Harbaugh Interview Link Dump

I drove across town with Jim Harbaugh, @CoachJim4UM himself, at the unholy crack of dawn this morning: https://t.co/08M7a4gboR #SB50

— Sam Laird (@samcmlaird) February 5, 2016

Here's a bit:

After Harbaugh's segment wraps, anticipation builds. He will have to exit the building and walk about 30 feet to where black SUVs drop off VIPs. I'm waiting for the car — which I'm supposed to get into as well — as everyone else thirstily watches the door for potential autographs or selfies.

A black SUV slides up. This is the moment, the walk, the contact. Heads turn anew toward the door. Then the black SUV's left rear window cracks ever so slightly, and we're told to get in. Harbaugh's already inside. He snuck out the back — a smooth exit.

I clamber onto the middle of three rows of seats. Up front, a driver and PR rep. In the back, another PR rep, Harbaugh's agent and a marketing agent. In the middle, me and Jim. This is Super Bowl Week. Welcome, my son. Welcome to the machine.

"You look like a writer!" Harbaugh says with enthusiasm as we shake hands.

Harbaugh saw a movie about a writer recently, on a flight a couple months back. It was called The End of the Tour. He loved it, loved the dialogue. And now he has just one question.

"Was that a real person, David Foster Wallace?"

Funny that Jim Kelly was scheduled to be on Mike and MIke, following Harbaugh.  Harbaughs fist met Kellys chin years ago.

Coach is practicing what he preaches. This round of interviews was a LOT better than last year. Dan Lebatard's and Dan Patrick's interviews were great. Never heard coach that engaged with the media.

Dan Patrick interview was GOLD!  Edit:  Damnit I wanted to see the section where Harbaugh had to coach up the one guy to take a pie to the face they cut to a friggin commercial!

thanks for the post.

While I think Jim would have loved to have won a SuperBowl, I don't think he'll ever voluntarily leave college to go back to the pros for one simple reason. He has way too much FUN coaching college than he ever would coaching pros. The things he is able to do in college are things he'd never be able to do in the pros. It appears he's having the most fun he's ever had while being a coach. 

Especially love the Dan Patrick interview segments.  So authentic when Patrick asks Coach can you ever be too competitive and Coach talks for awhile, lthen in bewilderment and candor asks Dan "where you going with this?"  Authentic.  Coaching up Seton on sticking his face in the cream pie for the team was priceless.  Thanks again for posting.

We are so lucky to have Harbs as our guy.

It is also very refreshing to hear him mention

God in multiple interviews and not worry what

anybody else thinks.

He makes it very easy to root for him and

I wish him all the luck in the world.

All I can, have, need and want to say is...I love our Coach, with an Enthusiasm Unknown to Mankind.

All I can, have, need and want to say is...I love our Coach, with an Enthusiasm Unknown to Mankind.

All I can, have, need and want to say is...I love our Coach, with an Enthusiasm Unknown to Mankind.