Reports out of 4949 Centennial Blvd. is that the 49ers are instituting a much more up-tempo offense. Jim Tomsula is stressing tempo tempo tempo. their first play from their first scrimmage was a screen pass. Can I get an amen? I’ve only been saying for, oh about 9 years now is that we need to run screens. as well as quick-tempo plays like slants. These types of plays have certainly disappeared under the Harbaugh era, and I think opposing defenses took advantage of this by not scheming for it.
The good news out of the recent coaching purge, at least to me, is the fact that the new guys are of a mind to speed things up. QB coach Steve Logan is heavily versed in the West Coast Offense, and the Geepster certainly has run across it. Beyond that, losing the 4-headed play calling scheme that Harbaugh reportedly had will be greatly appreciated. The 2-plays-in-the-huddle deal will also not be missed. I’ve seen enough delay-of-games and burned time outs to stop a room full of clocks.
Again, and this bears repeating, I have no idea what the Geepster truly brings as an OC, but at this point I like what I’m hearing. The D has a solid set of coaches and players, so I think we will be good there, but the offense is an enigma wrapped in a riddle at this point.
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Mike Davis is looking pretty good I hear. Trenton brown might also be worth keeping an eye on imho
Trent Brown is one HUGE dude Rob.
If he gets trimmed down and, into NFL playing shape, I’ve read that he’s got the ‘nasty’ streak covered.
Might have something there with him, for next to nothing in terms of Draft cost.
Sir Spit announced he has sold some of his 49er collectibles for $45…….sniff ….times are tough.
boo hoo!
But, he’ll be around the blogs, to proclaim how right he is about not being a 9er fan Nipper.
Most people I’ve known who give up on a team move on to greener pastures.
AKA, bandwagon fans.
Yeah catch Sir Spit’s comedy act on Skeeber’s Blog. It’s always good for a hoot.
I don’t know about you guys but I think we still are a pretty good team all around. IMHO Jed really wants to win and our front office is top notch. I’m also willing to give tomsula and his staff a chance to see what they can do ! So far the changes they are talking about making are right on IMO.
Most importantly our roster is still pretty strong. The fact that we can still say that after this year’s free agent losses and retirements speaks volumes.
Oh btw fellow miners fans. My phone got ruined by bringing to work (AGAIN) and had to be replaced. So long story short please resend me your phone numbers .
Oh MINERS fans ! How apropos 🙂
Lol
Yeah, I’m of the same mind, ROB!!
I think the player reaction to the regime change will be a good one.
Funny you should say that chuck but it already has. Lost in all the hysteria isn’t just the outpouring of support for tomsula but this. Have you ever seen a team with an embattled head coach. Even in the cases where the outgoing lame duck is obviously a bad coach you still see an effort to rally for and support the guy. In the case of harbagh not one player uttered so much as a peep ! Did our guys rally in support of harbaugh and beat even a weak team . no we lost every one of our last several games
It’s June 2nd and on the other blog they’re still lamenting the old days. Sniff…….boo hoo!
Slow time of year I guess Nipper.
Not much else to kick around perhaps?
Yes, sad and boring. Most of them are still naive enough to think it’s all Jed’s and Kappy’s fault and that Harbaugh was just an innocent victim. Yada, yada, yada.
And before you call me out on it the game vs the cards was IMHO won by the defense. The offense of course never even showed up. I expressed at the time the vibe I got was that our players on defense were rallying around fangio.
Nice thought until the NFL radio interview I heard last month with one of our former free agents. When asked if the off season departures caught him by surprise replied “not really when you change coaching staffs it happens.” His next comment was pretty telling he says “you know when we lost Vic”
Not once did he lement ‘ losing ‘ harbaugh. Not one former or current player has uttered a peep about harbaugh getting canned.
The only responses given by anyone to questions that the front office vs harbaugh conflict was a distraction to a man go like this ..
As players we just go out and do our jobs we didn’t pay attention to any of that
Rob- That’s kind of how I remember it. I will admit I was wanting a change in offensive coaching staff so much that a complete overhaul was acceptable. Because of that it is possible that my memory is a bit selective! Anyway, I’m sure happy with the outcome.
Rob, it’s not about blaming someone for the problems IMO.
It’s about finding chemistry to make it ALL work.
Players play, Coaches Coach, and so on.
What role Jed plays behind the scenes is the GREAT Debate Nuclear Reactor.
Opinions become fact, spun by the media, speculated on by folks like us as well.
Harbaugh won games. He turned things around for us.
No one disputes that, certainly not me.
Whether the conflicts arose over who to Draft is probably a very plausible topic.
Trent and Jim are both pretty focused and determined individuals by all accounts.
Many of us would have looked to Jed to mediate for the good of his franchise.
For me, the line between mediate and meddle scares me.
If everyone within the walls of 4949 can’t share a common vision or purpose, it becomes dysfunctional.
We appeared to be extremely dysfunctional from my vantage point.
Who really knows the answer as to why?
Hence, the Great Debate.
Who gives a shit?
Me
About Harbaugh’s firing or Jed 12th?
The seemingly never ending dissection of Harbaugh not being the Niner coach anymore and the who,what,when,where,why crap.
He had a good run and then he didn’t, bye bye.
Jim Tomsula is the HC of the Niners and that’s all there is.
Right. Some people can’t let go. Flying Vag still laments the Joe trade.
However this shit went down, it went down. The team is where it is due to a ton of things that weren’t part of the Harbaugh ouster. Yeah, the team is not as strong as it was, but there’s reason to think that the defense should be nearly as good as it was, and the offense couldn’t be much better than last year.
New thread is up,