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Thread: Harbaugh's Post Game Interview
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09-11-2012, 12:09 PM #1
Harbaugh's Post Game Interview
I know this thread is not going to be liked and I think Harbaugh is great but did anyone else think he was too over the top in regards to Joe? I know he was trying to get laughs from the media with Joe being in the room but the whole elite & he's our qb part was awkward *shrugs*. I feel like if he feels that way there is no need to talk Joe up.. just let him play his game and you'll just be doing your typical coach praise like with every other player.
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09-11-2012, 12:12 PM #2
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09-11-2012, 12:18 PM #3
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09-11-2012, 12:18 PM #4
Re: Harbaugh's Post Game Interview
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Never get in a fight with a pig; you both get muddy, and the pig likes it...
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09-11-2012, 12:29 PM #5
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09-11-2012, 12:35 PM #8Veteran Poster
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Re: Harbaugh's Post Game Interview
I think anything that prolongs the media vs Joe (re: elite) story is unwise. It is tempting to gloat or "I told you so" in such a situation, but all it does is keep the issue alive and prods the media to respond in kind if and when Joe has a bad game.
It is one thing to praise your QB (though even there, the "pay him whatever he wants" seems to me to make Ozzie's job harder, then again maybe not), but it is another to taunt the media about it (even under the guise of a joke).
Obviously not a big deal either way, but I think standard coachspeak praise would be preferable in this case.
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09-11-2012, 12:42 PM #9
Re: Harbaugh's Post Game Interview
Eh no because then we think you're too nice lol.
But yeah he is. If you watch it I think you'll (kinda maybe) see where I am coming from. I think when coaches talk up a player the way he did with Joe it comes off a little forced. I'm just saying Joe didn't need a 'he's our QB' ra ra speech. His performance spoke for itself and as a player I wouldn't want my coach to feel the need to talk me up about how 'I'm there guy' if it's already a known conclusion. A simple praise of what I did great in the game would have been preferred.
And it wasn't a rant just an observation lol but I agree.
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09-11-2012, 12:55 PM #10
Re: Harbaugh's Post Game Interview
I've been in those interview rooms too often to count and I have to say there is a dynamic that the cameras don't pick up. These people see each other every day - they know each other and there are hundreds of off - camera, off the record conversations for each one that hits the air. John has some old school coaching habits that come from being his father's son, he wants to be sure he doesn't say the wrong thing. Sometimes that appears to be an odd interview, but really there is nothing to read into it. Question asked question answered.
The soundbite was generated because Flacco was right there in the room, right off camera. John was having fun with Joe after a great win as much as anything with his answer. He's been asked these questions so many times, and he's the kinda guy who inside feels "Didn't I answer that three years ago?" but knows he has to say something anyway, so he sighs (and you can see that a little) and says it again.
Short answer - no big deal.
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09-11-2012, 12:55 PM #11
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09-11-2012, 01:04 PM #12
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