BakoSaint

There are reports Jim Harbaugh will return to the NFL if offered a job. If we could somehow bring in Jim Harbaugh it could be a win-win for strategic reasons.

Habaughs availability on the market could decrease the trade value of Sean Payton. He is a similar big name coach but costs no draft picks. Even a team that prefers Payton might offer fewer picks with Harbaugh as a fallback.

Likewise, the possibility of a Sean Payton return is appealing, but then we dont get any draft picks, and have no 1st rounder thanks to Loomis’ Eagles blunder.

But lets say we sign Harbaugh to replace Payton. We may gain more than any other team because we take Harbaugh off the market, leaving all Paytons other destinations available, and maximizing Paytons trade value. Then we end up with a head coach that has a better regular and post season winning percentage than Payton and who has successfully drafted and developed a second round QB into a star. Also we get a coach who has a needed change of scenery instead of one who burned out with us. And a coach who has won with a mobile qb and with a pocket passing qb and beat Payton in big games.

I am not saying this is very realistic or we could pull it off. But if we did it could be a giant win. Harbaughs career winning percentage is literally more than double Dennis Allens. He is like a Dick Vermeil etc who got very close to a super bowl win and is still hungry and has all the skill.