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This understated, now narrative of yours is low-key comparing Rhule to Harbaugh. I just can't get with it. Rhule was a NCAA guy pretending to be an NFL coach. Harbaugh has shown outstanding understanding and knowledge at both levels.

The Vikings aren't what they appear (or perhaps they are). I almost guarantee that if Harbaugh was coaching them, they would be serious contenders as opposed to pretenders. Watch how it all plays out with them.

Running should be the main way you move the ball. It's the preferred way to move the ball if you can do it effectively. Why would anyone want to do otherwise?

I tend to agree, but I will inject that the players obviously weren't put into a position to succeed. That being the case, personally I just can't throw them out with the bathwater. I understand why you do, but I've seen enough to know that they can play better.

If there is immediate evidence of growth, the two will get along just fine. Winning will be a salve for any interpersonal conflicts or quirks that Tepper and Harbaugh may have.

I wasn't aware that calls to the Panthers were made; I assumed it was the other way around. If his agent contacted the Panthers, that adds a little fuel to Harbaugh actually becoming the guy. Of course, the conversation may have been pretentious, or not. Harbaugh is so eccentric.

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No way. If Tepper has his way, we get Jim Harbaugh and tale Lamar Jackson from John Harbaugh and proceed to go on and win a Super Bowl. That would be kind of ironic.

I was going to say something similar, but your post is actually better. Some are talking like running is a bad thing. My philosophy is to run until you can't. Why would you do otherwise? The key is when it comes time to pass, you have to have skill players that can get it done. Use the run to set up the pass and the pass to set up the run. Within that mindset, If running is working, keep running because you have less ways to fug up.

I couldn't agree more. First round talent is generally first round talent (and the same for any round). Literally the ONLY thing that changes is the year and the pool of players. The pool of players changes every year, and no one can say which draft is actually better until many many years down the road, if they can do it then. I mean, it's easy to look over the years and determine if a particular draft was special positionally, but it's probably very subjective as to grading entire draft classes versus one another. Historically, first round talent is first round talent, and they're the ones that stay in the league the most. Equating an actual first round pick---literally an opportunity to draft in the first round---to a second or third is ultimately disingenuous (especially to a team that is rebuilding). On an off note, picks are so valuable that the NFL limits teams using them as draft capital to three years in advance. I think that three year window is a good gage to indicate that basically in terms of the three-year period, the NFL views all the picks similarly (if you understand what I'm saying).

Only a Huddler would try and convince us that a first is really a second or a third even. That's some new math right there if I've ever seen it.

Not only that, Steichen could flame out just as much as any coach. Why deal in hypotheticals? If a crap shoot it is, give me the guy who's actually proven something as a head coach in the NFL.

I think that Harbaugh would be a smart move...at least until it's not. I think that you at least have to try, and it seems as though Tepper has. I'm skeptical Jimbo is coming here though (or anywhere in the league). On to Steichen and Johnson and whoever else at the appointed times.

Well, Tepper didn't want to match a highly questionable to dumb contract. I can't fault him for that.

His NFL coaching record pretty much speaks for itself. I really don't know how you can argue that it wasn't damned good---better than most. Sometimes personalities clash. That doesn't mean the 49ers or Vikings were right (or wrong).

Yessir! If we pay him like a great player, he needs to play like one. No more Shaq Thompson deals: great money, good player most of the time. Burns needs to be a great player all of the time. So far, he hasn't done that, which is the main reason why he's polarizing.

I want him to return back good as new too, but we all know that all he's going to do is get hurt again. If ever there was a player that you can say "when, not if," it's D-Jac. That's unfortunate. And, to be honest, I'm beginning to wonder if Horn is going to follow in his footsteps. *Sigh*

Perhaps, but I wouldn't bet the house on it if I were you. He's hedging, maybe for money or power or something. He's got to know that he can only jerk the chains of these NFL owners for so long before they just blackball him due to his schtick.

He was putting up numbers his senior year at LSU before he got hurt. He was also a higher ranked recruit than either Jefferson or Chase coming into LSU.

Well...

Hell yeah, Tepper is making moves.

Nope. People are interested because of his past success in the NFL. He's more than doubled his losses, almost won a Super Bowl, and he arguably never had the best team, and certainly had a decidedly limited QB that he put into a position for success. As for this ultra conservative philosophy you're talking about, it's certainly not reflected in his 49 teams' stats. But even still, why not run to success if you can? There were some pretty good QBs and teams in a pass-happy league when he was at the helm, and yet he figured out how to hang with them all.

The money aspect is important, but all the owners can match any contract if they so choose. No one's likely going to pay Harbaugh 100 mil, but if they do, they certainly won't get to 200 mil (unless they're nuts). That being said, any owner can win Harbaugh's services. It's going to take more than just money.

Coaching contracts aren't in the billions, they're in the millions, and relatively low millions at that. Any NFL owner can pay Harbaugh big money. It's not a matter of money, it's a matter of will. It's a matter of other things like control, power and length of contract. The owners will be thinking about perception and value as well. They don't want to look like fools by overpaying. They'll only go so far. Tepper has already proven that he's willing to go outside the norms to get his guy.