I think the point of this thread has gotten way of track, none of this other noise matters. It's pretty simple. Jim Harbaugh was the head man at Michigan, Michigan had a pretty egregious sign stealing operation happening the last few years he was coach, whether he left on his own or got out when the gettin' out was was good is somewhat irrelevant. What is relevant is that if any other school had gotten caught doing what Michigan did there would be severe consequences. Instead, Michigan pretty much gave the NCAA the finger, and said FU I'm not talking and you can't do nothing about it, and that's exactly what happened.