Jim Harbaugh has every right to seek a better situation for himself and his family. Over the past three seasons, he’s made it clear that an opportunity in the NFL would be one of those situations. In 2020, no NFL team wanted him after the lackluster 2020 season that ended with a 2-4 record. Last year, after beating Ohio State, winning the Big Ten and reaching the college football playoffs, a few teams seemed interested, including the Minnesota Vikings, who actually flew him in, on national signing day, for a job interview that Harbaugh thought he had already passed. He didn’t, so he moved back to Michigan. All he did was follow through with an undefeated regular season, another win over Ohio State and another Big Ten title before qualifying for the CFP. Now he’s watching the NFL again.
It’s not that he’s looking, it’s that he’s looking after saying he wouldn’t. Inflexibly. So instead of riding massive waves of momentum and using the 2021 and 2022 seasons to build on, Harbaugh and his assistant coaches are controlling the damage and putting out the fires. Instead of signing up for one of the best recruiting classes in the country, prospects are looking elsewhere due to the perceived uncertainty in Ann Arbor. We’ll likely have answers soon as Harbaugh prepares to interview the Denver Broncos this week, but how long this all takes is up to him.
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