It's all Harbaugh's fault
Anyone in need of a good laugh, feel free to click on this fascinating article. Apparently players were allowed to leave their dirty laundry on the locker room floor during Harbaugh's tenure and THAT is why the 49ers are a dumpster fire now. Discuss.
August 28th, 2015 at 7:11 PM ^
First Harbaugh's too much of a hard ass who hurts his players' feelings. Then he is too nice. Sounds like a sparty fan comparing him to JLS because of his off the field antics or a buckeye saying he won't work out here because he was only 29-21 at Stanford. People seriously pick at strawman arguments.
August 28th, 2015 at 7:17 PM ^
evidently, the 49ers need FIVE (?!?!?!?!) of these people?
If an NFL roster has ~60 people on it, counting the practice squad and such, there needs to be one "player engagement person" for 12 players? Really?
Seriously, these NFL players just need to GROW UP at some point. It's somewhat excusable in college, but they are now ADULTS. Pick up your dirty laundry, and stop blaming your poor off-the-field behavior on other folk.
August 28th, 2015 at 7:48 PM ^
fall guys.
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August 29th, 2015 at 1:43 AM ^
"I want to know what a "player engagement person" is"
A fluffer
August 28th, 2015 at 7:18 PM ^
August 28th, 2015 at 7:25 PM ^
Dirty laundry and cafeteria trays are a metaphor for a coddling approach off the field by Harbaugh? Hmmmmm, that seems......a stretch, at best...
August 29th, 2015 at 3:23 AM ^
August 28th, 2015 at 7:28 PM ^
Noted failure Jim Harbaugh, too hard on his players on the field, too soft on his players off the field, and just all around went out of his way to steer the 49ers away from their core values. Where will he screw up next?
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August 28th, 2015 at 7:42 PM ^
Even Niners Nation isn't really putting a lot of stock in this:
As for Davis's comments, it is hard for me to take this too seriously. Prior to his current NFL Network gig, he served as the 49ers radio color analyst. He is part of the NFL apparatus, and I am inclined to think he might be more likely to defend the 49ers in this case.
There's also some rumbling that Harbaugh may have wanted to institute a code of conduct but was rebuffed by 49ers management. Not sure how true that might be, but the implications made by Davis definitely ring hollow. The 49ers fascination with making Harbaugh the go-to answer for their numerous issues is incredible....and sad.
August 29th, 2015 at 3:34 PM ^
Abilitiy to get team to SuperBowl = Worth $Millions
Abilitiy to pick up towels = A service that can be outsourced for miniscule $ compared to SuperBowl worth.
If an NFL team is producing at a SuperBowl competitive level and the coach/GM/owner thinks its a good use of resources to have the players leave their towels/laundry to be picked up by a service, then Who Effin Cares?
August 28th, 2015 at 7:49 PM ^
I think this topic really smells!!!
August 29th, 2015 at 1:12 PM ^
August 28th, 2015 at 7:51 PM ^
I'm sure they would blame Harbaugh for the players that were drafted but then someone would point out that Harbaugh wasn't the GM.
I wonder how many years they will continue to blame Harbaugh.
August 28th, 2015 at 8:08 PM ^
Ah, the refreshing power of the Harbaugh
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August 29th, 2015 at 9:59 AM ^
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August 28th, 2015 at 8:30 PM ^
anyone making comments like that is probably in seroius need of a mirror to look into. Cumong, man.
August 28th, 2015 at 8:31 PM ^
I love this guy.
It would seem prudent for the 49ers to have a written code of conduct for the franchise, but my understanding is they don't have one.
— Tim Kawakami (@timkawakami) August 27, 2015Whatever decision they make in incidents like this--they lead the league in incidents--is whatever Jed/Trent feel like at that moment.
— Tim Kawakami (@timkawakami) August 27, 2015A lot of this happened under his watch, too, but one person was looking to write an official code of conduct last year. It was Jim Harbaugh.
— Tim Kawakami (@timkawakami) August 27, 2015Not saying the team would've necessarily been any tougher on poor conduct. But I'm saying Harbaugh wanted to put rules/penalties on paper.
— Tim Kawakami (@timkawakami) August 27, 2015When I had the big blow-up with Harbaugh last spring, it was about how many arrests the team could tolerate or excuse, where the line was.
— Tim Kawakami (@timkawakami) August 27, 2015That moment convinced many Harbaugh fans that we hated each other, which was obviously not true then or now. Just a touchy 49ers issue...
— Tim Kawakami (@timkawakami) August 27, 2015In fact, around that time Harbaugh was trying to come up with a 49ers code of conduct. That effort was not encouraged by York/Baalke.
— Tim Kawakami (@timkawakami) August 27, 2015I don't know where Harbaugh would've tried to draw the line--# of arrests, what kind of arrest--but I know his efforts went nowhere.
— Tim Kawakami (@timkawakami) August 27, 201549ers mgmt put 1,000% more energy into plotting v Harbaugh last year than dealing with the conduct of their players. http://t.co/oZfWiWmS1R
— Tim Kawakami (@timkawakami) August 27, 2015I criticize management for the culture. And players who've been arrested. And a % of 49ers fans say "it's all hate" from me. The Jed People.
— Tim Kawakami (@timkawakami) August 27, 2015Eric Davis trashes Jim Harbaugh … hmmm, his point sounds awfully familiar http://t.co/sWvKgXO6xZ pic.twitter.com/PsO0zSKtg7
— Bay Area Sports Guy (@BASportsGuy) August 28, 2015On the Eric Davis slashing at Jim Harbaugh... Davis has always been one of Jed York's favorite ex-49ers.
— Tim Kawakami (@timkawakami) August 28, 2015Eric Davis left the 49ers radio crew for the NFL Network with York's blessings. Certainly wasn't forced out. Total connection there.
— Tim Kawakami (@timkawakami) August 28, 2015Former players are free to have whatever opinion they want. It's just easy to connect the dots on this one.
— Tim Kawakami (@timkawakami) August 28, 2015
August 28th, 2015 at 8:58 PM ^
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August 28th, 2015 at 9:14 PM ^
Is this true?
August 28th, 2015 at 10:57 PM ^
August 28th, 2015 at 11:00 PM ^
getting real. How condemning is this? Wow.
August 28th, 2015 at 9:06 PM ^
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August 28th, 2015 at 10:12 PM ^
August 28th, 2015 at 10:22 PM ^
That article is the most laughable weaksauce I think I've ever read...and damnit I want the 20 seconds of my life back!
August 28th, 2015 at 10:48 PM ^
Napoleon: "It's all Snowball's fault! Seriously guys--it was Snowball!"
August 29th, 2015 at 1:45 AM ^
When I was four/almost five years old I broke my arm. This happened to be on the same day that Harbaugh broke his arm vs. Michigan St. (Born & raised in Ann Arbor. Went to Logan Elementary, Clague Middle School and Huron High)
I was taken to UofM Hospital and sat in the waiting room for several hours in agonizing pain. After several hours, Jim Harbaugh was rushed straight through with the same ailment I had.
After this, my Mom blew up at the staff.
She takes no shits from anyone and is a six-foot tall Amazon woman, so no one gives her shits and they (like my siblings and I) cower in fear when her rage is unleashed. She let loose on the hospital staff like a banshee.
In cleaned up quotes: " I don't give a f--- who he is! We've been here for hours, and you rush him by MY SON!? I don't give a F--- who he is" ...lots of other profanities and threats of mild(ish) violence ensued.
...I was the next one to be helped by the hospital staff.
Anyway, I still have the cast and I would love to have Coach Jim Harbaugh sign and inscribe it. It is one of my least favorite memories/best coincidences.
I would love if the MGoBLog Community could help me get this done. I can't imagine a better keepsake then a sigend & framed broken-arm cast from The Harbaugh.
Thanks.
I would have posted this in the "Friday Night Drinking Thread" but I couldn't find it. Is drinking alcohol really off-topic for a blog dedicated to college sports? Friday night drinking and college seem inextricably linked to me.
August 29th, 2015 at 3:09 AM ^
August 29th, 2015 at 9:06 AM ^
as pure propaganda. They leak so much BS that you can't know what to believe from reporters either. The way Kawakami describes the 49ers management could equally apply to the NFL front office.