detroit lions coach jim schwartz that had schwartz coming up with his fists when asked if he can tone his act down in the name of sportsmanship harbaugh is his usual honest self we fight to win if youre asking me my personal etiquette needs to be changed more catatonic on the sideline i dont anticipate that happening carroll 4 harbaugh 3 likability i was talking to harbaugh once and in the middle of a sentence he just walked away just left carroll at least pretends to be interested carroll has hobbies like boogie boarding native american philosophy and russian history he is so cool hes welcomed throughout south central at midnight harbaugh has football football and more football i dont take vacations he says i dont get sick i dont observe major holidays im a jackhammer something happened during last seasons super bowl week ill never forget harbaugh was at a brief news conference and photo session with his family his brother john coach of the opposing baltimore ravens his parents and his 98yearold grandfather who died last week john was wearing a sport coat and a tie and a smile jim was wearing the pleated khakis the librarian pen and a scowl when the last question was asked he turned and marched off the stage without so much as a goodbye his mother though reached out and snagged him by the elbow hard she gave him a look that said youre staying right here young man and were taking some photos to remember all this by and only then did harbaugh stand still long enough to take some pictures with his family at a historic family super bowl oy carroll 5 harbaugh 3 guts both men replaced their starting quarterbacks in 2012 with unknown backups but carroll replacing matt flynn with russell wilson doesnt take nearly the guts of harbaugh replacing no 1 overall draft pick alex smith with colin kaepernick smith had taken the niners to the nfc title game the season before in week 8 hed gone 18for19 nearly setting a record and yet three weeks later i was standing there that monday night after kaepernick thrashed the chicago bears in relief and somebody was asking harbaugh so alex gets his job back when hes healthy and harbaugh said as though he were deciding on what to have for lunch i usually go with the hot hand just like that have a clipboard alex we got a new guy carroll 5 harbaugh 4 passion plan and progress these may be the two most passionate coaches on earth they both embraced the same exact plan at the same time build a killer defense run the ball down their throats and get a young running qb who can break teams they have become far and away the two best and most competitive teams in the nfc perhaps because they are the two best and most competitive coaches in the nfc maybe thats why they repel