Jim Harbaugh told me that it was 28 years ago that he had one-on-one interviews at Bicycle Jim's Restaurant in Ann Arbor Mut 23 Coins. He was at Michigan, I was covering his team and team for The Detroit Free Press and we were both drawn to the awe and awe of Bo Schembechler, then Michigan coach Bo Schembechler.

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There was no way around it with Bo. Whatever you did, whether you played for the man or wrote about his the direct, sharp and honest, yet awe-inspiring honesty was a prevailing factor. As a player, Harbaugh disagreed with him. As the writer, I didn't agree with Harbaugh's writing style. But his tenacity and honesty was indisputable. He made you think. He forced you to take a second look -- and sometimes third.

This is the essence of Jim Harbaugh, the blueprint that he followed during the 14 years of his Madden NFL 23 play-time, as well as each of his head coaching stops in the University of San Diego, Stanford and the San Francisco 49ers. He was raised by his parents Jack and Jackie, created the foundation. Schembechler along with Mike Ditka were coaches who played a role in laying it.

Harbaugh has returned to his roots. Harbaugh called it an "homecoming.''

As the 20th coach of Michigan is something had always dreamed about. He said that now, it is the right time to make it happen.

It is time to go, partly because his relationships with 49ers management grew so sour and fractured that a split was needed. It is believed that the situation hit a peak in contract talks before last season, during which the 49ers made him feel relatively useless. If you create Jim Harbaugh feel unappreciated, marginalized, not worthy of his time or unworthy, he's not a kind of person to stay around. It's the right time, in part, due to the fact that there's a need in Michigan football and an opportunity to be answered. A door to open, a wide-open embrace, appreciation and the sense of being valued was a blanket laid over the player by Buy Mut 23 Coins Michigan direction. Michigan's need and approach captivated him.