I’m sure you are all as thrilled as I am over the machinations that are occurring behind the scenes of the San Francisco 49ers front office as they wrestle with the idea of giving Jim Harbaugh a contract extension. Gladly for the sake of the team, the players, and the fans, they decided, amicably, to postpone contract extension talks til after this season.
The thing is, Harbaugh will immediately get the lame-duck designation after this season, depending on how things work out. The team could be at a very very important juncture in their desire to reach the promised land if this team falls short of its goal to win Super Bowl 49.
Harbaugh is currently on his original 5 year contract. One that is set to expire after the 2015 season. Due to his wildly successful start as a head coach here, the flag was raised by Jimbo after 2 season to ask for an extension. Things cooled a bit when they lost the Super Bowl, and then lost in the NFCCG last year. It got to the point of a nonsensical yet partially valid trade offer from the Cleveland Browns that was maybe taken semi-seriously by the team.
Harbaugh certainly has ruffled the feathers of those in the front office. In what ways, us on the outside don’t really know, short of his professions to want to keep certain guys that fall out of favor with the front office, or his maniacal sense of importance to the team.
Certainly, Harbaugh has done an outstanding job as head coach, no one is denying that, but what happens going forward? This is really Jimbo’s contract push. Getting so close so fast has really put him in a shitty position. He set the bar to ‘impossibly high’ in two short years. All the front office has to do is point at the trophy case and say, in their best Judge Smails voice ”Well? We’re waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiting!”
Yes, Bill Walsh turned around a much shittier team in three years. Yes, Walsh is an impossibly high standard to live up to, but Jim put himself in this position, and seems to be driving wedges between he and the front office by hammering this contract thing. He’s backed off, but if he doesn’t win the Super Bowl this year, and say the offense looks a bit ragged, what should the team do?
- Would you give Jim Harbaugh $10 mill a year for not winning it all?
- Would you lame-duck his ass and say win or take your khakis elsewhere?
- Would you say ~$8 mill, take it or leave it?
If we don’t win it all, I’m going with #3.
Forty Niners Forever 
Don’t bogart that joint, my friend. Pass it over to me . . .
Lol
You should be thanking me…
This is nutso. There is a flag on every play in NE-Phil. Seattle’s finishing 3rd this year. But it’s more than that in this game. They have extra refs so they’re calling everything on offense and defense. Pretty sure I’ve already seen a personal foul nose-picking and intentional butt-wiping.
NE looks damn good. Brady’s pick 6 was the receiver’s fault – wrong route, otherwise it’s been allllll Pats.
Swithing gears to see the first teams of NO-Tenn, the Saints are the Saints – good. But Locker is surprising; he’s looking great. But………inside slant to Delanie Walker…….oops Saints ball.
Now where have I seen THAT before?
Delanie dodged a bullet. They overruled and called it incomplete. Either way,he dropped it.
Tenn might have something in Whisenhunt. They don’t look like a doormat. KC is really going to miss Dexter McCluster.
I hate the flippen Seahawks. Hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate. There, I feel better.
Chargers get 2 PIs called that give the Hawks 7. 3rd down PI not called on Seattle to stop good Charger drive. Did I mention I hate the Seahawks? That goes double for their fans and triple for the refs who are intimidated by them.
Hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate.
Oh well, 2nd teamers in now.
The Raiders SUCK. They don’t need Harbaugh or San Antone, they need defibrillation. They’re a corpse. DOA. Done. Dead.
Some really great shots of the SF landscape in “D.O.A.” (1950). I especially enjoyed the street-level views that accentuated the city’s slopes. First-time visitors to SF are always surprised just how hilly the city truly is.
And, yes, the Raiders are dead. That’s what happens when you hitch your wagon to Matt Schaub. There’s no antidote to cure that poison.
Edmund O’Brien. Good flick, saw it again a couple months ago.
Hey Dennis, are you going to rearrange your ESPN league? Spitty wants out and I’d prefer not having a co-owner.
Ha ha ha ha ha! 104 yd pick 6 by the Crows negated by cheating. Got caught finally. I feel much much better now.
The refs always call preseason a little tight to try and impose the fact that they could call a penalty every Goddamn play.
If they call PI s like they say they will, every pass play will draw a flag. Ludicrous.
Chargers just ran a beautiful play against the Seattle backups from the Seattle 3 or so. Faked the dive into the line and had both receivers left side open for the TD. Pick one – TD!
I’m staying home and drinking my dollar a bottle beer Dos Equis! So wet so good! The Niners will look good on my flat screen. Damn these screens were made for FOOTBALL. One thing is for certain the Giants are dead meat. Baseball is dead especially when a team can’t win at home.
Who are the Giants and what is this game called baseball of which you speak? Why didn’t Bochy challenge that play at the plate? I think Pablo *might* have been safe. No?
At least try the obstruction rule BS again. Pretty sure Ruiz have enough time to find the brick, mortar, small spade and construct a wall before Pablo reached home.
I think I OD’ed on football yesterday; I’m having serious trouble getting so motivated today.
Dennis is right. Rodgers should just take a vacation, maybe a trip ’round the world, then just show up Week 1. Did I really pick the Lions in the NFC North? Just shoot me now. After today’s game I’d pick The Pack to be one of the top contenders for the SB.
Romo muffed handoff, Ravens fumble return 6 LOL! At least his earlier pass to Dez was great – his health looks fine.
I just had to see Romo before I call it an early football day.
Romo to Dez TD. Dez is still way better than any Niner receiver. I hope Stevie can challenge that.
Dez creamed his guy deep sideline, then when Romo underthrew it, perhaps intentionally, Dez then came back and creamed his guy short, too. Ravens D. I wish I could see our receivers making plays that good.
Just 1 last. Flacco coming on with 3:25 left 1st qtr!! Cowboys drive, fumble return, Cowboys drive TD, Ravens 108 yd KO return TD, Cowboys drive stalled…
So rumors that Baltimore has an offensive team are true!
Jim could conceivably get a sustantial bump in revenue from endorsements too Spit.
It’s been happening already with the Pee-Wee football commercials (Visa?).
If Jim wants to move on he’ll do so, not because of Jed being leveraged out of the discussion.
What do you think it would take for Levi Strauss to have Jim endorse Dockers?
It’s a lay-up.
Might already be written into the naming rights deal now, who knows?
There are past ties to Oakland for Jim but, that was with Al, not Mark.
Again, no matter what, you’re anti-Jed, anti-Baalke, I get it.
From a business perspective, SF and Levi Strauss are a Marketing marriage for brand recognition.
I think there are plenty of perks for Jim to stay, if he truly wants to.
What will be will be. I don’t give a damn who stays and who goes. Just keep the young talent coming. Also have plenty of parking, and traffic control. The Niners have a good revenue stream flowing.
Just think at this very moment LA has NOTHING!