Posted on 04/20/2015 12:41:08 PM PDT by rey
Jim Harbaugh ended the 49ers' eight-year playoff drought in his first season. In year two, San Francisco made its first Super Bowl appearance since 1994. Despite his success, any warm feelings between the head coach and his players went away quickly.
"He does a great job of giving you that spark, that initial boom," 49ers offensive lineman Alex Boone says on an upcoming episode of HBO's "Real Sports With Bryant Gumble," according to ProFootballTalk. "But after a while, you just want to kick his.... He just keeps pushing you, and you're like, 'Dude, we got over the mountain. Stop. Let go.' He kind of wore out his welcome."
Harbaugh himself didn't deny his tendency to wear on people.
"They just don't want to be around you after a while," he said.
Harbaugh and the 49ers parted ways after his fourth season, the first in which San Francisco failed to reach the playoffs with an 8-8 record, though he was already rumored to be on the hot seat before the regular season began because of his overbearing style.
"I think he just pushed guys too far," Boone said. "He wanted too much, demanded too much, expected too much. You know, 'We gotta go out and do this. We gotta go out and do this. We gotta go out and do this.' And you'd be like, 'This guy might be clinically insane. He's crazy.'
"I think that if you're stuck in your ways enough, eventually people are just going to say, 'Listen, we just can’t work with this.'"
After his separation from the 49ers, Harbaugh was quickly picked up by his alma mater, the University of Michigan. For now, the two appear to be enjoying the honeymoon period, though it might be brief.
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Furthermore, his Republican leanings may have something with people willing to label him insane.
Paid millions, they don’t want to work harder
Hmmm... this article was published by the 'Press-Democrat', so maybe you are on to something.
The name of the publication says it all:
The Press is Democrat...
Whine bags. Either earn your millions or come get a real job like the rest of us.
The truly insane are those who pay outrageous ticket prices to see a bunch of over amped steroidal idiots trying to break each others bodily parts and pretending to be playing football.
I have a buddy whose dad a prominent trainer for a professional sports team. He could not stand those prima donnas by the time he retired.
99,000 at the Oh State spring game Saturday.
Suburban Meyer is earning that big contract he just signed, LOL.
How can he be believed? He said earlier that Harbaugh was fine.
That is why Harbaugh was and will be a successful college coach. The kids are only there for a few years so by the time they get tired of the act they are gone.
Well most folks playing in the NFL have had their butts kissed pretty much since high school. So it’s not difficult to see the ego issues.
It’s also why so many have “issues” after retirement when there’s nobody kissing anymore.
He pushed them, so what? He continued to push them. Why? They had not won the Superbowl. Isn’t that the goal?
Pansies everywhere.
Sigh.. My Gophers are in for a tough year. Nothing new.
I’m a Purdue fan, ditto.
But hey, no crowding at the games, LOL.
:: 49ers offensive lineman Alex Boone ::
Whaaaaaaaaa!
The coach hurt my multi-million-a-dollar a year feelings
Bingo!
That’s OK the “Huskers” will take care of business!
Belichick pushes his players harder, but you rarely hear players or former players complain (notable exception is Wes Welker), but Belichick has the hardware and the complete backing of Patriots owner Robert Kraft. Harbaugh doesn’t have a ring and didn’t have the backing of one of the worst owners in the NFL. Both of those things make a huge difference....
Vince Lombardi could never have made it as a coach today.
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