Jed York was attacked by the media through this entire process. A process that started earlier last week when York started the faux General Manager search which seemed to be a farce with a planned outcome of hiring Trent Baalke.
Although York said that the new general manager would be the one to hire the head coach, it was clear that Jim Harbaugh was the target from the beginning. During York’s general manager search York was looking for a general manager that had connections to Harbaugh so he could make sure to get him and that is why both Michael Lombardi and Trent Baalke were the finalists for the general manager job.
Now it doesn’t matter if the Trent Baalke hiring was a staged act with the leading actor being Jed York because he delivered the golden prize, Jim Harbaugh. After a five-day chase of Harbaugh where the 49ers were competing with two other NFL teams and two college teams it turned out that the 49ers were Harbaugh’s choice.
At one point, it seemed like the 49ers were out of it as the Miami Dolphins flew cross-country and reportedly were ready to offer upwards of $8 million a year for him to be their head coach. Whether that is true is another story as it would open them up for a fine from the league but they dropped out of the Harbaugh sweepstakes late Thursday night. After they dropped out of the chase it was between Stanford and the 49ers and most reports saying that he would go back to Stanford.
Then at 12:36 on Friday, Adam Schefter of ESPN reported that Jim Harbaugh had agreed to a five-year, $25 million deal with the San Francisco 49ers.
Jim Harbaugh gives the 49ers a coach from is well versed in the West Coast Offense for the first time since Steve Mariucci was the coach. Harbaugh has already said that he will be running the WCO to much jubilation of former 49ers and fans.
His first act as head coach will be to find a quarterback. As it stands now David Carr is the only quarterback that is under contract for 2011.
Harbaugh has a good record when it comes to developing quarterbacks. When he was at the University of San Diego he developed Josh Johnson, who is now with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and when he was at Stanford he developed quite the player in Andrew Luck. Maybe you’ve heard of him.
The 49ers have the #7 pick in the upcoming NFL draft and will possibly have the option to draft Missouri’s Blaine Gabbert, Washington’s Jack Locker, Auburn’s Cam Newton, or Arkansas’ Ryan Mallet.
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