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 
I can guarantee Barrows has off the record comments form players in the locker room who did not want to be quoted.
Advice so easy to give and very hard to accept. BLEEP!
Rams just battering the Raiders today. Still, I don’t have confidence at all that the Niners can beat Oakland in the next game. Niners offense is in such disarray, it will be hard pressed to score more than 20, IMO. Niner defense can certainly do the job against a poor Oakland offense, but hey, anybody can get lucky once in a while…
Berger, Barrows’ take might make sense but he’s obviously just speculating on quite a bit of it. I don’t think he intended that piece as anything else. He does make a few good points that many have ignored or disputed, putting more blame on Harbaugh for the offense we run and the plays that get through to the QB than Roman, for example.
So are we looking for a fall guy or the actual problems?
Problems. Once identified we can find the fall guy. If Barrows is accurate I have reduced it to no one is in control. If I am the OC I would be in control or I wouldn’t want my name associated withy the position. If it is the OC it is the HC. If Jim isn’t giving Roman the control he needs to fill that role. Regardless of who it is it comes down to the HC. If I was Harbaugh I would replace the OC and get somebody who will take control and concentrate more on the flow of the game. But that’s just me and what I would do.
That was not well written. Let me try it once more. If I was Harbaugh I would hire an OC who will take control so I could concentrate more on the flow of the game.
I know you’re not including the good looking horse when you lumped “many have ignored or disputed, putting more blame on Harbaugh for the offense we run…”
No, the horse is and has long been a notable exception.
Funny thing is, NoFear, I’ve been complaining about situational play calling and the red zone offense for a few years now. I didn’t just come up with this yesterday because it now appears to be the prevailing sentiment. I’m just sticking to what I thought a few years ago. In other words, the unwashed masses are finally catching up to what some of us have been saying for a couple years now. .
You point at folks here and accuse us of going with the pack. As usual you argue something that isn’t true.
Yeah., the line’s banged up. That doesn’t answer all the issues though. VD and Crabs both came in wanting to cash in and hit paydirt. Is it any wonder that when things aren’t going their way they appear to be playing out the string? Shit, Harbaugh’s doing the same thing. You guys pooh poohed the shit all preseason about the front office problems and Harbaugh but it sure looks to me that it is a BIG problem at this point.
This offense is going backwards. We have better players. We don;t have better schemes. Injuries otr no the offense is a failure. The defense has overcome more debilitating injuries and have weathered it. The offense hasn’t
The QB is on the offense side of things, right? Martin for Kilgore isn’t Borland for Willis. Do you believe players get better with experience and coaching? If so, they aren’t always playing at their best but for the schemes they play in.
Some folks seem to forget or disregard the fact that in the past three years this group of coaches has won more games than any other team in football. More wins than Walsh was able to string together in any three period of his career here. That’s not peanuts. Or just good fortune despite a bumbling staff of coaches.
The offense hasn’t been the high-flying “go for the bomb out of the gate and keep going for it” type many here have wanted to see but it was the right offense to win more games than everyone else. So maybe the fans crying for changes for years haven’t always been right and the rest of the pack just catching up now.
Are you trying to tell us Harbaugh is a better coach than Walsh because of some skewed numbers? That would be one of your specialties. Most of us understand that Harbaugh took over a stocked roster and Walsh took over a depleted one. Do you pass that kind of info on us because you think we won’t notice the absurd comparison?
The only thing skewed or absurd here is your reaction to anything you don’t want to consider. Good luck to you.
So it’s true, you think Harbaugh is a better coach than Walsh? Was that your point?
Not to change the subject but are any of you an expert on tailgating? Even if the team is lousy, the food shouldn’t be.
No one said high-flying blah blah blah. That’s your imaginary ghost to rail against, NoFear. I, and many many others, wanted to see the end of the jumbo formation on 1st down. We wanted to see more running out of passing formations, play action on 1st down rather than 3rd and 12, and better offensive flow.
Its pointless to discuss this with you because you rail against points no one here is making.
How has the red zone offense been working? Are you satisfied with it?
Stanton is looking like shit. AZ’s going down.
Jesus, NoFear. Walsh had a team with 0 talent. Harbaugh inherited a very good team that was BADLY coached. See a diff there? Of course not. You are saying they started from the same point in time? Good one. Walsh ran the entire show. Harbaugh has a cast of thousands.
Are you trying to be dense. or does it come this easy? Nolan couldn’t win with a decent team. Singletary couldn’t win with a good team. Harbaugh won with a great team. However, he has been exposed in the playoffs.
A big problem with this team is the fact that they still, after 4 years under Harbaugh don’t have a deep threat, and they haven’t developed the draft picks that were supposed to do that.
Seattle can open up the underneath by sending guys deep. For some reason teams aren’t scared by our deep game.
Dense? You define the word. I didn’t say Walsh’s first three years. I said any three successive years. You two can laugh off the comparison but it’s no mean feat. And no one in the football world dismisses it as nothing because they have some personal manufactured axes to grind. And most think the FO here is idiotic to push stories of Harbaugh’s demise for a single year that MAY finish out of the playoffs. Most teams would kill for that record.
You and I will have to agree to disagree if you think Harbaugh is a better coach than Walsh.
and there’s your specialty. Pretending to repeat what I say by twisting it to your purpose. Show me where I said that or STFU with that shit.
I’m not twisting I am trying to clarify what you said. You seem a little testy. You talk a lot but don’t say much.
What I said is plain enough to anyone with half a brain. How about you fuk yourself.
Somebody needs a timeout.
Have you considered anger management training?
“Stanton is looking like shit. AZ’s going down.”
Yet somehow Drew fucking Stanton was shitty enough to beat our squad.
That’s basically your season in a nutshell. And for good measure toss in a loss, at “home” nonetheless, to “Steve” Austin Davis and there you have it.
Obviously Stanton is laboring under some bad coaching today.
Or alternatively there is now enough film of the guy to start taking away what he does best, or he just sucks balls today.
It was a joke 12th man. Your assessment is correct IMO. And just what happens to a lot of players/teams.
I got that NF.
http://dailyleak.org/2014/11/49ers-kaepernick-benched-in-favor-of-blaine-gabbert/
No fucking way. Who wrote that article, Skeebers?
If they start Gabbert vs the Raiders, I will openly root and cheer for…
Fake news for funny.
I’ll obviously be rooting for the 49ers, but the good news if we lose to the Raiders is a coaching shake up would be immanent.
Yes FO probably won’t dump Jimi before end of season but if we continue to stink it up as in about half our games- maybe. Then we need patched up O coaching as obviously GRo will be gone too. That will all be cosmetic designed to prove to the, uh faithful, that Jed is really really sorry, personally. Then of course he will have to pay several million for next year’s contract. So maybe we limp along until eliminated/end of season then changes are made. Harbaugh won’t resign that’s clear to me = would YOU walk away from $5+1 = ^ million? Plus Jim has trade value and FO knows this so he won’t be fired I think. Traded if he agrees I could see.
As a voice of reason I’ve been the first here (and initially over There) saying Jimi is done. Diehards want to insist it’s player execution fine. You are about to see what the FO thinks the problem is.
– A Voice of Reason
Bergs you are in for a surprise if you think a new coaching staff will change the opinions of the diehards so you can go back and convince them of your POV. But maybe you will have more ammo and support for another go round. I’ll join you for the occasional foray but no expectations for me.
Me I never expect people to change because “People Don’t Change”. (Trademark Psych 101)
Phil- I’m not trying to change anything, just tired of the same argument over and over. I can repeat myself only so many times before I realize I am talking to myself. All they do is ignore the coaching aspect for whatever reason. I’m sure glad the Golden State Warriors did not listen to their logic, or lack of.
Yes I understand what you mean Berger. I just don’t think it will change regardless- which is fine, so what?
I agree but with new information I won’t feel like a bunch of broken records playing simultaneously. For now they can stay busy comforting each other about their narrow vision.
You guys watching “The Shredder” at work? Denver just fake punted from their own territory and made it, think they are afraid of “The Shredder”?
Hey, he’s 2 for 5 and it’s not quite halftime. He’s on fire. That change of scenery and better coaching sure has paid off for Alex. In Spades!
s/b be 2 for 5 for 15 yards. Yikes!
Pathetic, even for your (lack of) standards, NoFear.
Pathetic is trolling your own blog. Or is asshole the only mode you have left?
Smith wasted err Shredded the D for a quick 3 and out after being handed possession deep in Bronco territory. The more things change the more they stay the same.
There are 3 starting LBs from the Nevada Wolf Pack playing tonight! Two for KC and one for Denver. Not to mention a starting TE too! Go Wolf Pack!
How weird is that.
Give us some props 12th!