Jim Harbaugh came back to Michigan. He did that quite literally by returning from St. Paul, MN, after an interview with the Minnesota Vikings.
I think Jim Harbaugh is such a polarizing figure that anything he does is going to be tweeted out, broadcast, and inspected to an unfathomable degree. This is a guy who took off his shirt at a satellite camp, and the meme has lasted for half a decade.
Picture the headline: MAN TAKES OFF SHIRT.
Shocking.
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This time a guy with a really good job had an interview for another really good job. The guy with the really good job told his employer, his assistants, and his charges that he was open to exploring the other really good job. His interest was broadcast all over the internet, and there’s no evidence whatsoever that he denied it even once.
Headline: MAN INTERVIEWS FOR JOB.
I discussed this in my previous post on Harbaugh’s dalliance with the NFL, but I don’t blame Harbaugh one bit for being interested in the NFL. He played in the NFL for a long time and was good at it. He has the #5 best winning percentage in NFL history. He made the jump from a college program to the NFL and immediately turned that team around and took them to the Super Bowl in his third season. (Ask Matt Rhule, Urban Meyer, Nick Saban, and others how difficult it is to go from college to the NFL.)
Michigan is Harbaugh’s home, but it’s not his only home. Michigan fans have likely been Michigan fans their entire lives. We know nothing else. Harbaugh’s dad was a coach who bounced around to different colleges. Harbaugh himself has at various times played and coached for Michigan, the Bears, the Colts, the Raiders, the University of San Diego, Stanford, the 49ers, and Michigan. He belongs to us, but not only to us.
Last week I thought Harbaugh was as good as gone to the Vikings. Personally, I don’t see why any struggling NFL team would not pursue him. He’s a proven winner. Yes, he comes with some headaches sometimes, but they’re not cheating scandals, racism scandals, sexual scandals, etc., the type of thing that can tank a franchise. Sure, maybe some fits are better than others, but he should have been in the running for every opening except Jacksonville, where Trent Baalke somehow has a job.
Some people believe Harbaugh has to smooth over a lot of things with his players and coaches. At the end of the day, this is Michigan fergodsakes. Michigan is always going to get players, and it’s always going to get coaches. The constant is Harbaugh at this point. Durkin to Brown to Macdonald. Charlton to Winovich to Uche to Hutchinson. The beat goes on. There are occasional blips (Michigan’s whole team in 2020) but they are anomalies that are usually quickly corrected.
Welcome back to Harbaugh. I’m not sure who’s going to be with him, but odds are they’ll be pretty good.
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