Jed York: Chargers will be “very, very successful” with Jim Harbaugh

The 49ers had a great coach in Jim Harbaugh. They didn't find a way to make it work with him.After four years that featured three NFC Championship appearances and one Super Bowl, the 49ers fired Harbaugh.Sure, they called it a mutual parting. Harbaugh was quick to say it was not."I was told I wouldn't be the coach any more," Harbaugh said at the time. "And then . . . you can call it 'mutual,' I mean, I wasn't going to put the 49ers in the position to have a coach that they didn't want any more. But that's the truth of it. I didn't leave the 49ers. I felt like the 49er hierarchy left me."Now that Harbaugh is back in the NFL, the man that "mutually parted" him is saying all the right things."I congratulated them when they [Michigan] won the championship game," 49ers CEO Jed York told Tim Kawakami of TheAthletic.com, via Joel Soria of NBC Sports Bay Area. " We've texted back and forth. I think Jim is a hell of a coach. I think it's a great spot for him. I'm excited for the Chargers. I think they will be very, very successful."He knows from experience that Harbaugh is a great coach. He immediately turned the team around. For whatever reason, someone was unable to coexist with...