Speculation on 49ers opening falls on Jim Harbaugh

Can't really get any worse right. I really feel all we can do is go up from here.

Here's an excerpt from an article written by Lombardi on the NFL website regarding Singletary's failure to become an effective leader.

For example, when working for the Raiders, we hired former Pro Bowl quarterback Jim Harbaugh to be a film breakdown coach and to work with our quarterbacks. Harbaugh, the son of a coach, understood paying his dues, hard work and what it would take to be a great leader and coach. Harbaugh was so dedicated to the cause that one night, after working for several days without sleep, his head crashed into the computer keypad with his nose landing on the M key. Waking up a few hours later, Harbaugh found 8,000 pages of Ms and the energy to keep learning. Now, after paying his dues, Harbaugh has become a successful coach at Stanford and is NFL ready if he chooses to return to the league.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d81d408b4/article/singletary-failed-to-replicate-success-as-a-player-on-sidelines?module=HP_spotlight

[ Edited by GoalLineStand on Dec 28, 2010 at 12:28:10 ]

Here's what Pro Football Talk is saying, for what it's worth right now?

Harbaugh, Gruden mentioned as early 49ers candidates
Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on December 28, 2010, 3:05 PM EST
49ers team president Jed York says he’s going to hire a G.M. that will have the sole authority to hire a coach. Based on one report in San Francisco, York may wind up looking for a G.M. that will hire the coach York wants.

Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News cites two sources that claim Jon Gruden and John Harbaugh are atop York’s wish list for a potential coach.

“Around the league, the chatter is about which G.M. candidates would fit with Gruden or Harbaugh, not about which coaches would fit with, say, Ted Sundquist, Floyd Reese or Randy Mueller,” Kawakami writes.

While this item isn’t particularly shocking, it does contradict basically everything York said on Monday. (Expect denials from the 49ers.) Then again, his hint that he’ll be looking for an offensive coach somewhat undermined his statement that he’d stay out of the coaching search.

York, 29, is also facing questions in the Bay Area about his readiness to make a decision on the next 49ers G.M. by himself. It sounds like he’ll get some help from his uncle Eddie DeBartalo Jr. and possibly the NFL.

“I know for a fact the league wants to help the Yorks because it wants a stronger team in San Francisco,” Lowell Cohn of the Santa Press Democrat wrote.

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You already posted this in the "Head Coach" thread..

Actually, he (she?) posted it in the GM thread, not the HC thread. Not even pertinent...

Jed is simply being smart. You would have him truthfully tell you everything he is planning to do.

However, football is very much like a poker game; you do not reveal your cards to your opponents, or if you do, you mislead them.

I find it perfectly reasonable for Jed to say that the new GM will have full authority to hire the new HC. What he DOESN'T SAY is that he will evaluate the GM candidates, in part, on whether or not they agree with him about the type of HC they need. If the GM thinks like Jed, then he will seek out Gruden or Harbaugh (probably); if he doesn't think like Jed, then he probably won't get the job!

Why don't you folks let the team do things without demanding they tell the press or public everything they are doing? How about accepting that a smart football team does not reveal what they are planning?

Originally posted by GoalLineStand:
Here's an excerpt from an article written by Lombardi on the NFL website regarding Singletary's failure to become an effective leader.

For example, when working for the Raiders, we hired former Pro Bowl quarterback Jim Harbaugh to be a film breakdown coach and to work with our quarterbacks. Harbaugh, the son of a coach, understood paying his dues, hard work and what it would take to be a great leader and coach. Harbaugh was so dedicated to the cause that one night, after working for several days without sleep, his head crashed into the computer keypad with his nose landing on the M key. Waking up a few hours later, Harbaugh found 8,000 pages of Ms and the energy to keep learning. Now, after paying his dues, Harbaugh has become a successful coach at Stanford and is NFL ready if he chooses to return to the league.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d81d408b4/article/singletary-failed-to-replicate-success-as-a-player-on-sidelines?module=HP_spotlight

GREAT, he falls asleep on the job - Raye Jr!

Originally posted by DaDivaRecieva15:
You already posted this in the "Head Coach" thread..

Is that a felony or something?

I know that Harbaugh is the sexy pick, but hiring him would be a HUGE mistake, IMO. I dont know why everyone is jumping all over this guy. What exactly does he have in his resume that makes you think he will be a successful NFL coach ? The only thing he has is that he played QB in the league...........but past experience should tell you that good players dont always make good coaches.

Harbaugh seems like a decent guy, and I know he runs a prostyle set at Stanford. But we're taking a huge risk by letting this be his coming out party, and I have no reason to believe he will be a great HC in this league.

Id rather take my chance on a guy that has actually coached in the NFL, and is familiar with thew Xs and Os needed to run an NFL TEAM. Even if Gruden is not available, Id take my chances on guys like Marty Mornhinweg, Bill Cowhers, Jeff Fusher, or even Ron Rivera. These guys coach NFL TEAMS.

Originally posted by 49ERGLENN:
Here's what Pro Football Talk is saying, for what it's worth right now?

Harbaugh, Gruden mentioned as early 49ers candidates
Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on December 28, 2010, 3:05 PM EST
49ers team president Jed York says he’s going to hire a G.M. that will have the sole authority to hire a coach. Based on one report in San Francisco, York may wind up looking for a G.M. that will hire the coach York wants.

Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News cites two sources that claim Jon Gruden and John Harbaugh are atop York’s wish list for a potential coach.

“Around the league, the chatter is about which G.M. candidates would fit with Gruden or Harbaugh, not about which coaches would fit with, say, Ted Sundquist, Floyd Reese or Randy Mueller,” Kawakami writes.

While this item isn’t particularly shocking, it does contradict basically everything York said on Monday. (Expect denials from the 49ers.) Then again, his hint that he’ll be looking for an offensive coach somewhat undermined his statement that he’d stay out of the coaching search.

York, 29, is also facing questions in the Bay Area about his readiness to make a decision on the next 49ers G.M. by himself. It sounds like he’ll get some help from his uncle Eddie DeBartalo Jr. and possibly the NFL.

“I know for a fact the league wants to help the Yorks because it wants a stronger team in San Francisco,” Lowell Cohn of the Santa Press Democrat wrote.

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i understand this was PFT.


i disagree with this. didn't jed say he would hire a GM and then they would conduct the search for a coach together?

i didn't get to watch the press conference and only heard snippets, but i am pretty sure that was part of it.

Originally posted by 49ERGLENN:

Originally posted by DaDivaRecieva15:
You already posted this in the "Head Coach" thread..

Is that a felony or something?

Anything goes in Niner talks

Please keep all head coach speculation in the proper thread. The link posted gives information that has been discussed since Monday morning.