Here’s one thing that has bothered me - the idea Jim was somehow “overrated” in prior stints.
It’s fair to question a lot of things. Is he the same guy? Has he ceded too much control? Has he become complacent with his big contract and having his whole family around him? Do we have a “culture” problem?
But returning to my point.
Guy Chamberlin (1922-27), John Madden, Vince Lombardi, George Allen.
Those are the four coaches in the history of NFL football with a higher winning percentage than Jim Harbaugh’s .695.
5-11, 7-9, 8-8, 6-10 - those were the 49ers records in the four years before JH.
The next three years under JH: 13-3, 11-4-1, 12-4. Two NFC championship games and a Super Bowl.
Kap was 25-12 as a starter under JH; 50 TDs, 21 picks. After that, 3-16 with 22 TDs and 9 picks.
Jim was a great NFL coach, and we could do this same analysis for Stanford.
Can he get it back? I have no idea. But this “he got lucky with Andrew Luck” stuff (a kid he recruited) is wrong.
It’s fair to question a lot of things. Is he the same guy? Has he ceded too much control? Has he become complacent with his big contract and having his whole family around him? Do we have a “culture” problem?
But returning to my point.
Guy Chamberlin (1922-27), John Madden, Vince Lombardi, George Allen.
Those are the four coaches in the history of NFL football with a higher winning percentage than Jim Harbaugh’s .695.
5-11, 7-9, 8-8, 6-10 - those were the 49ers records in the four years before JH.
The next three years under JH: 13-3, 11-4-1, 12-4. Two NFC championship games and a Super Bowl.
Kap was 25-12 as a starter under JH; 50 TDs, 21 picks. After that, 3-16 with 22 TDs and 9 picks.
Jim was a great NFL coach, and we could do this same analysis for Stanford.
Can he get it back? I have no idea. But this “he got lucky with Andrew Luck” stuff (a kid he recruited) is wrong.
