Harbaugh's success has been because he has "Sinatra-ed it"

global_nomad · 2011-11-04T20:16:25-07:00

The failures of Steve Spurrier, Nick Saban and Bobby Petrino now have been neutralized, at least partially, by the accomplishments of Jim Harbaugh and the San Francisco 49ers. San Francisco is so far ahead in the NFC West that it's no longer a question of if the 49ers will win their division, but if they'll earn a first-round bye. Just last week, one NFL executive said Harbaugh's success will make it easier for teams to go back to school to find a head coach. Harbaugh has made hiring college head coaches fashionable again. He has Sinatra-ed it, doing it his way. Harbaugh brought along his offensive and defensive coordinators from Stanford, whereas the last threecollege-to-NFL flameouts -- Spurrier, Saban and Petrino -- opted for experienced NFL coordinators. Harbaugh's defensive coordinator, Vic Fangio, did have plenty of NFL experience, but he refined his game at Stanford and now has fielded the NFL's top-rated run defense. But Harbaugh has been the conductor of the orchestra. Heading into Sunday's showdown in Washington, he has the 49ers four games up in the NFC West with nine games to go. At the season's midway point, he is the lead candidate for the NFL's Coach of the Year. And in the process he has shattered not just one widely believed notion, but two: that a rookie head coach would struggle after the lockout, and that a coach from college would struggle to make the transition. Harbaugh has made it look easy. He has made 49ers president Jed York look prescient in his pursuit of the former Stanford coach. And maybe most impressive, he has squashed the stigma of hiring a college head coach. ESPN also has Aldon Smith has DROY btw: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/page/10spot-11week9/the-49ers-jim-harbaugh-made-hiring-college-head-coaches-fashionable-again-adam-schefter-10-spot

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Nov 4, 2011 at 8:18 PM

DonnieDarko
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i like how schefter writes this and then predicts the foreskins to beat us LOL

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