RolandDeschain wrote:I'm honestly curious to see how our fellow Niners fans on this board will defend him.

NinerBuff wrote:

RolandDeschain wrote:I'm honestly curious to see how our fellow Niners fans on this board will defend him.

Harbaugh has a few screws loose. He's ultra competitive and gets under just about everyone's skin. And he's a damn good coach.

All obvious

hawksfansinceday1 wrote:All of what you said is true and it's also why his approach will ultimately fail in SF. The players are soon going to tire of his antics, harsh approach and general bullshit and begin tuning him out. That will up his craziness level followed by them tuning him out further and so on.

Trenchbroom wrote:As long as he's winning, all's well. But when the inevitable losses come and he starts to squirt epithets and anger at his players like a d-nozzle with a full reservoir, his end will come.

RolandDeschain wrote:I look forward to Singletary Meltdown Mode. If the Niners drop the first two games, I think it might happen then. Hell, I'd love to see it happen on the sideline at our house in the 4th quarter. Sweet, sweet tears. Nectar of the gods, I say.

RolandDeschain wrote:I look forward to Singletary Meltdown Mode. If the Niners drop the first two games, I think it might happen then. Hell, I'd love to see it happen on the sideline at our house in the 4th quarter. Sweet, sweet tears. Nectar of the gods, I say.

Tech Worlds wrote:It won't be a Singletary melt down. It will be much worse.

Dude will blow his head off. The guy seriously lacks maturity and obviously has sever issues.

RolandDeschain wrote:

Tech Worlds wrote:It won't be a Singletary melt down. It will be much worse.

Dude will blow his head off. The guy seriously lacks maturity and obviously has sever issues.

I sincerely hope you're right. I'd love to see him blow up and start beating the hell out of one of his players, right in front of a national audience. Preferably Kaepernick.

NinerBuff wrote:

Trenchbroom wrote:As long as he's winning, all's well. But when the inevitable losses come and he starts to squirt epithets and anger at his players like a d-nozzle with a full reservoir, his end will come.

He has only nice (and sometimes over-the-top nice) things to say to his players and coaches.

Praised Alex Smith during lockout, Praised Crabtree "Best Hands Ever", Praised Jenkins this year...

fenderbender123 wrote:but I'm having a hard time joining all the Harbaugh hate.

fenderbender123 wrote:Meh...let Harbaugh be who he is. As long as he isn't hurting little girls or anyone else anymore, I don't really have a problem with how he acts. He's a fired up, emotional guy....yes...but that's no different than many other successful people today and in the history of mankind. The 49ers have a great...and I mean very great football coach, and that's all they really need from him. \

Personally, I like our coach better, but I'm having a hard time joining all the Harbaugh hate.

seahawksflow wrote:

fenderbender123 wrote:Meh...let Harbaugh be who he is. As long as he isn't hurting little girls or anyone else anymore, I don't really have a problem with how he acts. He's a fired up, emotional guy....yes...but that's no different than many other successful people today and in the history of mankind. The 49ers have a great...and I mean very great football coach, and that's all they really need from him. \

Personally, I like our coach better, but I'm having a hard time joining all the Harbaugh hate.

I tend to agree with this. Everything he does that people seem to hate on over here all stems from him being extremely competitive.

Half a dozen guys get busted for using PEDs and most of what we read over here is "just win". But its horrible for an opposing teams coach to be so competitive he comes off an ass to other teams??

RolandDeschain wrote:

fenderbender123 wrote:but I'm having a hard time joining all the Harbaugh hate.

Why? You can admit he's a great coach, while still hating him for legitimate reasons outside of his coaching skills.

Trenchbroom wrote:

seahawksflow wrote:

fenderbender123 wrote:Meh...let Harbaugh be who he is. As long as he isn't hurting little girls or anyone else anymore, I don't really have a problem with how he acts. He's a fired up, emotional guy....yes...but that's no different than many other successful people today and in the history of mankind. The 49ers have a great...and I mean very great football coach, and that's all they really need from him. \

Personally, I like our coach better, but I'm having a hard time joining all the Harbaugh hate.

I tend to agree with this. Everything he does that people seem to hate on over here all stems from him being extremely competitive.

Half a dozen guys get busted for using PEDs and most of what we read over here is "just win". But its horrible for an opposing teams coach to be so competitive he comes off an ass to other teams??

It's the crybaby in him that I hate. Richard Sherman is the epitome of the "hated competitor" but I think he's great because he'd never whine, piss and moan about things.

No other coach besides Jim Schwartz is a crybaby. And they both suck, period.

Scottemojo wrote:I like Harbaugh just the way he is. He is a great villain. and so GIFable.

fenderbender123 wrote:
I'll give you that he gets pissed when things don't go his way...but I can't see a reason to hate him for it.

Trenchbroom wrote:

fenderbender123 wrote:
I'll give you that he gets pissed when things don't go his way...but I can't see a reason to hate him for it.

Respect. Most coaches have it, he has none. And the article confirms he's been classless since he left the womb (hell he probably kicked Mama in the kidneys on the way out of the chute).

That's the thing about the Niners--since Mooch left their head coaches have all had something wrong:

Erickson = let's not go there, both groups of fans have his taint on us
Nolan = classy person/crap coach (I really liked him choosing to wear suits on the sidelines. Nice touch!)
Singletary = crybaby/crap coach ('nuff said)
Harbaugh = crybaby/good coach

NinerBuff wrote:

Trenchbroom wrote:As long as he's winning, all's well. But when the inevitable losses come and he starts to squirt epithets and anger at his players like a d-nozzle with a full reservoir, his end will come.

He has only nice (and sometimes over-the-top nice) things to say to his players and coaches.

Praised Alex Smith during lockout, Praised Crabtree "Best Hands Ever", Praised Jenkins this year...

Trenchbroom wrote:

fenderbender123 wrote:
I'll give you that he gets pissed when things don't go his way...but I can't see a reason to hate him for it.

Respect. Most coaches have it, he has none. And the article confirms he's been classless since he left the womb (hell he probably kicked Mama in the kidneys on the way out of the chute).

RolandDeschain wrote:I look forward to Singletary Meltdown Mode. If the Niners drop the first two games, I think it might happen then. Hell, I'd love to see it happen on the sideline at our house in the 4th quarter. Sweet, sweet tears. Nectar of the gods, I say.

NinerBuff wrote:

Scottemojo wrote:I like Harbaugh just the way he is. He is a great villain. and so GIFable.

you're right! He does have some great ones, and for that matter so does carroll.

SoHo9erFan wrote:You guys are kind of sad. John didn't tell these stories to represent his brother as a douchebag. He told them out of respect and brazen humor. In all honesty, Jim is so competitive that he wouldn't let a woman's gender from affecting the way he plays the game. Hell, Jim probably respected the female baseball player.

For those waiting for a catastrophe and the beginning of the end for the Harbaugh regime, don't hold your breath. The 49ers have a good locker room and a good coaching staff. Harbaugh isn't going to start attacking his players and causing a disturbance in the locker room.

SoHo9erFan wrote:You guys are kind of sad. John didn't tell these stories to represent his brother as a douchebag. He told them out of respect and brazen humor. In all honesty, Jim is so competitive that he wouldn't let a woman's gender from affecting the way he plays the game. Hell, Jim probably respected the female baseball player.

For those waiting for a catastrophe and the beginning of the end for the Harbaugh regime, don't hold your breath. The 49ers have a good locker room and a good coaching staff. Harbaugh isn't going to start attacking his players and causing a disturbance in the locker room.

SoHo9erFan wrote:You guys are kind of sad. John didn't tell these stories to represent his brother as a douchebag. He told them out of respect and brazen humor. In all honesty, Jim is so competitive that he wouldn't let a woman's gender from affecting the way he plays the game. Hell, Jim probably respected the female baseball player.

SoHo9erFan wrote:You guys are kind of sad. John didn't tell these stories to represent his brother as a douchebag. He told them out of respect and brazen humor. In all honesty, Jim is so competitive that he wouldn't let a woman's gender from affecting the way he plays the game. Hell, Jim probably respected the female baseball player.

Scottemojo wrote:

SoHo9erFan wrote:You guys are kind of sad. John didn't tell these stories to represent his brother as a douchebag. He told them out of respect and brazen humor. In all honesty, Jim is so competitive that he wouldn't let a woman's gender from affecting the way he plays the game. Hell, Jim probably respected the female baseball player.

For those waiting for a catastrophe and the beginning of the end for the Harbaugh regime, don't hold your breath. The 49ers have a good locker room and a good coaching staff. Harbaugh isn't going to start attacking his players and causing a disturbance in the locker room.

Fact: Jim Harbaugh is a great coach.
2nd fact: Jim Harbaugh has a history of just plain losing his shit. Trying to punch Jim Kelly, going apeshit with the Lions coach, jive gobble turkey, the anti sensitive California boy presser a couple years back. I love your guy as a villain, but trying to say he plunked a girl because he is competitive is dumbassery in defense of douchebaggery. Of course his own brother is not trying to paint him as a douchebag. But when the paintstrokes were all done, guess what picture he painted? (it was more of a snapshot really) A douchebag is as a douchebag does.

No, I do not expect him to go all Woody Hayes. But there is a way bigger chance he might than a saner and less douchbaggy guy, like say, Carroll. Who I think is as cool as Bill Walsh was for the 49ers. (see, I respect a 49ers coach for both his coaching and demeanor. Just not the current one) And off the field, Pete is to defense what Walsh was to offense. His ideas aren't revolutionary, but his reinvention of the ideal defensive player type is gaining followers about as fast as the west coast offense did.

I have said before, Jimmay is a better coach than Pete, though Pete is improving. I loved how Jim surprised the hell out of the Bears by turning Kaepernick loose in his first start. Pete took a long time to turn his QB loose, in fact he had to have his back against the wall to do so. But Pete is one cool sumbitch, even after losing, while Jim is fullblown dickwad after a loss. Jim's pressers are like Belichick with Aspergers Syndrome and jock itch, plus a bit of pissed off about having girl hips. Pete is more like Bill Walsh mixed with a little Sam Wyche.

These are the facts. What's your deal, anyway?