THis discussion is getting tiresome. It was a late hit by Clay and an obvious foul. He later admitted he shouldn't have done it.
Now however it's Harbaugh and co. who are taking the cheap shots through the media. Typical Harbaugh. Sure, as a coach he has every right to call out such a foul on his QB, but like the ***hole that he is, he won't let it go and has chosen to make several comments in the media about Clay that are cheap in their own way.
However good a coach Harbaugh is, and he's definitely good, he has no class. You can rightly call out Clay on that hit, but the irony is that yeah, Clay may "have to repair his image" like Harbaugh said, but Harbaugh has once again used this incident to confirm his image as a undignified whining *** who will use anything to get something. That's Harbaugh's "image".
Harbaugh is riding high now and can get away with it because his team is on top, but the thing about the NFL with the salary cap is that it's very hard to stay there. When the 9ers are facing that cap and having to try to re-sign their Staleys, Iupatis, Aldon and Justin Smiths and Colin Kaepernicks who will command huge new salaries and some of which they will no doubt lose to FA, then they will face what a lot of other teams have had to, and then Harbaugh may not have as much room to talk.
Harbaugh may be right that Clay has to repair his image, but that's because Clay is respected in this league. Harbaugh is a good coach, but just because you win doesn't mean you are respected.