"Blaming the Browns' season on the West Coast offense is like blaming "Jack and Jill" on Al Pacino...

The West Coast offense has a track record. It's looked good when displayed on wide screens in other cities. It has played to adoring crowds. Just because it fell into disfavor around here as something not quite manly enough at worst, or simply poorly paced and outdated at best is no reason to question the chosen script in Berea.

Jim Harbaugh's fire and the 49ers' running game won rave reviews as a sequel to Bill Walsh's critically acclaimed West Coast offense in San Francisco, even while people were walking out on the Browns' version here. If the fact that it's worked in Green Bay, among other less than sun-drenched climates, fails to convince you, Harbaugh proceeded on a trip that has delivered the 49ers to home-field advantage in Sunday's NFC Championship game. "