San Francisco 49ers hire Jim Harbaugh

The 49ers and wunderkind Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh have reportedly reached a deal. It is about time, too. The rumours over Jim Harbaugh has been widespread for days, and has been getting very tiring. A lot of work is ahead of him. Thankfully though, paydayloans were not used to negotiate the deal.

Jim Harbaugh involved in San Francisco 49ers reach deal

There has been a lot of speculation about Jim Harbaugh becoming an NFL head coach while leaving the Stanford football team. He has reportedly signed a five year, $25 million deal with the San Francisco 49ers, according to ABC. Many would suggest that Harbaugh is a college football coaching prodigy. This is because the Stanford Cardinals went to an annual bowl from having been a losing team originally. Stanford went 12 and 1 this year. There's going to be a lot of work that Harbaugh will have to do. This is because the team, although it had been picked to win the NFC West this year, hasn't posted a winning record in about a decade. The Wild Card round of the NFL playoff schedule will be played by the Seattle Seahawks against the New Orleans Saints while the Seahawks ended up winning the NFC West.

All about the inspiration behind it

Harbaugh was inspired in part to take the job in San Francisco by one of his all-time heroes. The San Francisco 49ers hired Bill Walsh after he worked as the coach of Stanford. During the time there, he took Stanford to two bowls. The 49ers went and got four Super Bowl titles after he was coach while Walsh picked up Joe Montana, Ronnie Lott, Jerry Rice and Steve Young while perfecting the West Coast Offense.

Hard road ahead

Jim Harbaugh has his work cut out for him. The NFC was supposed to be won by the 49ers after it went 8 and 8 in 2009, but then it went to 6 and 10 instead. The organization recently fired head coach Mike Singeltary. The 49ers will be playing the Baltimore Ravens at some point in 2011 although Harbaugh's brother, John Harbaugh, is the head coach of that team.

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ABC News

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