Evolution of Jim Harbaugh, from NCAA to NFL

Former San Francisco 49ers weight Delanie Walker He remembers training camp in 2012. years, which begins as practice, she always had – while the Jim Harbaugh coach called the team in Midfielder Polish.

“We mean,” Yes, yes, he will cancel the practice, “Walker said.” “Let’s go to the water park or something.” “

Harbaugh began talking about the team about his NFC Western Rivals. The Seattle Seahawks They were at the Harbaugh’s entertainment park. St. Louis Rams and Arizona Cardinal They also enjoyed the day off, he said. “Guess what 49ers will do today?” She asked Harbaugh.

They would practice – intense. At least a hundred plays: “Everyone else takes breaks, 49eries,” Harbaugh said.

“Everyone was kind that day,” Walker said while laughing.

This was that Jim Harbaugh: worked with his players on the Ivik of exhaustion, and then some. The method was effective – until everything was sucked. But Harbaugh is innate in the Renaissance period for 49er; That season has reached San Francisco Super Bowl Xlvii.

“There will be no magical formulas,” Harbaugh promised Los Angeles chargers Fans at his introductory conference for journalists in 2024. “The only ones I know are just good, old-fashioned hard work.”

While Harbaugh is greatly operating in the same way, the version of the charger trainer evolved. Has He trades in Kakisa For gray pants. His training camp practices have crossed the intensity of games in what his former players see as to a closer version of the flag football which priorities priorities that the team is healthy.

“There’s different. Now it’s like,” Yes, let’s take that vacation. ‘ It’s like “Damn, who’s this brother?” “Said Walker, who was a volunteer coach with chargers during last year’s training. “This Jim Harbaugh, he must have been more beautiful. So when people say he changed, I’d say he changed to better games.”

Old Harbaugh upset some players, coaches and Ekecs. This is Harbaugh, now 61 years, hardened by the failures and lessons of his first NFL and early struggles at the college ranges, they approach the job differently. It could be the difference in whether Harbaugh reaches the goal of conquering a super bowl – and how long the chargers can tolerate it. The second year Harbaugh in Los Angeles begins Friday, when chargers face with Kansas City Chiefs In Sao Paulo (20.00 ET, YouTube).

“You don’t want things to get stood up,” Harbaugh said. “It’s like excessive fruit, stale bread, burned meat; you have to change things.”

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Through Harbaugh’s two decades Coaching There are two fractions of his former players and coaches: Those who despise him – often public – And those who are supporters. The words “crazy” or “crazy” to describe Harbaugh, are common among both groups, but the meaning depends on who speaks.

Don’t look away from San Francisco. Despite three directions of NFC championship and appearance of Super Bowl, Harbaugh’s approach Has fixed the front office. And the players were tired of Harbaugh.

“He just pushed the boys too far,” former offensive tional room 49. Alex Boone He said at HBO “real sports with Briant buttons” in April. “He wanted too much, he demanded too much, expected too much. … and you’ll be like this guy may be clinically crereal. He is crazy.

The amount of Harbaugh asks its players is now his most significant change. This is clearly with charger practices. This season, NFL selected chargers for Hall of Fame Gamesgiving them an additional assumption and add practicing time. Therefore, Harbaugh has reduced the required time in the facility to avoid fatigue.

Harbaugh communicates strict temporal to players on the eve of each practice. This is common for defensive background to raise both hands instead of trying to refuse the passage or listen that stops in the middle of the passing party, adhering to Harbaugh’s rules. There are loud shouting and reprimand from coaches and players, when players stray from tempo.

Veterans, who played elsewhere, routinely praise Harbaugh due to their current practice of practice: “It’s not super normal around the league, it’s different, I like it, I like” Donte Jackson said.

But that does not mean that Harbaugh’s practices are easy.

“Six days a week, and every day is only intense,” security Elija Molden said.

JT Rogan, who worked for Harbaugh as a directors of communication / operation for two years in Michigan, has the best point for Harbaugh’s Evolution. Rogan was an all-American run back for Harbaugh at the University of San Diego, he worked for him at Stanford and tried him as a player in San Francisco.

Rogan said that Harbaugh’s time in Michigan, pointing out Harbaugh’s Ohio, and his use of analytics, who changed his coaching style and wins Michigan to win in Kinal season in Harbaughu.

The legitimacy of that championship, however, will forever be blind in polemic after various NCAA sanctions were charged against Harbaugh for breaking the rules.

“He took that feedback and he has really high emotional intelligence, although you may not call it emotional,” Rogan said.

He continued, “For people who are like,” who wears the same clothes every day all the time? “Or” who wears heating on a plane? “Like it will bring his intellect closer and his ability to take feedback, then develop, but he has.”

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Harbaugh’s first year In Los Angeles, he was in connection with changing the franchise culture synonymous with disappointment. Chargers’ Week 11. Match with Cincinnati Bengals It seemed to be a turn point.

La built 27-6 lead over Bengal at the beginning of the third quarter, and then the game began to improve in a way in a way cheerleaders. (The fan base has a word for this repetitive side: “Blowing“). Bengals scored 21 unanswered points, as sampling Joe Burrow Found wide receiver Ja’arrr Chase To make a test to tie results in 27 with 12:12 left.

But chargers won the game, thanks to two 27-yard-plus gripper than a wide receiver Ladd McConkei and touchdown running back JK Dobbins at the last drive. The victory seemed to win the authorized moment for the franchise and the first clear stamp of Harbaugh’s influence in LA

“There’s been a lot of games over the years where we put into that place and we came in short,” said the former Rusher Joey barefootwho developed in a star as if 3 Pick in 2016 years, but was released after a disappointing 2024 season and now with Buffalo Bills. “There was a lack of belief in what you could drag him in situations before.”

But there were chargers for eight weeks later against Houston Tekans – In its first appearance of playoffs from one of the most harmless losses in the history of the team 2023. Years – It looks like the chargers of the elder.

Star Traktback Justin Herbertwho threw three league-low intercepts during the regular season, threw four that day. He became the first NFL player who threw more choices in the game in the landscape season. Texans pressed Herbert at 50% of their paws, and chargers suffered a 32-12 Beatdown – Another embarrassment for the playoffs.

Los Angeles hopes, however, that Houston’s game was an anomaly and Cincinnati’s match was standard.

“We did not achieve the ultimate success reserved for the World Champion,” Harbaugh said earlier these off-season. “But (there) is so good to be installed; it creates a lot of excitement for me and (General Manager of Joe Hortiz) while we build version 2.0.”

Increased victories in the amount and post-season success have historically defined the second year under teams LED Harbaugh. He went from 7-4 in his first season at the University of San Diego at 11-1 next year, winning a pioneer football league. After 2007, he took 1-11 Stanford Team, the Cardinal was 5-7 in the second season, closely by leaking the Match Cook. Harbaugh’s 49ers went to Super Bowl in the second season. (In the first two seasons in Michigan, Harbaugh led Volverines to return back 10-3 seasons.)

Ali Harbaugh already has a battle of the battle to reoper that is a jump in the second year in La Pro Bowl Left Trackle Rashavn Slater suffered the seasonal end Patellar tendon. Repaid Najee Harris They missed the entire training camp after July of the fourth fireworks damaged his eye. La travels the most miles in the NFL this season, starting from bosses in Brazil, and that opener follows divisionage brooms against Attackers and Broncos.

No matter how much Outlook looks difficult for this season, chargers appear confidently, believing in Harbaugh’s process.

But so always begins for Harbaugh’s teams, before tension, frustration and michigan, sanctions happen. Chargers hope that this version of Harbaugh holds them in the long run from the honeymoon.

“Let’s go to Super Bowl,” Harbaugh said. “It’s our goal. We’ll do it or die trying.”