The trio of Chargers coordinators — Greg Roman, Jesse Minter and Ryan Ficken — met with beat reporters Thursday afternoon.
Here are five takeaways from their media sessions:
There was a crystal clear message from each of the three coordinators on Thursday.
They all have an immense amount of respect for Chargers Head Coach Jim Harbaugh.
Roman and Minter are more familiar with him, of course, having worked with him at previous places.
Ficken said he didn’t know Harbaugh but quickly got on board after one phone call.
Roman, who was with Harbaugh at Stanford and with the 49ers, outlined what it’s like to work with Harbaugh.
“Very good coach, very good person … somebody that comes to work every day and you have a lot of respect for,” Roman said. “Keeps it about winning, keeps it about football, not a lot of other stuff you need to concern yourself with, which is how I like it.
“Just a winning culture, there’s a lot of trust there,” Roman added.
Minter was recently with Harbaugh as Michigan’s defensive coordinator.
“I think he’s one of the most elite leaders in all of sports,” Minter said. “His ability to bring people together, his ability to get people to buy in to the team concept, while also still maintaining their personality and individualism.”
Ficken, meanwhile, is just starting to build his relationship with Harbaugh, whom he said “has a beautiful football mind.”
And while the two will work closely together going forward, Ficken said he’s always respected Harbaugh from afar.
“He’s obviously had the most success you’ve seen at all levels, so that’s exciting for me, to be able to learn from someone who’s done it at a high level and at all different levels because I know I can always improve and do better with my craft,” Ficken said.
He later added: “The way he thinks, he’s all football. Whatever we can do to help this team win games, that’s…
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