CC: Harbaugh: "Leaders eat last"
This is tweet from Ryan Sakamoto, a 49ers beat guy. It's a quote from Harbaugh on NFL Network today discussing the HC opening.
#49ers Harbaugh on Michigan job via NFL Network: "Leaders eat last. My number one priority is winning football games."
Sounds cryptic. Just wanted to throw the quote out there to see what it means. Warped minds should definitely chime in.
Here's a link to a 49ers fansite with quote: http://ninerfans.com/49ers-jim-harbaugh-on-michigan-job-leaders-eat-las…
December 8th, 2014 at 4:26 PM ^
He's finishing out the season, then coming here. Duh.
December 8th, 2014 at 5:11 PM ^
Or he might be commenting on the fact that he chipped his tooth eating on Saturday.
Jim Harbaugh’s bonded tooth (a chip originally knocked out during his playing days) broke off while he was eating last night.
— Matt Maiocco (@MaioccoCSN) December 7, 2014December 8th, 2014 at 5:31 PM ^
he needs to come to Ann Arbor, where dental students will work on that for free. . .
December 8th, 2014 at 5:40 PM ^
I have a tooth that will one day do the same. I consider this a sort of kinship with Lord Harbaugh. The only difference is his got chipped playing football, while I tried to both stand up and let go of the handlebars on a bike.
December 8th, 2014 at 4:27 PM ^
Does he get this from the Marines, by any chance?
December 8th, 2014 at 4:41 PM ^
Yes he learned this from the Marines...errah!!
December 8th, 2014 at 4:48 PM ^
Or am I confusing that with another service?
December 8th, 2014 at 4:43 PM ^
I was an Army Officer and there's a long standing Army tradition that "Officers(Leaders) eat last". I think each of the services has a variation of this saying.
December 8th, 2014 at 5:36 PM ^
December 8th, 2014 at 7:18 PM ^
December 8th, 2014 at 8:45 PM ^
Retired Senior Non-Comissioned Officer here. WIthout launching a flame session, I think those of us who have served truly understand that the SNCOs were the ones who "ate last" and ensured the junior enlisted were taken care of. Truth be told, most officers sat together quite isolated from "the troops". Your version briefs well, though. Lol.
December 9th, 2014 at 12:04 AM ^
The O's may have ate last, but they also ate a lot better, and in quite a bit better conditions than we did, too!!
December 8th, 2014 at 4:57 PM ^
before asked, and chose to make an oblique leadership statement in response, rather than the run of the mill non-answer.
Second, Bo was less a military guy, but I am wondering if this is a Woody reference. A quick google didn't bring up a reference in lasting lessons, or in reference to Woody, but Woody frequently referenced the military, and Jim draws his lessons from both Bo and Woody.
December 8th, 2014 at 4:27 PM ^
See the "As a principle..." thread below.
December 8th, 2014 at 4:28 PM ^
Nick Saban famously said he wasn't leaving the Dolphins before doing that. This is at least cryptic. You could interprete it as the "leaders" aka "leaders and best" get addressed after the season is over.
December 8th, 2014 at 4:29 PM ^
He actually said "Leaders and Best", but the SF beat writer was hungry and heard "Leaders Eat Last".
Honest mistake.
December 8th, 2014 at 4:29 PM ^
I know with all the clutter here, it's hard to read all the posts, but....
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/principle-i-dont-talk-about-any-other-job-o…
December 8th, 2014 at 4:30 PM ^
Ahh, the famous Marine saying. I betcha he said this as a subtle jab to Hoke's tendency to take the seniors to meet with the Navy SEALs
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December 8th, 2014 at 4:40 PM ^
And Army, and Navy, don't know about Air Force. But yes, leaders do eat last. What's the point? The point is that leaders like to eat too, so if they eat last they'll ensure everyone has enough to eat.
Why people like to scoff and mock this principle bottles the mind.
December 8th, 2014 at 6:22 PM ^
...or not at all a subtle jab and it has nothing to do with this at all.
December 8th, 2014 at 4:33 PM ^
It's a great quote honestly. "Leaders eat last". You make sure your troops eat their fill, then you eat. He's not slighting Michigan in my opinion. The door is still open, he just needs to step in
December 8th, 2014 at 4:32 PM ^
it means to let subordinates eat first.
"The answer became clear during a conversation with a Marine Corps general. "Officers eat last," he said.Sinek watched as the most junior Marines ate first, while the most senior Marines took their place at the back of the line. What's symbolic in the chow hall is deadly serious on the battlefield: great leaders sacrifice their own comfort - even their own survival - for the good of those in their care."
December 8th, 2014 at 4:33 PM ^
"Leaders eat last" is a military saying. It means a leader makes sure his troops are taken care of first, then takes care of himself.
Seems like a strange thing to say, but I guess he means he wants to take care of the 49ers before taking care of himself. It's a good trait for a leader to have.
December 8th, 2014 at 4:33 PM ^
In before delete maybe
December 8th, 2014 at 4:39 PM ^
December 8th, 2014 at 4:40 PM ^
It's a cheap MGoPoint grab.
December 8th, 2014 at 4:49 PM ^
already been posted and a good candidate for deletion by the mods. This one inparticular was posted in "As a principle I don't talk about any other job other than the one that I have. Not a cheap mgo points grab. I've been here over 3 years and seldom post which explains my low mgo points.
December 8th, 2014 at 4:49 PM ^
I wondered about it too. I don't know that much about teh ins and outs of posting and just recently got teh ability to upvote. So I upvoted you!
December 8th, 2014 at 4:34 PM ^
If there's something noteworthy about this, it's that he isn't even pretending to want to return to SF next year. I have no idea whether Harbaugh is coming to Michigan. I'm damn sure he's going somewhere.
December 8th, 2014 at 4:34 PM ^
By SImon Sinek. Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't. Saw him talking about it on a mid-game piece, for CBS, a year or so ago.
December 8th, 2014 at 5:16 PM ^
I read it earlier this year. Not a bad read. Sinek slams the Jack Welch school of leadership throughout.
December 8th, 2014 at 4:36 PM ^
Jim never said he won't be leaving. He only said, "I ain't tellin you Nothin."
December 8th, 2014 at 4:40 PM ^
I think the response is pretty cut and dry: Team first. Regardless of what's going on beyond the scenes with him the SF brass or other teams/schools trying to court him, they are irrelevent during the season as he's putting their needs first and foremost before any distractions or desires that he may have.
I certainly wish it could have been more cryptic and tipped his hand a bit, but that was very stoic Jim Harbaugh thing to say that does mean much as far as we're concerned.
December 8th, 2014 at 4:39 PM ^
I think it's a jab a somebody. Maybe to someone who's putting themself before the program???
December 8th, 2014 at 4:40 PM ^
This coaching search hurts my head.
December 8th, 2014 at 4:46 PM ^
It's not a search.
It's a coronation.
December 8th, 2014 at 4:49 PM ^
I like how you think.
December 8th, 2014 at 4:56 PM ^
Long live King Harbaugh!
December 8th, 2014 at 4:44 PM ^
Godot is waiting for Jim Harbaugh.
December 8th, 2014 at 5:11 PM ^
There are precious few places these days where you can count on readership that gets that one.
December 8th, 2014 at 4:46 PM ^
Since we're parsing through things Harbaugh said and applying an embarrassing amount of scrutiny to them...
Harbaugh sure did go out of his way to use the word "professional" a lot. He said it repeatedly. For a guy so many are convinced will be our coach, him spending an inordinate amount of time talking about how he is a professional on the professional level, probably isn't a good sign.
December 8th, 2014 at 7:10 PM ^
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December 8th, 2014 at 4:47 PM ^
He is sending secret messages, it is not a coincidence. Did anybody watch any recent pressers? Was he blinking out Morse code? "Leaders eat last" sounds an awful lot like a part of a certain fight song for a certain school that I beleive we all are pretty obsessed over.
December 8th, 2014 at 4:48 PM ^
December 8th, 2014 at 4:50 PM ^
Michigan is the Leaders and Best.
Ergo, Harbaugh is coming to Michigan. Or some kind of transitive property nonsense like that.
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December 8th, 2014 at 4:51 PM ^
I ate oatmeal this morning.
December 8th, 2014 at 7:52 PM ^
December 8th, 2014 at 4:51 PM ^
Harbaugh has his down correctly, first take care of what you are currently engaged in, secondly, take care of your support group, and make sure they are O.K., lastly, take care of yourself. Funny how so many people have their priorities backwards.
December 8th, 2014 at 4:57 PM ^
I wonder what Jim had for lunch today? Maybe it can tell us about which way he's leaning.
December 8th, 2014 at 5:04 PM ^
He's just being polite and letting the players get their gatorade from the ice bucket first.