A week ago, Jim Harbaugh caused a bit of a brouhaha when he told a reporter that Pete Carroll would be
gonzo after this year:
"He's only got one more year, though. He'll be there one more year. That's what I've heard. I heard it (from) inside the staff."
Fans of teams other than USC all said a little prayer that it was true, then Carroll responded as snippily as you might expect:
"If he's going to make statements like that, he ought to get his information right," Carroll told the Los Angeles Times. "And if he has any questions about it, he should call me."
Rowr! Not a bad way to start off in the Pac-10, Jim. If you're losing 77-3 at the end of your first game against USC (and you will be) and Carroll's still running flea-flickers, that's probably why. But does this scare Harbaugh? Nein!
"It's been widely publicized that he has interviewed for other jobs, and that is what I've heard," Harbaugh said Monday. "I definitely said that. But we bow to no man. We bow to no program here at Stanford University."
(Especially the Tree, because if the Tree bows he'll probably
hurl and then fall over.) It's refreshing to have a coach that doesn't have any truck with leaden coachspeak and everyone hopes dearly that Harbaugh's team can back up his brash talk but we'll believe it when we see it. Even if he is the most awesome Michigan quarterback ever.
