The best coaches are always willing to learn new tricks and adapt their scheme to fit their players skill-set. Jim Harbaugh has always been one to evolve.
With the San Francisco 49ers Harbaugh added the read-option and pistol formation when Colin Kaepernick became his starting quarterback. The decision made the 49ers offense flourish.
Now, Harbaugh could have his most dynamic quarterback in the fold since Kaepernick for the 2018 season if Shea Patterson wins his appeal to have immediate eligibility.
Patterson played at Ole Miss, a team that ran everything out of the shotgun, and the scheme itself was RPO (Run-Pass-Option).