Chargers News: Bill Plaschke Reacts To Jim Harbaugh's First Presser

What does the longtime LA sports expert think?

Boisterous and ever-quotable new Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh made quite the impression during a chatty introductory presser at Inglewood’s YouTube Theatre on Thursday.

Columnist Bill Plaschke of The Los Angeles Times, for one, relished the recent Michigan Wolverines signal caller's initial LA performance.

Another element of the day -- and the offseason -- to which Plaschke sparked was what it seems to signify regarding ownership's willingness to spend.

"These are not your father’s Chargers," Plaschke writes. "This is no longer an organization that lives on the cheap and operates on the fly. The Chargers are now a serious business, the Spanos family having just spent a ton of money to hire one of the sport’s most seriously gifted coaches; a quirky but unquestionable leader who spent Thursday in an oversize suit and fitted humility delivering what was essentially an $80-million pep talk."

"In his illustrious coaching career, Harbaugh, 60, has specialized in quickly turning ugly messes into wondrous memories. His 44-19-1 NFL record and 147-52 college record are both rooted in fast turnarounds of struggling programs," Plaschke observes.

"He quickly built struggling Stanford into a football powerhouse, he hurriedly coached the San Francisco 49ers from losers into the Super Bowl, and he just led Michigan to its first undisputed national championship in 75 years," Plaschke said.

"This can happen here. This should happen here. Harbaugh talked as if it’s already happening here, beginning with that Shop-Vac."