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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(112,630 posts) Wed Aug 14, 2024, 02:30 PM Aug 14

Jim Harbaugh wants to hire Colin Kaepernick to Chargers' coaching staff. Will the QB bite?

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – Colin Kaepernick has a door open to return to the NFL in what would be a grand reunion with his former coach, Jim Harbaugh.

But here’s the twist: While Kaepernick, 36, recently told Sky Sports that he still wants to play in the NFL, the new Los Angeles Chargers coach contends that he wants his former quarterback back in the NFL as a member of his coaching staff – and not so much as a player.

“If that was ever the path he was to take, I think that would be tremendous,” Harbaugh told USA TODAY Sports. “He’d be a tremendous coach, if that’s the path he chose.”

During an interview following a training camp practice last week, Harbaugh said shortly after he returned to the NFL in January, he talked to Kaepernick about joining the Chargers in a non-playing capacity. Yet in the months since, there’s been no movement on the possibility.

https://sports.yahoo.com/jim-harbaugh-wants-hire-colin-110426796.html

You want him to do it for free?

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Jim Harbaugh wants to hire Colin Kaepernick to Chargers' coaching staff. Will the QB bite? (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 14 OP

I hope he does - he deserves to be in sports again and you can never go back. walkingman Aug 14 #1

Harbaugh is a CHEAT and a liar.... democratsruletheday Aug 14 #2

Realistically he's not coming back as a player ? OnDoutside Aug 14 #3

Kaepernick was not a great student Auggie Aug 14 #4

Sometimes I get the impression True Dough Aug 16 #5

Thanks Auggie Aug 16 #7

Agree with all the above too True Dough Aug 16 #8

Yeah. Perfect. Auggie Aug 16 #9

Kap won't be on staff this season, according to Harbaugh True Dough Aug 16 #6

walkingman

(8,095 posts)

1. I hope he does - he deserves to be in sports again and you can never go back.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Aug 14, 2024, 02:35 PM

Aug 14

democratsruletheday

(1,004 posts)

2. Harbaugh is a CHEAT and a liar....

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Aug 14, 2024, 02:35 PM

Aug 14

and this is just another way to get folks attention off the fact he was part of the biggest cheating scandal ever at Michigan:

'Hail to the Cheaters'.......

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/01/09/michigan-wolverines-jim-harbaugh-washington-huskies-national-championship-tainted-sign-stealing-mike-bianchi-commentary/

OnDoutside

(20,548 posts)

3. Realistically he's not coming back as a player ?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Aug 14, 2024, 03:32 PM

Aug 14

What's he doing nowadays ?

Auggie

(31,608 posts)

4. Kaepernick was not a great student

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Aug 14, 2024, 09:52 PM

Aug 14

He was at best an average QB whose natural athletic ability had most overlooking his weaknesses in fundamentals, reading defenses, and throwing from within the pocket.

Football people knew.

Go ahead Jim. Hire him. It would be a terrible decision.

True Dough

(18,929 posts)

5. Sometimes I get the impression

Reply to Auggie (Reply #4)

Fri Aug 16, 2024, 01:19 PM

Aug 16

that it's frowned upon to say such things on the DU, but the stats back up what you're contending, Auggie. Kaepernick was not an elite QB at all.

Auggie

(31,608 posts)

7. Thanks

Reply to True Dough (Reply #5)

Fri Aug 16, 2024, 02:37 PM

Aug 16

I was -- am -- ready to back my opinions on Kaepernick as a quarterback.

As a non-football player I think he's done some outstanding things, including having the guts to take a knee. I'm sure there's a place and need for him somewhere on the field or front office -- perhaps a position that doesn't yet even exists (like Bill Walsh bringing in Dr. Harry Edwards, sociologist, which was revolutionary at the time).

Edwards has terminal bone cancer, BTW. Breaks my heart.

True Dough

(18,929 posts)

8. Agree with all the above too

Reply to Auggie (Reply #7)

Fri Aug 16, 2024, 02:42 PM

Aug 16

I'm not dismissive of Kaepernick the social justice champion, but to try to elevate his accomplishments on the field because you agree with his politics is little better than those on the right claiming Putin is the best hockey player or Trump a talented golfer.

Auggie

(31,608 posts)

9. Yeah. Perfect.

Reply to True Dough (Reply #8)

Fri Aug 16, 2024, 02:44 PM

Aug 16

True Dough

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6. Kap won't be on staff this season, according to Harbaugh

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Aug 16, 2024, 01:20 PM

Aug 16

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- If Colin Kaepernick wants to join the Los Angeles Chargers, it will not be until next year at the earliest.

And it will only be as a member of Jim Harbaugh's coaching staff.

"I love Colin, but he's not going to be on the coaching staff, which is set for this year. And he's not going to be playing on the roster either," Harbaugh said after Thursday's practice.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/40876871/colin-kaepernick-coach-chargers-year

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