Willie Taggart

The coach, yeah.

Yeah, it's, it's on Willie Taggart, the running back coach, to m- to make, o- one, communicate to him in that, in that specific game situation.

Football's is situations, and it's why you look at some of the best teams, they're great in situations, right? We, we always laud Bill Belichick about that.

His guys are always prepared for whatever the moment was.

Here, here's what I would do if I was Harbaugh.

I know Willie Taggart is, is a, is a real veteran running back coach, and he knows a lot.

Who's the guy in New York football history whose career was about to be, I just wanna say, destroyed by fumbles, who figured out how to hold onto the ball, who became one of the best running backs in Giants history, if not the best running back in Giants history? You know who that guy is?

Tiki Barber.

And the key there is, is it really puts an emphasis on ball security 'cause...

And, and, uh, Willie Taggart, the running backs coach, um, had a quote about this where like your elbow has to be against your body.

Like we've all heard high and tight from, you know, Pop Warner, but that elbow against the body, 'cause that way when they punch down, the ball is getting punched into your body.

If you leave any air in there, you know, it's just kind of gravity.

Nicole, yeah.

It's on Willie Taggart, the running back coach, to make, one, communicate to him in that specific game situation.

Football is situations.

And it's why you look at some of the best teams, they're great in situations.

He did leave you.

Uh, he left you in a mess where he gave you Willie Taggart then Mike Norvell.

So if you just wanna be mad at him for that, be mad at him.

Um, I certainly don't think that Manny Diaz is a better coach than Jimbo Fisher.

That's my summer baseball.

You know, I've seen the, I've seen these guys on, uh, on, uh, TikTok.

Milwaukee Brewers.

Not, not this song, but the, yeah, with that same beat.

Made some adjustments at halftime.

It didn't really work, but then they made some, uh, in-game adjustments to where they changed some of their defense alignments, alignments and assignments, and really just hyper-focused on the plays that really hurt them, right? Outside zone, Calandrea scrambling, uh, missed opportunities at sacking the quarterback.

They changed their personnel a little bit as far as who would be the guys that were able to c- you know, try to make those plays.

And so they were able to get some sacks and, and some pressure on the quarterback.

And then ultimately I ended up reporting that Florida state was going to keep him going with what I heard and tried to explain like, okay, here's the logic.

invest instead of paying all that buyout money and all of that you invest to try to improve things around him and and win that way so you know it may be better to instead of paying paying a ton of money for someone not to coach for you like you just did with with willie taggart and then you're hamstringing your ability to raise funds to to pay players well you know just invest in paying the players that's the that's the direction that was the that was the logic But, first of all, they didn't do that very well.

They didn't pay enough.

Some of that's on Mike Norvell for not deciding to bid highly for important positions.

I'll believe it when I see it in terms of him being welcomed back by some of the people that are involved in the decision-making process.

But after Fisher left the athletic direct, the athletic department was, was already in really bad shape.

And then the football program fell apart under Willie Taggart and then got handed to Mike Norvell and tatters.

And Norvell didn't exactly, you know, turn things around year one.

Yeah, I, I tell you, uh, counterpoint, I was impressed when Nebraska was out there.

And remember, this was the Willie Taggart year.

And was it '17 when they were out there? And-

Oh, speaking of the Chargers.