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Okay back when Jim was hired by SF49ers he was supposedly offered 8 mil a year by Miami. If true why turn down 8 to take 5 at San Fran? Well as it turns out Jim was leaking the bs Miami offer to leverage his position with SF.

yeah I heard this yesterday on SVP and Russillo. The story goes SF offered $5mm and the rumor came out that Miami offered $7mm. Then Harbaugh took the SF job.

After the fact, it came out that the rumor for the $7mm offer was from Harbaugh himself. Russillo also said that at one time there were two guys that thought they were Harbaugh's agent representing him in negotiations.

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Harbaugh was hastily pursued by Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross in a bizarre situation considering his team still had Tony Sparano in place as its head coach. While rumors floated that the Dolphins were offering Harbaugh $7 million to $8 million to become their coach, one source with direct knowledge of the situation said that Miami never offered a contract to Harbaugh. The “bidding” was driven by rumors and propaganda, and Ross had become “intoxicated” with the idea of Harbaugh according to the source after Stanford had spent a week in Miami preparing for the Orange Bowl.

Anybody else notice that Webb reported $49mm but didn't know the years? Then he incorrectly speculated on 8 years at $6.125mm which is the college market but doesnt make Harbaugh the highest paid coach in football. Then two days later, some reporter in Arizona reports $49mm for 6yrs ($8.167mm per) which would make the highest paid coach in all of football. Coincidence? I dont think so. I bet the source for webb's report was someone in Jim Harbaugh's camp. Someone like his dad?

So that means some team will have to be willing to give him North of Sean Payton's $8mm/year and Michigan's alleged "$8.167mm" offer. Which I think is a no-brainer for a Pro team