Wish this would have happened.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/02/21/sources-browns-nearly-traded-for-jim-harbaugh/
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/02/21/sources-browns-nearly-traded-for-jim-harbaugh/
Unnamed 49ers source denies report of near Harbaugh trade to NFL Media
Posted by Mike Florio on February 21, 2014, 5:41 PM EST
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The 49ers still haven’t gotten back to us with a response to our report that the team nearly traded coach Jim Harbaugh to the Browns for multiple draft picks.
Someone from the 49ers, however, is talking off the record to the media company the 49ers partially own. Which sort of makes it something akin to a press release. With no one’s name attached to it.
An unnamed 49ers source tells Ian Rapoport of NFL Media that the report is “completely false” and “[r]idiculous.”
If it’s false, why not say so on the record? That’s because, frankly, it’s not false.
In contrast, the Browns have commented on the story on the record, and the Browns have neither called the story “completely false” nor “ridiculous.”
We’ll continue to wait for the 49ers to respond to our request for comment. Or for the 49ers to issue an actual press release denying the story. Without using someone from the league-owned media network to perpetrate a version of reality that isn’t accurate.
We can’t blame the 49ers for trying to call the story false. But their desire for the story to be false will never make it false.
Posted by Mike Florio on February 21, 2014, 5:41 PM EST
The 49ers still haven’t gotten back to us with a response to our report that the team nearly traded coach Jim Harbaugh to the Browns for multiple draft picks.
Someone from the 49ers, however, is talking off the record to the media company the 49ers partially own. Which sort of makes it something akin to a press release. With no one’s name attached to it.
An unnamed 49ers source tells Ian Rapoport of NFL Media that the report is “completely false” and “[r]idiculous.”
If it’s false, why not say so on the record? That’s because, frankly, it’s not false.
In contrast, the Browns have commented on the story on the record, and the Browns have neither called the story “completely false” nor “ridiculous.”
We’ll continue to wait for the 49ers to respond to our request for comment. Or for the 49ers to issue an actual press release denying the story. Without using someone from the league-owned media network to perpetrate a version of reality that isn’t accurate.
We can’t blame the 49ers for trying to call the story false. But their desire for the story to be false will never make it false.
Doesn't seem so far fetched to me considering it's the Browns. I love Harbaugh and what he did at Stanford and now he's doing it in the NFL. I'm a bit of a Pete Carroll fan as well and my self interest wants Harbaugh to stay at the 49ers to keep the rivalry going with the Seahawks.
49ers CEO Jed York Refutes Rumor of Browns Nearly Trading for Jim Harbaugh
After Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio broke the rumor on Friday that the Cleveland Browns were in talks to send draft picks to the San Francisco 49ers for head coach Jim Harbaugh, NFL Network's Ian Rapoport tweeted that his sources within the organization denied the claims.
When Florio questioned him and asked why the sources hadn't gone on record, 49ers CEO Jed York entered the conversation to do that very thing and end the conversation with gusto.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...um=referral&utm_campaign=programming-national
After Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio broke the rumor on Friday that the Cleveland Browns were in talks to send draft picks to the San Francisco 49ers for head coach Jim Harbaugh, NFL Network's Ian Rapoport tweeted that his sources within the organization denied the claims.
When Florio questioned him and asked why the sources hadn't gone on record, 49ers CEO Jed York entered the conversation to do that very thing and end the conversation with gusto.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...um=referral&utm_campaign=programming-national
