11-17-2016, 04:30 PM
(11-17-2016, 02:48 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: I have to disagree. I don't think the guys who retired, did so because they hated Harbaugh. A few of them retired due to concussion concerns and Justin Smith was just at that age. If they retired due to Harbaugh, why didn't they come back when he left? So yeah, that's a silly accusation IMO.
Baalke just butted ego's with Harbaugh and held the higher position. That's all there is to it. Jim had a fantastic run in SF, and the 49ers have been complete crap before and immediately after his tenure. All the guy does is win, if management stays out of his way.
Edit: I just looked it up, and Justin Smith, Patrick Willis, Chris Borland etc all retired AFTER Harbaugh was fired. So maybe you should rethink your stance that players hated him? Again, I think Harbaugh's only issue was with Baalke. I did hear rumblings that Kaep didn't like Harbaugh, but consider the source. Kaep takes issue with a lot of stuff.
The timing of their retirement was the season Harbaugh was canned, as in a couple months after it was official. The long standing thought that last year was Harbaugh drove them too hard and was fracturing the team (see Alex Boone defending him the year before then saying he wanted to kick his ass that season). You can say Harbaugh was already gone, but the damage was already done. I can see your all in, so nothing I say will change that, but I do not believe Harbaugh will come back to the NFL. If he does, I would bet money he doesn't last past 4 years at any one place.
