HansGruber":1zy5szmb said:
Another fun fact - Harbaugh lost as many games in his few seasons at Stanford as Pete Carroll did in an entire decade at USC. In terms of NCAA coaching, Harbaugh never came close to sniffing Carroll's level of success. Not even close.
I know it isn't popular to talk nice about coach massengill, but Jim, like Pete, rebuilt a program in his own image, and did it well. Jim might have stepped in Gucci loafers when he took the job at SF, but the job he did at Stanford, with their academic restrictions, was incredible.
In fact, I would say that the two coaches switched roles between College and the pros. In college, Pete inherited a reasonably talent laden recruiting gold mine, and made it hum, just as Jim did in Frisco. (I know you lurking 9er fans mostly hate the term Frisco, so there you go) At the Pro level, it was Jim inheriting the talent pool, while Pete arrived in Seattle to a pile of Curry.
Just my opinion, which isn't worth much.