The Miami Dolphins had essentially the most shocking firing of the pinnacle teaching cycle, parting methods with Brian Flores regardless of Flores being the primary head coach because the merger to begin a season 1-7 and end with a profitable file. Whereas Flores went 24-25 in his three seasons with Miami (together with 24-18 in his closing 42 video games), the Dolphins determined to half methods with the primary coach to steer the group to consecutive profitable seasons since Dave Wannstedt.
Miami proprietor Stephen Ross could have fired Flores in pursuit of a candidate his group has courted for years — Jim Harbaugh. The Dolphins tried to rent Harbaugh from Stanford again in 2011 earlier than he in the end ended up with the San Francisco 49ers, as Ross was prepared to make Harbaugh the highest-paid head coach within the NFL.
Will Ross resolve to court docket Harbaugh as soon as once more? The circumstances are a bit completely different this time round.
“I am not going to be the one that takes Jim Harbaugh away from Michigan,” Ross stated Monday morning, via Joe Schad of the Palm Beach Post. “I hope he stays there. He is an incredible coach.”
Ross is a big donor to the College of Michigan, his alma mater, and the reference to Harbaugh is powerful. Whereas Ross could not need to poach Harbaugh, what if Harbaugh needed to teach the Dolphins — whether or not it is leverage to get more cash from Michigan or not?
Harbaugh is not any stranger to success within the NFL, going 44-19-1 in 4 seasons as the pinnacle coach of the San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers received the NFC championship within the 2012 season and reached the convention championship recreation for 3 consecutive seasons (2011 to 2013), as Harbaugh compiled a .695 win proportion within the common season — fifth on the all-time listing for coaches which have coached for 4 seasons. Harbaugh left for Michigan after the 49ers completed 8-8 in 2014, going 61-24 for the Wolverines and a Huge Ten championship with a Faculty Soccer Playoff look this previous season — but is 0-3 in New 12 months’s Six bowl video games.
Harbaugh seems to be the crown jewel of this NFL teaching cycle, if he is enticed to depart Michigan. The 58-year outdated Harbaugh will definitely have a choosing of any NFL job he needs amongst the franchises on the lookout for a head coach.
