Official 2014 Coaching Carousel (football edition)

[MakeItRain]

Michigan offering Harbaugh eight million per year. 

That can't possibly be true

ESPN radio reported six years $48 million on my drive home.

Someone had to give them bad info, that doesn't make sense.

[michigancat]

What do we pay oscar? 8 million for Jim Harbaugh to run Michigan football seems like an ok deal in comparison, no?

[Cartierfor3]

Baseball salaries are ridiculous. I mean, Alex Rios makes more than the best football coaches.

[MakeItRain]

What do we pay oscar? 8 million for Jim Harbaugh to run Michigan football seems like an ok deal in comparison, no?

I'd have to check but I'm fairly certain that would be the largest contract in American sports for someone who is just a coach, not a coach/gm or president combo. He's in play for Michigan because he is getting fired and he's essentially been fired for two months already. Would they have given him $11 mil a year if he weren't being fired? The Raiders nor the Dolphins would pay him anything close to that.

[Cartierfor3]

Its a lot but you have to imagine Michigan has the means

[MakeItRain]

Its a lot but you have to imagine Michigan has the means

I know they have the money but I also know they have a great business school so they should understand economy.

BTW I checked and Coach K was the highest paid coach in American sports in 2014. He made just over $9 million but I have no idea how much of that is base and how much is bonuses. The second highest paid is Sean Freaking Payton at $8 million. Bill Belichick is #3 and Saban is #4 and they are just over $7 million. I won't believe it until I see Harbaugh sign a contract thats a million dollars more than Belichick and Saban.

[Cartierfor3]

Look where Andy Reid ranks on the list, then laugh in the face of the Chiefs.

[Stevesie60]

What do we pay oscar? 8 million for Jim Harbaugh to run Michigan football seems like an ok deal in comparison, no?

I'd have to check but I'm fairly certain that would be the largest contract in American sports for someone who is just a coach, not a coach/gm or president combo. He's in play for Michigan because he is getting fired and he's essentially been fired for two months already. Would they have given him $11 mil a year if he weren't being fired? The Raiders nor the Dolphins would pay him anything close to that.

Meh, I can see it. Michigan is tired at being laughed at and their rivals just hired a home run in Urban Meyer. I'd also assume that Michigan rightly or wrongly believes that they'd have to give him significantly more money that the NFL teams in play to make him come back to a college team.

[bones129]

Michigan offering Harbaugh eight million per year. 

That can't possibly be true

ESPN radio reported six years $48 million on my drive home.

Absolutely ridiculous.

Go get that cash, Jim. If you don't, you'll never see it again. #JimHarbaughOverrated

[Mr Bread]

Its a lot but you have to imagine Michigan has the means

I know they have the money but I also know they have a great business school so they should understand economy.

BTW I checked and Coach K was the highest paid coach in American sports in 2014. He made just over $9 million but I have no idea how much of that is base and how much is bonuses. The second highest paid is Sean Freaking Payton at $8 million. Bill Belichick is #3 and Saban is #4 and they are just over $7 million. I won't believe it until I see Harbaugh sign a contract thats a million dollars more than Belichick and Saban.

I had no idea coach k got paid like that.  Wow. 

[Skipper44]

K is enjoying the fruits of flirting with the Lakers

[mocat]

why he is getting fired from SF? 

[420seriouscat69]

why he is getting fired from SF? 

Their front office hates him.

[meow meow]

why he is getting fired from SF? 

their AD is both a pussy and a $!#*

[Rage Against the McKee]

Just imagine how awesome it would be if Jim takes that job and fails.

[dmartin]

why he is getting fired from SF? 

their AD is both a pussy and a $!#*

And lives under a rock. A F'in rock.

[420seriouscat69]

Look where Andy Reid ranks on the list, then laugh in the face of the Chiefs.

[MakeItRain]

@CharlesRobinson: Harbaugh offer getting out is already a red flag for Michigan. That's usually an NFL agent setting the table to leverage other negotiations.

[deputy dawg]

@CharlesRobinson: Harbaugh offer getting out is already a red flag for Michigan. That's usually an NFL agent setting the table to leverage other negotiations.

Harbaugh would be a fool to turn down a gig for big $$ in Ann Arbor.  Good lawd, having to deal with Aldon Smith would be enough to want to get out of SF.  Harbaugh has more leverage dealing with scholarship athletes than professional players managed by agents and represented by NFLPA.

[Rage Against the McKee]

Harbaugh should stick with the NFL, but I think he might make the choice to go to Michigan.

[MakeItRain]

@CharlesRobinson: Harbaugh offer getting out is already a red flag for Michigan. That's usually an NFL agent setting the table to leverage other negotiations.

Harbaugh would be a fool to turn down a gig for big $$ in Ann Arbor.  Good lawd, having to deal with Aldon Smith would be enough to want to get out of SF.  Harbaugh has more leverage dealing with scholarship athletes than professional players managed by agents and represented by NFLPA.

Successful NFL coaches seem to do it just fine. All of Harbaugh's problems are self-induced and have nothing to do with the players. He's a megwatt dickhead that can't get along with anyone; players, assistant coaches, peer coaches, and management. He had the same reported issues at Stanford.

[ChiComCat]

@CharlesRobinson: Harbaugh offer getting out is already a red flag for Michigan. That's usually an NFL agent setting the table to leverage other negotiations.

Harbaugh would be a fool to turn down a gig for big $$ in Ann Arbor.  Good lawd, having to deal with Aldon Smith would be enough to want to get out of SF.  Harbaugh has more leverage dealing with scholarship athletes than professional players managed by agents and represented by NFLPA.

Successful NFL coaches seem to do it just fine. All of Harbaugh's problems are self-induced and have nothing to do with the players. He's a megwatt dickhead that can't get along with anyone; players, assistant coaches, peer coaches, and management. He had the same reported issues at Stanford.

He's a dickhead but he's Michigan's dickhead.  Sometimes the AD just needs to stay the hell out of a coach's way.  I think he could get along there as well as anywhere, though he will always have issues.

[MakeItRain]

@CharlesRobinson: Harbaugh offer getting out is already a red flag for Michigan. That's usually an NFL agent setting the table to leverage other negotiations.

Harbaugh would be a fool to turn down a gig for big $$ in Ann Arbor.  Good lawd, having to deal with Aldon Smith would be enough to want to get out of SF.  Harbaugh has more leverage dealing with scholarship athletes than professional players managed by agents and represented by NFLPA.

Successful NFL coaches seem to do it just fine. All of Harbaugh's problems are self-induced and have nothing to do with the players. He's a megwatt dickhead that can't get along with anyone; players, assistant coaches, peer coaches, and management. He had the same reported issues at Stanford.

He's a dickhead but he's Michigan's dickhead. Sometimes the AD just needs to stay the hell out of a coach's way. I think he could get along there as well as anywhere, though he will always have issues.

Does Jim Harbaugh strike you as a guy that would even consider ever acting in the best interest of the athletic department? In this business minded climate athletic directors have to actually supervise their coaches; all of their coaches. In this big money and information age, letting football coaches run their own little fiefdoms like Schembeckler, Paterno, and Osborne did is over.

[Shooter Jones]

Its a lot but you have to imagine Michigan has the means

I know they have the money but I also know they have a great business school so they should understand economy.

BTW I checked and Coach K was the highest paid coach in American sports in 2014. He made just over $9 million but I have no idea how much of that is base and how much is bonuses. The second highest paid is Sean Freaking Payton at $8 million. Bill Belichick is #3 and Saban is #4 and they are just over $7 million. I won't believe it until I see Harbaugh sign a contract thats a million dollars more than Belichick and Saban.

private money ready.

[Dr Rick Daris]

there have been times in the last few months where i've wondered if ksu football would be better off ten years from now if we would've just kept vanier 1.0 and used the 70 million to offer a harbaugh type a ten year/70 million dollar contract.