San Francisco 49ers: Reborn, Revitalized, Re-Directed by Head Coach Jim Harbaugh

November 19, 2011   ·   Harvey Frommer   ·   Jump to comments


Like an old-time movie, the San Francisco 49ers one more time have moved to center stage in the National Football League.
A new coach, a new style, a new image and they are out of the box, out of the down times, highly competitive and proud.
The 49ers under rookie head coach Jim Harbaugh are on their way to their first playoff gig since 2002. A lot of "old time football" has brought back their winning ways.
Suddenly, QBs firing for 300, 400 yards is not as important as their once often maligned quarterback Alex Smith moving the chains by getting first downs any way he can.
Suddenly, the team is making the big plays, sporting an eye and nose for stripping the ball from the tightest of clutches of an opposition player.
Suddenly, and without that much drama, the 49ers are making those who follow them flashback to times like January 10, 1982.  
More than 60,000 fans were shoe-horned into Candlestick Park for the National Football Conference champion...

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