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Washington's final offer was up to 9 million per season. I think it's likely that Bama's deal puts him in the 10 milly club. Norvell's extension brings him to 10 million also.

Here's a list of the highest paid coaches in American sports: Highest Paid Coaches

Some of those amounts are pretty crazy. Rhule at 9.3M and Heupel at 9M come to mind.

And so it kind of begs the question "If UW was 9 mill and Bama offered 9 mill and a dollar, it's time to pack the bags?" I guess that isn't fair really as if his goal is Natties and not just being a multi-millionaire and totally happy where he is. The changing conferences thing could factor in. I just relish the stories of guys who stay under the crazy premise: "My job right now is making me a multi-millionaire and I'm incredibly happy. That matters more than the rat race musical chairs chase." I think these are extreme versions of "the grass is always greener" trap. A few guys actually did it recently. "I'm happy right here. That kind of matters. I'm staying."

Wow Harbaugh must be the strangest duck. Teams drooling for him have a meet up, and their interest dries up. We've heard reports of this before. I claim ignorance about what makes Harbaugh tick, other than winning. He seems such an enigma for real. I, for one, do not doubt his extraordinary effect on a team since the 24-23 thing Stanford/USC. Impossible. He spearheaded that singlehandedly and absolutely believed he could do it. Then did it. Then acted weird in the aftermath. Then went for 2 a few years later trying to reach 50 against Carroll. He had a hard on for the guy, the biggest, biggest, biggest guy of all. And he took him down as a 40 point underdog and then routed him. Who does that? Then on to the 49ers where he tries to hard on Sherman on the fateful last play. Then on to Michigan where he flips the script against the Buckeyes and goes 15-0, doing a bunch of weird stuff in the process. He has some Steve Spurrier in him, just red neck hard ons and competitiveness, but without the spouting of it, instead camouflaging it under non-speak. Tinges of Belichick too in that respect. But I've seen no coach like him personality-wise. Larry Brown the basketball coach had a bit of this "you just cannot locate the guy and he is showing zero fire but firing his team to the stratosphere." Weird. I don't know if Harbaugh lays into his players, like say Bo, but what comes out to the media is a strange placidity. Underground hyper-competitiveness win at any cost, me against the world and the bigger my enemies the better. Something keeps trying to break through to me about him. Maybe politics is the place to go for guys of this twist. LBJ? Well, there are no unique personality types I don't think, but he's in a small sub-type.

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Good for them putting an honest effort in. Bless their hearts.

That's a hole big enough for a running back to go through.

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Ken N is back. No more option though.

Harbaugh is leaving for the chargers.

I’m assuming UM announces Moore is the new coach tomorrow

I would be stunned if they didn't. The AD had to have seen the writing on the wall after 2022, that if Harbaugh achieved his goals at Michigan he was headed back to the NFL. Moore got a heckuva audition this past season.

I suppose maybe they have a list of other home run hires but honestly with Alabama snapping up DeBoer, I don't know who's on it that would be realistic. So they do the logical thing and promote Moore and keep as much continuity as they can.

Losing Minter is going to sting. Have to assume he goes with Harbaugh.

Isn't that kind of like hiring Ricky Gervais to host an awards show without jokes?

I was off by a day but Michigan is hiring Moore. To the surprise of no one. He had already done enough to earn the job.

why not officially hire the assistant coach who won half your games last season
leadership at a discount
while we're at it, only seems right for jim to return the salary he earned wearing a pageant sash titled 'little miss appropriation'

The intrigue is going to be who he can hire away to fill what looks like at least 4 open assistant jobs (and may go as high as 6).

UW hiring Bill Belichick’s son Steve as DC.

Coaching world nepotism is incredible.

Jesse Minter following JH to the Chargers to be his DC.

it will be very interesting to see what happens with the chargers

+1. Minter put on an absolute clinic this past year, but I have no idea if he can duplicate that in the NFL, especially given the modest talent that 1. Chargers are likely to have on defense.

Harbaugh also reportedly taking Mike Elston, the Michigan DL coach who is very good.

Bill o Brien is taking the Boston college job. He was Ohio St’s new oc for two minutes lol. Probably good news for Osu

Wink Martindale to Michigan. Did he leave the Harbaugh cosmos on good or bad terms?

Heard when he loses he simply doubles the previous bet until he finally wins.

lol ucla is fuuuccckkkeeedddd

Chip Kelly to Ohio as their oc. Taking a demotion is quite the interesting move. Chip must really hate recruiting and doesn’t care about HC money. And plus now he has to live in Ohio. Weird move

But then he's trading Cali girls for Ohio girls which doesn't sound great.

If one set won't grind on you at all, it seems like a helluva deal.