Well, the wait is (almost) finally over. the new-look streamlined 49ers open camp on August 1st at 7:00 pm pacific time. In these days of truncated preseasons and quick turnaround times, we have out first exhibition game on August 15th in Houston. The home preseason opener is Aug 23rd vs those lovely Cowgirls.
Two weeks of practice and instant season. Is it enough time to assimilate everything? Gosh, Wally! Who knows? There’s been enough blogticulation to fill 666 King James bibles, so I’ll leave that part of the story out, other than to say there appears to be little middle ground on what the future portends. I will say that Harbaugh managed to pull it off back in 2011 with an even smaller window. No reason to think these guys can’t get shit rolling quickly. Unless you subscribe to the myth that St. Jim is otherworldly.
As far as the season goes, you have the chicken-littles and you have the guardedly optimistic. No one is predicting a Super Bowl berth with the amount of talent that left, but many (including me) expect a playoff run. The team still has a lot of talent, and they have an experienced coaching staff. Defensively anyway. Then you have the crowd that seems to caper around gleefully predicting the long and hard fall to abject shittiness and decrepitude. No middle ground, no thinking that there may be a bump in the road. It is a decade of downtime. Jed screws the team into the ground for 10 years for some sort of ego bath. Got it. It had nothing to do with the fact that the former head coach was a major league asshole who alienated everyone in the building and took a strong team to be the bridesmaid, but not the bride. A team that went 8-8. Despite St Jim and all those guys that left.
I get thinking the team could possibly have a rough patch, but to devote so much time and energy to spreading the bile endlessly over months and months and ridiculing every move the team makes and inventing reasons for why shit went bad 2 years ago is baffling. The overarching need to get in front of the ‘they suck’ train is a mystery to me.
Like the crazy crab promotions at the Stick years ago (“We don’t do mascots. Please boo the crab!”) , there are people hoping against hope that the team crashes and burns, so they can project their hatred of the owner. A guy who looks and acts just like his predecessor, Eddie.
Forty Niners Forever 
Rookies report on Monday, 7-27. Veterans report Friday 7-30. This is the last weekend this year without football!
At last…
My name is V. It is short for vagina. I have 3.
He was in the psychic ward because he was hiding from the escaped goats.
Lol
I don’t know why.
How nice, a love song! I like a happy ending!
I have grandma issues.
you got that right piggy, Yeee Haaa
Oink!
Love the central scritinizer, Bergs.
At least I’m not a weasel, NoFear. You are king of the weasels. You couldn’t make a stand leaning on a tripod.
This song sums up about how I feel about the off-season. It’s a Bob Dylan song but I don’t think Bob is singing. This is a good version of this song. “I used to care but things have changed”.
Looks like Vernon and Sporano are working together nicely.
http://tinyurl.com/pwu82xx
We talk of the depth of coaching on D and forget Sporano is another ex HC with experience to draw upon for the O side of the ball.
Speaking of whiskey
That’s Bob, Bergs.
Oh, NoFear, you couldn’t stand for something if you were leaning on a tripod.
Minions? Lenniungs? Gawd, you and Buwwit are stuck in grade school. Does your husband watch football too?
Are you guys familiar with Eric Johnson? Here is one of his many great songs. This one is called Trademark.
Nice
Yeah …….on this blog we get some entertainment! I enjoy it. On the “other blog” you get Bullit.
Ouch
I don’t like rap, but I have always liked this one
See, this site is very diversified.
Nipper, I have no life. I get my rocks off badgering the smart guys here.
When that doesn’t work I cum all over my keyboard blogging at Skeebs place.
I wet myself.
Lets all sing “American the Beautiful”…………la la la la la………
I’m scared . Of everything.
Yeah, Bergs, there’s a few CDs of shows that Eric Johnson, Steve Vai, and Joe Satriani did together. killer stuff.
Wow. I;m a lifeless toad..
69- Whatever gave you the idea that chuck represents us, or that we are representing him?
Chuck graciously runs a 49ers blog. One which I am glad he does. The same goes for skeebs blog. They are moderators not idols like your political nonsense try’s to portray.