Well, for good or bad, the 2014 season is upon us. The only thing left now is to see how long we lose the services of Aldon Smith, and to cut 21 other guys from the roster. That is, if Goodie Goodell cooperates. Yesterday’s laugher at the hands of the Houston Houstons was an extravaganza of 2nd and 3rd string players going against the Walmart brigade. The highlight was back-up long snapper (and would-be TE) Kyle Nelson catching 2 TDs, Bruce Ellington catching one, and Chris Borland’s 60 yard pick 6.
The Niners did what so many teams do to them, and Houston followed the Niners old (hopefully) script of winning the TOP in the 1st half, but getting held to 2 FGs, and then giving up late TDs in the half to fall behind.
Still and all, after the defense started out sluggishly, they played well these last 2 games, giving up 13 points after giving up 57. The young LBs have come around nicely, and there are some big decisions coming up in their ranks, as Aaron Lynch and Chris Borland played very well. Nick Moody also played well. The pass rush, which was missing the first 2 games was much improved, and that was without blitzing. Then again, we were facing 2nd and 3rd string QBs in Kasey Casem and Red Skelton yesterday, so there’s that. And the Raiders beat the Seahawks. Huzzah . . .
Forty Niners Forever 
NJ – You’re an idiot. Have I told you that before? I did catch the flag. Harbaugh’s wrong. But let me take you back to our classic debate some months ago when I challenged you to find his replacement and you came up with Charlie Weis. I still shit my pants with laughter thinking about your logic and your offerings. I know Harbaugh’s a pain in the ass. But he’s a pain in the ass at the most limited commodity in the NFL that has the most influence. What’s harder to find – a franchise quarterback or a great head coach? It’s the head coach. It’s Harbaugh. I don’t care if Harbaugh makes little girls cry at the ice cream parlor you fuckin’ moron. Harbaugh’s more important than Baalke, Jed York, Colin Kaepernick and many others. He’s the single greatest asset of this football team and without it you’ll see a return back to 6-10 within three years.
You want to side with Baalke and Jed York? Fine. But like I just sent Berger packing last night over his love for Alex Smith and his attempt to change his blogging past, I’ll remind you every step of the way after Harbaugh’s gone and we’re back to the Singletary dull drums of 6-10. You’ll be the idiot, NJ. Actually, you already are, but it’ll be set in stone.
And what if the 49ers don’t go 6-10 and then do better, sometimes making the playoffs, sometimes missing them? Then the question is what do the 49ers do compared to Jim Harbaugh on another team. My guess is Harbaugh wins a Super Bowl else where before his successor here. But let’s hope for your sake, NJ, that doesn’t happen because then I’ll be merciless.
That’s what you live for I’m sure Spit.
I don’t dismiss what Jim has done here, not in the least.
I’m simply suggesting that the reason he may move on isn’t directly tied to Jed or Trent.
It’s pretty much the same scenario Andy Reid endured in Philly.
A solid HC who couldn’t win the big ones.
Rex got to 2 AFCCG with The Sanchize too.
Again, another scenario with that phase of NYJ football where there truly was a moron wearing the GM Cap, Tannenbaum.
There comes a point when those tough decisions must be made.
It’s 50/50 whether Jim stays or goes.
Again, 2-way street between ownership and Jim.
What happens if he stays?
Does that make you the Village Idiot?
Of course not, yours is not to share opinions rather, to sh!t on those who don’t agree with you.
Will that torpedo all your plans to berate people like myself who see the big picture?
As much as you enjoy berating, not debating, there will come a time when you’ll have to admit that this team is much better off with Baalke and Paraag than most other franchises in this game.
Though I’m certain that’ll never happen.
If Harbaugh leaves and we win Super Bowls or a Super Bowl, I’ll be the first to say to everyone I was wrong about Baalke and Jed York. But right now, those two are fuckin’ morons.
The only issue we have Spit is whether Jim wants to stay IMO.
From all I’ve seen and read, Jed is making every effort to retain him.
Morons or not, our FO is miles ahead of most Teams in the NFL in terms of continuity.
Contracts are budgeted well, youth and depth are much improved too.
If Pete eats Jim’s lunch again this year, it won’t reflect on Baalke as much as it would on the Coaching Staff.
Kaep has to take another step in his development as well.
He is Jim’s protege and there are weapons at his disposal this year that weren’t there last year.
Scoring more points would certainly take some heat off our depleted Defense too.
Baalke does his job, like it or not, to provide the pieces.
It all has to gel in order to be successful of course.
Are you fuckin’ kidding me? If Pete eats Jim’s lunch it won’t reflect on Baalke? Are you joking? Baalke is directly responsible for gutting both the secondary and the special teams coverage units while paying Gabbert 2 million guaranteed. The Seattle Seahawks are the best team in the NFL and we play them twice with glaring holes in our secondary and our special teams units. That’s all Trent Baalke. Jim Harbaugh is the one politicking to keep the team enact and Baalke’s the one tearing it down….. while you suck his dick claiming, “It’s always a numbers game.” Now maybe Jim Harbaugh and his coaching staff are good enough to compensate for Baalke’s retarded Gabbert moves, like they did last year when Moron Baalke decided to dump Moss, Walker and Ginn with a first year qb at the helm, but if Harbaugh and his coaching staff can’t bail out Baalke again that’s on Trent… especially with Blaine Gabbert’s wasted 2 million holding a clipboard on the sidelines.
“If Pete eats Jim’s lunch it won’t reflect on Baalke?” Please…. You’re a fuckin’ idiot. You need to pull your semen out of the gene pool.
Who’s calling the plays on game days Spit?
You’ll find any angle to berate the FO for the failures of Coaching won’t you?
Kaep threw the passes in the SB and the loss last year in Seattle.
Perhaps Baalke was a moron for putting him in that position?
You can’t have it both ways.
Players play, Coaches Coach.
I suppose all the personnel on those teams owe their jobs to Harbaugh?
As for gene pools, get yours out of the cesspool.
Is it even possible for you to debate a topic without slinging sh!t?
Are you seriously going to suggest that Donte and Carlos didn’t contribute to the loss in Seattle?
Is that on Baalke too?
2 older expensive players that were not retained.
And then you complain that Baalke let them go in FA?
You b!tch for the sheer enjoyment of being argumentative.
You’re quick to hang onto the Draft busts yet Baalke provided guys like Aldon and NaVorro.
Now Fangio has to find ways to produce without them for an extended period of time.
Another problem for Baalke to cover up with other options.
Get your head around the bigger issues, if it’s even possible.
The days of free-spending are long gone.
The Cap puts every Team on the same threshold.
The results then come down to getting production from the personnel and the Coaches.
Maybe guys like Lemonier and Aaron Lynch can provide some relief while they wait for Aldon to serve his ridiculous suspension.
Skuta and Borland have to step up too.
Without a GM providing those options, we’re sunk before we start.
Look at Sean Lee in Dallas.
What options did Jerruh provide?
He’s still digging out from the top heavy Contracts he served to Romo and Ware.
Just like the problems Tannenbaum created for Rex with guaranteed Contracts to Sanchez and others.
Without depth and good Cap mgt, nobody can succeed from the sidelines.
Another WR I believe you wanted got axed in NY today too – Stephen Hill.
Just goes to prove that WRs are not an easy commodity to succeed with from the College ranks.
They probably bust as much as QBs do.
Another reason why Baalke likely took a chance with a guy like Stevie.
At least there’s some production to base a decision on, especially when he had success against guys likes Revis and Sherman.
Spit declares this blog is full of “idiots!” He’s ready to take all comers on Chuck’s front lawn. Unfortunately Chuck has never found the front lawn as he never waters the grass. It’s all brown and full of dirt and weeds he proudly claims.
3 months ago Spitty was crowing the Niners needed to get young. Get rid of the old guys. Well, that’s just what they did with the ST unit. What’s the spit take? That it’s the wrong move. If seeks worth a damn, he’ll do fine with this lot. They are using the money elsewhere.
Then you crowed endlessly how the Gabbert move was smart as Harbaugh would coach him up. Well, what happened there? It ain’t harbaugh’s fault now? Its on Baalke that Harbs can’t salvage him? you think these moves are made in a vaccuum. you are dumber than you sound.
And thank you mr. Kerry.
Alex Boone gets a $2.3 million raise over the next 2 seasons. Can’t be franchised in2016.
Commence 10,000 word diatribe by the usual suspect.
How does that raise prorate over the next two seasons in relation to the number of pregnant women one beats the shit out of? Wait. Wrong contract.
And Ray McDonald wants to be the first player to test out the new domestic abuse rules. Felony battery against his pregnant GF.
So now we negotiate with holdouts? Our front office is run by idiots. And company man, Chuck: I want to get younger but not because we’re forced to because of bad Blaine Gabbert decisions. Trent Baalke’s an idiot. And what did I tell you? That first round pick needed to go towards D line, not a too skinny kid who needs to bulk up considerably. Now we’ll probably lose McDonald for a considerable period and our depth along the D line is terrible. That’s another Baalke mistake because he reached for a small DB in the first when there were good-sized D linemen available. This team isn’t going to be able to stop the run, and that’s on Baalke…. not Fangio. This team also isn’t going to be able to cover kicks – that’s on Baalke, not Seeley.
Since Harbaugh’s arrival, the Niners lead the league in two categories: losing NFCCGs/Super Bowls and arrests. Give ’em $15 Million a year!!!
So Harbaugh’s to blame for the character of the team? That’s on Baalke. He drafted ’em….. Baalke drafted Aldon Smith knowing full well Aldon Smith was a head case.
But I’m not going to let this troubling Ray McDonald news ruin my Sunday breakfast down at the Alley Cafe. I already did that by drinking wine at 9:30 this morning.
I’m outta here!
Sounds like Harbaugh has drawn his line in the sand on domestic abuse. Paul Gutierrez (an ESPN reporter) is saying that Whitner once told Gutierrez that Harbaugh would forgive the players for anything BUT domestic violence. Whitner told Gutierrez if a Niner player puts a hand on a woman, that player is gone. I don’t know the validity of the story, but if it’s true, McDonald might get cut if charged. And pregnant? Fuck me. We might have to cut the guy.
Harbaugh didnt say he would cut a player, he said he doesnt hold with any man who puts his hands on a woman. Lucky for the Niners Baalke drafted tank and dial.
Cut Ray McDonald…. and serve notice to Brooks, Culliver and Aldon.
Nice of McDonald to go felony battery the night just after the cut downs. Seriously, the Niners are looking like the holding tank for Folsom. The bad look continues to get worse, as they move into a new stadium and their supposed role as a cool team for Silicon Valley. Beating on a pregnant woman? I’m guessing this time Jed’s gonna make sure good ol’ Ray and that PR nightmare isn’t starting next Sunday. When this smoke clears, Goodie will have a field day lighting up Ray with a suspension, and you know what? He should…
Sounds like the 49ers were partying at McDonald’s house after cutdown day when McDonald beat his pregnant woman. The street that McDonald lives on is the same street where Aldon Smith hit a tree. McDonald, Aldon, Culliver and Brooks…. cut ’em all. Start over.
I honestly hope it’s true Harbaugh said if a player lays a hand on a woman he’s done in the 49er organization. I hope Harbaugh cuts Ray McDonald.
Harbaugh cant cut him but he can sit him and he should. Personally I hope Baalke does cut him.
Harbaugh can’t cut him, but Harbaugh can make a statement…. literally or figuratively.
Just so there’s no missunderstanding, I think he should be benched and cut as soon as practicable contract wise.
Any man, much less a 300lb top of the line athlete, who put’s his hands, and I didn’t say beats, on a pregnant woman should no longer be afforded the priviledge of playing in the NFL and making a huge income.
Period.
After so many contacts with the law that this Niner defense is racking up, it’s no longer just a coincidence. Pattern matters. Something that the Niners are doing, whether it’s Harbaugh, Baalke, Fangio — is helping this criminality continue. And, it’s mostly the defensive players. At some point, like now, they have to do something like cut a guy’s ass to get people’s attention. IMO. I like a tough D for my team. But, it’s time to draw the line at felony battery on a pregnant woman by a hulking D lineman. If you let that go, what’s next? A linebacker gets rung up for Murder 2 for killing a guy in a barfight?…
Think back to Leanord Little and Donte Stallworth.
It’s been a League wide problem for years.
Stupidity not withstanding, RayMc likely won’t see another Contract with SF.
Leonard Little – Duh…..
Yeah I have to agree Snaark, what the heck is going on?
Who’s laughing now? Pete Carroll.
Ray McDonald is a loon. We’re becoming the Portland jail blazers. Not a good look.
VD and Demarcus Dobbs were there as well. Aldon smith was not.
Say what you will about Singletary, he certainly covered the disciplinarian angle it seems.
This team has always been one of the more upstanding franchises over it’s run.
Not sure what the heck is going on lately.
How astute was it of Bill to have Dr Harry Edwards around all those years?
I’m thinking we need a comparable measure installed again.
Talk about piss poor timing. Now Goodell can lower another hay-maker on the Roster and really put us in deeper sh!t.
Really stupid move on Ray’s part.
Michael Sam went unclaimed on waivers. That ain’t right. Michael Sam got the shaft.
That’s a joke, son. Joke, I say.
Here’s another. Alex Smith got $30 m at signing. Kap got $13 m at signing, now that’s a joke son.
Alex Smith received a four-year, $68M contract extension with $45M in guarantees?
Flacco, Romo and Alex Smith get huge deal? What in the world are these organizations thinking? Some players and coaches are starting to realize if you take more, others get less. Like Harbaugh… if he’s traded for picks, the team he’s traded to is handcuffed. The Ravens? They can’t compete anymore. Neither can the Cowboys. I love stupid teams that we compete against.
And what in the world is Ray McDonald doing walking down the street after his arrest? What? No cab money? No friends? Is the pregnant girlfriend not able to drive? Sweet baby Jesus. What in the wide, wide world of sports is going on around here? If it wasn’t for my spectacular 77 today, I might start drinking again.
http://www.csnbayarea.com/video_content_type/mcdonald-crazy-situationtruth-will-come-out
Del $15m of that $45m is guaranteed for injury only. Guaranteed money in the bank, barring career ending injury, is $30m. As a plus, he didn’t have to buy the team an insurance policy to pay for a career ending injury ala Kap.
That is crazy money for a mediocre QB who only seems to excel at extracting huge paydays. As far as I can see he has received every dollar of the contracts the Niners gave him (the final year was paid by the Chiefs) and now another $30m goes into the bank account.
Say what you will about Alex Smith, but he knows how to maximize his real talent, getting paid.
I want you all to know I just shot a 5 over par, 77 on a course with a 126 rating. 5 over par? That’s legit, son.
So what?
This was me on the greens today…. thank you very little.
There you again coloring the truth…I bet you were out there playing with the Jew and Catholic boy…
No golfer lies about Ratfarts.
I coulda broken the club record, theoretically….
But Rodney Dangerfield stepped on one of my ducks. I’ve had the utmost privilege of seeing Rodney live in person twice in my life. Really makes you appreciate just how funny they are. That’s a tough gig standing in front of a room of people and trying to make them laugh.
You can edit shit on film and TV, but when you’re standing up there all alone on stage trying make the audience laugh on cue, there’s no cut to commercial. There in lies the emotional scars and the trips to your local therapeutic couch.
As Nipper would say, Ouch!
I’ve never really seen a good comedian live. I’ve been to a few but they’ve all sucked. Sam Kinison was the last big headliner I went to. He was awful. I think Kevin Hart sucks. I love Louis CK. Bill Burr is funny. Ron White’s always good for a laugh. But the funniest guy in comedy right now is Dane Cook.