Jim Harbaugh could be Carolina Panthers' real deal

[Laetitia]

(By Scott Fowler, [email protected]) Do you want Jim Harbaugh to come to Charlotte and work for the Panthers?p/You can be forgiven if you have forgotten that Harbaugh, Stanford's head coach, has already been there and done that.

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[Lumps]

I like to see ties like these. They aren't John Elway, but better than nothing like San Fran and probably any other team.

[Lumps]

Harbaugh: "I think you play as long as you can, and then you coach, and then you die."

"Harbaugh also bows to no one, which former Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelly might remember. In 1997, while still a player, Harbaugh took a swing at Kelly after Kelly had questioned Harbaugh's toughness in a TV broadcast."

This is actually a decent article if you want to know a little more about Harbaugh.

[justin6816]

eric mangini has been let go by clevenland has coach

[SteveSmithTD89]

but but but.... shefter said we werent going to pursue harbaugh...

[Mr. Scot]

Quote I liked...

Said Oliver Luck, the father of star quarterback Andrew and a former NFL quarterback himself: "In the parents' section, I sit there with heart surgeons, partners in major law firms - these kids are mostly from affluent families.

"And yet Jim has convinced these kids they are a lunch-pail, unionized, when-in-doubt-hit-somebody kind of team. Prior to Jim, Stanford was considered soft. Now those players smack you in the face. And that's all Jim."

[mountainpantherfan]

Great read. Loved all of the quotes. If anyone is questioning why NFL teams are still interested in a college coach, read this article and you'll know why.

[SorthNarolina]

Quote I loved...

Said Harbaugh: "I enjoy being out on the field and having your fingers right in the pie. I enjoy the feeling that gives you. You feel like you're walking out on a ledge: 'What the heck are we doing this to ourselves for?

Read more: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/01/03/1951939/harbaugh-could-be-the-real-deal.html#ixzz1A0KcZHhx

he uses pie in his football analogies!

[C47]

Quote I loved...

he uses pie in his football analogies!

That seals it....Jerry give this man a blank fuging check!!!

[C47]

Gannt seems sure that Harbaugh is in the consideration despite Schefter and every other national media talking head....I'm going with Darin on this one....

daringantt‎ They have, despite reports. RT @TedtheThird Why is all the Harbaugh talked centered on SF? You would think Car would give a look.

[Anybodyhome]

You're right, Darin Gantt is a much more highly respected football writer for the local Charlotte or Gastonia paper than Adam Schefter is a national NFL writer. Gantt has better sources and has open doors everywhere around the league while Schefter is some hack trying to eek out a living behind a typewriter.

[MrBubba]

You're right, Darin Gantt is a much more highly respected football writer for the local Charlotte or Gastonia paper than Adam Schefter is a national NFL writer. Gantt has better sources and has open doors everywhere around the league while Schefter is some hack trying to eek out a living behind a typewriter.

Could both be right. Gantt one would think has good sources in the Panther HQ. So Gantt's assertion that the Panthers are interested could be true. Schefter could have sources close to Harbaugh saying he isn't interested in Charlotte and also be correct. Either Gantt or Schefter could also be getting smokescreens from people inside JR's secret lair.

[TheRealDeal]

I am Carolina's RealDeal

[SorthNarolina]

You're right, Darin Gantt is a much more highly respected football writer for the local Charlotte or Gastonia paper than Adam Schefter is a national NFL writer. Gantt has better sources and has open doors everywhere around the league while Schefter is some hack trying to eek out a living behind a typewriter.

national writers also have a lot more to cover so they don't know as much as a local guy.

I wouldn't underestimate the credibility of the writer that has covered the panthers and only the panthers for years.

Doesn't mean Gantt is the better journalist but I'm positive he's going to have the scoop better than most.

You could take a 3 star chef and he couldn't make BBQ as good as a 50 year old pit master.