Chris Simms calls Harbaugh a Jerk in Interview [Today's HARBAUGH thread]
In an interview on the Dan Patrick show, Chris Simms called Harbaugh a jerk and accused him of making up the NFL offers to hype himself up...and if it wasn't enough, he also claims he could take Harbaugh in a fight. “He’s a scary SOB, and he’s weird, and he’s tough, there’s no doubt. But he’s not taking me now at my age.” So...I guess some people never grow up.
January 22nd, 2022 at 5:43 AM ^
Just the current state of sports media. All of analysts like the think of themselves as bigger than the game itself.
January 22nd, 2022 at 6:20 AM ^
Especially Florio. Seems he rubbed off on Simms.
January 22nd, 2022 at 8:37 AM ^
I'm not here to carry water for Mike Florio, but I put more blame on Phil for raising him to be the arrogant, entitled prick he is. He was an above average college QB, a mediocre pro QB, was too good to pay his dues as a QC coach and parlayed his dad's name into a media gig. So good on you Chris.
With all the talk lately about guys being born on 3rd...
January 22nd, 2022 at 9:02 AM ^
Thanks for this. I had no idea who Chris Simms was before reading your comment.
January 22nd, 2022 at 9:23 AM ^
Yeah, I know captain obvious. I just wanted to pile on by showing how low his life's highlights really are
January 22nd, 2022 at 9:42 AM ^
"C" lister in the football community attacks an "A" lister in order to justify his job. Very TMZ of Chris.
January 22nd, 2022 at 2:48 PM ^
Spot on. This pseudo tough guy thinks he accomplished something with his comment that proved nothing more than he is part of the large ass-hat club within the media. His15 seconds of fame are pathetic.
January 22nd, 2022 at 11:51 AM ^
Exactly. I'm going "who?" and then it all makes sense. Third Base. Unearned.
January 22nd, 2022 at 10:38 AM ^
Dude got benched in the biggest game of his career for Major Applewhite.
January 22nd, 2022 at 6:12 PM ^
I'm 100% certain Jim Kelly could whip Chris Simms ass.... therefore harbaugh wins by default
January 22nd, 2022 at 8:36 AM ^
Just like politics. People talking about things get confused with actually DOING things
January 22nd, 2022 at 2:57 PM ^
Amazing a guy born on 3rd doesn’t like Harbaugh. He can probably tell what Harbaugh thinks of him.
January 22nd, 2022 at 9:13 AM ^
Click bait, and the OP took it, hook line and sinker.
January 22nd, 2022 at 9:24 AM ^
It’s a pretty pathetic interview and honestly Simms comes across like an immature jerk in the interview. His reason for his hatred sounds like a little kid crying he can’t have another piece of candy. Maybe Harbaugh was a bit of a jerk in the interview but I have found there is always three sides to every story, yours mine and the cold hard truth
January 22nd, 2022 at 1:46 PM ^
Simms comes across as an immature jerk because he is an immature jerk.
January 22nd, 2022 at 9:29 AM ^
The NFL 'insider' biz is especially a circlejerk of a bunch of self-important guys who are just mouthpieces for agents and GMs
January 22nd, 2022 at 9:29 AM ^
Not limited to sports media
January 22nd, 2022 at 10:58 AM ^
I’ll add..Nick Saban is just as hostile towards the media, but all these reporters bow to him in fear. They feel like they can trash Harbaugh because he struggled to beat Ohio State. All the while cheering for one of the biggest scum bags in coaching, Urban Meyer, who manipulated everyone for his own personal gain.
January 22nd, 2022 at 3:22 PM ^
I’m a journalist and had a sit-down interview with Nick Saban once. I was terrified.
January 22nd, 2022 at 5:50 AM ^
He also regularly downplays Tom Brady with regularity. Trolling Michigan is always a good business move if you are trying to gain visibility.
January 22nd, 2022 at 7:00 AM ^
I have a senior partner who tries to explain away every success of Tom Brady as him being serviceable but always buoyed by coaching or exceptional players around him. Because of his older status, I previously would gently disagree - but now I just laugh and say things like, “It’s hard to explain away 10 super bowl appearances”, or, “He’s 44 and having another MVP season”. Resentment of Michigan’s excellence is endemic.
January 22nd, 2022 at 7:49 AM ^
I know someone who thinks Terry Bradshaw deserves credit for 4 super bowl appearances, but that Tom Brady lucked his way into 10.
January 22nd, 2022 at 8:42 AM ^
Steelers fan? If it is I'm not surprised. I know a steelers fan who used to argue with a ton of people that Tom Brady is a system QB and nothing more. He's not even that good. I called him out saying the only reason he hates Brady is because he surpassed his golden (domer) boy Montana. He's also a Notre Dame fan. Needless to say, we don't speak anymore
January 22nd, 2022 at 9:02 AM ^
In Brady's case, I honestly don't think a lot of it is because he went to Michigan. Much of the hate just seems to come from the sustained excellence and hype. Kinda like how everyone loves to hate the Yankees or Alabama. Only fans of the dynasty love the dynasty.
January 22nd, 2022 at 12:14 PM ^
It’s all of it. I always hear, you only like Brady because he went to Michigan. And?
most of the hate is how successful he is. Hate because he went to Michigan, hate because he kicks their favorite teams ass. Hate for being better than Manning, Brees, Montana, Marino, Rogers, Favre, whom ever their dude is, Brady is better.
System qb, every offense is a system. Duh, only Brady has operated several different offenses or systems…. Been successful in all of them!
My favorite reply to osu fans hating is Brady has more playoff wins than osu qb’ have wins period!
January 22nd, 2022 at 4:13 PM ^
One of the really impressive things about Brady is how his continued success just systematically has quashed every possible negative criticism of his career. He has won for so long and in so many different ways and now for two franchises and coaches (and Arians has not, to date, demonstrated himself to be HOF material) that basically everything people have tried to neg him with has evaporated.
January 22nd, 2022 at 8:02 PM ^
My wife knows nothing about football really and she said last week whoever the last place team in the NFL should just pay Brady whatever he wants so he could take them to the Super Bowl. Evens he knows how much of a difference he makes to a team.
January 22nd, 2022 at 7:37 AM ^
I listened to Rico Beard yesterday explaining how Brady didn’t have to do much of anything in his super bowl wins. It’s amazing what chronic anti Michigan obsession does to the mind.
January 22nd, 2022 at 9:00 AM ^
Listening to Rico Beard more than once is a mistake. Unless , you are looking for comic relief.
January 22nd, 2022 at 9:44 AM ^
That's the only reason I listen. The straight faced stuff they say out of sheer jealousy...."Hutchinson, not that good guys. He just tries hard". It's pure comedy.
January 22nd, 2022 at 10:57 AM ^
I had someone tell me last week that Hutch will be one of the biggest NFL busts EVER
January 22nd, 2022 at 11:24 AM ^
January 22nd, 2022 at 2:57 PM ^
He probably cheered for Tony Manderich. (sp).
January 22nd, 2022 at 5:58 AM ^
Maybe this charmin soft attitude from Chris Simms is why he choked so hard every single time the Longhorns could win a championship. They lost by 2 in the big 12 title game after Simms had 4 turnovers in the first half, got booed off the field and sat out the second half with a “finger injury”
January 22nd, 2022 at 9:20 AM ^
lol!! that is a good one!
January 22nd, 2022 at 4:06 PM ^
He must have stuck that finger up his own ass, of course he injured it!
January 22nd, 2022 at 9:34 AM ^
That interview with Dan Patrick might have been good if DP had brought in Major Applewhite after the commercial break.
January 22nd, 2022 at 3:42 PM ^
I didn’t follow college football in those years but I looked at his Wikipedia page and it seems Simms couldn’t even keep Applewhite off the field after when he had been upon all the night with an intestinal virus and needed an IV
January 22nd, 2022 at 6:01 AM ^
8 year olds dude.
January 22nd, 2022 at 8:59 AM ^
I logged in just to upvote your Big Lebowski reference.
January 22nd, 2022 at 6:12 AM ^
Chris Simms can eat my ass
January 22nd, 2022 at 10:28 AM ^
Pabst style
January 22nd, 2022 at 11:01 AM ^
Chris Simms can overtake my ass?
January 22nd, 2022 at 1:18 PM ^
That may not mean what you think it means.
January 22nd, 2022 at 6:16 AM ^
my money is on harbaugh. age and craziness (and squats!) will overcome youth and timidity 100x/100.
EDIT: and he had this real 'zinger' as to why he doesn't like harbaugh:
"Oh, he was such a jerk. One of my first interviews I ever had with Bleacher Report, he stopped the interview after my third question because I asked him about Colin Kaepernick’s contract situation. And he took off his mic and said, ‘I’m done with this and tell your dad I said hi,’ and that was it. So, from that point on, I root for Ohio State always and against Jim Harbaugh. Screw him."
i mean 'tell your dad i said hi' is obviously code words for 'i hate you like you're a buckeye'. very understandable on simms' part. and if harbuagh had said, 'good to see you, take care', those are code words for 'lets fight right now you wussie!'. yep. simms is definitely a guy i'm listening closely to from here on out. very astute. very sensitive....
January 22nd, 2022 at 7:10 AM ^
harbaugh all the way. he’d fight dirty.
January 22nd, 2022 at 10:09 AM ^
the butt hurt runs deep. so expect everything from this douche to be slanted against JH and Michigan. I’m sure coach stated beforehand that he wouldn’t speak about an ongoing contract situation, just like 100% of coaches should not do. why else ask that question unless trying to trap someone into a bad spot.
i didn’t even know he was part of sports media? back he goes into nowhere, he’s as relevant as Rusty Hilger at this point.
edit: i didn’t know Hilger had died a couple years ago at 57. He was my go to example of a do nothing piece of Lions QB history. RIP Rusty, sorry you had to be a Lion for part of your career.
January 22nd, 2022 at 5:21 PM ^
So hold up...
He was sitting in the same room as Harbaugh. At the same table..just a couple of feet away...right there in ass whuppin distance and NOW he's talking smack?
What did he have to ask his dad for permission or is this just hollow woofing?
He's softer than Charmin..of course he's a buckeye fan.
January 22nd, 2022 at 6:18 PM ^
sounds about right.