The 49ers and coach Jim Harbaugh have tabled contract extension talks until the end of the season, but this news has raised some eyebrows as to the head coach’s status in San Francisco.
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Harbaugh has said on multiple occasions that he has no plans the leave the 49ers before his contract expires in 2015, but he did leave the option open for when he is a free agent of sorts.
49ers CEO Jed York spoke about Harbaugh’s status and the decision to table the contract negotiations, but didn't mention the idea of Harbaugh leaving the Bay Area.
"We actually just had this conversation [on Wednesday]," York said, via CSN Bay Area. "Lots of people were talking to him about it. We just said, 'You know what, let's not do anything during the season. Let's sit down a week or so after the season is over and let everybody know we're not focused on anything that's off the field right now.' Jim and I will sit down a week or so after the season is over and we'll figure out where we go.”
Harbaugh has had the 49ers at the top of the NFC for the past three years, but has no Super Bowl victories to show for it. In a league where the Cleveland Browns have had three different coaches in three years, it is clear that patience runs thin very quickly in the NFL.
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According to the San Jose Mercury News’ Tim Kawakami, the chances of Harbaugh leaving the 49ers is a coin flip that could be altered in the 49ers favor if the team wins the Super Bowl in 2014.
“This is just what I’ve heard from several NFL sources, some who know Jim Harbaugh well, and I’ll say that 80% of the NFL people I talk to assume that there’s a strong chance that this will be Harbaugh’s final season with the 49ers.”
The 49ers (8/1) are the third most likely team to win the Super Bowl behind the reigning AFC and NFC Champion Denver Broncos (6/1) and Seattle Seahawks (6/1).
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