My Question to this topic is why? Sure he has done well at Stanford.
He has taken a team that was absolutely awful and made them relevant.
That is absolutely a huge accomplishment and I have no doubts he is a
good coach (even if I do despise his arrogance and lack of class) But
he has only done it for a whopping 4 years and his record is 29–21 (.
580). He was at San Diego for 3 years before stanford and was a
quarterback coach with the Raiders before that. What about that says
that he should reportedly be offered 8 million from the dolphins
(making him the highest paid coach in the NFL) and then 6 million from
the 49ers. Throwing the amount of money that they are talking about
at this guys is completely crazy. He hasn't even been a coordinator
in the NFL let alone a head coach.
If you look back at all of the coaches that have made the jump
from college to the NFL, you have to go back to Jimmy Johnson to find
one that was successful. And we're talking about guys that were way
more successful at the college ranks. Nick Saban and Steve Spurrier
both tried their hand at the NFL after extensive success at the
college level where they had won national championships and they both
failed. Harbough has been had one great season at college for one
year, which by no means screams prolonged success. I think that all
of the hype is blown way out of proportion on this guy.
I am hoping that the niners come to their senses and realize
that it isn't worth the price you will have to pay when history
repeatedly tells us that the NFL is a completely different animal than
college. College success doesn't necessarily translate to Pro
success. The guys in the pros aren't the young brainiacs that he has
gotten to deal with at Stanford and I feel the hype is way bigger than
what they guy will deliver.
Please Niners, DON'T DO IT!!!
