Y'all pulling out some embarrassing comparisons to push this agenda.
Not only was this dude Ed Reed a grown *** man, but he was also a joint leader of the **** defense and the whole team along side Ray Lewis. Ed Reed literally stepped into the Ravens organization as a rookie and started year 1 and was a stud since.
By the time Harbaugh got hired to coach the ravens this man had already made the Pro Bowl 4 times. Ed Reed was **** near the defensive back coach. Need I also mention the man was almost 30 years old? I could go on and on but the bottom line is that Reed was a stalemate who garnered respect across the whole organization from top to bottom. He literally earned the right to tell the coaches "That wont work boss". He also never fought with his position coach. He didn't quit on the team or showed poor effort/pouting in practice or games. The man TOLD Harbaugh he disagreed, but followed his orders and gave full effort while doing it. Plus the fact, that this was Harbaugh's first and only tenure as a head coach, after being a **** career special teams coach. If he took a breath and considered for a second about removing or replacing Ed Reed, the Ravens front office (or ****, Ray Lewis plus the whole defense) would've told Harbaugh to go fvk himself and work it out with Reed.
But y'all want to compare that to Jeff Thomas who was a got **** high school kid who already quit on his high school multiple times, committed to Mark Richt, who had been a HC for 15+ years already, along with a successful WR coach who had been coaching for multiple years. He came into THEIR situation as an 18 year old kid who has to prove that he's worth playing over the guys in front of him. Showed that he's a very talented but immature player and literally quit the team after 1 **** year after a relatively successful year, but was fondled into coming back. Very next year he argues and fights with his established position coach and quits on the team again with 2 games left into the season.
Comparing a 28 year old All-Pro safety and captain to an 18 year old All-Conference underclassman who quit on his team multiple times.