moe200069
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- May 15, 2005
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I know nothing about luxury taxes and caps, but are coaches' salaries calculated in that total?
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I know nothing about luxury taxes and caps, but are coaches' salaries calculated in that total?
and of course San Fran will deny this
All I'm saying is that this was seriously discussed and nearly went down.
At the end of the day it doesn't matter.
I was about to write a page long post saying essentially exactly wahat you said here.
Do you guys remember Lombardi being upset when Baalke got the GM job? Right afterward it was reported that he said the Niners screwed up because Lombardi would have brought in Harbaugh, McDaniels and a big name DC. He was essentially selling HIMSELF.
Fast forward three years.
He's in trouble in Cleveland. He decides to swing for the fences in a last ditch effort to save his job. He speaks with Harbaugh and tries to convince him to come to Cleveland. If I'm correct though, that's tampering if there is no permission from the 49ers. They may have had something preliminary in place just to facilitate a conversation.
Harbaugh turns it down...possibly because the move would strip his new team of a number of draft choices to improve the situation.
Regardless, it doesn't happen. Lombardi swings for the fences and strikes out. He's fired.
Now he's pissed. The 49ers have nothing to gain from this. The Browns have a new coach they are trying to get behind so have nothing to gain. Who stands to gain? Harbaugh and more importantly, Mike Lombardi. Lombardi can say "you guys could have had Harbaugh" in an effort to rescue his own reputation. He can leak it to Florio. He can leak it to a Cleveland radio host and frame it as "a big name coach was willing to work for me". It the same crap he pulled 3 years ago.
Jeff Deeney @PFF_Jeff
#49ers lost to SEA on Sun 1/19. Pettine was hired as CLE coach on Thu 1/23. So whatever discussions took place, it was in a short timeframe.
^^ Can totally see that.
I think it's odd how this just came outta nowhere.
I wish it never leaked. Mike Pettine probably feels like **** now, and that's just not what the Browns need.
I'll be honest if they traded jim, and had a bad season. I might have to turn in my niner faithful card
The report saying when the browns call asking about roman and other coaches and harbaugh told them he wanted the job seem like the ultimate scumbag move. Now I know i don't know harbaugh at all but he seems too loyal to undercut his coaches like that.
You should turn your card in right now if your loyalty is that fragile. Trust me id lose my mind as well but nothing could ever move my loyalty.
100proof I really do resent that post of yours.
I was blown when they fired Mooch but never ever would I ever claim I'm not goin to be a niner fan anymore. It's deeply embedded now.