Jim Harbaugh to the 49ers

• osu45804

  

  Filed to ESPN: Jim Harbaugh is expected to agree to a five-year contract with the 49ers.
  
  http://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/23478158984478720
• CinciX12

  

  He also tweeted 5 hours ago that he was staying at Stanford. I'll take it with a grain of salt.
• gorocks99

  

  Five years, $25 mil? That seems way more in the ballpark than the $7 or $8 million a year that people were talking about.
• Laley23

  

  I guess he just didnt want to have to move.
• j_crazy

  

  miami offered him more, but was told it would take 8 for him to move from the west coast, i'm guessing.
• wes_mantooth

  

  I like the hire...but then again, I thought that Singletary would end up being one of the best coaches in the league...
• DaBrowns41

  wes_mantooth;629388 wrote:I like the hire...but then again, I thought that Singletary would end up being one of the best coaches in the league...

  
  Yeah, I thought Singletary would shape that team up and be around 10-6 or 11-5 this year. In 2009, that defense was nasty and this year they all took a step back.
• jordo212000

  

  Not a big surprise to me. Miami gave him a "Godfather" offer and he turned it down. Wonder if Miami doing Sparano dirty behind Sparano's back had anything to do with Harbaugh turning them down. That's a pretty low and to me suggests that the Dolphins brass lacks character. Maybe Harbaugh didn't want the same treatment a couple years down the road.