Jim Harbaugh lays blueprint for Chargers, his return to NFL after 9 years, Justin Herbert | THE HERD

his name is Jim Harbaugh nice enough to spend time with us today join us live first of all Jim how are you thank you for doing this how are you doing how are you doing oh incredible uh doing great Colin and um I just can't tell you me how excited I'm be on the show it's a it's a chance for Redemption Jim you and I are good we're going to be good for the rest of our life we're good brother you know I love you you're good with me you leave me little notes at Fox we're going to be good no problem uh the infamous 2015 interview I mean uh I was a clunker and uh I've been dreaming about this day I've been dreaming about this day picturing it and uh I'm gonna I'm gonna really try to bring it for you today okay we're gonna manif we're manifesting it because I thought about it too I told you how bad I felt about that I told you I it was my fault I stunk I didn't do okay so I want to start with this but before you took the job how much did you know we know Justin Herbert's great but how much did you know about Justin Herbert well I mean how could you not know about him I mean uh watching him on TV and and uh and watching tape I mean he's uh he an incredible player and uh yeah I knew a lot about him top top as good as it is it as good as they get in the uh in the National Football League and uh he's a crown jewel I mean the in every way um you know he's he's got it he's tough he's got the the arm talent and the the leadership and you know just games he's played I mean just just marveled you know watch tell my young young son jack I mean let's let's let's just watch this guy in enjoy your teams get tough and physical immediately I watched the Stanford team walk into the Coliseum as a 40-point dog and start getting right in USC's face I saw it with four of your top 10 defenses in San Francisco again your teams get good and they all get physical very fast can you explain what is the messaging how if it's easy everybody does it what do you do to instill that in all your teams quickly well um nothing fancy you know just um good oldfashioned hard work good oldfashioned teamwork um you know guys guys get are good at football you know if they the player that knows what to do how to do it where to align um you know plays the technique properly uh and then you combine that with being a superior athlete and then you know then you really have it so um you know we can all we can all control uh you know being being the kind of player that knows what to do and how to do it and when to do it and then train you know just good oldfashioned hard work training yourself to be you know a a good athlete a better athlete a superior athlete now Jim you've been out of the NFL for nine years the the league has changed some rules it's much more of an offensive League now you can't do as much grabbing and so are you are is there any concern that you're like wow it's football but I've been out of this space for nine years any concerns at all about that you feel like you have to catch up on anything yes I do that's that's a really good question um and there's there's things I gota that I do have to catch up on um you know it's still I still know this that you have to win that hasn't changed right I'm darn sure of that um the uh the analytics piece the reports the uh you know the study the um you know I think that's that's grown I mean even even 10 10 15 years ago you know coaches sitting around watching the tape putting in the game plan uh you know it's it's been aided so much by uh by uh reports analytics of what coaches should watch and and and the important things to watch and I'm not talking about know when to go for it or go for two or go for it on fourth down uh you know really the the um the uh the Tendencies yeah uh you know the you know all all play callers have in their DNA but uh you know to really be able to to hone in on it I mean think of it like the human brain and I think of you know what the computer can do uh and then there's stuff about AI that I have that the human brain can't even go to right uh not not even not even there yet but I bet you know I bet it's not for a few more years that uh you know the AI is in football as well so I I am generally not a fan of the coach having GM Personnel power but there are exceptions I thought when Jimmy Johnson came out of college he knew the guys he recruited give him person personel say I have strongly said give Harbaugh especially the first four years give Jim Personnel say um is is it Poss I mean because you recruited many of these first and second third round guys you probably recruited a lot of them how much of the Personnel you obviously are going to have a GM but how much do you want to be in it saying I want that defensive tackle I I recruited him I want this Edge how much say do you want Teamwork Makes the Dream Work I mean good oldfashioned hard work and teamwork uh and that's that's what it's all about and um you know Joe Ortiz is here he just got in the other night and uh you know we're always we we go back and uh we've always had a a great relationship that's his that's what he's the expert at and um uh you know I'm I'm gonna be there to Aid him I'm G aspire to watch you know uh as much tape as my brother does uh you know as much tape or more than any any coach uh in the NFL watches on the on the college players and and the free agents U but I mean that's you know I'm gonna be uh Robin to his Batman that's uh that's that's his where he's the expert and that's that's that's the kind of uh um coaching staff that's the kind of uh you know uh organization we want to build is you know an expert at in their field doing their job and then uh you know we're where there to support in that area but yeah I've been just my dad just way I grew up was I mean that person he or she is the expert in that area um and if I do what they tell me to do how they tell me to do it then I will be successful uh you know that's that's what I want for uh uh our coaching staff everybody in the organization and ultimately our players right I mean the the the players that have a position coach you know that get getting that expert in that position so that uh you take take the thinking out of it and uh just uh listen to the instruction you know embrace the instruction and then go execute the instruction but uh yeah I don't think there's anybody better and and my BR my brother John would tell you I mean Joe Ortiz is yeah is one of the absolute best so uh no I wanna you I wanna I want to coach the team um and you know when it comes to uh the other decisions will support will support the expert in that area and uh and do it as a team you know it's interesting um I see you as such a Midwest authentic guy and yet you come out west you crushed at San Diego you crushed with the Niners you crushed with Stanford and it's because I really look at you and your brother and your dad you're kind of this Midwest family and was there part of you that said to yourself listen I made a lot of money Michigan's home do I you know I West Coast is all glitzy I don't know if I'm an LA guy did you have any doubt about coming back to the NFL in Los Angeles uh no not I mean it's it's to me it's you know Faith Family football the challenge uh you know take a take another crack at uh you know winning the uh uh the Lombardi being known as simply world champions and then the family I mean I was the Spanos family it's it's it's all about that you know coach some of the nephews and uh you know go back with John Spanos you know many years and Dean Spanos played for the I played for the Chargers uh and I'm a Midwest guy but then half of me is a is a is a California guy as well graduated high school from P high in Palo Alto California my first coaching job was with the with the Raiders when they were in Oakland then I went to USD that was my first head coaching job then Stanford then the four 49ers uh my only coaching job uh outside in my is is Michigan and uh you know now back here there's there's a there's definitely an emotional uh you know connection not only to the team but to the state and to um as as Ronald Reagan said uh let me see if I can get this one right if I remember it you know uh California isn't a place it's a way of life wow that was very good you pulled that one out that was a good one I like that hey one one final question you know about la la la I mean if correct me if I'm wrong but uh you know they they uh respect talent and effort yes and winning yeah they like you to win there's a lot to do here in La you got to win or they forget about you real fast in La finally I got to ask you one Michigan question you don't need a quarterback so I can ask you about JJ McCarthy as a kid how do you think he'll do what what does he bring to the table that may maybe I can't see as a TV viewer uh armed Talent athleticism it Factor uh winning with numbing repetition don't be surprised when he if when he goes to uh he's the number one quarterback off the board that's that's my prediction right now uh when people get a load of of uh JJ and what he you know how he can throw the ball how he spins it his athleticism uh his intell Ence uh you know talk about it Factor you know he's got it the competitiveness that he has and uh and they get around him and they really start digging in and they start talking to him uh yeah that's that's that's uh that's an early prediction for the 2024 NFL draft you are man you are chomping at the bit you're so you're right right now you're just watching all these Charger games is that what you're doing right now going back and watching every play is that your life right now yeah yeah this yep um trying to hire uh not trying but you know really focused on um hiring the staff you know getting our getting our staff of coaches hired in place uh you know talking to multiple multiple people um you know kind of put together an All-Star staff what what I think our players uh deserve yeah and um you know especially especially the quarterback you know uh motivates me every day getting up in the morning like I got a Brin and know this is going to have to be G to have to be you know A+ game um because because he's so good um and and there's so many Pros Pros that are on this team um you know getting the right getting the right coaching staff together the best we can get um you know top five T kind of guys in the profession uh what we're what we're going after and uh yeah then it's going to be um you know addressing what we need to address and that's uh you know getting good getting good at football so uh uh in the process every day is uh so much fulfillment right now because uh it's things are getting things are getting done we're working at it hi everybody it's me Uncle Colin subscribe here to get the latest from the herd including exclusive behind the scenes videos and more wherever you may be however you may be watching thanks again for making us part of your day

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Length: 12min 27sec (747 seconds)

Published: Fri Feb 02 2024