How Harbaugh/Roman approached Peyton....Spy stuff

9erempire · 2012-03-28T17:24:46-07:00

This was a recent article on SI by Peter King that I want to share with you guys. It just shows you how paranoid and great our coaches are. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1196623/index.htm I took the liberty to quote everything in regards to Harbaugh so if you don't want to read the article then don't. This sounded like some secret spy stuff. Like the part how they watched Peyton throw from their cars first and then going to see him. By Tuesday he was in Raleigh, where he could throw under the eye of David Cutcliffe, who'd been his coordinator in college and is now the coach at Duke. That night 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh and offensive coordinator Greg Roman came to see Manning throw on a lighted field at Duke. First they watched from a car by the side of the field, then, to get a better view, they came onto the field, hoodies pulled over their heads so as not to be recognized by some nosy iPhoner. Manning texted his mother, Olivia: "You'll never guess who I just worked out for. He was wearing a hoodie." "Bill Belichick?" she responded. Good one! Nope, Jim Harbaugh. On Sunday, Manning knew he was choosing Denver. On Monday he made the phone calls. "I wish I hadn't gotten so close to Munch," Manning said. "That was a tough call. Same with Jim Harbaugh." When he called Elway to tell him the good news, Elway and Fox were discussing whether to make one final push for Manning. Elway answered the phone and gave Fox a thumbs-up. "I almost pulled both hamstrings," Fox said.

Mar 29, 2012 at 6:25 AM

ifines
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Mar 29, 2012 at 11:05 AM

TonyStarks
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That's AWESOME.

EAT THAT PETE CARROLL

Mar 29, 2012 at 12:55 PM

midrdan
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Tinker. Tailor. Soldier. Harbaugh.

Mar 29, 2012 at 1:53 PM

LambdaChi49
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Fox: "Almost pulled both hamstrings."

LOL

Mar 29, 2012 at 2:35 PM

rawdel
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Originally posted by midrdan:
Tinker. Tailor. Soldier. Harbaugh.

LOL! That was a good movie by the way...

Mar 29, 2012 at 4:56 PM

ace49ers
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Wait . . . . . . . so coach has a hoodie????? Damn! Thats more of a news head line then the Manning signing!!

Mar 29, 2012 at 5:27 PM

ishkabibel
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Anything to sell a magazine...who cares.

Mar 29, 2012 at 5:39 PM

darkknight49
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Originally posted by ishkabibel:
Anything to sell a magazine...who cares.

lol, it's posted free online. Who still buys an issue of a magazine?

Mar 29, 2012 at 7:20 PM

mkmasn
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Originally posted by rawdel:

Originally posted by midrdan:
Tinker. Tailor. Soldier. Harbaugh.

LOL! That was a good movie by the way...

slowest movie ever... it was like listening to an audiobook

Mar 29, 2012 at 7:55 PM

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NinerDieHard
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you guys are missing the bigger point here... harbaugh wore something DIFFERENT! yeah i said it DIFFERENT

Mar 29, 2012 at 11:54 PM

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matt49er
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hahahah it's so funny that we hid our interest in Manning! We almost got completely away with it too. We'll find out by mid season if we wish Manning would have chosen SF. $96M is nuts

Mar 30, 2012 at 8:31 AM

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SundayTicket
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On Saturday night Manning called Dungy to discuss the pros and cons of the three finalists: Denver, Arizona, Tennessee. Then he asked, "Are there any other things I should be thinking about?"

So does this mean that we were never in the race?? this is on page 5 of the article

Mar 30, 2012 at 8:38 AM

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In way I'm glad we didn't get him. He was too much of a risk, injury wise, and was gonna cost us too much money. The team we have for this upcoming season can beat anybody, we don't really "need" a Manning.

Mar 31, 2012 at 5:04 AM

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49erFaithful6
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Originally posted by NinerDieHard:
you guys are missing the bigger point here... harbaugh wore something DIFFERENT! yeah i said it DIFFERENT

I'm sure he just wore the hoodie over his khakis and black 49er sweat shirt.