Harbaugh talking to the Rams

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Although I dont think it happens, one has to admit, all of this stuff is pretty suspicious. Report comes out that Harbaugh is talking to the Rams and very soon after, Fisher is fired with like 3 games left?
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
Is Harbaugh still crying over the officiating in the OSU game?

Also, Jeff Fisher is like the Kiffin of the NFL. He has done nothing to deserve being an NFL HC, yet he keeps getting the chance.
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He was good with the Titans for a long time. He suffered from the senility of Bud Adams.

Rams were doing better than expected earlier this year.

It may go south with LA, and he may be out in a year or two, but I can understand why he got the job.
 
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BanditVol said:
He was good with the Titans for a long time. He suffered from the senility of Bud Adams.

Rams were doing better than expected earlier this year.

It may go south with LA, and he may be out in a year or two, but I can understand why he got the job.
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I wouldn't say he was "good for a long time" with the Titans. He made the playoffs 6 out of 16 seasons, and 2 of those trips he choked away the #1 seed. Overall he was barely above .500 with the Titans.

And yeah the Rams were doing well...through 5 games and have been garbage since. Fisher is the definition of average and the funny part is some team will hire him again.
 
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First of all, let me say I'm very happy to join this message board. My 2nd post. I did hear on local radio this morning in Knoxville that the Harbaugh "talking with the Rams" is very real. Can you imagine what Michigan fans are feeling right now? Well, yeah we absolutely do as Vol fans. Stopped liking "Hail to the Victors U" after 1997, so I want feel any sympathy here. To me it's the nature of the business unfortunately. It would not shock me at all for Harbaugh to take the job. Frankly, I was surprised that he went back to college coaching. A Rams team just aching to be a winner again would seem to be right up his alley and despite his college playing days, he seems like a west coast type of guy. Moreover his buyout if he left Michigan this year is .... drumroll please.... a whopping $1.4M. Sound familiar Vol fans???

:jpshakehead:
 
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VolRoger said:
First of all, let me say I'm very happy to join this message board. My 2nd post. I did hear on local radio this morning in Knoxville that the Harbaugh "talking with the Rams" is very real. Can you imagine what Michigan fans are feeling right now? Well, yeah we absolutely do as Vol fans. Stopped liking "Hail to the Victors U" after 1997, so I want feel any sympathy here. To me it's the nature of the business unfortunately. It would not shock me at all for Harbaugh to take the job. Frankly, I was surprised that he went back to college coaching. A Rams team just aching to be a winner again would seem to be right up his alley and despite his college playing days, he seems like a west coast type of guy. Moreover his buyout if he left Michigan this year is .... drumroll please.... a whopping $1.4M. Sound familiar Vol fans???

:jpshakehead:
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1.4 million is peanuts for an NFL team
 
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Still wondering how Jeff Fisher has stayed in the NFL as long as he has. Had a nice run in late 90s and early 2000s but seriously how?
 
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The butthurt that would eminate from Ann Arbor if Jim Harbaugh left to coach the Rams would be felt light years away.
 
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VolRoger said:
First of all, let me say I'm very happy to join this message board. My 2nd post. I did hear on local radio this morning in Knoxville that the Harbaugh "talking with the Rams" is very real. Can you imagine what Michigan fans are feeling right now? Well, yeah we absolutely do as Vol fans. Stopped liking "Hail to the Victors U" after 1997, so I want feel any sympathy here. To me it's the nature of the business unfortunately. It would not shock me at all for Harbaugh to take the job. Frankly, I was surprised that he went back to college coaching. A Rams team just aching to be a winner again would seem to be right up his alley and despite his college playing days, he seems like a west coast type of guy. Moreover his buyout if he left Michigan this year is .... drumroll please.... a whopping $1.4M. Sound familiar Vol fans???

:jpshakehead:
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Welcome to the crazy train. Enjoy the ride. It's gotta be the best message board in the world and damn entertaining.
 
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Hmm, this just seems crazy. I would think U of M is a much better job that having to rebuild the Rams. Maybe he hates recruiting, maybe he wants that elusive superbowl ring, maybe he's tired of staring at his big brother's ring, but I figured he would go back to the NFL after say 4-5 years and one Natty. But its the NFL and it is LA. If it were the Browns calling, then the answer would definitely be "No". College football is bigger now than ever, but lets face it, outside of the south the NFL still rules the roost.
 
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Glocker_Alum_2005 said:
Hmm, this just seems crazy. I would think U of M is a much better job that having to rebuild the Rams. Maybe he hates recruiting, maybe he wants that elusive superbowl ring, maybe he's tired of staring at his big brother's ring, but I figured he would go back to the NFL after say 4-5 years and one Natty. But its the NFL and it is LA. If it were the Browns calling, then the answer would definitely be "No". College football is bigger now than ever, but lets face it, outside of the south the NFL still rules the roost.
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makes sense, an owner that has more money than anyone, west coast, non-Michigan weather, and a much better work schedule that doesnt require constant road trips recruiting.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
I wouldn't say he was "good for a long time" with the Titans. He made the playoffs 6 out of 16 seasons, and 2 of those trips he choked away the #1 seed. Overall he was barely above .500 with the Titans.

And yeah the Rams were doing well...through 5 games and have been garbage since. Fisher is the definition of average and the funny part is some team will hire him again.
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Yep. Jeff Fisher is the most overrated coach in the history of the NFL. Even more overrated than Marty Schottenheimer.
 
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I see no way Harbaugh leaves Michigan this soon. The way he honors Bo Schembeckler. I don't see him leaving earlier than 4 years unless he won a championship of Some sort. Big 10, or National.
 
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CoaxialOrange said:
Still wondering how Jeff Fisher has stayed in the NFL as long as he has. Had a nice run in late 90s and early 2000s but seriously how?
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I think he is personally very well-liked by people in the league and the media and his "football mind" (whatever exactly that means) and his understanding of the game is very well-respected by other GMs and owners. He was chair of the NFL Competition Committee for years - they just don't let anybody have that job. When he left the Titans, several teams were interested in hiring him and wanted him, which is the best indication of how valued you are in any industry. The Rams owner (Kroenke) supposedly really liked him on an interpersonal level despite coaching a consistently mediocre team.

His record is what it is though. He is a completely mediocre head coach overall and has been a below average to bad head coach since 2009.
 
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JMSqb11 said:
They didn't just extend Fisher... That extension was agreed to in the offseason. It was just announced to the public.
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You are correct, and I used "just" too loosely. Typically, a franchise doesn't sack a coach less than a season after extending his contract.
 
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