Well, there you go. An offense that struggled against some bad teams was completely overmatched by Seattle. This season is pretty much lost , so I guess the Harbaugh watch starts tomorrow. Frankly, I’m pissed this offense has been pretty much a failure. I’m at the point where I don’t know if the coaching staff has fucked Kaepernick to the point of his indecision and not trusting himself, or if he just isn’t getting past his 1st read and just chucking away.
Beyond this game, Roman has been a failure throughout this season. Kaepernick hasn’t grown as a QB, and the new weapons we have were basically ignored after week 8. VD has been a disaster, Crabs has been fair to middling, and the run game has disappeared. Boldin has been the only consistent WR on the team, and the parade of backup TEs have done nothing. I heard Collinsworth say t0night that he saw Harbaugh start to take over the play calling in the middle of the 3rd quarter. How he knew that I don’t know, but if it took Jimbo this long to figure the play calling needs help, then I don;t know what he has been watching these past 10 weeks.
Where are we as a team? Well, the defense is beyond awesome. Despite killer injuries. The offense? I don;t know. Harbaugh may have resurrected Alex Smith’s career, but I think he’s breaking Colin Kaepernick.
Forty Niners Forever 
Word is that all harbaugh assistants are politicking for the HC spot. Including Roman.
So much for loyalty.
inside info?
Jason Cole
An interesting part about that interview was Cole says they have been lobbying for a year! He see’s Tomsula as the front runner and Fangio in the mix, predictably Roman is a hard sell considering the O performance.
I wonder what it would take to get Mike Holmgren out of retirement
A couple pizzas?
Papa Murphy Combo
I would not bring in Holmgren to coach fulltime. His age, health and just time has passed. I would not mind having him or someone like him come into TC and run a clinic for Kaepernick on things like footwork, timing and reading defenses.
Honestly, everyone in this clusterfuck has contributed a bit of it, from Jed on down. It’s a dysfunctional organization, with people politicking and looking out for numero uno – same as it was going back a few generations of coaches. I can’t entirely blame any one of them, or absolve any of them either. Just a shitty situation that it now comes down to tearing things apart and potentially starting over.
Crosspost from Skeebers site:
Thrust of my comments is that the FO + Jed have undermined the HC and the team which we see from odd rumors like ‘trading HC to Cleveland’, ‘rift w/Baalke’, “problems w/ FO”, etc w/ owner letting sit there unrefuted. That is either stupidity or passive aggressive stink aimed at HC whether intended (how could it not be?) or not. That is utterly despicable and destructive to team morale.
Players know much more about this (how could they not?) and it affects them seeing owner apparently siding w/ GM against JH. “Divided locker room”, “Disgruntled vets/players” and holdouts are a logical results of this lack of support. Results in poor off-field conduct in some cases I imagine as well. I blame Baalke’s child Jed for not forcefully stepping forward publicly to quash these rumors immediately. And likely he didn’t make it clear to “everyone in the building” that he is neutral between GM/HC. Huge mistake, extremely destructive, we see the results sadly of this blatant failure of leadership. Now he tweets “Unacceptable performance; I apologize”. Too late, you blew it Jed. 48 wins not good enough huh? Fine.
The issues of our O, OC and HC are not the root of our problems never mind player execution as poor as it has been in some cases and generally. As indicated above and in several other posts I recently made the problem is poor/inexperienced leadership at the top. Ongoing.
Others (like Spitblood the departed) have predicted a severe fall for this team w/o Harbaugh and with the GM/owner alliance against. Looks like Skeebers thinks the owner may not be a great asset in the equation. A decline has begun already based on dynamics mentioned above. Ongoing sadly.
Sadly for us 48 wins in less than 4 years is not enough for GM/owner. Dumbshits. Not over by a long shot
Just read the transcript of Harbs presser today. One of the reporters ask Harbaugh to confirm which of the 2 teams he would be coaching this week. Now that is funny.
Bruce Miller comments on why the run game is less effective:
http://www.ninersnation.com/2014/12/1/7317373/bruce-miller-comments-on-49ers-run-game-issues
Checkers vs Chess.
Rembrandt van Rijn vs Etch a Sketch 12th.
This Staff, be it Harbaugh, Roman, or a combination of both, can’t find another level of expertise to outsmart an opponent.
While many point fingers at the GM for failing to Draft WR talent, we can’t get results from the Vets that are already here.
The simple formula for me = GIGO.
If they continue to rely on ‘fooling’ a Defense with formations at this level, the only thing left is to play the part of the fool themselves.
Put an 8 x10 FOOT mural on the locker room wall, showing the Thanksgiving Night Feast on the mid field logo, being enjoyed by Wilson and Sherman.
Caption it with the final score and stats.
Then, ask who’s got it better than us?
This Offense belongs in College.
When Kawakami gets it everybody should:
“On persistent questioning, Harbaugh said he has not spoken with York about the owner’s frustrations over the Seattle game and didn’t speak to him over the long holiday weekend.
“In the big picture, there is no doubt that York has picked Baalke over Harbaugh and now York is letting Harbaugh twist in the wind.
“Seahawks coach Pete Carroll even got in a jab at York when asked about York’s angry Twitter moment.
“Our owner would never do that,” Carroll told Seattle reporters.
“Of course Paul Allen wouldn’t do that—because Carroll has won big for him and because he wouldn’t dream of undercutting his coach.
“Jed York did that. Jim Harbaugh doesn’t have to describe how things are going between the two men now because it’s out there for all to see.”
This has been pretty clear for awhile to some of us. This season the effects of choosing a suit over a great coach is obvious
http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/2014/12/01/harbaugh-3/
I see it another way Phil.
The turmoil behind the scenes has finally festered, Jed apologized to the fans.
Tacky?
Yes.
He’s got a lot to learn in terms of when to go public and when to remain silent.
By comparison, I’d prefer an owner who remains silent and allows his people to run the show they were hired to run.
If I had to deal with a clown Owner/GM like Jerruh in Dallas, I’d be rooting for another team.
Do you agree it would have been far wiser for Jed to side with neither HC or GM? Or that this siding and splitting the team is not on Jed? Where the hell is Niner leadership? Just the HC?
Jed’s siding with either is what has allowed it to come to this IMO.
Glad Harbaugh is staying on task as usual and letting Jed/FO deal with the mess. Jimi will be fine but I doubt the Niners will be for a long long time- as predicted
Phil it’s a tough call for an Owner.
GMs are typically entrusted with running the team.
Owners write the checks.
Look no further than Dallas and Jerruh, for an example of an Owner who thinks he can do it all.
I feel the same frustrations you do.
Jim is a good leader in the locker room.
He’s done a fantastic job since his arrival.
However, you can’t overlook his shortcomings, especially on Offense, be honest, we suck.
For whatever the reasons, Jim and Trent can’t coexist.
Given the accepted dynamics of the NFL, HCs usually answer to the GMs.
Jed has, by all accounts, attempted to extend Jim.
Safe to assume Jim wants too much control?
He apparently forced Jed’s hand here IMO.
As I’ve said, Jim isn’t recruiting for Stanford anymore.
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
John (Harbaugh) 8:44 (KJV)
This season is lost. Too much shit to overcome.
Give ’em hell Jed! I say keep up the pressure. Eddie always did! Eddie was 27 when he took over the 49ers. Just win Super Bowls baby!
All this media blather about Harbaugh not getting along with Baalke and/or Prince Jed.
Well, what IS it that he does that causes problems? He yells at people? He disagrees on draft picks? He won’t tell Roman to call screen passes? He constantly berates admin staff? He farts in the meeting rooms? What the HELL actually is it that he does to cause the problems?…
IMO Snarkk, he’s not improving the Offense.
Now his vaunted Ground game is being snuffed and he’s got no answers in the passing game.
The wheels are coming off.
Pathetic.
When Plan A fails, you’d better have a Plan B that can succeed.
As it looks now, we don’t have said Plan B.
The argument over Baalke vs Harbaugh doesn’t answer the problems being seen with an inept Offense.
The same roster got to the SB and several NFCCGs together.
The prevailing and obvious failures are still occurring today.
The inability to score points in the Red Zone.
I can’t lay that on Baalke.
It’s got to be taught, practiced, schemed and executed when it matters.
We’re struggling to overcome teams like the NYG and ‘Skins in recent weeks.
When all the marbles were there to stomp on Seattle, we were exposed.
Lack of creativity, more business as usual, same results as the SB and last years’ NFCCG, epic fail.
Who was the smarter GM involved with the RG III deal?
Shanahan was relieved of his duties in favor of the QB, largely assumed to be the choice of Dan Snyder.
It’s looking more and more like the Rams GM, Les Snead fleeced DC.
Judging by the results offered from RG III thus far, he’ll kill the GM, Bruce Allen too.
When assembling an NFL roster, all the parties, GM, HC, and position Coaches have to work on a Plan together.
When a meddling Owner gets involved as Snyder did, and Jerruh commonly does, the normal results are nothing more than mediocre.
Disagree NJ = “If Jim could find a way to score points and develop young Offensive weapons, I’d venture to say we wouldn’t be having these discussions.”
Right and if Walsh won a SB every year Eddie would have laid off and they wouldn’t have had a conflicted relationship ending in Walsh quitting. You want to narrow the discussion to what Jim has failed to do so far and discount what he’s superbly accomplished already. Like Jed who instead of supporting his HC as Skeebs details above bitches only on what the failings are. Do you acknowledge Baalke gets a zero for his 2nd draft? Do you have evidence of Jed supporting Jimi publicly? And you don’t answer my questions as part of your focus on the deficits you want to discuss which in my view are secondary issues that miss the root of Niner FO dysfunction:
Do you agree it would have been far wiser for Jed to side with neither HC or GM? Or that this siding and splitting the team is not on Jed?
So Jed is not a football guy and his influence and Baalke’s on him is negligible? 48 wins are not the point going forward? Holy smokes!
No Eddie drove Walsh off, York drove Mooch off and innocent Jed is working on coach #3. Driving off winning coaches is the family way in Ninerland. How is this any different?
(edited from Skeebs)
For all the haul the Rams got, it sure hasn’t translated into wins. I dopn;t know what’s left from that trade, but the Rams will once again be on the outside looking in.
New thread is up.