February 6th, 2024 at 8:18 PM ^
Not sure that's a great hire for Jim. Unless Roman has changed, his scheme had become super stale and predictable. Then again, Jim likely will be way more involved with the offense.
February 6th, 2024 at 8:23 PM ^
The Alabama offense had next to no Jim in it. All the motion and confusion was Sherrone and or Kirk. Love Harbaugh but that wasn’t him.
February 6th, 2024 at 8:32 PM ^
Is this true? Can't be. I thought Harbaugh was the king of motion.
February 6th, 2024 at 8:41 PM ^
Not true at all. Go back and watch the Stanford/VT 2011 Orange Bowl. Jim used the same pre-snap action to absolutely throttle VT's defense.
February 6th, 2024 at 8:55 PM ^
This is not accurate. For one thing, how is Moore not part of the Jim Harbaugh coaching tree?
February 7th, 2024 at 6:45 AM ^
Wrong. Harbaugh was filled with motion in his offenses when he got there. And for the first few years here it was talked about a lot by announcers. That Bama game was just motion on roids and uppers, where they used multiple quick shifts and motion AND quick snaps.
February 7th, 2024 at 8:49 AM ^
Source?
February 6th, 2024 at 11:09 PM ^
Ah yes, and Jim’s offenses aren’t stale at all. I kid but he’s gonna have to pass the ball in the NFL.
February 7th, 2024 at 8:16 AM ^
I think this is so wrong. I think a power running game would absolutely wreck the NFL right now. Every defense is set up to stop the pass.
February 6th, 2024 at 11:40 PM ^
Part of it is it takes a very particular personality to work closely with Jim Harbaugh, and he knows the people with said personality.
February 6th, 2024 at 8:18 PM ^
Small favors, I guess.
Thanks, Jim...
/s
EDIT: Why does G. Roman look like the type of guy who hangs out at the clubhouse bar long after his round finished smelling of Skoal Wintergreen and Fireball begging his wife for a ride home because the bartender took the keys to his 2002 Hummer H1 after he pissed all over the seat in the women's restroom?
February 6th, 2024 at 8:30 PM ^
That is an oddly specific scenario…
February 6th, 2024 at 8:36 PM ^
You know what they say... If the camo croc fits...
February 6th, 2024 at 8:36 PM ^
At first, art imitates life...
February 6th, 2024 at 8:36 PM ^
Fantastic level of detail, yes.
February 6th, 2024 at 8:35 PM ^
Oh!
I've met that clubhouse guy:
It was a municipal course, obviously.
February 6th, 2024 at 8:37 PM ^
I hope you made very clear to him it's against course rules to bring your own cooler, for everyone's sake
February 6th, 2024 at 10:59 PM ^
Per the sign on the door, he got 1000 bonus points for any cooler item. Wonder where that cooler had been?
February 7th, 2024 at 8:51 AM ^
The municipal Speedway gas station?
February 6th, 2024 at 8:20 PM ^
He runs a good offense, but one that good coordinators like Minter and McDonald would sniff out in no time. SF fans couldn’t stand him towards the end.
February 7th, 2024 at 12:57 PM ^
Yeah that SB and 3 NFC championship games were miserable
February 6th, 2024 at 8:22 PM ^
If Jim had managed to poach Sherrone then Warde would REALLY need to go
February 6th, 2024 at 8:35 PM ^
Curious that Harbaugh didn't take anyone from the offensive side.
February 6th, 2024 at 8:43 PM ^
He's his own offensive side. He has an entire arsenal of different base offenses by now and plays he takes with everywhere he goes.
The Chargers aren't running any HB screens this season, I'll tell you that.
February 6th, 2024 at 8:44 PM ^
I think Sam said he tried to take Newsome
February 6th, 2024 at 8:23 PM ^
At this point I would not be surprised if Harbaugh tried to bring Sherrone Moore with him too.
EDIT: Similar sentiment beat me to it by a minute.
February 6th, 2024 at 8:24 PM ^
This makes clear. Jim wants to surround himself with people he trusts. That is why he hired from his staff at UM and then this guy.
February 6th, 2024 at 8:55 PM ^
He is going to crush it with a college S&C guy and a recruiting coordinator. Just what the Chargers need.
Sorry no easy outs for this devious shit. He is getting back at Warde and he knew Warde would cheap out. Its a dance Moore never agreed to be a part of.
February 6th, 2024 at 9:18 PM ^
Harbaugh may despise Manuel, but his top priority is winning football games. He wouldn't undercut his own chances of success with the Chargers just for spite.
Note that he's focused on the defensive side of the ball, where we were the best in the country. Our offense wasn't as good and he's not targeted those assistants.
As for Herbert, even if it's the case that S&C matters more in college (which I'm not certain is true), it still matters a good deal in the pros. If Herbert can help get an injured Charger back to game shape slightly faster than the next guy can, in a dog-eat-dog league like the NFL, that small gain might matter.
February 6th, 2024 at 9:23 PM ^
This is wrong - he targeted Newsome.
February 6th, 2024 at 10:16 PM ^
It seems like the sources for that are all on the U-M side of things, which is not to say it's untrue but I wonder if he was Harbaugh's first choice for the position. He ended up hiring the Giants' TE coach, who has a lot of pro experience.
For the other offensive guys there doesn't seem to have been any speculation at all.
February 6th, 2024 at 9:36 PM ^
Herbert doesn't have quick healing power to get players back to 100% from injuries.
February 6th, 2024 at 8:26 PM ^
This would work a lot better if they weren't built to be a pass-heavy offense. They have a terrible offensive line and an aging RB who is more of a receiving threat than a between the tackles runner at this point in his career. It's going to be a tough rebuild for Harbaugh.
February 6th, 2024 at 8:45 PM ^
They really only need to fix a couple spots on the OL through FA or the draft. RBs are cheap in the NFL and Herbert will thrive passing over a heavier box.
February 6th, 2024 at 8:54 PM ^
Where are they getting this cap space to fix those couple of spots?
February 6th, 2024 at 9:09 PM ^
Not trying to be mean, but the thought process of people you find on sports forums can be hilarious. Do you really think Jim and staff aren't going to be cutting some significant guys and restructuring contracts this offseason to execute their vision for improvement?
"Oh no I guess we can't improve our OL guys, looks like we'll just be running out the same team as last season with some jazzed up playbook due to the cap space limitations." -Jim, apparently
February 6th, 2024 at 9:54 PM ^
Normally I'd agree with you, but the Chargers are in pretty extreme cap hell. They are like $46MM over the cap, and that's without factoring in the salaries of the 20+ players they have entering free agency.
Their window to easily field a deep roster closed with Herbert's rookie deal. He was making $8.5MM last year, which jumps to $19.5MM, $37.5MM, $46.5MM, $58.5MM, and $73MM year by year.
Add the $142MM they have wrapped up in 2 WRs and 2 DEs, and they've got major problems. Khalil Mack makes QB money.
February 6th, 2024 at 11:31 PM ^
Mike Williams is getting cut, Bosa could get cut or traded, and they have levers they can pull on restructured contracts for older players. They are going to be moving plenty of pieces around.
February 6th, 2024 at 11:41 PM ^
That'd be like $28MM in dead money for next year, and they'd still be over the cap and have no money to spend on free agents or their draft class. There are no easy solutions for them. They gambled on making a Wilson/Seahawks type run while under Herbert's rookie deal, but now they're in post-Championship Seahawks cap hell -- but without anything to show for it.
February 7th, 2024 at 1:29 AM ^
Lol...that literally gets them nowhere very fast. Their cap issues will take YEARS to sort out. Chargers have to draft perfectly with perfect selections for their specific roster needs to have any chance...not impossible and can be done.
February 6th, 2024 at 8:56 PM ^
Thank the fucking heavens Jim has to go through the draft or FA to get our players. I could see him on the phone right now.
February 7th, 2024 at 12:51 PM ^
They don't have Ekeler. He's a free agent and they have no money to spend on him. Ekeler has already said he won't be back.
“I'm not going to be with these guys anymore, and it's one of those journeys that I'll always remember,” Ekeler said, per The Athletic's Daniel Popper. “But sad that it has to end.”
February 6th, 2024 at 8:31 PM ^
Fire Warde!!!!!argh!!!
or something.
February 6th, 2024 at 8:57 PM ^
No "or something"
February 6th, 2024 at 8:57 PM ^
Who cares?
February 6th, 2024 at 8:58 PM ^
If I'm Justin Herbert I'm not thrilled with these developments
February 6th, 2024 at 9:38 PM ^
that's one of many reasons you ain't him
February 6th, 2024 at 9:25 PM ^
Deja vu all over again... (The sensation of uncanny familiarity, not the strip club.) Jimmy hired the same guy his first year at the Niners.
February 7th, 2024 at 12:36 AM ^
PLEASE STOP w/the “deja vu all over again”. It’s deja vu. Full stop. Period, nothing more is needed. The former, which is the Curse of John Fogerty, means you feel like you are re-experiencing a time where you re-experienced something that happened before.
February 7th, 2024 at 1:45 AM ^
I assumed that “deja vu all over again” was a Yogi Berra reference.