Originally posted by 9ers4eva:
Originally posted by JTsBiggestFan:
If Harbs was so damn good we would've found a way to make it work somehow.....
Instead we suffered losing to the Giants, came woefully prepared against Baltimore, and had Seattle kick our ass every time we weren't in Candlestick.
So for all these guys who keep saying, KYLE CAN'T WIN THE BIG ONE...........let me tell you.........Harbaugh needed 1000x more to go RIGHT to win the big one.
And maybe Harbaugh didn't have the QB......
But neither did Kyle.....
Until now.
To put this in perspective, the 9ers were 1.5 point underdogs to the Chiefs. 9ers were 4.5 point favorites vs the Ravens.
The Shanny Niners were a powerful team, nearly/should've won, and didn't only because of 1 player on the other side.
Baltimore overachieved in their Super Bowl somewhat.....defensively they stymied the Niners more than they should have early on (I'd put that blame more on Jim Harbaugh).
When Niner fans on here worry so much about our defense s**tting the bed and the offense having to score 40+......THIS was that worst case scenario......zero pressure, I'm not sure Flacco was touched once the entire game. Blame that on injuries I guess, nothing one could do.
I think Harbaugh is a good coach, but definitely needs the coordinators. Fangio ran all his defenses, and once Roman's running game was slowed down and passing concepts simplified, we had nothing.
Harbaugh also last coached in the NFL when defenses could have a real effect in the game. Now, his offense would need to do a lot more than before....
A few teams with big time QBs like Allen and Herbert could be options that work for him