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After the San Francisco 49ers met with the hottest coaching name on the market Wednesday afternoon in Jim Harbaugh, the Miami Dolphins have now put their best foot forward in their efforts to convince the Stanford coach to take their head-coaching job currently held by Tony Sparano.

Owner Steve Ross, general manager Jeff Ireland and team executive Carl Peterson traveled to California on Wednesday in an urgent effort to meet with Jim Harbaugh. Reports state the Miami Dolphins are prepared to give Harbaugh an offer he can't refuse, making him the highest-paid NFL head coach with an annual salary of $7 to $8 million.

The full-court press by the Dolphins seems to be linked to the possibility that the 49ers would end up snatching the hot name. San Francisco is the only job in which he wouldn't have to move his family considering the proximity to Stanford University and he would end up coaching in a weak NFC West Division which just saw a 7-9 team (Seattle Seahawks) make the playoffs for the first time in NFL history.



According to a report by ESPN's Chris Mortensen, the meeting between the Dolphins and Harbaugh is to take place on Thursday morning.

All indications as of late Wednesday night are that the Miami Dolphins have snatched the title of the leaders in convincing Jim Harbaugh to take his talents to an NFL franchise, and this one ends up being located in South Beach.