We all knew that Jim Harbaugh is a little on the crazy side, but this story just takes things to a whole other level altogether.
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Right now there is not a hotter coaching commodity on the market than Jim Harbaugh, In a few weeks he will have a new place to call home, either somewhere in the NFL or back in the college ranks with Michigan. Yes, he will be taking his crazy to a new location.
That’s correct, we are all aware that Harbaugh is a little bit on the crazy side, and now we have some really good proof of that, as he once tried to turn himself into a real-life Braveheart.
Back when he was at Stanford beginning to make a name for himself in the coaching game in 2007, Harbaugh told the players that he wanted to play on the field with them so badly that he wanted to feel their blood on him if they happened to bleed during the contest.
Well, via 247 Sports, here’s how things ended up going down.
"Offensive lineman Chase Beeler and many of his teammates thought nothing of it. There was no way Harbaugh could’ve been serious. It was a maniacal request, at best. More likely, it was insane.But in the game, right tackle Chris Marinelli ran off the field with the rest of his offense after a touchdown drive, his arm bloodied. He went straight to Harbaugh to show him.Harbaugh looked at the blood and did exactly what he said he would. He took his hand and wiped it on Marinelli’s arm. The player’s blood was on the coach’s hands.Then, Harbaugh took it a step further. He smeared Marinelli’s blood all over his own face like war paint.“(Harbaugh is) standing on the sideline with the offensive line, really jacked up, screaming, yelling, jumping around with blood smeared on his face,” said Chase Beeler, one of the team’s offensive linemen."
Oh wow…that certainly is something there. Also, does that go into the recruiting pitch, should he go to Michigan? Like, does he sit in the parents’ house and say, “I will watch over your son so much while he’s with me that I’ll be wearing his blood!”
OK, I’m gonna leave this alone now.
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