Ok, so he's not being original. I was almost impressed for a second. Along with the palpably unfair/unsportsnanlike rules, you guys convinced me that it's a dubious play.
My standpoint was more that Harbaugh can go ahead and be a hypocrite for leveraging the rules, but I'm not going to be one by condemning it.
I was thinking that it was comparable to purposely taking a delay of game while trying to draw the defense offsides on a 4th down when the 5 yards doesn't affect a punt. Or pulling down a receiver when a cb knows he's getting burned on a double move with no safety help. Intentional fouls, but more commonplace.