[PersonalLegend]

Yeah, people easily forget he was a reasonably successful coach at Pitt (with Larry Fitzgerald, but still).  He consistently had Pitt in bowls and was Big East coach of the year and went to the Fiesta Bowl (a BCS bowl game) the year he took the Stanford job.  

He just ended up being a ridiculously terrible fit for Stanford football to the point of wrecking morale entirely, and probably less good a coach than his recent record had indicated.

It was a bit of a warning sign that Pitt fans weren’t too broken up by his departure.

BC

Agree with that BC.  We had a bunch of Stanford folks who weren't really broken up that Harbaugh left, too.  It's a strange dynamic.  

In any event, I'm not (at all) trying to defend the Harris hire, just to offer perspective that his hiring was at least somewhat justifiable based on record.

[PersonalLegend]

Yeah, people easily forget he was a reasonably successful coach at Pitt (with Larry Fitzgerald, but still).  He consistently had Pitt in bowls and was Big East coach of the year and went to the Fiesta Bowl (a BCS bowl game) the year he took the Stanford job.  

He just ended up being a ridiculously terrible fit for Stanford football to the point of wrecking morale entirely, and probably less good a coach than his recent record had indicated.

It was a bit of a warning sign that Pitt fans weren’t too broken up by his departure.

BC

Agree with that BC.  We had a bunch of Stanford folks who weren't really broken up that Harbaugh left, too.  It's a strange dynamic.  

In any event, I'm not (at all) trying to defend the Harris hire, just to offer perspective that his hiring was at least somewhat justifiable based on record.