Article on Harbaugh Stories
From ESPN, I enjoyed several of these:
Link doesn’t work for me. Anything interesting you could share?
I just clicked and it works for me, here is the espn link:
Thank you that works. Maybe I don’t have apple swen.
I am really going to miss this guy as our coach.
Really cool stories. I feel bad for Shea Patterson.
I think he had unrealistic expectations on him from the start and unfortunately we didn’t have the lineman then that we ended up with the last few years.
Really cool stories. I feel bad for Shea Patterson.
I think he had unrealistic expectations on him from the start and unfortunately we didn’t have the lineman then that we ended up with the last few years.
You would know, Shea. Thanks for the memories!
With a stellar offensive line you can make Cade a playoff QB. It means so much.
Shea had great OLs. Multiple guys are still playing in the NFL.
He wasn't bad, but he wasn't elite.
It's in the past now.
But the article is wrong on one count: Shea was not booed against MIddle Tennessee State. I was there.
(Fun article, though).
Yeah I was confused by that too. IIRC, he had some early-game jitters, but he shook them off pretty quickly. He had three touchdown passes by the halfway mark of the second quarter.
It was the season opener. Our fans aren't so unreasonable that they would boo the starting quarterback in the first quarter of the season opener.
I think he just was broken from the two seasons at Ole Miss where he was running for his life behind an atrocious OL. If his 1st read wasn’t open as he hit his back foot in his dropback, he’d immediately bail from a clean pocket, sometimes running himself into pressure or sacks. He was incapable of trusting his OL in order to step up and climb the pocket.
https://x.com/ledyardnfldraft/status/1250890431057051648?s=61&t=_qD_AzA-nEdh4jYPDOZc4g
Thanks for the link... I have vague memories of Shea's "happy feet," but man, the above clip is damning. Probably need the full clip of the coverage to assess, but that has to be the worst example of bailing from a clean pocket I have ever seen.
Patterson was a much better QB than McNamara, but the team he had around him wasn’t nearly as good as McNamara’s.
Cade was still a better QB for the 2021 team. Took what the defense gave him, got us into the right play pre snap, and barely took sacks or turn the ball over which meant we were always on schedule and hardly behind the sticks. I wouldn’t have trusted Shea to do the same.
Patterson was better, period. If you put him on that team, he would’ve improved the offense and made the passing game more of a threat.
He's a weirdo, but he's our weirdo. And he's a lovable weirdo.
Make us proud, Jimmy.
He’s the Chuck Norris of football coaches.
Meanwhile, Ryan Day crying to PI’s and the B1G.
No mystery as to why the rivalry and culture flipped the last few years
I had forgotten about the Jim Schwartz handshake! I remember wondering what caused that dustup -- it's great to have a little more info on it.
<<SPOILER>>
Harbaugh, in a pre-mediated way, shook the man's hand and slapped his back so hard that Schwartz was ready to fight!
Great article. I don't think he is weird. I think he lives what he believes. He thinks it is a privilege to get to run after practice to get better. Winners get a chance to get better. He believed Shea was "Shea Fucking Patterson." And because he really believed it, Shea believed it. He runs the hill showing he will never ask you something he won't do. Same with the workouts.
He's a good guy, and a good football coach, because he completely buys in, and it's hard for players, coaches, and team support to not follow that leadership. I'll be rooting for him in the NFL.
Here's a funny story.
Most people in San Diego probably didn't realize USD had a football team (they are probably equivalent to University of Detroit, small Catholic, with an enrollment of maybe 5,000).
When the SDSU job opened up - literally 7 miles down the freeway - they never even interviewed Harbs for the job. They hired Chuck Long, yeah that Chuck Long, who was the QB coach at OU. Then after a 3yr bust they hired Brady Hoke, yeah that Brady Hoke.