They get used for every big coaching opening вЂ¦ Without looking or searching, I can just guess the retread-idea names being thrown out there if the Michigan job is available. The guy had one very nice year with the Bears and parlayed that into the Carolina Panther gig. He did a great job turning around Baylor, but heвЂ™s always been a tad overloved and overappreciated by the coaching carousel community. Matt Rhule? To be totally honest, IвЂ™ve neverВ understood it. Mike Hart? Maybe heвЂ™s the next Fielding Yost, but thatвЂ™s a big risk to take on a guy with a running back coach resumГ©. WhoвЂ™s that coach who can step in and win a national title? Yeah, yeah, yeah, beating Ohio State is nice, but Michigan needs to beat Alabama, or whatever the hot SEC team is in each of the next bazillion years. So if heвЂ™s off, Michigan needs a coach who can take that next step up. The guy really was pretty good вЂ“ he never, ever got enough credit for winning 71% of his games in Ann Arbor. For all the slings and arrows thrown Jim HarbaughвЂ™s way, if heвЂ™s gone, heвЂ™s the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings. Take a moment and realize whatвЂ™s happening here. It needs to be thinking really big-or-bust. However, if Harbaugh really is gone to the NFL вЂ“ which weвЂ™ve all been waiting for since the moment he took the Wolverine gig вЂ“ Michigan needs to act the part with its coaching search.

This is all based on one giant IF.Д¬heerfully ignore all of this if and when the guy is back doing his thing back in the college ranks. If Jim Harbaugh takes the Minnesota Vikings head coaching job, here are 5 candidates Michigan should consider if it really is a big dealДў022 College Football Schedules: All 130 Teams WhoвЂ™s got it better than us? Apparently the Minnesota VikingsДЄt the immediate moment heвЂ™s about to go through the final interview process with the Minnesota Vikings for their head coaching job.Д¬onsidering theyвЂ™re not about to cede the power he might want, this is hardly a done deal.

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