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Lines needs a bowl of prunes.......I'm not touting M as a championship team. Neither do I think they'll tank and lose 6 games. They've got talent and energy. They can win 9 games tops, more likely they'll go 8-4 shade to 7-5.
What separates my take from AA's at the hi end and Linesman's and Hannibal's at the lo end? First the middle is always good. Extremes are outliers. Second, in close games where the outcome is uncertain, Harbaugh turtles. He plays the game not to lose. That is an unmistakable aspect of his coaching. He's not bold. He's timid.
I see winnable games where his "this is what we do and we're going to do it no matter" game strategy will work. He'll get out front and coast. He'll lose games that require boldness and creativity at crunch time and flat out have his ass kicked in maybe 2 games.
For the season, 7-5 sounds like an appealingly sound prediction. 8-4 a stretch. 9-3 not at all likely more likely though than 6-6 or GTFO 5-7.
What separates my take from AA's at the hi end and Linesman's and Hannibal's at the lo end? First the middle is always good. Extremes are outliers. Second, in close games where the outcome is uncertain, Harbaugh turtles. He plays the game not to lose. That is an unmistakable aspect of his coaching. He's not bold. He's timid.
I see winnable games where his "this is what we do and we're going to do it no matter" game strategy will work. He'll get out front and coast. He'll lose games that require boldness and creativity at crunch time and flat out have his ass kicked in maybe 2 games.
For the season, 7-5 sounds like an appealingly sound prediction. 8-4 a stretch. 9-3 not at all likely more likely though than 6-6 or GTFO 5-7.
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