Jim Harbaugh accepts job with the Dolphins

[djohn2oo8]

4 p.m. update: Dan LeBatard, of ESPN and the Miami Herald, reported on his radio show Thursday afternoon that Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh has accepted the Miami Dolphins' head coaching position.

Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed.



http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2011/01/jim_harbaugh_reportedly_on_ver.html

[JamStone]

Money, money, money, money...

[DeadlyDynasty]

goddamnit...another good coach in the division. :bang
At least we have Chan Gailey :lmao:lmao:lmao
























Fuck my life.:shootme

[ohmwrecker]

VY to the Dolphins?

[bostonguy]

Not a bad move. If A LOT of things go the Fins way, they MIGHT finish 2nd place in the afc east.

[JMarkJohns]

VY to the Dolphins?

Why? He's the anti-Luck. Harbaugh is a pro-style offense, and Young is not. A trade for Kolb would make more sense.

[ohmwrecker]

Why? He's the anti-Luck. Harbaugh is a pro-style offense, and Young is not. A trade for Kolb would make more sense.

Anti-luck? Pro-style offense? WTF are you talking about?

I don't care, really. I want VY to go the Raiders. Kolb isn't that much of an upgrade over Henne tbh.

[JMarkJohns]

Anti-luck? Pro-style offense? WTF are you talking about?

I don't care, really. I want VY to go the Raiders. Kolb isn't that much of an upgrade over Henne tbh.

I'm referring to the system of offense that Harbuagh runs vs. the skillset of Young and how they do not match. Young doesn't have the accuracy or mentality to run a pro-style offense, and I'm not sure Harbaugh would have patience enough to work with young to change him, or adapt the system that has made him this highly sought after and brought him so much success.

Kolb had some really good games during this season. He's much better than Henne, but isn't worth what an acquiring team will likely pay for him.

Young to Oakland may happen, but Campbell and Gradkowski each had solid success.

Young to San Francisco or Seattle is more likely, IMO. They are desperate and I think Seattle would work really well. They need rushing as well.

[ohmwrecker]

Everyone said Young's game wouldn't translate to the NFL when he entered the draft. He is a much better coverage reader and passer than he was at UT. He has proven he can adapt and he isn't as dumb as people think (at least football wise). Fisher fucked Young up by jerking him in and out as a starter. Destroyed his confidence. I would like to see him get a legit, fresh start. Where ever that may be.

[JMarkJohns]

Everyone said Young's game wouldn't translate to the NFL when he entered the draft. He is a much better coverage reader and passer than he was at UT. He has proven he can adapt and he isn't as dumb as people think (at least football wise). Fisher fucked Young up by jerking him in and out as a starter. Destroyed his confidence. I would like to see him get a legit, fresh start. Where ever that may be.

He could improve by leaps and bounds and still not be ideal for Harbaugh's offensive system, is all I'm saying. It's no slight. I don't understand why a team in the NFL doesn't run an option-based offense. I'd love to see it. Young would be great for such.

There's talk on the Phoenix radio stations of the Cardinals drafting Cam Newton and hiring Rich Rodriquez over the next few years to develop an NFL style option-based offense. Why not just go after Young and do that?

[ohmwrecker]

I don't understand why a team in the NFL doesn't run an option-based offense. I'd love to see it. Young would be great for such.

I agree with that, but I also think that the great coaches coach players, not systems.

[JMarkJohns]

I agree with that, but I also think that the great coaches coach players, not systems.

Harbaugh isn't a great coach yet. Greatly hyped, and his system is a part of it. I don't think he's entrenched enough to scrap/adjust his system to fit a skillset of Young.

[san antonio spurs]

The Dolphins haven't learned with the Saban debacle. Jim Harbaugh won't be a good coach in the NFL, he's all hype.

He should have taken the niners job and be in weaker division. AFC East is brutal

[PixelPusher]

(punt!)

[LakerHater]

I dont think its final....yet.


January 6, 2011, 7:36 PM ET

Sources: Broncos want to add interview

[Duff McCartney]

All the pundits on ESPN were saying that Tony Sparano is getting fucked in the ass with this one. He's still the coach of that team and them going on a job hunt when they have a coach is a slap in the face to him. They better hope he doesn't go all Tony Soprano on them and start shooting fools.

That said I don't know if Harbaugh will be a good coach. I personally don't feel any college coach to be good in the NFL and the last and probably only great one was Bill Walsh who built up Stanford before bolting to the 49ers. Everyone else has been god awful in the pros.

[Trainwreck2100]

i was like" i didn't even know sporano was fired"

[4>0rings]

The Dolphins haven't learned with the Saban debacle. Jim Harbaugh won't be a good coach in the NFL, he's all hype.

He should have taken the niners job and be in weaker division. AFC East is brutal
The Dolphins haven't given a shit about winning since Marino. They needed a name and got it. I like the Dolphins, I truley do, but their management is Raider'esq.

[Fillmoe]

lol..... nooooot sooooo fast!

[bostonguy]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5997519


Wow! Tony Sparano is staying. :lmao:lmao stupid ass fins.

[IronMexican]

Trolled hard.

[Jose Canseco]

Dan Le Retard

[Please_dont_ban_me]

VY to the Dolphins?

If Parcells was content with Quincy Carter I can only imagine his joy with Vince Young.

[gaKNOW!blee]

first dolphins fans thought they were getting nick saban now they thought they were getting jim harbaugh.

lol passing on matt ryan because "you build through the trenches"

[DeadlyDynasty]

first dolphins fans thought they were getting nick saban now they thought they were getting jim harbaugh.

lol passing on matt ryan because "you build through the trenches"

lol dolphins
lol their idiot fanbase

finheaven was good reading yesterday :rollin

[jb4g]

no Miami, he's going to SF per front page of ESPN


(http://www.sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5999744)

[LakerHater]

Fri Jan 07 04:41pm EST
Jim Harbaugh finally lands ... in San Francisco


http://a323.yahoofs.com/ymg/ept_sports_nfl_experts__30/ept_sports_nfl_experts-72275102-1294436434.jpg?ymSxRXEDcaf9lYp0
In the end, former Stanford head coach Jim Harbaugh took the same road once travelled by Bill Walsh -- from the Cardinal to the 49ers -- though he did it with quite a bit more fanfare and drama. The 49ers have announced that Harbaugh will be their new head coach, agreeing to a reported five-year, $25 million deal.
After leading the Cardinal to a 40-14 Orange Bowl victory over Virginia Tech, Harbaugh talked with the Miami Dolphins, Denver Broncos and 49ers about the possibilities with each team, including a cross-country flight taken by Dolphins owner Stephen Ross to try and convince Harbaugh to take his talents to South Beach. But in the end -- and after Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck most certainly took himself out of first-overall pick status by returning to school for his junior season -- Harbaugh decided to stay closer to home. San Francisco and Stanford engaged in some heavy bidding for the coach's services, and we'll find out more about why Harbaugh chose the NFL when he speaks to the media at 3:30 p.m. PST Friday.
[Related: NFL team's questionable decision to fire head coach]
The Dolphins' offer was especially confusing for current head coach Tony Sparano, and several recent ESPN reports indicated that while the jilted Fins have been trying to band out a small extension with Sparano, they also scheduled and cancelled a meeting with recently fired Cleveland Browns coach Eric Mangini.
Hmmm. Any idea why Harbaugh might have found that situation a little less than desirable?
In any case, the former NFL quarterback and architect of Stanford's recent miracle turnaround has another rehabilitation project on his hands. The 49ers are a team with some talent that underperformed under former head coach Mike Singletary. The team's first and most glaring need is for a quarterback, unless Harbaugh sees enough in either Alex or Troy Smith to go forward.
As for Stanford, it still has Luck (at least for the time being, one never knows what Harbaugh's decision not to come back will do to that), and a good shot at the Pac-10. It'll undoubtedly be looking for a coach who knows how to run a pro-style offense and can deal well with quarterbacks, because whoever that coach may be, he's walking into a dream scenario with Luck as his leader.
For Harbaugh, the time was probably right to make the jump, but he'll see some uncertainty with his new team as the rebuild begins. We'll have more about this through the day, including Pete Carroll's rather humorous take on the whole Harbaugh drama.

[Trainwreck2100]

lol sporano's gonna be pissed

[4>0rings]

San Fran needed him more than any other team besides Al's corpses, the Raiders.