Harbaugh - King of the Mind Games

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I've gone through a myriad of emotions this week over the starting qb decision haha. On Wednesday when I heard Kaepernick is starting I was pretty upset, because Alex has been playing well this year. Ever since then I've been excited to see Kaepernick start, and after rewatching the game a couple times I'll actually be disappointed if he doesn't start. Now I'm to the point where I just get the feeling Harbaugh is trolling everyone and will start Alex just because of the media frenzy going on.

Originally posted by KowboyKiller:
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Good Call!

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My QB decisions making teams nervous

Originally posted by Afrikan:
if you think about it....what would the benefit be of trying to get the Saints to gameplan for both QBs, JUST to start Colin? No offense, but I think its easier to gameplan for Alex (because of film and his approach) compared to Colin who is willing to throw it all over the place and can run right past you if you don't pay attention.

Actually, other than the "unknown" factor with Colin, Alex being in there makes things more complicated, gameplan-wise. With Alex, you can expect the full playbook, including all the exotic packages. (Being fair to Kaep though, it didn't seem like we limited the offense much against the Bears).

In addition, Alex is said to be harder to fool than Kaepernick. You can throw exotic looks against Kaepernick and hope to fool him, given that he's a second-year QB, but not so much Alex.

Now, of course, that's just the gameplanning part. Because of Kaepernick's physical tools, you have to have a different problem as a defense. You have to play more disciplined, because Kaepernick is more along the lines of a playmaker and will make plays with his feet, and gun throws in with his powerful arm.

what i love about Harbaugh is that he just doesn't give a f*ck about the media. Funny how all the beat writers plus the others are criticize Jim when all Jim tries to do is to win the 6th ring. Even Kawakami says how unfair was that Smith is no longer starting but if we would lose again the conference champ game with Smith he would be the first to say that it was a mistake trusting Smith again

Originally posted by hungarian9erfan:
what i love about Harbaugh is that he just doesn't give a f*ck about the media. Funny how all the beat writers plsu the others are criticing Jim when all Jim tries to do is to win the 6th ring. Even Kawakami says how unfair was that Smith is no longer starting but if we would lose again the conference champ game with Smith he would be the first to say that it was a mistake trusting Smith again

Jim Harbaugh will tell you what he thinks only a few times and if you do no understand him then that's your problem I respect that. Trying to explain over and over again to people who refuse to listen is a waste of time.

Originally posted by redrazer45:

SMITH will start ! Kap will finish ! We Win !

Kap will start! Smith will finish! We win!

Originally posted by Dr_Bill_Walsh:
mental cum gobble gobble

that's straight weird.

Originally posted by jdean:

Originally posted by redrazer45:
SMITH will start ! Kap will finish ! We Win !

Kap will start! Smith will finish! We win!

Kaep will start! Kaep will finish! We win!!!!!!

Originally posted by m_brockalexander:

Originally posted by jdean:

Originally posted by redrazer45:

SMITH will start ! Kap will finish ! We Win !

Kap will start! Smith will finish! We win!

Kaep will start! Kaep will finish! We win!!!!!!

I don't give a damn who starts. Just win dammit.

Originally posted by THEB:

Originally posted by ObePwnD:
I understand it perfectly well. When that first tweet leaked about Kaep starting, this place went ga-ga. All the while Alex wasn't even medically cleared. That's what I'm talking about. I understand the word gullible - do you?

Gullible is believing something thats obviously false. I dont see how debating whether one or the other QB will start is believing something thats obviously false.

Now if i said "David Carr is starting vs NO on sunday" and someone believed me, that would be gullibility. Believing your starting QB who has a concussion may start onces hes medically cleared to play is not by any means gullible.

I never said this ^^ Face palm. You still got it wrong. That first tweet stated that Kaep starting vs the Saints, had nothing to do with Alex's health. Half the the Zone took the bate. NOW do you understand?

Earlier this month, Harbaugh was told some of the Rams considered the 49ers a model franchise. Did that mean something to the coach?

"Not really," Harbaugh said. "We'd rather probably just try to kick them in the shins when people are saying things like that."

http://blog.sfgate.com/49ers/2012/11/24/harbaugh-tries-killing-the-saints-sweetly/

check out the rest....Saints reporters asked him a question about our great defense, and Harbaugh just straight flipped that biiiiitch on them....not once but twice when they tried to rephrase it....lol

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Originally posted by m_brockalexander:
Anyone else catch NFL Network's coverage of Harbaugh's mini press conference? Harbaugh is definitely King of the Mind Games. He says they have not made any final decisions on the starters for this weekend and denied all reports that have come out this week as erroneous. He also said they do not want to release any information that would give his opponents a tactical advantage. As long as the team knows whats going on, he would not answer any more questions about who was starting or not. Harbaugh is all about throwing mental chum in the water and letting the media and fans try to make sense of it all. What a genius!

Not only is he playing mind games with the media but unfortunately he's doing it with 49er fans.

I pretty much disregard everything he says.