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Eagles players say Ravens 'in good hands' with Harbaugh
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PHILLY wishes u nothing but the BEST!!! u will be missed!!!!! At 45, John Harbaugh has labored half his life in obscurity as an assistant coach, in colleges and the pros. The other Harbaugh, they call him. Jim Harbaugh, his brother, is the head coach at Stanford University and a former NFL quarterback. John Harbaugh? He played defensive back in college, but no further. By all accounts, for 24 seasons Harbaugh has been a good lieutenant -- smart, detail-oriented and loyal to a fault. Does that make him Ravens-ready? No question, say members of the Philadelphia Eagles who played for Harbaugh during his 10 years there. "They would have been crazy not to hire that dude," said Reno Mahe, a special teams standout whom Harbaugh coached for four years. "He took this undrafted rookie and formed me into a player. "He made me do things I didn't think I could do. In 2005 I led the league in punt returns, and 99 percent of that had to do with him." Harbaugh "has the mind-set, the aura of a head coach," said Quintin Mikell, a defensive back. "The leadership mentality is there. He's vocal and outgoing, and if he gets on players about something, nine times out of 10 it comes from a good place. "No matter how many times we disagree, we'll go to war for him and he'll go to war for us. You want a coach who has your back." Harbaugh's organizational skills are unparalleled, cornerback Joselio Hanson said. "The Ravens are in good hands," Hanson said. "All week, we got page after page of notes to read about the other team's tendencies so that, by game time, we could almost read their minds. "With [Harbaugh], it's all about hard work and getting the most out of you. Before a workout, he likes to say, 'Let's have the best one-day practice in the history of the league.'" Those who know him say that Harbaugh's philosophy differs from that of his predecessor, Brian Billick. Cushy workouts are out; boot camp is in. "John makes it tough [for players] during the week but easy on the weekend...

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