So those two long touchdown passes to Vernon Davis (Manning had no such plays), should they have been thrown on a 3rd down to really count?

He had his team up by 14. The back-up kick returner lost the game. Since everyone around here seems to want to be clear about weaknesses.

At this point Kaepernick and Harbaugh have their shot. If they win, the move is genius; if they lose and miss the Super Bowl and the kid buckles under pressure, Harbaugh will get roasted.

Let’s his bet.

JH knows that if the Giants are playing at their best, the Niners won’t beat them with Alex. With his deep strike and running ability, CK7 can. Doesn’t mean he will, but the ability is there.

This is only the beginning, wait until they get dumped in the divisional round by a hungry team with a more experienced QB. The sky will fall on JH. Or maybe CK takes them the distance and JH becomes a folk hero. With that defense anything is possible, which is probably one big reason he felt comfortable making the change. However, I think scenario A is more likely.

How are you feeling about CK’s impact on Vernon now? Not one catch last game, which didn’t help my fantasy team BTW.

Whether or not it ends up being the correct decision only time will tell.

Again, this decision is far more about the positives Kaepernick displayed than any negatives Smith displayed.

A poll would likely define JH as, at minimum, a GOOD head coach. Supporting evidence can include the teams sudden turn-around record since his arrival, the acknowledged locker room unity, support of the team from management and fan base, etc.

Who are GREAT coaches of our era? Lombardi? Shula? Landry? Johnson? Parcells? Walsh? Belichick? If they’re not considered GREAT, who are?
They’re the standard bearers because of ULTIMATE SUCCESS, REPEATED SUCCESS and IMPACT ON AN ERA.

Greatness can be earned, and then allowed to dissolve. Consider Shanahan, who won two straight SB’s and followed that up with 14 years of so-so. GREAT?
How about Levi who took his team to four consecutive Super Bowls? GREAT?
Greatness can arrive like a wrapped gift under a Christmas tree. Seifert Inherited a GREAT team that won him a Super Bowl. GREAT?

However, JH is just getting started. Does he have the DNA to become GREAT? Remember when Walsh would cut key players in the off-season every year? Those were solid, contributing players and some were Super Bowl winners. He had the strength of his convictions to turn a deaf ear to the background noise and trust his judgment.

JH will live and die by the results of the decisions he makes. To become GREAT, his only chance is by having the strength to trust those decisions. In that way, he learned from Walsh.

By the standards of “Ultimate, Repeated Success and Impact”, Harbaugh is not GREAT. Yet.
However, if the team had made it to the Super Bowl, he would be well on his way. After the NFC title loss, it was clear that the team could benefit from a more complete offense, a euphemism for better quarterbacking. JH is doing what obviously needs to be done to correct the most defining need keeping the team from becoming GREAT. His bedside manner is his own, He should be allowed that.