SANTA CLARA — Jim Harbaugh was asked at his Wednesday press conference why he suspended Brandon Jacobs for the rest of the season. Here’s what Harbaugh said.
Q: You guys suspended RB Brandon Jacobs on Monday. What was the reasoning behind suspending him?
HARBAUGH: “The league has a process when you suspend a player that you go through. So you’re really not in a position to be talking about that. We’ll let that work its way through the system. In terms of why or how we felt, our actions can speak for themselves there.”
Q: Most times there’s a reason, conduct detrimental to the team. Does it fall under that category?
HARBAUGH: “Yes…well, I mean, again, let me stay away from categorizing anything, let it go through the process. It works, there’s a process that you work through. Not really at liberty to talk about it.”
Q: Did you address the team about this, a matter of what you want out of your guys in the locker room and how to behave and act?
HARBAUGH: “That message is a daily one. How we do things, is we talk about it every single day in some form or fashion. There was no team meeting that took place this week.”
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We are starting to see JH authorize his power. His ego is not letting him see things the right way. What did he think was gonna happen with Jacobs. You sign him as free agent, if your not using him of course the veteran RB would be upset. Who wouldn’t? Why not release him earlier in the year instead of letting him boil. They have more than enough depth at the position. This was just another control/power play for Harbaugh.
The Jacobs thing meant nothing Prime. No risk really. I wish they would have kept that Stanford WR kid though who was an undrafted rookie instead, since they never used Jacobs for all but 1 or 2 plays. I’d rather keep potential than benchwarmer.
I always liked Dixon and am happy we didn’t part ways with him at the expense of Jacobs though.
WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU? DIXON SUCK’S, THEY SHOULD LET HIM GO, AND ALEX TOO, COM’ON MANN
Letting go of Dixon would decrease the RB depth chart. And release Smith when there’s a possibility Kaepernick could get injured due to the inconsistent pass protection from our OL? Really?! We need both Kaepernick and Smith in order to win it all this season.
Being upset is one thing. Making an ass out of yourself on social media even after the coach tells you to knock it off is another. Baalke picked him up to compete as their power runner. Boobie out-played him. No one saw that coming before preseason. However, BJ showed something so they kept him for depth, something completely reasonable and within their power to do. Then BJ let his mouth out-run his brain as he had in the past in NY. The rest is, as they say, history.
Oh and, it’s Harbaugh’s job as Head Coach to assert his power. You shouldn’t be surprised when he does so.
No need then if he lost the job in TC or being hurt to keep him around. It’s bad business when you let a veteran rot. Let him go and play. It’s not like the guy has many more years. Yeah the NFL is a business but the way this guy is handling business is brutal.
Automatic,
Harbaugh could do no wrong a 6 weeks ago. He inserts a new QB for some reason and now hes a power hungry egomaniac. Thats according to prime timea poster that got banned and came back onto our beloved blog. Where is his credibility??? However, he wants to tell us that our head coach has issues with his coaching style. Funny!!!
Prime,
You mean like Alex is rotting? He was partially rotten already.
Kinda like how you have been rotting your whole life hating on Alex. That stuff eats your soul. I’d be careful with that!
Your wrong, If you let him go he can go to? (Giants) Or any other play off them that wants him, With all the info he has about the 49ers that team needs to beat the 49ers, A bitter player will do that. Harbaugh is not authorize his power, He doing whats best for the team, Get it right nun nut’s
He should have been let go before the bye week. He has played maybe 4 snaps and its week 15. No need to keep him til now. Like I said its bad business letting a vet sit.
He would never go back to the Giants anyways. They have a stable of young backs. And you could have always traded him. The 49ers played this situation terribly.
Prime. You say, “Like I said its bad business letting a vet sit.” True. But they haven’t utilized a healthy Moss very much. Well, I mean, he’s not exactly “rotting” or sitting, but I think its safe to say Moss is not being properly utilized. But, you don’t see Moss pissing-n-moaning on Instagram/Twitter/Facebook, etc.,etc.,etc. Because Randy Moss is a TEAM player.
What I’m getting at is, the way they are handling Jacobs is not really a bad business move, IMO. Here’s why I think that: Ray McDonald stated (when asked if this was the right decision) and I quote, “I guess. He’s not about the team. The coaches feel that he’s not trying to help the team. They made the right decision.” Maybe this is why he got limited playing time once he was healthy. And what’s one thing us blog bums can agree upon?! …. Harbs is all about The team. The team. The team.
But who knows? We don’t know what exactly’s going on. You’re entitled to your opinion, and you make good points, you really do, but I’m not buying into the whole”The 49ers played this situation terribly.”, becasue what Mac said was very telling. Sitting a vet is bad business; I agree. But being all about yourself is a very bad bussiness move, as well.
What’s with the never ending itallics?!
El G, Moss dresses and gets snaps. BJ does not dress or play. Big difference. One can achieve bonus incentives, the other does not even get to try. Two completely different situations.
I know. You’re right. I was just making the point that Moss wasn’t being utilized properly, but even so, Randy is a team player. Mac eluded to the fact that Jacobs is not a team player. And it appears he’s paying for it. Well, if in fact all this is true. That short interview was very telling. And had it not been for that one statement, I would have to agree that what the 9ers did/are doing is bad business. But if Jacobs is not being a team player … he deserves all of this.
Good points EL G. But how can Jacobs be a team player if he is not playing? He has been healthy for the past 7 games, he wants to play. If they don’t need him, they should have traded him or released him.
No vet player should have to sit and wait his turn. If there was no role for him, you gotta let him seek employment elsewhere. JH still thinks like a college coach.
Prime thats ridiculous.
Veterans can sit and wait their turn just like everyone else. Its a team sport and if the younger guy is better than the veteran, the veteran gets to be the backup. The overarching goal is to improve the quality and stability of the team, not the individual player’s career. Doesn’t matter college, pros, high school. In fact, in college and high school, if a player isn’t getting the playing time, they transfer, so its actually more about the individual in school.
Well … that’s what I’m sayin’, Prime. Maybe he was all about himself from jump street. He gets injured and it only intesified his displeasure with his role on the team. I don’t know? Ya know?! Another thing that kinda reinforces this “theory” is his little visit to Giants locker room. Don’t recall Isaac Bruce, Mario Manningham, Adam Snyder, David Baas, or Darrell Jackson visiting their former team in the locker room after a game. On the field is one thing, but after the game?! Struck me as kind of … odd. Anyway, I don’t think Harbs & CO. would sit Jacobs just because “they can“. There has to be a damn good reason.
Prime,
If you dont like the way the coach is running the team, why are ypu still on the blog? Nobody is degrading the coach who saved your boyfriends career except you, smiths girlfriend. Go get a pedicure or something.. We’re tired of your whining. Big sissy!
You have been whinning for the past 2 years so now you know how we all felt with your crap. I’ll be here complaining and cheering for as long as I want. No one is forcing you to read my comments.
Now go ask Santa for another Barbie doll house so you can play with Bay!
Prime
Rooting for Alex to get his job back is not in the Niners’ best interests, don’t you see that?
He’d have to stink it up for that to happen, which wouldn’t be good. Plus, Colin is doing everything just as well or better than Alex did, but for 1/8 the price, so keeping Alex is bad for the team, financially speaking.
So again, why are you cheering for a back up to get his job back?
Tarzan find a post where I said Alex should get his job back and I will donate a $100 to your favourite charity in your God awful name. Deal? If you cannot find one you return the favor?
Prime
Still not familiar with this Tarzan you speak of, but …
I don’t rehash old threads or make bets. Those who do make bets on blogs have no reason to keep up their side, seen it with a few guys on here.
But I’m glad you’re not still advocating for Alex, like I believe you were after the Bears game. I believe you. It’s been good to read some of your posts recently, with the exception of the ones where you let Jordan bait you back into the Alex talk.
Prime
Are you also Angus in Canada? You both add the telltale “u” to the word favor. How many different computers do you post from?
Tarzan stop pretending. If you say I’m advocating for Alex to play again, show me? Otherwise don’t lie.
Apparently that’s everyone comeback to me, I’m everyone and anyone including myself. You guys keep saying that cause no one can hang with me!
Prime / Angus
Hang with you? Sure. Tell me where you are and I’ll come have a beer with you. See what you’re really made of, shall we?
Tarzan now your a tough guy wanting to meet?
Prime Angus Beefcake
Is that what you take me for? I was thinking more along the lines of having a few beers, talking about our beloved Niners, maybe having nightcap, see where the evening takes us ;)
Yikes!
Sycophant
“Rooting for Alex to get his job back is not in the Niners’ best interests, don’t you see that?”
That is The point that many haters seem to miss while they rooted for alex to fail…
Dangle
Alex was far better than any other QB the team had until CK or Tolzien came aboard. Fact is, Alex hit his ceiling in the NO game last playoffs, then took a major sh*t in the Giants game. I’m not an Alex hater, but it’s beyond obvious that CK is the better QB, and the future of the franchise!!!
Prime Beefcake
I was just f*cking with you. Point is, you’re a good fan, such is obvious from the majority of your posts, and I would be happy to drink a beer with you. Just keep bringing it, but cutout the insults, right? I’m done with that. You’re good.
- T / PBL / OM / NO
sycophant,
I don’t really think that is a response to what I said. I’m all about CK, but rooting against your teams starting QB is rooting against your teams starting QB, regardless of who it is.
I was hoping we would keep Cartwright instead of Jacobs for the ST ability. I don’t know this for a fact, but I would bet that Jacobs preseason injury is what actually have him a job this long. JH couldn’t cut him after the injury without having to pay a penalty, so he since he was going to be paid regardless, he him around incase he was needed or by chance got good.
Interesting observations and if true then it would lead to the following conclusions: 1) Harbaugh makes decisions in large part based on money, and 2) Harbaugh protects players once they get hurt. Not sure either one is true.
I would have preferred Cartwright over Jacobs for his Special Teams abilities as well. No baggage either. And cheaper. And Rock had a pretty good pre season rushing as well. That was a really odd decision in hindsight.
Bye bye Jacobs. And before you go, let me remind you that you put your own butt in this position. We’ll enjoy that sixth Super Bowl title without you.
Maybe he wasn’t a good teammate in practice, not helping the younger guys, not well liked by teammates, maybe he came in feeling entitled to playing time, or maybe after he got hurt he just plain couldn’t out compete hunter for carries and was being a sore loser because of it we don’t know what goes on behind the scenes all we know is he ran his mouth too much now he’s not doing any running at all because of it.
The Jacobs fiasco seems to be just another example of Harbaugh letting guys lose their jobs due to injury. this is not a critique of JH, his methods have worked thus far, I am just trying to understand.
There was never any guarantee for BJ, but it seemed likely early on that he would at Least be the #3 back and share about equally with KH. However when Jacobs got injured, the RB heirarchy adjusted and KH was playing too well to take carries away from him. I think its as simple as that.
Plus with Jacobs everybody in the world knew that as soon as he popped off he would get the boot.
Dangle
I never had that feeling. Dixon if he learned to not dance around so much is just as good a player. Who also plays special teams and gives the best interviews. Jacobs does neither.
Up till this preseason though Dixon danced. He didn’t this year, and I think the Niners got Jacobs to replace Dixon’s role. Once Dixon proved himself, Jacobs lost his role here.
On top of that, FG was pretty good this year in short yardage (he wasn’t the past few years). So the short yardage exclusive runner really lost its need here.
DS,
Thats a good point that I hadn’t considered. I would have put a lot of money on dixon getting cut at the end of camp. But he did get a fire lit under his bum and clearly the ST value is important.
Jacobs suspended himself
Scrubs will always n scrubs