'They didn't like me like I liked them! (sniff)'

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Awww, its ok Jimmy.....don't cry about it. I guess you are above interviewing in a real way. The guy that reworked his contact to take LESS money to stay at Michigan before this last season:

https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1489598226487562244

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The interview tactic of "I'm Jim Harbaugh, hire me" didn't work.

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This fits what we've been hearing...We'll just never know who the dissenters were on the Vikings side of things. 

I suspect he would have taken the job here if the fit was there and the $$.

I wish him well - he's got a nice gig at his alma mater. He'll be fine. 

Surprising to me that no NFL team has come a calling until this year?

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@JustinTime18™ said:
The interview tactic of "I'm Jim Harbaugh, hire me" didn't work.

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Time to choke down a little humble pie, Jimbo.

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“There was a tugging at me that I was once that close to a Super Bowl and I didn’t get it. Some NFL jobs came open. I was contacted by the Vikings. For better or for worse, it was something I wanted to explore. I went in thinking, ‘I’m gonna have 100 percent conviction on this, and if they [Minnesota] have 100 percent conviction on this, then it’s something I’m gonna do.”
But when the Vikings didn’t offer him the job, Harbaugh says he let Michigan know he won’t be looking for NFL jobs again.
“I called Warde [Manuel, the Michigan athletic director] and I asked him if he wanted me to be the head coach. And he said, ‘Yes, 100 percent.’ And I said, OK then. That’s what I want to do.’ And I told him, ‘Warde, this will not be a reoccurring theme every year. This was a one-time thing.”
Harbaugh says his focus now is a national championship.
“Sure, the Super Bowl is the greatest prize in our sport,” he said. “But winning a national championship. That’s pretty darn great. Let’s do that. There was a pull to the NFL because I got that close to the Super Bowl, but this was the time [to try and return.] And this is the last time. Now let’s go chase college football’s greatest prize.”
Realistically, it’s unlikely that Harbaugh can really promise he won’t be tempted by another NFL job. If a team that appears to have most of the pieces in place to win a Super Bowl contacts him, is Harbaugh really going to say no? He might think he’s all-in on Michigan now, but this is probably not the last time we’re going to hear his name connected to the NFL coaching carousel.

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Jim says, "I LOVE ME"...

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If Harbaugh came in as reported expecting the interview to be a formality, you wonder if the Vikings were turned off by that kind of arrogance and decided he was not a fit for the new climate they were trying to create or if they just felt O'Connell was a better fit.  From the sounds of it, O'Connell came in with a detailed presentation that included a full evaluation of the roster, where as Harbaugh may not have bothered to know who the back up RB was. 

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yeah, who wants a proven winner with 20 years head coaching experience with the desire and motivation to win a Super Bowl in short order.

As long as we have people who say “hi” and smile at O’Neil in the halls

All my Michigan friends / colleagues who know my love for the Vikings were laughing their asses off...