YoloinOhio Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 (edited) ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk 49m Sources: Browns nearly traded with 49ers for Jim Harbaugh http://wp.me/p14QSB-9pUQ It really is the gift that keeps on giving. #Browns Checking the local bridges for Mike Pettine. Edited February 21, 2014 by YoloinOhio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I thought they changed the rules to prevent coach trades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I thought they changed the rules to prevent coach trades. i thought so too - even cited an article about the rule change but someone pulled a more recent example of one happening. not sure when the rule changed, but it seems to have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SactoBillFan Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Off season hype cracks me up. Snowballs chance in hell that would ever happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckinny Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Yeah hard to believe the 49rs would let that happen. 3 years into your career and 3 post season appreances, and then go to the pure train wreck that is cleveland! Only a Bills coordinator would take that as an upgrade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 (edited) If it was any other team than the Browns, I wouldn't believe it. But it is, and I do. Harbaugh and Lombardi who was still here then are good friends, Harbaugh is from Ohio. Of course he is a traitor because he went to UM, but I digress. Florio and Rapaport are engaged in a bit of a Twitter battle right now over this, but FTR I remember Browns reaching out to Niners to ask permission to talk to one of their coaches, and the Niners refused to say which one it was. I assumed it was Roman or the Dline coach. I don't think it was. Edited February 21, 2014 by YoloinOhio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Does a coach have to accept a trade like a player? He must have wanted it, right?.......Those are the only times I remember coaches being traded, which was more like I'm going there, so you get some compensation from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 Does a coach have to accept a trade like a player? He must have wanted it, right?.......Those are the only times I remember coaches being traded, which was more like I'm going there, so you get some compensation from them. According to the report, it was a done deal b/w the teams but then it was Harbaugh's decision not to go. So probaby his contract might preclude them from "trading" him unless he agreed to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Tuesday Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Harbaugh is such an impetuous a$$. He rubs everyone the wrong way. He has been uber successful in S.F. and their upper management still can't stand him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted February 22, 2014 Author Share Posted February 22, 2014 Albert Breer @AlbertBreer 32m This one has been ruminating for a while. The price tag connected to that rumor for Harbaugh was a heavy one. ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk 37m Report: Harbaugh's future with 49ers remains uncertain http://wp.me/p14QSB-9pVk Harbaugh is such an impetuous a$$. He rubs everyone the wrong way. He has been uber successful in S.F. and their upper management still can't stand him. Watching him on the sideline...I can imagine he would not be an easy guy to work with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Albert Breer @AlbertBreer 32m This one has been ruminating for a while. The price tag connected to that rumor for Harbaugh was a heavy one. ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk 37m Report: Harbaugh's future with 49ers remains uncertain http://wp.me/p14QSB-9pVk Watching him on the sideline...I can imagine he would not be an easy guy to work with. Crazy if true. I'd be curious if his personality lends itself to eventual diminishing returns ala a gruden or parcells and the niners thought they could sell high. That would've been incredibly late for them to start their search though, unless the replacement was in house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted February 22, 2014 Author Share Posted February 22, 2014 Crazy if true. I'd be curious if his personality lends itself to eventual diminishing returns ala a gruden or parcells and the niners thought they could sell high. That would've been incredibly late for them to start their search though, unless the replacement was in house Apparently they are saying it would have been Tomsula, the DL coach. However, I truly think a team like that could have hired Gruden or another big name and they would keep the assistants intact. Who wouldn't want to coach a team like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Maybe they meant back in 1995... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Heard about this listening to FAN on the ride home. According to the host, Harbaugh does not get along with the Niners GM which opened the door to the trade possibility, and it was Harbaugh that decided against it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Linen Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Yeah hard to believe the 49rs would let that happen. 3 years into your career and 3 post season appreances, and then go to the pure train wreck that is cleveland! Only a Bills coordinator would take that as an upgrade! Are you saying the 49ers wouldn't or Harbaugh wouldn't go? Most coordinators would take a head coaching job, why bash the Bills over it? What's the analogy between a head coach moving to Cleveland to be the head coach and our coordinator taking the job? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pills -N- Bills Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 They didn't almost trade for him hell they didn't even try to trade for him, it was merely a discussion that came up and never amounted into anything. What would they trade for him? The city of Cleveland? Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted February 22, 2014 Author Share Posted February 22, 2014 They didn't almost trade for him hell they didn't even try to trade for him, it was merely a discussion that came up and never amounted into anything. What would they trade for him? The city of Cleveland? Lol Bad trade for SF, if so. LOLChris Mortensen @mortreport 13h Browns did indeed make a run at Jim Harbaugh that reached a serious stage, sources confirm substance of @ProFootballTalk report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Heard about this listening to FAN on the ride home. According to the host, Harbaugh does not get along with the Niners GM which opened the door to the trade possibility, and it was Harbaugh that decided against it. Makes total sense. This happens all the time when you have a d-bag head coach. Eventually, there will be a power struggle and one of these guys will be forced out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuntheDamnBall Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 This is a crazy story and I maintain that Pettine is going to regret taking that job. He could have improved the Bills' D enough to get an elite position in 2015 with a team that had a playoff letdown -- Cowboys? Giants? -- if he'd stayed here. Picking up the last dented can on the shelf just because it's there doesn't mean you get a good meal out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckinny Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 (edited) Are you saying the 49ers wouldn't or Harbaugh wouldn't go? Most coordinators would take a head coaching job, why bash the Bills over it? What's the analogy between a head coach moving to Cleveland to be the head coach and our coordinator taking the job? Are you saying the 49ers wouldn't or Harbaugh wouldn't go? Most coordinators would take a head coaching job, why bash the Bills over it? What's the analogy between a head coach moving to Cleveland to be the head coach and our coordinator taking the job? I am saying from either POV, management or Harbaugh. And Pettine was set to succeede here at his position not set up to fail like cleveland. I would think he could have stepped into a better position next year, not take the offer after the 5th interview and they were out of options, so what does that say about us. Edited February 22, 2014 by stuckinny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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