion.
 

I hope he wins as many National Championships and Big 10 titles as Super Bowls ;-)
 

Harbough to Michigan?

Would be bad news for the eastern half of the conference. Traditional Michigan would be back.
 


If Harbaugh turns it down, who in their right mind will want to go to coach at Michigan only to be fired in three to four years?
 

Rumor is 6 years/48M. He ain't saying no, if that number is even 10M off.
 

hungan1 said:
If Harbaugh turns it down, who in their right mind will want to go to coach at Michigan only to be fired in three to four years?
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I'd like to think he stays in the NFL. With that salary, he will have almost impossible expectations. Probably National Championship level within 3 years. That's a butt load of cash.
 

I hope he wins as many National Titles as Wisconsin has.
 



I think he would succeed so I hope he turns it down (I hate Michigan mor than Iowa or Becky, sorry Gopherholers). That said, if it didn't work out imagine how crippling that would have to be for a program with even their resources. A buyout on that kind of contract along with the negative stigma that would be created if even Harbaugh couldn't turn that ship around would be crippling.


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Please say no...he is a good ball coach and we don't need him at MI.
 

mcgi0024 said:
... the negative stigma that would be created if even Harbaugh couldn't turn that ship around would be crippling.
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Yeah. Better not go after someone we think could turn things around in case he fails. Let's hire somebody we think is inferior so if he fails it's on him, not us.
 




e.bigelow said:
I'd like to think he stays in the NFL. With that salary, he will have almost impossible expectations. Probably National Championship level within 3 years. That's a butt load of cash.
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He already has impossible expectations at SF... which is why the divorce is happening. Owners will only give him a raise if he wins the super bowl, even though he has been to 3 NFC championship games!
 

Great Plains Gopher;9960Anton61 said:
Would be bad news for the eastern half of the conference. Traditional Michigan would be back.
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Show me! Literally. I think it would be fun to see he and Urban beat the hell out of each other and I think D'Antonio will hold his own. Will make Franklin's life interesting.
 

Would be great for the Big Ten. I'd love to see him take it.
 

#2Gopher said:
Money doesn't buy success.
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Michigan has bigger problems than coaching. Rich rod 2 coming up. Jim Harbaugh is not the man. Very overrated and has burned some bridges at Michigan. His roll is short lived where ever he may go. I hope he is stupid enough to take the job because he is a coordinator after the tearful goodbye 4 years from now.
 

gopherjay said:
Michigan has bigger problems than coaching. Rich rod 2 coming up. Jim Harbaugh is not the man. Very overrated and has burned some bridges at Michigan. His roll is short lived where ever he may go. I hope he is stupid enough to take the job because he is a coordinator after the tearful goodbye 4 years from now.
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Not exactly sure how a coach who went to three straight NFC title games in his first three NFL seasons (one Super Bowl) with Colin Kaepernick at QB is overrated but I'd enjoy listening to the arguement. I'm guessing it's the awful job he did with perennial cellar dweller Stanford running a traditional Michigan style offense.
 

He's going to make a boat load of money wherever he winds up. I'm guessing he is coach/GM with the Raiders next year.
 

gopherjay said:
Michigan has bigger problems than coaching. Rich rod 2 coming up. Jim Harbaugh is not the man. Very overrated and has burned some bridges at Michigan. His roll is short lived where ever he may go. I hope he is stupid enough to take the job because he is a coordinator after the tearful goodbye 4 years from now.
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I'm going to have to go ahead and disagree with your police work.

He proved he could win at a high level at Stanford (a school that had been really, really bad). I also could have sworn San Fran was pretty bad before he took that job. Just how could that be overrated?
 


killme said:
Yeah. Better not go after someone we think could turn things around in case he fails. Let's hire somebody we think is inferior so if he fails it's on him, not us.
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Excellent but so true in how many people analyze things and make decisions.
 

I got a question, think about this...arguably nobody works harder than a college football coach. With bowl games the seasons are the same as the NFL but college coaches have to recruit 24/7/365. So Saban to Kill to now Harbaugh, they make millions.
But they have no freedom. They have no time to spend their money. They love what they do and they'd do it for free if they weren't competitive about what the salary signifies and represents. The hierarchy of their profession represented by salary.
But they have no time to live. They work their ass off and care about their players past and present with no time for them selves. Nobody works more hours or takes their job more seriously than these guys. Amazing.
 

My assessment of what's going on:

Michigan: "Jim, we'd like you as our new coach. We're offering $30 million."

Jim: "First, I have some questions about how you run things around here."

Michigan: "How about $40 million?"

Jim: "How are things going to be different? Your athletic department has some warts."

Michigan: "How about $49 million?"
 

I'm sure all the top coaches in the SEC are excited about this offer. They will all get raises because "how could a little 'ol conference up north like the Big Ten have a coach getting paid more than us down here in footbawl heaven!?"
 

I hope he takes it. We need the B1G to improve to get better players. It will be better for all of us in recruiting and TV revenue when Michigan and Penn St get better. The better players want to play with or against the best.

We shouldn't shy away from playing good competition. If you really want all of the other teams in the B1G to suck, why don't you just get the U to move to a weaker conference?
 

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