SANTA CLARA – Here’s the transcript of Jim Harbaugh’s Monday press conference, courtesy of the 49ers.
What kind of work was accomplished Saturday night after you knew that you would be playing the Saints?
“Just watching the game. The coaches were working on their individual positions.”
Did you put in the game plan pretty much Saturday night and Sunday?
“It’s, as it always is, it’s a work in progress.”
You guys are a three-point underdog to start out with. Does that put you in a role that you like to be in? That hunter role?
“No, I don’t think it’s relevant really. We really don’t pay too much attention. Are you referring to the line?”
Yeah.
“I can honestly say there are weeks where I have no idea what the line is. Or pay much attention to it.”
Nationally, no one is giving you much of a chance in this game. That would seem to be right in your wheelhouse, I would think, as far as getting your team prepared for it.
“Oh?”
Am I wrong in that?
“You seem to know what my wheelhouse is. To me, it’s not relevant. It’s not in or out of the wheelhouse. You’re expecting a great day today. The players are in. They’re throwing iron around in the weight room. They’re treating it much like any Tuesday would be for us. We’re on our season routine. We’ll meet today. There will be a good chunk of the game plan that gets presented to the players today. We’ll have an opportunity to walk through that. And away we go.”
So Wednesday and Thursday are your practice days? As it would be normally even though the game is on Saturday?
“Tuesday and Wednesday. Today, Monday, will be like a Tuesday. Tuesday will be like a normal Wednesday for us. Wednesday, like a normal Thursday, etc.”
How do you view the Saints? They’ve won nine in a row, most of them by a lot of points. How do you look at them?
“I look at them as a great team. They have the ability to win in a lot of different ways: offense, defense, special teams. Outstanding players. They’re playing very well together within the framework of the offense. A very effective running team and a very effective passing team. Both of those phases really compliment the other. They get favorable looks in the running game because they are so good throwing the ball. Their running game compliments their play-action game. It’s just a well orchestrated, coordinated offense led by a quarterback that’s having arguably the best year in the history of the game. Fine receivers, fine backs. Outstanding offensive line that plays outstanding together. Defensively, they have the ability to make big plays with momentum changing plays. They’re a high pressure team. This is the most assortment of blitz and blitz of any team that we’ll play. Linebacker looks, secondary looks. The way they go about stopping the run and the pass is a pressure mentality. Best group of linebackers that we’ve played. They all play and they all play well. They all bring something to the table there. As I said, the secondary is much involved in coverage and in rush. Their leading sacker is a safety. Defensive line that rotates and they play up to nine guys. It’s a very formidable challenge for our team on both sides of the ball and special teams this week.”
You saw them in preseason in your first game as head coach. How much relevance does that game have to what you’re going to see this week?
“Well, some. Both teams have evolved since then. Some, I don’t know how much.”
You got to see some of their blitzes and blitz packages in that game. Does that help you at all? Help you with the linemen’s preparation this week?
“You’ve seen, and you saw even more as the season went on as you watch each and every game. It’s a high volume, no question about it. It’s a great challenge for not just our offensive line, but our quarterback, our backs, our receivers. They’re a team that will play coverage, too. They’ll play a four-down line front. They’ll play a three-down line front. Overload pressure. Standard cover-2. They’re a coverage team, as well, and do that very well. A lot of things that we’re working through right now as we prepare and game plan for this game.”
One of the things that came out after that game was the radio guy for the Saints said that the word there was that you didn’t call Saints Head Coach Sean Payton about a gentleman’s agreement and that’s why they blitzed so much. Do you know anything about that?
“No, I don’t. I really don’t. Don’t know anything about that. You hate to deal with hypotheticals. What somebody might have said and what somebody didn’t say. It really becomes irrelevant. Certainly not aware of any gentleman’s agreement. Even asked my brother. ‘Is there some kind of gentleman’s agreement that you call a coach before a preseason game?’ And he wasn’t aware of any. Even if there was, we wouldn’t do it anyway. We ask no quarter, we give no quarter, and that’s how we approach things.
I know you had said after that game that, ‘Hey, they can blitz. That’s part of it, you can do that.” Did it seem excessive that there was that much blitzing going on with an established defense against a team that was just installing stuff and after the lockout as well?
“That’s what they do as evidenced by a full season to see what they do. Whether that helped us? It was effective in that game. Made us address it.”
There were a couple games this year when QB Drew Brees wasn’t as efficient as we normally see him. What did the Rams and the Buccaneers do in those two games, the basic version, against Brees that limited that effectiveness?
“He’s been extremely effective. There’s been some talk about maybe those were the road games or that kind of talk. But those were early. Talking about the early road losses, were early in the season. This is a good road team. They were 5-3 this year. They were 6-2 the year before on the road. Before that, I think they were one of the best road teams in the league. It’s an outstanding offense. This is a high-octane offense that’s clicking on all cylinders. It’s a great challenge for us and it’s going to take our best effort, no question about it.”
Given the production of your opposition, does time of possession matter more in this game do you think? Particularly for your offense?
“I think all the things are going to matter. Everybody starts talking about the keys. This is the key; that’s the key. Before you know it, you’ve got 26 different keys to the game. Which is really accurate. All those things will play a part in it. Good, solid, fundamental football. Taking care of the ball. Blocking and tackling are always the keys. That leads to time of possession.”
When you look at Drew Brees, what do you see? Quarterback to quarterback.
“Just outstanding. I’m not a quarterback. I’m a coach. You marvel, you really do. First of all, his intelligence. His ability to diagnose defensive schemes – read them very quickly. The accuracy that he has throwing the football to the right receiver, to the right spot. To the weakness in the defense. Over and over with numbing repetition. Just how fast he gets the ball out. He operates faster than everybody that we’ve seen on tape. It’s very impressive. Plays with a lot of confidence. All really good.”
Jim, obviously there’s more media here. There’s going to be more media as the week goes on. First time you guys have made the playoffs since 2002. How do you want your players to address this? Do you want them to kind of feel the emotion of this? Do you want them to just play it like it’s a normal game? How do you want them to address it in the locker room?
“It’s special being in the playoffs. I want them to feel that. Understand what this is all about. You get one shot. They’ve earned a right to be here. But understand that we’re not trying to get every ounce of pleasure out of this thing. We’re focused on what we need to do and that’s prepare for the New Orleans Saints. So, like we do everything. A mix of focused and loose, doing both at the same time. Our guys do a good job of that, keeping things light. Having fun on the practice field and in the meetings and getting ready to play. Getting prepared for this ballgame. To me, the only thing that we have to fear is being unprepared. So, take every advantage of getting ready for the game. But not overcook it.”
Do you plan on making a roster change this week and making your decision on TE Delanie Walker, or sticking with who you have?
“We’ve made a decision on Delanie. We’re going to keep that spot open. Got great news on him last Wednesday. He is not the normal guy. He is not the average Joe walking around on the street. He’s young, he’s got great powers of healing apparently. So, he’s made tremendous progress.”
Is that something that you’re looking to the future on that one, Championship game or Super Bowl?
“We’ll see. We’ll see just exactly when he’s back. Right now, to answer the question, and by evidence that we’re not making any move, we’re leaving that spot open for when he does come back.”
So you’re not ruling him out this weekend?
“I’m not ruling him out, no.”
Jim, you said after the St. Louis game that something was bothering RB Frank Gore. As far as you know is he feeling relatively speaking 100 percent now? Or is that something still bothering him?
“Well, that’s just our way of not telling you what it is, what’s bothering him. And that’s enough information. We don’t go into specifically what it is. That’s out of respect for Frank and our team. I think he’s good. I think Frank’s good. Yeah, he’s benefited from the rest, mentally, physically. He’s good to go.”
How big of a weapon can he be to neutralize the Saints, to keep them off the field?
“Well, he’ll be one of the 26 keys.”
Top ten?
“Yeah, he’s a top-ten guy. No doubt about it, all the way. Always, always he’s a top-ten guy.”
How have you seen the moods of the players change at all this week? Or have they been able to keep it like you said, intense but still relaxed?
“Morale’s been really high. Excellent practices last week and every opportunity they’ve had to be here they’ve been here. So, you can tell that their focus is here. They’re staying extra and got a great jump on this week. So, those are the signs.”
How were those ones vs. ones matchups out there? Was it intense? The kind of intensity you wanted to see out there?
“It was. It was good. Good competition. It raises the level of practice from what I can see, and good, beneficial both sides of the ball. And it also kind of helps you troubleshoot and comb through a few new ideas, which we had in.”
Did you know New Orleans Head Coach Sean Payton when he played for the replacement Bears? Did you cross paths with him at that point?
“No. No I did not. Watched him play, watched him on the T.V., but I’d never met him when he was playing and I was on the Bears.”
He’d been somewhat self-deprecating about his performance with the Bears. What was your critique of him when you saw him play?
“I don’t remember. I don’t remember how he played. I think if I was right there were three games and the Bears won two of them. And I remember that helping us that year because we were in the playoffs and it helped our record, etc. I remember him and Mike Hohensee was the other quarterback. I believe, it’s testing my memory here, but Hohensee was from Minnesota maybe? And then I don’t remember how the two of them played. I think they both played though in those games.”
Do you know him well? Do you have some sort of a relationship with Sean?
“Yes, just been around him. Have great respect for him. I know some of the other coaches that are on the staff there. So, yeah good visits every time I’ve been around him. Professional.”
You’ve talked about Frank’s value as a running back. What about his blocking against a team that blitzes a lot? How important is his ability to pick up blitzes?
“Very important and he does it as good as anybody in the game. That’ll be critical in this game. The Saints are a hug-rushing team. And then they’re going to send backers to cover and then they’ll rush to cover once they see that the back is in protection, they’ll continue to rush and add extra heat. So, it’ll be very important for Frank to have a great game blocking as it will for all of our guys, including our receivers.”
Jim, what are you thinking when you’re watching your future opponent put up 646 yards of offense in the playoff game, the one before they play you? Just emotionally what do you think when you’re watching that?
“It makes me go to bed and sleep like a baby. Wake up every hour crying.”
Jim, tomorrow is an important day in 49ers history. It’s the 30th anniversary of The Catch. And I was just wondering, I know a lot of people are drawing parallels between that 1981 season and this season, do you remember watching that game?
“Oh yeah.”
And where were you? What did you think about it? Were you rooting for one team or the other?
“My dad had just got hired on at Stanford. So, we were rooting for the 49ers. A lot of the folks over there had known Coach Walsh and some of the other coaches. I remember being at a—we were having a recruiting weekend. So, I tagged along with my dad and they had the game on. I can’t remember where it was, maybe a restaurant or a hotel or something like that. It was a big room in there and they had the T.V. screen going and a buffet. And ate and watched the game. It was pretty good. Glad I witnessed one of the greatest plays in the history of the game. That’s how I felt.”
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Anything can happen, Denver wins, the Lambs beat the Saints earlier in the year. The stick has weather elements and we have a great defense, and maybe just maybe our offense will get a couple of touch downs and 4 or 5 field goals is a given and we play like their is no tomorrow, We hold then under 20 points. That will work !!
@neal
I would hope for more than 1 TD.
But as long as we win, I am fine scoring 2-0 wins the next 3 games. Fine by me.
wake up and cry every hour? Was he being sarcastic?
He’s a funny guy! Press just don’t get his humor!
Uh, what do you think? One of the funnier lines I’ve read in a while. Jim has a very dark sense of humor, I like it alot…
you should have heard it live, it was hilariously sarcastic. A real funny rare moment for JH.
It’s an old joke. You have to watch the video – he’s laughing.
He was kidding… that’s how a lot of babies sleep!
It’s how my baby sleeps…….uggh.
very interesting stuff.
this will come off as strange, i know, but when i read Harbaugh’s statements, the image of a steel blade being sharpened against a stone comes to mind. everything he says has a certain tension, but the tension is either meant to, or comes from, the effort to affirm his mental control of the situation, to create a mental worldview for his players to ascribe to. fascinating dude. per the Ira Miller observation, unlike Walsh who’s press conferences seemed effortless and almost celebratory (ok, age may be wreaking havoc on my memories, but Walsh couldn’t wait to hold court as I recall), his seem effortful. whatever the case, he’s doing a spectacular job and i hope he keeps it up.
also, after answering the question about Sean Peyton being a replacement qb, i imagine after he left the podium he muttered “scab!” to himself :-)
“the image of a steel blade being sharpened against a stone comes to mind”
You make it sound like a movie trailer for a summer blockbuster. Maybe he’ll get hooked up like the Six Million Dollar man and come back and play QB for us.
ha, good one! i’ll bet if he had the chance, he’d get all new parts and suit up all right.
I love how Harbaugh handles and “manhandles” the media.
He plays word games with them and refuses to disclose anything strategic. What a pleasant change from the ” I need to look at the film” answers we got from Singletary.
Harbaugh’s job is to coach and that’s who he is, he may be contractually obligated to address the media but he doesn’t have to be nice and cozy with them. Doesn’t Bill Belichick say as little as possible and whatever he says he says with utter disdain?
Coaches are not PR men.
We have a coach who knows how to lead men in the game of football.
yes Harbaugh seems more out of the Belichick mode than…thankfully…Sing…yikes!
You know Harbaugh would love to beat the Saints much the way he enjoyed beating the Lions. They both have super competetive coaches that occasionally act out of line. Schwartz told Harbaugh that he wouldn’t be able to install his system if the lockout lasted into the summer, which it did. Payton decided to be childish when Harbaugh didn’t want to kiss his ring and blitzed aggressively during a preseason matchup. Harbaugh seems to thrive on these slights and I feel he will be at his best on Saturday. It is however, pretty amusing to see the little mini-dramas unfold between these coaching personalities.
where did you hear about the ring kissing thing?
It’s a figure of speech, lol.
no basis to this story….no reporter has any facts to this end…so it is not a figure of speech it pretty much is a falsehood
JG,
Get a life. It is a figure of speech, and it was brought up after the preseason game between the two teams. Payton obviously thinks that a certain amount of respect is owed to him and that Harbaugh should have called him prior to the game. Harbaugh obviously didn’t agree. Google “Harbaugh won’t kiss Payton’s ring” and you will find multiple references to the comment.
“Sean Payton sort of expected Harbaugh to call him throughout the week and kind of figure out a gentlemen’s agreement as to how the game would be played,” Henderson said on a radio show. “When that didn’t occur, Sean just said to Gregg, ‘Let the dogs out.’ And they did.” -Jim Henderson
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/20/the-rest-of-the-story-on-the-saints-blitzing-the-niners-into-oblivion/
Regardless, my blue-collar raising makes me a huge fan of this team and this coach. You can bet the Niners are going to lay a serious whipping on the Saints the first half. It’s going to hurt real bad. Then we’ll see what the second half brings.
Regardless, this has been a season to remember and I think if the Mayans don’t kill us next December we’ll have a hard, hard team next year…
“If the Mayans don’t kill us…” Funny as hell, Street!
The “wake up crying every hour” Blast reminds me of Bill Walsh’s Pressor right before the 1984 Championship Game against the Bears where a Reporter asked Bill if he was “scared’ of the Bears Defense. He replied
“Well of course…we’re fearing for our very lives”
Classic!
We all know the Outcome of the Game don’t we?
Many years ago I paid attention to point spreads, on the street a 3 point underdog at home was considered a trap game.
I think he’s good. I think Frank’s good. Yeah, he’s benefited from the rest, mentally, physically. He’s good to go.
I sure hope so. But this doesn’t come off very confidence inspiring. Gore has not been fast for a while. He seems to hit the hole slow and go down too easily. I hope this extra week and the limited play in STL do the trick.
We ask no quarter, we give no quarter, and that’s how we approach things.
Ya gotta love his fire. Go for the jugular Jimbo.
Barley,
I’ve been saying for at least the last month that Frank is not right. I saw him in Arizona and he pulled himself out of the game himself at least four times.
If it’s his hip, we shouldn’t see him back next year. It can be a crippling injury that will affect his quality of life after football if it is his hip.
Troubling that we cannot get a straight answer about the injury though.
I know I might catch alot of heat for this, but I’ve been saying for awhile now that it wouldn’t suprise me if Gore wasn’t back next year. The extension he signed was essentially a one-year deal. He is slowed by injuries every year and is about to be on the wrong side of 30. I love the guy to no end but just like Niner greats before him, you cut ties while they’re still relatively productive. You have to move on for the sake of team. Hunter and Dixon are primed for a bigger load next year. If we draft another or signed another RB, I think the writings on the wall. It would be sad to see Gore in another uni, but I would completely understand why it had to happen.
I GOT IT RIGHT GRANT!-THE HIP!!….they tried to hide it,they tried mocking me (“he’s superman” when I posted he must be superman to play with that hip ,months ago),now they are getting philosophical !!. First it was Russell,then Lincecum (almost 50 pound more then when I pointed out his issues),,and of course Huff and cerveza. Now Frank. Damn, I’m good. What prize do I get?
The “Chicken Little Nostradamus Award”? If Gore is visibly not right, JH will switch to Kendall quickly. While you enjoy your award, us Niner Faithful will enjoy the victory in whatever form it comes. Boobie Dixon to the rescue!!!
Chicken? You should be talking-and with green cheese. Your jealous man. Or,49er trolling…
Thank me-he might be able to walk when he’s older. If the 49ers and Singletary-maybe Harbaugh too-had there way-no questioning- they would pound decades off of Franks ability to stand and walk.
It was Stan man who told the truth..and only has.
Man Stan, I don’t know if there is a bigger Stan fan than Stan himself….
Stan I’m going to help you out bud. You are in limbo. You lost your last blog, so now you hang at this one, but you don’t quite belong.
You talk about baseball and hoops and Raiders. None of those topics exist here. Take the plunge and become a Niner fan Stan….
I dont like to insult the lesser brainpowered…but Lowell has said on his blog-feel free to respond on his topics here,Grant allows it.
So,I’m just following whats allowed. Learn the rules.
And once again-that I was right about a local athlete even as the Org.s lie and mislead gets me no thanks.
People are strange…
And since I’ve said so much about Walsh,Montana,and this years team riding to the SB..STOP, with the I’m no fan of the team.
If you want blind loyalty-I’m not the guy to read.
Stan you just need to be Stan, I read your stuff all of the time, don’t really care about Raider’s or A’s but hell it’s a interesting read.
Thanks Neal..!
Boxes aren’t for me.
I’m going with Bay on this one. You’re a strange cat, Stan.
It was a hairline fracture. Give it a rest. Not like a bone was sticking out of his skin or something.
Please… try to relax.
Stan,
I’ve got to agree with Adam and Bay. You invariably post nonsequitur, after nonsequitur. I try to read some of your posts, but they’re just so boring and pointless. And when you have to tell us all how great you are, well, that’s just a little too much.
If you dont get it-sure I’m boring-so’s Shakespeare if you don’t get it. I stand by what I post because-frankly its held up. And with some real big insights while the main media floundered or were just too afraid to say it.
Lincecum WAS too skinny. Hamburgers et al was a lie..I mean that stuff and more I got right.
And its ridiculous you argue with me on Gore as Harbaugh evaids and avoids any mention of the hip. But admits he has a problem thats NOT knee or ankle-lol..figure it out Sherlock. I did.
And I can see what Lowell has taken for years …but they read.
“Lincecum WAS too skinny”
Maybe Stan. I have no idea.
But this is not a Giants blog. Or even a baseball one. It is a football blog, and more specifically a Niner blog.
Please stop, Stan. You don’t make sense and patting yourself on the back for not making sense is… well it’s weird. Sorry.
We don’t care about A’s or Giants baseball here. Please find the appropriate blog.
I understand Shakespeare perfectly, by the way.
Anyway, please stop, it’s embarrassing. We have Saints fans visiting us here now, we need to put on a good show. :)
Stan, you also predicted that Harbaugh would come to his senses and get rid of Alex Smith by the 6th game. Along with predicting the Niners would go nowhere with Smith as their QB.
I just finished reading BANGS writeup..and Gore is all but admitting ,its the hip. So,he is crowing that when some said his career was over-he still had 1,000yds. And that”It was his greatest season” to him.
Thats because of the hip he had to gut it out and did.. So,I stand pat-its the hip.
Funny too- I posted on another blog that a great cover for the hip and Gores limp would be to tape a knee or ankle..as the 49ers were doing. I think not long after that-no more tape on his ankle,bu the still limps.
Go figure.
You left out Dennis that-as the season went on and EARLY I said “The schedule and Harbaugh” had changed my mind..that “I was a fast learner”. I’m no fool. My on targets have been far ahead of the misses..and If you want THAT kind of perfection,read the bible.
But-GORE,HUFF,LINCECUM,RUSSELL, I hit dead eye. You cant change that fact Dennis.
Let me add-Billy Beane..for years I said he was conning the bay area. There was no “plan”..to make a great A’s team.
ALL this stuff I wrote-didnt hear any local writers saying these things. Why I blog.
And Listen to evil Larry on KNBR..HE’S DIEING TO SAY HIP..but he won’t. Orders from the 49ers. So,Larry sticks to somethings seriously wrong..with not a single suggestion that it might be the hip. He knows..he knows I know.
Hmmm I tend to agree Stan except for one thing. Liability. If the Niners knew that Gore’s hip was injured and they continued letting him run, wouldn’t they be liable financially later on if this became a life long crippling injury? Especially now that it is a known injury?
I am curious Grant, has boobie been getting more reps at running back than usual?
The thing is, Gore knows his condition better than anybody and will continue to run because he wants that cheddar. These guys all do it. They don’t wear knee and thigh pads and then cry about having to get their knees replaced at 40 years old. They lie about concussions to stay in the game and then blame the league after their playing days are over. Gore knew he had issues which is why he wanted that new contract so badly. Both sides are are equally greedy.
Interview on KNBR right now.
Billick and Green picked the 49ers to win this Saturday. Hey someone has their heads on straight.
So does Skip Bayless who is usually correct.
Neal,
Your tounge had to be firmly in your cheek, when you made the Skip Bayless comment, right?
tongue, that is
Green? Is he the Green who is who I thought he was?
Anyhoo…I think the point spread is pretty telling as to public perception. And it’s no surprise. I think it’s 3 or 3.5? I’d say considering how that Saint offence has been playing for the last 2 months, that spread shows people respect the 9ers.
I was also interested by Harbaugh’s comment…he even asked his brother if there is some gentleman’s agreement re. a pre preseason game phone call? Huh… So, I guess he asked cuz he heard sissy pants Payton threw a hissy fit and blitzed like crazy in the pre-season.
Gawd, I hope the 9ers win and Harbaugh tells him to go F himself at the 50 yard line.
Win or Lose, I have alot of respect for this coach. Got love JIM H. GO NINERS
Feeling a little nervous chi? Lol
They will be a hard, hard team next year…. with a hard harder schedule.
I enjoyed the presser today, thought JH handeled it perfectly, don’t know why anyone has a problem with how he handles the media, he is sarcastic and funny, but not rude, and I have said it before, not much different than BB in NE, look at his track record, probably not too many NE fans whining about his conduct.
Ugh… NFL Network is all about Tebow The Movie.
Good grief, it’s gonna be Soul Surfer 2.
Sorta makes sense in a way, another religious athlete without an arm.
wing and a prayer
It’s all in the grist.
What does religion have to do with it?
What does religion have to do with anything, really?
Religion has a lot to do with it. It’s been Tebows identity since he came on the National scene in College. It’s why his games get crazy viewer numbers. He has Christians who have never given a crap about football watching him play because of who he is.
Problem is this is football not the Billy Graham Crusade. As a football player he is mediocre at best, but his faith has made him into this larger than life story. That’s what religion has to do with it.
“He has Christians who have never given a crap about football watching him play because of who he is.”
There’s a scary thought, sort of the mindless zombie set.
Maybe they can flash toll-free 800 numbers across the bottom of the screen during Broncos games. See if they can bilk seniors out of some of that social security money each month. “Secure your lifeboat to Jesus for just $19.95 per month” – something like that.
Maybe Kirk Cameron could do the radio color analysis.
LOL Adam.
ba-dum-bum!
Funny stuff there, Adam
Love the coach’s comment about his wheelhouse. Classic, shows them who is in total control! The niners are going to hit them so hard, it will feel like Katrina II.
For 49er fans it’s all gravy the rest if the way. If we win Sunday let the Super Bowl talk begin. Either way the team is back and will contend in the coming years. Who’s got it better than us?
NOOOOOBOOOOODY!
Right on AngusinCanada, good point, Jim’s comment that he asked his brother about the phone call protocal, confirms that the rumor is true and that Sean Paytonplace is Jim Schwartz’s boyfriend and got jealeous with Harbaugh’s hot and heavy pat on the backside after the Lions game.
Hue FIRED!
@Stan
happy?
No-surprised. 8-8 with no McFadden..but those mistakes like not knowing 2 points is worth more than one point..made yo uwonder about Hue. And “pissed” isnt what you want your head coach to sum up the season.
Still,8-8 in his first year..and fired.
Maybe he should have spent less time shopping for post game pimp suits and drinking Irish coffees. That guy had it coming with his season ending press conference. I haven’t seen that level of arrogance since Mike Nolan.
@Stan
Hue came in to replace a guy who was fired for going 8-8. And on top of that, he traded a 1st and 2nd round pick for a guy who ended the season with a losing record.
Makes sense to me
Loose cannon – after his end of season presser, they knew all they needed to know. Yes they were 8-8 which was lower than expectations. Trade a boat load of draft picks for CP and then not make the playoffs!!?
Hue broke a cardinal Raider rule in that last press conference – he blamed everything on the players and threw them under the bus.
Personally, made me appreciate Harbaugh that much more – he really does look out for his team and would never, ever do that to anyone on his staff or anyone who plays for him. Jackson could learn a few things from Harbaugh and his tight-lipped press conferences.
If there was one thing Al Davis never tolerated, it was a HC selling out the players publically. He might have been a out of touch the last few years, but that was one area where he had the right mindset. Nice to see the Raider organization following the WWAD (what would Al do) thought process and throwing Mr. Jackson under the bus :-).
Thanks BigP you gave me a good laugh.
Stan- Missed another one!!! Earlier in the year, you touted how good of Coach Hue was, how ‘crazy’ JH was. . You posted multiple times that the Raiders were a better team than the Niners, another miss. You also posted that you ‘guaranteed’ that the Carson Palmer trade was a ‘great’ one, just watch and see. Let’s see next year when the Raiders have ZERO picks. I can’t help it Stan, I would say nothing if you didn’t go blabbing of how you are all knowing.
Give us your prediction for the SF v NO game this SAT. So we will all know beforehand what the result will be.
Didnt say all knowing-McFadden’s mysterious illness killed the point of the trade-didnt it? Or,are you telling me they should have-with McFadden,gone with Boller?. Palmer was racking up wins STILL, -and making the trade look EVEN better,then that defense just caved. You ask -I tell you.
Hey,did you read about Lincecum’s weight issues,Huff ‘s alcohol or Russell’s addictions and Gore’s hip coming from ANYBODY else those times on SF Gate or here?? no you didnt. Man-you cant change what was dead on with a few misses..and debateable misses..
Its going to be a close game-no blowout. And blowout is what the national media is predicting.
I figure 27-24 niners. 27 allows a few FG’s!
JH is odd,Hue IS a cool cat. But,it did go to his head-or he was in over his head. Still, 8-8 for a team that has lost for a decade..if he had taken over the Pack and did 8-8…
And that horrid defense. Hue was lost on that.
Beauty parlors?
Stan, why is JH odd? Just because he doesn’t wear his feelings on his sleeve? Doesn’t tell the media anything that can come back to bite him? There is no loyalty between the media and the coaches. Don’t understand calling him odd when there is no history or personal interaction to do so.
I can’t understand what Stan writes. It’s some sort of code or randomness. I think Stan may actually be the Zodiac.
He thinks Harbaugh is odd? Pot, meet kettle.
Stan- I changed nothing, just bringing up what YOU said. Yes I know of quite few people who talked about Lincecum not being is shape, Huff and his hop and barley intake, lot’s of people have speculated about Gore’s hip, I don’t know why you think you’re the only one who ‘thought” of that.
As far as me telling you they should’ve kept playing Boller, no I don’t think that. I just thought it was a BIG risk to mortgage the future [high draft picks] for Carson Palmer, they’re defense has been the problem all along. Al never makes that trade, Hue and his ego got him where he is right now. 49er girl explained why, he committed a [sports] cardinal sin, never, never blame the players in a interview of any sort.
Stan,
Facebook isn’t that bad – get a generic hotmail/gmail/yahoo mail account and create a fake profile with a fake name and a random picture and you’ll be fine. I’m sure Lowell and the other posters miss you.
Harbaugh at Stanford would give one on one interviews-and he was odd, No eye contact..stare away..just like he never talked to people all day long. AFTER 30 YEARS OF THE NFL and before? He’s looking better to fans since he has won..but I sure had LOTS of company-and you all remember early this year.
Look- i get your jealous..you ignore the hits..you ignore that I was emailing KNBR/Comcast in 2008 for the 49ers to hire Harbaugh..they read it on air and Raddy and Woodsen shook their heads no….said Harbaugh wasnt ready!
Sorry,that many cant understand the gray areas..only black and white. But when I’m right-I’m right.
Some people understand-others ignore the BIG facts and look for my spilled crumbs.
I still say..a Kawakami or Poole or Purdy would crow until the cows come home if they could have hit on Russell’s addiction or Lincecums issues,etc. They would have won awards.. I know that.
All i got was derision for being right. And they sure as hell werent lucky guesses my freinds!
I dont want to hear OTHERS said the same things..yeah,AFTER the truths came out.
Lowell knows..nobody else.
Should have said Lowell knows like nobody else..since he had to read those ideas..and those ideas were ahead of the curve. Its not bragging-its my answer.
I can see your brown eyes from here!
I’ll let you be now, peace.
>>I can’t understand what Stan writes. It’s some sort of code or randomness.
You have to run it through the “Lowell Cohn Article/Raiders/every other sport except football” filter. Then it makes perfect sense.
came down to mark davis didn’t want hue around and told mckenzie it was his first order of business
LC could come on the blog and verify the veracity of Stan’s position….via the son if need be
Personally I don’t think the Palmer trade was a bad one for the Raiders. He showed he still has the big arm and given an offseason I think he’ll be fine. I think Hue lost his job with his final PC. Blaming his players and other members of the Coaching staff doesn’t win you many friends and then his desire for more power probably ended any chance he had of coming back.
Zodiac.
@Adam
“He thinks Harbaugh is odd? Pot, meet kettle.”
Well, maybe Stan has met JH. So the pot did meet the kettle.
Doubt it. But not an impossible feat.
True.
I think we should demand a handwriting sample – just in case he is the Zodiac.
49ergirl thanks..but I already had one I never used..I dont think you can make a second. And I dont know if deleteing the one I have and almost never use would work..they go by IP address.
Would be better..I hate letting things go unsaid on BANG and PD..lol.
They go by e-mail account, not by IP address. You can have as many FB accounts as you want – you just need another e-mail address to get set-up.
We’ll see who gets whipped on Saturday. You bet we’re going to let the dogs out! Saints 31 – 9′ers 20 (and that’s only if Gore has a good day)
@Stan
What is BANG? You keep referencing it.
AHHH-GREAT I didnt know that about FB.
BANG 49er girl, is short for Bay Area News Group..a Corporate title for what used to be just the Oakland Tribune(and Merc)..and local papers.
oopDS9..see? I admit I am not perfect!
Also-Im a bit older…no PC expert. So I never did save those posts to SF Gate..and they in turn banned me and deleted all I wrote. I take that to be KNBR/Giant or Giant fan trolls in collusion.
A few like Max or Neal read them I think.
@Stan
“oopDS9..see? I admit I am not perfect!”
I don’t know if I ever insinuated that you never admit to being wrong. Others have. If I did, I apologize. : )
Others here actually have though. At least one thinks they know more than JH.