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- **Posted:** 2023-10-30T16:01:13.000+00:00
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#SportsMonday: It’s natural to question the future of Jim Harbaugh in Ann Arbor when he’s getting contract extensions pulled off the negotiating table. Amid an NCAA investigation into sign-stealing scouting violations by Harbaugh’s program, the withdrawn offer creates the image that he might be packing his bags.

But don’t watch for moving vans just yet.

Because right now, Harbaugh is still the coach of the Wolverines. And whether he’s on the sidelines in future seasons doesn’t change his task at hand: winning a national championship by cashing in on all the talent on this year’s roster.

Sure, guarantees about the future feel nice — especially with Harbaugh’s legacy of leaving his future wide open. But that’s not going to happen with at least two scandalous allegations hanging directly over his head. He’s still awaiting the outcome for a Level I violation for allegedly lying to the NCAA about recruiting violations, and the sign-stealing saga has become its own media firestorm. Michigan athletics director Warde Manuel would be smart not to tack on more contract years before those outcomes are resolved.

Even so, Harbaugh is currently in the second year of the five-year extension he signed in February 2022. While a new extension might have reassured outsiders, Harbaugh still has three years to go. He’s still the coach today and — unless an unexpected shoe drops — likely will be the rest of the season. The negotiations that Michigan put a pin in were more so about raising his salary to reflect recent success, rather than significantly extending his contract term. For now, any talks of the future are paused until Harbaugh and Michigan sort out the present.

But the present day of Michigan football matters more than Harbaugh’s future. In the last year before both the Big Ten and College Football Playoff will expand, his Wolverines are 8-0 and have an inside track to making the playoff for the third year in a row.

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