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The Next Head Coach

Mr. Scot

By Mr. Scot,
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Stanford fans have two significantly bigger issues on their minds than the Discover Orange Bowl, which is saying something for a program that last played in a BCS bowl game after the 1999 season.

No. 1: Will coach Jim Harbaugh return to the Farm in 2011?

No. 2: Will QB Andrew Luck return to the Farm in 2011?

Most would say both will leave -- Harbaugh to Michigan or an NFL job; Luck to the NFL draft, where he's almost certain to be the top overall pick.

Of course, both could stay. Or one could stay and the other could go.

Sports Illustrated's Peter King has a report that might make Stanford fans hopeful about Luck, and it includes on-the-record comments from Harbaugh on the matter. Writes King:

I said to Harbaugh Sunday that I'd heard the Luck family (his dad, Oliver Luck, is a former NFL quarterback) was concerned with the fact that drafted players, because of the prospect of a protracted work stoppage, might not even see their playbook or start practice 'til Labor Day -- or later. If that's the case, why wouldn't Luck stay for his fourth year at Stanford and play, whether Harbaugh (who is rumored to be a candidate for both pro and college head-coaching jobs after turning around the Cardinal) is there to coach him or not?

"I don't think that's the correct logic,'' Harbaugh told me from his home in northern California. "But I do think it's more likely he'd come back. If I had to bet one way or the other, I'd bet he's coming back. He loves college. He loves the college life. He's such a good kid -- and so smart. He's got a 3.5 GPA in Architectural Engineering, and all along his plan has been to go to college for four years, get his degree, then figure out what to do with his life. This is a kid who has a plan. And he's a kid who's not the big-man-on-campus type. He just fits in.''

As for Harbaugh, it's clear that more than a few folks believe the San Francisco 49ers are going to make a run at him. This column from Tim Kawakami makes the case for Harbaugh and the 49ers. Writes Kawakami:

If Stanford’s Jim Harbaugh is on the 49ers’ list of prospective coaches, he should have a neon circle drawn around his name, and probably a few exclamation points, too.

He picked, recruited and coached quarterback Andrew Luck, already 10 times more polished than any quarterback the 49ers have had (and screwed up) for a half-decade.

Harbaugh runs a smart, powerful, pro-style offensive system. He is local. He is an NFL veteran. By most indications, he eventually wants to join his brother, John, in the NFL head-coaching fraternity.

And, a little over 30 years ago, the 49ers made out OK when they plucked an offensive-minded coach from Stanford — a guy named Bill Walsh — to save the day.

If there is a list, Harbaugh should be at the top of it.

Harbaugh figures to be on top of a number of lists, and probably not just the 49ers and Michigan. But Stanford fans are keeping their fingers crossed that Harbaugh's list is topped by the Cardinal.

And, just imagine, if Harbaugh and Luck came back in 2011? Hello preseason top-10 ranking.

Heck, hello dark horse national title contention.

http://espn.go.com/blog/pac10/post/_/id/17396/harbaugh-luck-stay-or-go

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I dont agree with the dark horse national title team, because they are losing 7 of 11 starters on offense I believe, but towards the end of the year they were playing some of the best football in the country no doubt. Bowl layoffs can be a bad thing for some teams, but I have a feeling that Stanford is going to destroy Va. Tech. But I am a Pac-10 homer.

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http://wp.me/p14QSB-q3I

Go ahead & get Gruden, maybe he'll take JC off our hands? ;)

49ers team president Jed York says he’s going to hire a G.M. that will have the sole authority to hire a coach.* Based on one report in San Francisco, York may wind up looking for a G.M. that will hire the coach York wants.

Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News cites two sources that claim Jon Gruden and John Harbaugh are atop York’s wish list for a potential coach.

“Around the league, the chatter is about which G.M. candidates would fit with Gruden or Harbaugh, not about which coaches would fit with, say, Ted Sundquist, Floyd Reese or Randy Mueller,” Kawakami writes.

While this item isn’t particularly shocking, it does contradict basically everything York said on Monday.* (Expect denials from the 49ers.)* Then again, his hint that he’ll be looking for an offensive coach somewhat undermined his statement that he’d stay out of the coaching search.

York, 29, is also facing questions in the Bay Area about his readiness to make a decision on the next 49ers G.M. by himself.* It sounds like he’ll get some help from his uncle Eddie DeBartalo Jr. and possibly the NFL.

“I know for a fact the league wants to help the Yorks because it wants a stronger team in San Francisco,” Lowell Cohn of the Santa Press Democrat wrote.

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LaCanfora said we'll probably move quickly, and could get the process rolling as soon as Monday, and narrowed it down to Grimm and Rivera.

Damn dude do you do anything? Was fixing to post this. I would have no problem with either. Grimm would have Gibbs to call for advise. Which would be good.

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LaCanfora said we'll probably move quickly, and could get the process rolling as soon as Monday, and narrowed it down to Grimm and Rivera.

Plausible, but honestly it's been a while since I've taken anything LaCanfora said as gospel. He's very hit or miss these days.

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JR has had a year to think about the next coach. He has promised fans (or at least PSL owners) that things will be better. This team is his passion, not a business investment. He prolly does not have 10 years to wait for a SB. I expect a dynamic hire. And I think Smitty will retire a Panther.

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