49ers' Jim Harbaugh refutes reports

— -- Jim Harbaugh had a succinct reaction to Deion Sanders' report on the league-owned NFL Network that his San Francisco 49ers players want him gone.

"Personally, I think that's a bunch of crap," Harbaugh said in his weekly Monday news conference.

On Sunday night, after the 49ers ended a two-game losing streak by handing the Philadelphia Eagles their first defeat, Sanders went on "NFL Gameday Final" and said, "They want him out. They're not on the same page.

"I really want to know if they're really playing for their head coach. I've got a question with that. Are you really down with your head coach, San Francisco 49ers? I'm not hard to find. Because the way it looks to me and what I'm hearing, you're really not down with your head coach, and that's a problem."

On Monday morning, Sanders, who was a part of the most recent Niners Super Bowl championship team in 1994, took to Twitter to refute that 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree was his source:

ESPN analyst Trent Dilfer, who played for San Francisco in 2007, spoke of the 49ers' locker room on ESPN radio, saying, "I do think it's become almost toxic."

Said Harbaugh, with a laugh: "Really? I haven't seen Trent or Deion around much.

"I think ... whenever you talk about unnamed sources, if somebody's got a good story to tell, they want to put their name to it. So I don't put a lot of credibility into the unnamed source."

After the season opener, when the NFL Network reported that Harbaugh was losing the locker room, the fourth-year Niners coach said he had an open-door policy that is still in effect. Asked if any players had come to him with complaints, Harbaugh said there have not been any such "specific" discussions.

"Players have good ideas," Harbaugh said. "Coaches have good ideas. Equipment managers have good ideas. Trainers have good ideas, strength coaches. We welcome that. If we're not doing something right or there's a better way to do it, let's get it out in the open. Let's talk about it, and we're willing to do anything to fix up or make it better.

"That's the kind of relationship that we have."

Harbaugh did, however, grow weary of the conversation.

"This has gone on way too far, in my opinion," he said. "We're talking about unnamed sources."

Harbaugh is in the fourth year of a five-year contract. Talks to extend his contract have been put on hold.