How John Harbaugh's Tough Love Coaching Sets Up Jaxson Dart for Success

I think something that's really interesting too, that Lindsay of the Believe Sports Network, our producer of the show, brought up to me a- and said, like, "Hey, this would be a great discussion for us to have," is really just the early stages of camp and what we're seeing from a Harbaugh-led football team for the New York Giants.

What does that mean for the team in general? What does that mean for Jaxson Dart? We'll get to that in a moment.

And I think early on, what we've seen is just that the Harbaugh effect on Giants Nation, on the fan base, uh, despite it being in Greenbrier down there in West Virginia, still the energy, the enthusiasm of what I see and what I capture from the media and from the fans there, pretty special, right? The fact that, uh, there is clearly an excitement and a buzz back into the New York Giants because of this man's presence being the head coach, and I think it's phenomenal.

And when I see videos of Coach Harbaugh doing his push-ups in the, in the drills, right? Going through the warmup and all that, like, it excites me.

It really does.

And I think there's clearly just a, a gentleman, right, that I see in Coach Harbaugh that is really genuinely excited.

Definitely could see maybe a little bit nervous or anxious, right? Or just eager to get it going.

And, uh, I, I just love, like, the...

I just love seeing the kid in an adult, right? I love seeing the kid in a coach and a leader, and that, that's really what I see.

Like, I see just, you know, yeah, he's a grown man with pants and a collared shirt on, and, like, the Giants gear and all that, but it's just, like, I see a kid in the candy store just so excited to be a part of this.

And now with that comes the experience of a, a tough coach, a coach that demands and challenges his football players to do more, right? To ask more of them.

To ask more of themself.

And that's something that I think that's been pretty apparent, too.

So that was really cool, I think, you know, by Lindsay just sharing with me some of the things that have been circulating, right, around camp here early on.

And one of them really was just the discussion of Jaxson Dart.

So here we are in training camp early on in this process, and John Harbaugh, you know, hey, is challenging his young quarterback to become more of a professional.

And I think this is what something that my father and I were extremely excited about when we knew that Harbaugh was getting the job, right, and the future of this football team, is that just, that's exactly what Jaxson Dart needs at the position.

He needs someone that really is gonna hold him accountable.

And not only just with his play on the field, we'll get to that detail in a moment, too, but more so just, like, the accountability of, like, how he carries himself, how he presents himself to the media, how he presents himself to the fan base.

And it's not like Harbaugh is going to be changing the way that Jaxson Dart goes about, or he's trying to, you know, uh, basically, uh, take away, right, his shine, right, his presence, his aura, as people have described, right, about Jaxson Dart.

No, he's teaching this young man how, how to channel it.

And the, the reason where this discussion comes from, uh, was from an article that was written, uh, ye- uh, today, excuse me, uh, during New York Giants training camp.

Uh, was an interesting place to be, right? A- as the presence felt, not holding back on key players like Jaxson Dart.

And I think that's the biggest thing, you know, that we saw as well in the past was that, you know, some players kind of got the benefit of the doubt, other players...

A- you know? And Harbaugh is just clearly not that type of person.