When I mean clean house I'm talking about firing both Dave & Gus, offer Harbaugh full control of this roster and propose a salary of $10M/year (that figure would double his current salary), he's a proven winner and has turned worse situations (San Diego St/Stanford/San Francisco) into top notch winning organisations, just imagine what he could do with this roster? I'm of the opinion that Jim is an all-time great coach with a knack for getting the most out of his players, he builds physical/tough (disciplined) football teams that run the ball effectively while playing solid D.

 

I'm also of the opinion that he wants to get back into the NFL, because he's an ego-maniac and ego-maniacs typically want to win at the highest level. I've seen threads on this board proposing bringing Tom Coughlin back, and while I'm a big fan of Tom, why not pursue the next Tom Coughlin? Who just happens to be decades younger than the former, many of of you will argue that (potentially) firing David Caldwell will be a mistake, and while I agree David has done a good job of bringing in talent, he's also missed on two top 5 picks in Joeckel and Bortles, the 2013 draft class is a complete disaster. To view him as irreplaceable is silly Imo, especially if we can land a big fish like Harbaugh. Now if there's a way to bring in Harbaugh while keeping David I'd be all for it, I just think Jim would want full control of this roster.

 

There's another reason to consider pursuing Jim, despite the (inexplicable) extensions to Ryan Grigson and Chuck Pagano this past off-season, I could see Jim Irsay making a play for his services if the Colts don't make the playoffs, it'd be disappointed (to say the least) to see a division rival land a coach/GM like Harbaugh. The situation in Jacksonville will be an attractive one, it looks like we're headed for another top 5-10 pick, we have a patient owner that's willing to spend, the roster is littered with young/cheap/cost-controlled talent on both sides of the ball, and this team (despite spending a fortune in free agency over the past 2 years) will still have a ton of cap space, especially considering Bortles has played himself out of a large-guaranteed extension, this is an opportunity for this franchise to land a transcendent talent at the coaching position, it wouldn't surprise me if Shad (who's a splash owner) is at least thinking about it.

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