Jim Harbaugh Thread - HC Chargers

Originally posted by Young2Owens:

Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:

Originally posted by billbird2111:

Originally posted by DrEll:
Damn this thread goes way back. Reading those first ten pages brings back memories.

I was a big fan of Jim Harbaugh. His biggest mistakes was Kaepernick and butting heads with York, but I think his teams were dominant in that 3-4 year run he had…

If you are referring to the decision to even draft Kaep, you can't lay that one on Harbaugh. In fact, that may have been the start of the friction between Baalke and Harbaugh. Baalke ran the draft. Baalke selected the players. I don't think Harbaugh had any control or say in that matter and Baalke wasn't going to allow it. So, it was up to Harbaugh to design an offense that took advantage of Kaep's skills. His skill set was, obviously, running the football.

At first, it worked. Until NFL defenses figured out that most of Kaep's passes were wounded ducks. That really became apparent after Harbaugh was forced out and the bad times started.

Still blows my mind that people run with the idea that Kap's offense was "figured out by the league."

NFL teams literally run the RPO every single weekend. It hasn't been figured out. It's a staple of NFL offenses.

Kap was figured out by the league not necessarily the offense, although Greg Roman ran a hilariously simplistic pass offense both in SF and later in Baltimore.

Kap was a 1 read and go QB who had a terrible habit of locking onto receivers and an inability to go through progressions, and even worse he was unwilling to put in the work needed to improve in that area. He was a really good player for us for a couple years, but once the league caught up to him it was over.

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
I'll be shocked if Harbaugh doesn't turn the Chargers into contenders. They have some good pieces and a young talented QB. Jim has won at every level and turned terrible teams into really good teams.

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
I'll be shocked if Harbaugh doesn't turn the Chargers into contenders. They have some good pieces and a young talented QB. Jim has won at every level and turned terrible teams into really good teams.

Originally posted by tjd808185:
LA has a terrible cap situation right now so he may have to sacrifice early to win later.

Originally posted by Young2Owens:

Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:

Originally posted by billbird2111:

Originally posted by DrEll:
Damn this thread goes way back. Reading those first ten pages brings back memories.

I was a big fan of Jim Harbaugh. His biggest mistakes was Kaepernick and butting heads with York, but I think his teams were dominant in that 3-4 year run he had…

If you are referring to the decision to even draft Kaep, you can't lay that one on Harbaugh. In fact, that may have been the start of the friction between Baalke and Harbaugh. Baalke ran the draft. Baalke selected the players. I don't think Harbaugh had any control or say in that matter and Baalke wasn't going to allow it. So, it was up to Harbaugh to design an offense that took advantage of Kaep's skills. His skill set was, obviously, running the football.

At first, it worked. Until NFL defenses figured out that most of Kaep's passes were wounded ducks. That really became apparent after Harbaugh was forced out and the bad times started.

Still blows my mind that people run with the idea that Kap's offense was "figured out by the league."

NFL teams literally run the RPO every single weekend. It hasn't been figured out. It's a staple of NFL offenses.

Kap was figured out by the league not necessarily the offense, although Greg Roman ran a hilariously simplistic pass offense both in SF and later in Baltimore.

Kap was a 1 read and go QB who had a terrible habit of locking onto receivers and an inability to go through progressions, and even worse he was unwilling to put in the work needed to improve in that area. He was a really good player for us for a couple years, but once the league caught up to him it was over.

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
He will make them better. But he picked a hell of a division. It will be tough to win where he is. But he has some good offensive players and a good young QB. They have a few on defense too. There is more talent than what that bum Brandon Staley was doing. So he will improve upon that.

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
I'll be shocked if Harbaugh doesn't turn the Chargers into contenders. They have some good pieces and a young talented QB. Jim has won at every level and turned terrible teams into really good teams.

He will make them better. But he picked a hell of a division. It will be tough to win where he is. But he has some good offensive players and a good young QB. They have a few on defense too. There is more talent than what that bum Brandon Staley was doing. So he will improve upon that.

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
I'll be shocked if Harbaugh doesn't turn the Chargers into contenders. They have some good pieces and a young talented QB. Jim has won at every level and turned terrible teams into really good teams.

Originally posted by communist:

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
I'll be shocked if Harbaugh doesn't turn the Chargers into contenders. They have some good pieces and a young talented QB. Jim has won at every level and turned terrible teams into really good teams.

we were not terrible

Originally posted by Giedi:

Originally posted by communist:

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
I'll be shocked if Harbaugh doesn't turn the Chargers into contenders. They have some good pieces and a young talented QB. Jim has won at every level and turned terrible teams into really good teams.

we were not terrible

Agree, we were not terrible, we were *very* terrible.