The way this has played out sure looks like Harbaugh has screwed this kid over by not being straight with him prior to the season - and screwed him over out of blatant self-interest.
There's no way Harbaugh came into the season with McNamara #1 and then just suddenly out of nowhere, just decided to make McCarthy #1 after annihilating Colorado State in week 1. This reeks of Harbaugh not being straight with McNamara such to keep him from transferring (if Harbaugh had told McNamara that he was #2 coming out of Spring Practice, McNamara almost certainly would have transferred). Given the way things work these days, Harbaugh has really screwed this kid over by lying to him and not being straight with him. Pretty clear imho, that Harbaugh did not want to lose McNamara as you can never have enough experienced depth at QB - knew he would transfer if he demoted him prior to the season, so declared him the starter knowing full well that he was going to make the switch after one-half of play in a season opening blowout win.
It really is disgraceful how Harbaugh has treated, lied to and misled this kid. Then when the kid complained about it to the press, Harbaugh has cutoff the press's access to McNamara (i.e., muted him). It really is disgraceful that none of b1g slime media has called Harbaugh out on this disgraceful behavior.
There's no way Harbaugh came into the season with McNamara #1 and then just suddenly out of nowhere, just decided to make McCarthy #1 after annihilating Colorado State in week 1. This reeks of Harbaugh not being straight with McNamara such to keep him from transferring (if Harbaugh had told McNamara that he was #2 coming out of Spring Practice, McNamara almost certainly would have transferred). Given the way things work these days, Harbaugh has really screwed this kid over by lying to him and not being straight with him. Pretty clear imho, that Harbaugh did not want to lose McNamara as you can never have enough experienced depth at QB - knew he would transfer if he demoted him prior to the season, so declared him the starter knowing full well that he was going to make the switch after one-half of play in a season opening blowout win.
It really is disgraceful how Harbaugh has treated, lied to and misled this kid. Then when the kid complained about it to the press, Harbaugh has cutoff the press's access to McNamara (i.e., muted him). It really is disgraceful that none of b1g slime media has called Harbaugh out on this disgraceful behavior.