“Herbert finally has a real coach!” – Jim Harbaugh’s appointment as Chargers’ new HC has fans taking a dig at ex-coach Brandon Staley

Harbaugh can bring the best out of Herbert.

“Herbert finally has a real coach!” – Jim Harbaugh’s appointment as Chargers’ new HC has fans taking a dig at ex-coach Brandon Staley

(L) Jim Harbaugh and (R) Justin Herbert (Image via ESPN)

Justin Herbert has nowhere left to hide now that the Los Angeles Chargers have added Jim Harbaugh as their head coach. That seems to be the consensus among several NFL analysts.

Let’s take, for instance, what Robert Griffin III said after Harbaugh’s appointment.

Jim Harbaugh being the head coach of the LA Chargers may be the best thing that’s ever happened to Justin Herbert. Harbaugh will build the roster from the trenches out, is a master of establishing a spirit-based culture, and wins without asking the QB to be Superman every day.
RG3, a former NFL quarterback and now analyst, shared on X (formerly Twitter).
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FOX Sports’ Emmanuel Acho put forward the question of whether Herbert has any room for him to slip up. Acho stated, “Harbaugh is a guy who always wins.” Whether it was with Stanford, the San Francisco 49ers in the NFL, or Michigan. The Speak’s host added that Harbaugh never leaves any project unfinished, and his primary goal would be to accomplish what he failed with the Niners.

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Harbaugh came to the Chargers not because he was a former player (he played quarterback from 1999 to 2000), but because he would have someone like Herbert to coach. According to the Ringer, prior to the 25-year-old’s untimely end of the season because of a hand injury, he was only behind Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen—ahead of Lamar Jackson—to have a top-five quarterback performance in the 2023 season.

Veteran Fox analyst Skip Bayless, similar to RG and Acho, is on board with Harbaugh’s move to Chargers’. Bayless thinks that Herbert will end up winning the Super Bowl.

Football fans want to see the best version of Justin Herbert after Jim Harbaugh’s Chargers appointment

The Chargers made Herbert one of the highest-paid players in football, naming him their franchise quarterback. But besides his second year, in which he became one of the nine players to throw over 5,000 passing yards in a season, he has regressed year after year.

“Herbert finally has a real coach!” – Jim Harbaugh’s appointment as Chargers’ new HC has fans taking a dig at ex-coach Brandon Staley
Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert (Image via Imago)

Now that Jim Harbaugh is at the helm and has a great track record of improving quarterbacks, football fans believe that Justin Herbert has no choice but to prove his worth because the Chargers don’t have a scapegoat like Brandon Staley.

Why Harbaugh can improve Herbert?

As Acho mentioned, Harbaugh has a habit of walking into a team and gradually bringing out the best version of the quarterback. Before taking over at Stanford, the program hadn’t finished in the top 5 for more than 70 years. Well, he had someone named Andrew Luck on his team, which made much of the difference.

It was the 60-year-old who recruited Luck to the football team. They recorded their first 10-win season since 1992, securing 12 wins in 2010. Harbaugh’s 29 wins in four years took his predecessor seven years to achieve.

Then he leaped to the NFL, joining the San Francisco 49ers, where he turned a struggling Alex Smith into a serviceable quarterback. Smith before Harbaugh’s arrival was bottom-tier, constantly underperforming, with -0.016 at his best in 2010. In his first season with Harbaugh, the 39-year-old played 13 games with a 0.050 EPA.

Harbaugh then released Smith and upgraded second-round pick Colin Kaepernick to the starting quarterback’s job. He made the Nevada graduate one of the best dual-threat passers in football, reaching the Super Bowl in his second season.

After leaving the Bay Area, Harbaugh returned to college football to finish his job. He took over the reins at his alma mater, the Michigan Wolverines, a team that hadn’t won the National Championship since 1997. They were constantly losing to their bitter rivals, Ohio State. But under him, Michigan won four Big 10 conference titles and achieved his goal of lifting the CFP trophy, beating Washington in the 2023 National Championship.

If anyone can bring the best out of Justin Herbert, it has to be Jim Harbaugh. And Harbaugh could have gone anywhere, but he chose to coach at SoFi because he is confident in his and Herbert’s ability to win big.

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