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Harbaugh had an interesting conversation with Tim Kawakami today where he basically confirmed that Jed York fired him unilaterally after the Seahawks game in Seattle. He also shared his thoughts on the Super Bowl final play and says Tomsula was angling for his job before he was even out of the building.
On the firing after the Seattle game:
On the Patriots/Seahawks Super Bowl:
He also basically says that Tomsula refused to look him in the eye when they would pass each other in the building and that he knew "something was up" with him. He sends well wishes to his "loyal coaches."
LINK: http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/2 ... rchy-left/
On the firing after the Seattle game:
-HARBAUGH: Yes, I was told I wouldn’t be the coach any more. And then… you can call it ‘mutual,’ I mean, I wasn’t going to put the 49ers in the position to have a coach that they didn’t want any more. But that’s the truth of it. I didn’t leave the 49ers. I felt like the 49er hierarchy left me.
-Q: Were you told this the Monday after the game in Seattle?
-HARBAUGH: Yes.
On the Patriots/Seahawks Super Bowl:
-HARBAUGH: Yeah, I did watch the playoff games and I watched the Super Bowl. I thought that was a credit to football, the way that game was played. Amazing field of competition.
-Q: Do you run the ball at the end there or do you throw it?
-HARBAUGH: You know, I really thought they had a good play called. That was an insightful play against a goal-line defense, and a really neat combination that they had–with an inside pick play. It really was open.
And that young man from the New England Patriots made a play–I mean, that is a play that the stars of the game don’t make. He made a play that was… at best that ball gets knocked down and incomplete. But to make an interception on that play… what a phenomenal play. That was the play of a lifetime.
And all credit to him for making it.
He also basically says that Tomsula refused to look him in the eye when they would pass each other in the building and that he knew "something was up" with him. He sends well wishes to his "loyal coaches."
LINK: http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/2 ... rchy-left/