Cowherd says Rodriguez is gone after this year.

I'm sure florida wouldn't love him right now . and texas . should i go on . Any spread team would take Drob after this year . You would be stupid not to

You're saying this because he's black and undersized. You think he's not smart enough to run a real playbook and too small to play in a pro-system.

Look at his passing numbers (65% completion percentage,  1509 yards, 10 TD, 5 INT), they're good. And don't tell me he can't throw the ball downfield, because his DSR has been over 60% in every game this year. Do you watch any other spread rushing offenses? Denard is the prototypical spread QB, and would probably be a good pro-style QB, but your underlying biases are killing what your own eyes see on Saturdays. If Denard was white, no one would be theorizing who would be our QB under a new coach.

Harbaugh offered Tate a scholarship to Standford, so he certainly likes him.  I think Tate and eventually Devin would excel in Harbaugh's offense.  If Denard sticks around, I think we'd have a wild array of weapons.

Point to one of the "many" people who, or posts that, make the argument that any new coach will not have to adapt his system. You are making up your own argument to argue against. 

i think Harbaugh would adapt somewhat. Transitioning to a spread with pro-style players just takes as long as it takes to recruit the guys for the system. Tate has been groomed as a passer since birth. He has the basics that a former QB such as Harbaugh can use to fit to his system. I'm not saying it would be a flawless transition, but there would be something there for him to work with. Rich Rod had nothing to work with at some key positions.

For instance, I think Harbaugh would build off some multiple wide receiver sets with Tate in the shotgun. He may also work a lot with QB bootlegs out of the I-form (something we've seen around the goalline with Tate over the last 2 seasons). There are things an offensive minded coach can do to mitigate the effects of things like QB's lacking ideal size for pocket-passing. Hopkins would be a great I-form back to build off of. There are a number of pieces in place, even if there's attrition.

Most importantly, presumably Harbaugh would inherit a lot of game experience on offense. Threet-Sheridan =/= Tate/Denard/Devin.

I don't think it would be unreasonable to hold 2009 as a baseline for year one with Jim Harbaugh. That's purely hypothetical, but not unreasonable.

We'll see what happens. It is nice to know that if Rich returns, our offense will give us a great chance to win every game.

Too short rabble rabble, Drew Brees rabble rabble, Colt McCoy rabble rabble.

Also, this really bugs me: The spread is an offensive formation, it is not a scheme or how the offense operates. Mike Leach runs a spread and RR runs a spread. The only similarity they have is formation. It has nothing to do with playcalling so quit generalizing every shotgun offense as the same by calling it a spread.

Also, don't call the opposite "prostyle." There are plenty of spread formations and concepts in the NFL.

FWIW, I am confident that Harbaugh would come in and at least attemp to use Denard the same way RR has. Hell, it is possible he would keep Magee.

As much as I enjoy watching Denard develop and be our QB, there is a part of me that would just love to see him play another role in the offense. WR, perhaps. He would burn every secondary in the country and be wide open downfield.  I just wanna see Tate to Denard in stride just once. Or make that 4 or 5 times. Against Ohio State.  Yeah, that's the ticket.