Northwestern Snowflakes Thread: Coaching

One little thing I find remarkable is what I perceive as Harbaugh's understanding of momentum. He does certain things like keeping his defensive starters in to preserve a shutout, or, keeping his offensive starters (mostly) in to break 200 yards rushing... On one hand it risks potential injury to our starters by not pulling them out and prevents backups from gaining valuable game experience... However, it seems that to Harbaugh what the team gains so much more in return is MOMENTUM - and, he seems to understand its power for continued success. The fact that today they now have done something defensively that hasn't been done in 20 years, and the fact that our running game today did something against the NW defense that no one else could do this year... I see how these milestones can serve as great motivating factors for continued improvement and maintaining a high level of play. Perhaps I'm reading too much into this, but I feel like Harbaugh has a great understanding of momentum and knows how to use it for the betterment of the team