Strange words coming from Harbaugh's mouth in the stadium tunnel after the crushing defeat to the Beast and the Seahawks. What did he mean by that? Since he was just defeated, shouldn't he have courageously said, "A man can be defeated but not destroyed"? Anyway, go Marshawn! Go Mebane! Go Hawks!

I think you are correct. I don't think it came out correctly, which is odd for Harbaugh. The entire interview was just weird to begin with.

CALiforniALUM;842266264 said:

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I think you are correct. I don't think it came out correctly, which is odd for Harbaugh. The entire interview was just weird to begin with.

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Shell shock. Hairball thought he had this one in the bag.

He will destroy Seattle with enthusiasm unknown to mankind.

http://www.bayareasportsguy.com/ranking-the-very-best-a-plus-plus-jim-harbaugh-quotes-harbaughisms/

I believe he was referencing a quote from Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea.

Another stupid comment from the stupid Hairball. I am glad that we don't have to hear again from that guy for a few months.

01Bear;842266358 said:

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I believe he was referencing a quote from Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea.

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Wow. A lot of respect that he got it right!

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Hemingway draws a distinction between two different types of success: outer-material and inner-spiritual. While the old man lacks the former, the importance of this lack is eclipsed by his possession of the later. He teaches all people the triumph of indefatigable spirit over exhaustible resources. Hemingway's hero as a perfectionist man tells us: To be a man is to behave with honor and dignity, not to succumb to suffering, to accept one's duties without complaint, and most importantly to have maximum self-control. At the end of the story he mentions, "A man is not made for defeat...a man can be destroyed but not defeated." The book finishes with this symbolic sentence: "The old man was dreaming about lions."

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calbear80;842266362 said:

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Another stupid comment from the stupid Hairball. I am glad that we don't have to hear again from that guy for a few months.

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Hmmm....he has his degree from Michigan, a decent career in the pros, the first NFL head coach to get to the NFC Championship game his first 3 years in the pros, a beautiful wife, great family, brother and parents and is a millionaire..wish I was equally as stupid.

freshfunk;842266365 said:

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Wow. A lot of respect that he got it right!

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Glad to see someone set the story straight, fresh.

Maybe Pam Oliver's wig was throwing him off?

calbear80;842266362 said:

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Another stupid comment from the stupid Hairball. I am glad that we don't have to hear again from that guy for a few months.

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OK, so you're not a Hemingway fan. Perhaps you could express that in a different way?

Harbaugh might have turned a corner for me. I liked him as a player, but as the Furd and Niner coach with his childish antics, he became one of my least favorite people in sports. His classy interview answers at the podium after the game shocked me pleasantly.

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Wow. A lot of respect that he got it right!

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I guess this paragraph you've quoted is from an essay written by an Iranian physician about the use of Old Man and the Sea in psychotherapy, it's funny that this is the top result when you search for that sentence.

http://www.clas.ufl.edu/ipsa/2003/hemingway%20T.O.and%20T.S.html

Hairball's Moby = Pete Carroll, lol.

Cal88;842266422 said:

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I guess this paragraph you've quoted is from an essay written by an Iranian physician about the use of Old Man and the Sea in psychotherapy, it's funny that this is the top result when you search for that sentence.

http://www.clas.ufl.edu/ipsa/2003/hemingway%20T.O.and%20T.S.html

Hairball's Moby = Pete Carroll, lol.

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Yup. It's the top result in Google.

What's interesting is what the physician uses it for:

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We used this exceptional story as a therapeutic aid for hopeless and depressed people who needed a powerful force for continuing struggles of life against fate.

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..which is pretty appropriate given the circumstances.

Hairball is hopeless and depressed? :rollinglaugh:

I think it's cool that this essay comes up on Google, it shows a facet of modern Iranian culture that is not at all like the stereotype.

Cal88;842266490 said:

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Hairball is hopeless and depressed? :rollinglaugh:

I think it's cool that this essay comes up on Google, it shows a facet of modern Iranian culture that is not at all like the stereotype.

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I was thinking more in the context that it would make a good quote to the players after a harsh defeat but, you're right, the original context was about him.