Jim Harbaugh’s much-anticipated return to the NFL is about more than one coach, one college and one team. It’s about a shift in the landscape of coaching at the highest level
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It was easy to scoff at the initial reports that University of Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh was considering a return to the NFL.
In the normal cause of business, it looked like a well-timed (if obvious) leak on the heels of a successful season, a college coach looking to maximize his value and extract maximum dollars and influence out his school.