Jim Harbaugh has earned the reputation of the ultimate program builder. After successful turnarounds with the San Francisco 49ers and his Michigan Wolverines, Harbaugh is on pace to do it again.

Jim Harbaugh has a new NFL team, but these Chargers are already starting to look awfully familiar. Anyone wondering if Jim Harbaugh’s somewhat hokey coaching style might still play in the NFL after 10 years away, or whether the Los Angeles Chargers would embrace his quirky identity, was wasting their time.

A fresh haircut isn’t the only thing that had Jim Harbaugh feeling good on Monday. His Los Angeles Chargers are 5-3 at the midway point of the season and in possession of the AFC’s sixth seed after Sunday’s 27-10 victory over the Cleveland Browns.

Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh said that Justin Herbert knocked him from the top spot as the toughest QB in NFL history, adding that no QB has been better than Herbert this season in an interview on "The Herd.

In an appearance on the "The Herd" with Colin Cowherd, Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Jim Harbaugh said that the team does need help at any position

Los Angeles has found the recipe to win games in all types of conditions. Plus, Jordan Love’s turnover problem has reached a critical point.

His protection, his safety, there’s probably nothing I think about more than that,” Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh said about Herbert.

Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh calls Justin Herbert the toughest quarterback of all-time after team's Week 9 win

It does smack of coachspeak, especially when Harbaugh hit the interview with a "all competitors are welcome” slogan to sort of hedge his bets in case the team does make a trade.