Jim Schwartz = Giant flapping vagina

[denverYooper]

I watched a clip of that conference. Harbaugh took responsibility. Maybe I didn't see the whole thing.

I also heard Ditka on the radio the other day, taking another shot at Forrest Gregg, lo these many years later.

If Gregg had never come back to coach the Pack, he'd have a much finer legacy.

He took responsibility but he basically said it was because he was too manly -- his handshake was "too aggressive". The subtext there was, "Yeah, I guess it's my fault that Sally Schwartz can't handle a real man's handshake"

[Bretsky]

More to the story

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Harbaugh-Schwartz-and-the-first-quarter-play-th?urn=nfl-wp9711

schwartz accuses someone of being an ass, when he himself was a dick earlier

Vaginaschwartz .....funny stuff

This is like the kickers and punters fighting

[Bretsky]

Harbaugh took the hit in his press conference - said it was on him.

And Schwarz said he took offense from a curse word Harbaugh said?

Gosh, Jim. Gee Willickers!

How typical......the male accepts all of the blame to make the female look justified

[MJZiggy]

How typical......the male accepts all of the blame to make the female look justified

Please, a female wouldn't have been that "wounded."

[Pugger]

Please, a female wouldn't have been that "wounded."

No kidding.

[Bretsky]

P.s. no offense meant to women........I love women...all of them...especially when they are together

[Fritz]

Vaginaschwartz .....funny stuff

This is like the kickers and punters fighting

Wouldn't it be "Schwartzina"?

[MJZiggy]

P.s. no offense meant to women........I love women...all of them...especially when they are together

I met the woman for you last night...You'd have absolutely loved her and it seemed her husband would have been willing to share.

[Fritz]

How did you know that the husband was willing to share?

[MJZiggy]

Gut instinct. Probably just that the way he dealt with people was very similar to the way she did.

[Patler]

What Harbaugh did may have been a bit over the top for "acceptable hand shake procedures", I agree. However, what Schwartz did, chasing after him as he did, was down right idiotic. He incited both teams to group up, paw the ground and snort at one another. It could have gotten a lot uglier than it did. Over what? An excessive slap on the back? Wow, some intimidation that was.

Schwartz should be glad someone can get that excited over beating the Lions. A year or two ago a comeback win against the Lions would have caused the opposing head coach to slink off in embarrassment for having let the game be that close.

Neither demonstrated the cool head that a HC has to maintain to be successful in a long playoff run. Maybe they can develop that, but it doesn't look promising to me because both reacted, then carried on, and carried on, and carried on. Something in their heads should have said "This isn't right." It looked like a playground.

Yes, I am taking various scenarios into account. I wouldn't have minded Schwartz responding angrily for a bit, even taking some steps toward Harbaugh. But chasing him down the field and trying to push through the cooler heads that were trying to separate them even as they approached the tunnel was so much of an over-reaction as to be comical. Because he got an unexpected, overly aggressive slap on the back? That should cause him to chase Harbaugh what, half the length of the field? Harbaugh was trying to walk away.

I can just picture him trying to lecture a player to keep his cool and not get a personal foul penalty for an instantaneous reaction to a perceived on the field "disrespect."

(Regarding the Sherman/Sapp incident)
I complained about it at the time. I still complain about it. I think a coach going after an opposing player like that is an embarrassment. Most people disagree with me.

Was Harbaugh wrong? Sure, he went a little overboard. After watching the video of it several times, I think Schwartz made a complete fool of himself for his prolonged over reaction as Harbaugh tried to leave the field.

Chasing the opposing coach around for 50 yards with hordes of people between him and Harbaugh, over something as silly as this, certainly didn't make Schwartz look tough to his players. It makes him look like a whiner and complainer.

What he has to look forward to:

Schwartz ( to Ndamukong Suh); "N.S., I know they hold you on just about every play. They cut you when they can. They will push and shove you after the play just to set you off. But, you have to control yourself. The 15 yard penalties , fines and possible future suspensions when you go off like you have in the past can just kill us. You have to be a man and control your emotions."

Suh, ( remembering Schwartz vs Harbaugh, round 1); "Riiiigghhht, coach. I got ya!"

Boy, looking back at this thread from the time, an awful lot of you came to Schwartz's defense in the Harbaugh matter. However, one particularly insightful poster (quoted above) foresaw the inevitable result from Schwartz' behavior.

[mraynrand]

[mraynrand]

Schwartz is one of the good guys in this league

[mraynrand]

What he has to look forward to: Schwartz ( to Ndamukong Suh); "N.S., I know they hold you on just about every play. They cut you when they can. They will push and shove you after the play just to set you off. But, you have to control yourself. The 15 yard penalties , fines and possible future suspensions when you go off like you have in the past can just kill us. You have to be a man and control your emotions."

[pbmax]

I am doubling down. Its still all Harbaugh's fault.