Originally posted by oldninerdude:
Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:Interesting. I see him with his play chart all the time, and frequently he holds it over his face to keep anyone from reading his lips. But whether he's just talking to his coaches or calling plays never occurred to me. I will have to watch that more closely.
Originally posted by oldninerdude:
Just curious. I know that he told the on the field reporter during the Seattle game that "they'd simplified the calls," but I did not know he took over the playcalling at Seattle.
How do you know that he "visibly took over the playcallikng in the second half" of the last two games?
I'm surprised the media didn't comment on it other than on the radio. If you pay attention, you can see Harbaugh holding a play chart out and visibly making the calls, I've seen him do it a few times before, especially last year, but it really got going in the 2nd half of the Seattle game, whereas in the first half he was simply walking around like normal. The Cardinals game started the same way....and then he started going for the chart more in the 2nd and 3rd quarter. By the time the 4th quarter came around, he wasn't doing it anymore.
I think what's happening is that he's been enforcing his veto power on calls more often ever since that option play against the Rams. When the playcalling doesn't go well, he appears to be pulling the hook on Roman and taking over.
Now I don't know if Jim has taken over play calling or not, I'm not privy to that type of information. But if you're only basing that assumption off of him holding the play chart, as oldninerdude stated, Jim frequently has the play chart out and I often times see him using it to cover his lips while speaking into the headset. I actually can't really recall watching a game where they don't show at least a few shots of him doing this.