Harbaugh to coach the Niners

[Bob Hunter]

Jim Harbaugh leaves Stanford to coach the Niners. http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=6000333

Here are my thoughts...

1) It is a great fit, Harbaugh is a West Coast guy.
2) He will be a winner and revive Niner hopes of another Super Bowl
3) Getting a QB is the biggest challenge (they have great lines) but Harbaugh is a former NFL QB and will make the right pick.
4) The Denver Broncos will send Kyle Orton to the Niners for draft picks.
5) The Niners and Orton will beat Tebow and the Broncos next year!

Thanks for letting me share! Please add to my commentary or tell me to just shut up.

[Joe Hittle]

Jim Harbaugh leaves Stanford to coach the Niners. http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=6000333

Here are my thoughts...

1) It is a great fit, Harbaugh is a West Coast guy.
2) He will be a winner and revive Niner hopes of another Super Bowl
3) Getting a QB is the biggest challenge (they have great lines) but Harbaugh is a former NFL QB and will make the right pick.
4) The Denver Broncos will send Kyle Orton to the Niners for draft picks.
5) The Niners and Orton will beat Tebow and the Broncos next year!

Thanks for letting me share! Please add to my commentary or tell me to just shut up.

I really wish that Singletary had "come up through the ranks" the way that Harbaugh has. Both were fantastic players: one set free to be himself in the defensive structure of the Bears, the other constrained by offensive packages that didn't allow him to become all that he might have been in another system.

And yet, seemingly, the constrained one becomes the better coach.

I do agree, Harbaugh should be a great fit in San Francisco. Whether or not he can or will "revive Niner hopes" will depend upon what the higher powers within the organization will provide for him in personnel. So, while he should be a great fit, someone has to do their homework a little better than has been demonstrated over the course of the last 8-10 years there.

If you're right about Orton going to the Niners, this could be a "hey, I'm free" moment for both him and the coach. Of all the foibles Harbaugh had as quarterback, "happy feet" wasn't one of them. If he can get Orton to actually settle into the pocket, Orton's physical skills should come to the surface. Neither Orton nor Grossman ever appeared that, whoever their QB coach there was, they they understood that "happy feet" is a tell-tail sign of "I don't think this is going to work."

I liked Harbaugh as a player. His success at Stanford opened a whole lot of eyes that weren't expecting to see anything.

I just hope he gets a better shot with decent personnel than Singletary was provided.

FWIW

Joe

[Mike Schutz]

5) The Niners and Orton will beat Tebow and the Broncos next year!


Now that Elway is running the show in Denver, it is doubtful that he will bring in a coach who wants to use Tebow as their #1 QB.

[Shea Zellweger]

Now that Elway is running the show in Denver, it is doubtful that he will bring in a coach who wants to use Tebow as their #1 QB.

Dunno, Tebow was on ESPN talkin' up his relationship with Elway the other day... maybe he'll go for that Meyer guy down in FL :D

[Kevin Rector]

Hmm... that's totally a bummer for Andrew Luck. Gives up tens of millions of dollars for another year at Stanford and his coach leaves. Is it too late for him to change his mind and declare for the draft? I'm not sure how that works.

[Ryan Scott]

Hmm... that's totally a bummer for Andrew Luck. Gives up tens of millions of dollars for another year at Stanford and his coach leaves. Is it too late for him to change his mind and declare for the draft? I'm not sure how that works.

He doesn't want to go to Carolina.

[Bob Hunter]

Now that Elway is running the show in Denver, it is doubtful that he will bring in a coach who wants to use Tebow as their #1 QB.

I don't know about that, for all the flap over Tebow, Elway said he wants to make him into a Great NFL QB and voiced his unwavering support by noting that Denver is NOT interested in trading him. I look for Orton to be traded, not Tebow. I could be wrong...we'll see

[Bradley Grinnen]

now that mr and mrs york have stepped out of the way and allowed jed york to take over, i think we will continue to see improvement from the niners.

one impressive remark by jed is that he is going to use uncle eddie dibartolo as a 'consultant' this year... read as... "hey uncle eddie! please come and work your magic all over again and make this team relevant again!"

i like harbaugh in this situation. i liked singletary, but he made some interesting and questionable moves... often.

[Jeff Scott]

Disclaimer: I don't watch college football.

Having said that, I don't understand all of the love for Jim Harbaugh by NFL teams. He's never coached in the NFL, yet he was talked about like he's coached a winning Super Bowl team. The NFL is much different than college. Like I said, I don't watch college football, but I just don't understand why people think he will be different from Steve Spurrier, Nick Saban, Lou Holtz, Bobby Petrino, or the like.

[Bob Hunter]

Jeff,

The hype around Harbaugh is over the fact that he played in the NFL and was successful. He also spent a number of years working as an assistant under his father and other coaches with great track records. Then he went to the college ranks and was very successful. When you put that together you have the makings of a great coach. I think the Niners were very wise to hire Harbaugh. He'll get the QB situation straightened out (Something Mike Singletary couldn't do). And I think he'll do it by bringing in a free agent, possibly Kevin Kolb or Kyle Orton given the fact both of them lost their starting jobs this year. But Harbaugh will figure the QB situation out and I would expect the Niners to be at least a .500 team next year and contend for a wild card.

[Shea Zellweger]

Disclaimer: I don't watch college football.

Having said that, I don't understand all of the love for Jim Harbaugh by NFL teams. He's never coached in the NFL, yet he was talked about like he's coached a winning Super Bowl team. The NFL is much different than college. Like I said, I don't watch college football, but I just don't understand why people think he will be different from Steve Spurrier, Nick Saban, Lou Holtz, Bobby Petrino, or the like.

Well, he WAS the Oakland Raiders' QB coach in 2003. 4 wins out of Rich Gannon is nothing to sneeze at ;)

[David Morris]

I would expect the Niners to be at least a .500 team next year and contend for a wild card.

Ha, the Niners will win the division by 2 games next year if they can finish .500! :tongue:

[Jeff Scott]

Jeff,

The hype around Harbaugh is over the fact that he played in the NFL and was successful. He also spent a number of years working as an assistant under his father and other coaches with great track records. Then he went to the college ranks and was very successful. When you put that together you have the makings of a great coach. I think the Niners were very wise to hire Harbaugh. He'll get the QB situation straightened out (Something Mike Singletary couldn't do). And I think he'll do it by bringing in a free agent, possibly Kevin Kolb or Kyle Orton given the fact both of them lost their starting jobs this year. But Harbaugh will figure the QB situation out and I would expect the Niners to be at least a .500 team next year and contend for a wild card.

Perhaps, but I guess I just have a hard time buying the "hype." I don't really care that it's there, I just don't understand it.

Thanks for the explanation though! I'll likely end up looking like I'm the one without a clue!

Jeff