Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh did what looked like a pretty cool thing early Wednesday morning, tweeting out congratulations to NFL teams who made new head-coaching hires, those new coaches, and his old San Francisco 49ers assistants who got jobs elsewhere.
The 49ers made a new head-coaching hire, Jim Tomsula. They needed a new coach after parting ways with Harbaugh after the season. Tomsula was also a Harbaugh assistant; he was promoted from defensive line coach to head coach. And yet, no mention of the only Harbuagh assistant to get a head-coaching job this offseason. Hmm.
Coincidence that Harbaugh just happened to miss the 49ers? Right. (Although Harbaugh also missed Todd Bowles and the New York Jets and Gary Kubiak and the Baltimore Ravens ... but you'd think if he took time to congratulate a few teams he would not have just overlooked Tomsula and the 49ers.)
Why would Harbaugh be sore? He and the 49ers mutually agreed to part ways, after all! Right. Exactly.
The relationship between the 49ers and Harbaugh was strained by the end of this past season, to say the least. Tomsula's name had come up as a possible replacement during the season, while Harbaugh was on the job, and it's easy to imagine that made things uncomfortable.
Whatever the reason, Harbaugh wanted to offer some well wishes for new NFL coaches and his old assistants who landed new jobs, and it doesn't seem like he just somehow forgot the assistant who took his old job.
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