Harbaugh deserves most of the credit

by BPH, San Diego, Friday, February 03, 2012, 11:45 (5241 days ago) @ HumanRobot

He recruited Luck. He helped develop him. Most important, he fundamentally changed the culture of Stanford football to where a guy like Luck didn't have to carry Stanford on his back all by himself because he was supported by a pounding running game and physical defense that has essentially never existed at the school. Luck was a huge piece of Harbaugh's plan, but in the end he was just a piece. Harbaugh built that program to last, and if Shaw is a good coach, then it will last.

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A hypothesis re: Stanford - irishoutsider, 2012-02-03, 10:42
- I'm probably wrong about this... - DCT, 2012-02-03, 11:37
  - I think there's two models for success right now - HumanRobot, 2012-02-03, 11:40
    - question - bpeters07, 2012-02-03, 11:54
      - I'm arguing for a system category - irishoutsider, 2012-02-03, 13:16
        
        I get your overall argument, but... - Greg, 2012-02-03, 13:21
        
        Let me rephrase - irishoutsider, 2012-02-03, 13:30
        
        Gotcha - Greg, 2012-02-03, 13:34
      - that's a very good counter-example - HumanRobot, 2012-02-03, 12:36
        
        not a bad model to follow. - bpeters07, 2012-02-03, 12:52
  - Take out the word "college" - Greg, 2012-02-03, 11:39
- aren't we overreading Stanford's success just a bit? - HumanRobot, 2012-02-03, 11:21
  - Sure, but since Harbaugh left - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2012-02-03, 11:29
    - into one good recruing class - HumanRobot, 2012-02-03, 11:33
  - In terms of being a one (OK, two)-hit wonder, yeah. But, - BillyGoat, 2012-02-03, 11:25
    - what you say is certainly possible - HumanRobot, 2012-02-03, 11:35
      - Harbaugh deserves most of the credit - BPH, 2012-02-03, 11:45
        
        And it took time - Jim (fisherj08), 2012-02-03, 11:47
        
        True - BPH, 2012-02-03, 11:50
        
        And it will taper without Luck and the two OL going into the - BillyGoat, 2012-02-03, 11:46
        
        they won't go into the toilet - HumanRobot, 2012-02-03, 11:48
        
        That when you have institutional disadvantages... - BPH, 2012-02-03, 11:55
- The window at ND is ridiculously, painfully, small. - FunkDoctorSpock, 2012-02-03, 11:20
  - You touched on what I think is the key to rebuilding ND - Greg, 2012-02-03, 13:16
    - One nit - CK08, 2012-02-03, 13:26
      - We should think twice before we dismiss Chan Gaileydom - irishoutsider, 2012-02-03, 13:33
      - OK. But... - Greg, 2012-02-03, 13:32
        
        I guess I wasn't really thinking about a 10 year period - CK08, 2012-02-03, 13:48
  - Very nice words - CW (Rakes), 2012-02-03, 13:13
  - Enabler. You're part of the problem - hobbs, 2012-02-03, 11:53
  - Going to replace my generic "excellent post" - CK08, 2012-02-03, 11:38
  - well said - bpeters07, 2012-02-03, 11:36
  - Very good post. I'll cosign all of that. - BillyGoat, 2012-02-03, 11:22

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Harbaugh deserves most of the credit