Not going to bore you with a long post, but day 1 of camp is in the books, and a funny thing happened on the way to the cellar. The team was happy. Smiling. Having fun. For all the talk of Harbaugh and the record, he sure seemed to suck the fun out of the building. “Who;s got it better than us?” became a cliche that I’m sure the team rolled its eyes at. At least among the vets. The heavyhandedness is gone, and according to Matt Maiocco (another glad-handing media type looking for brownie points) the team seemed to be in great spirits and ready to take on the challenge of losing their Supercalafragelisticexpialadocious leader in St. Jim Harbaugh.
I mean really, the team HAS to hit the shitter because of the void left by that gimormous personality. Right. More like Ego. He placed himself into practice as a look-at-me-hang-with-the-guys type rather than be their coach. That’s fine and all, but not when the same guy that wants to be one of the guys suddenly says shit like no cards on plane rides. No loud music in the locker room. No fun other than driving all the players to distraction. You can’t play it both ways.
I said a couple days ago on this very bog that the players being happy campers guarantees zilch in the win column, but it does engender some ownership from the players to push the youngsters to get themselves ready for the bog-time. Harbaugh created and ‘us-vs-them’ attitude ward the front office, but he also put himself above the players by treating them like a college team and this grated on the vets.
I look at it through the lens of a successful coach like Bruce Bochy. He;s not a table-flipping bullshit flinging coach like so many in baseball. For all his country drawl and backwoods rambling lies a very acute baseball mind. He shoots straight with the players, and is forthcoming with the front office. He trusts his vets to hold the fort down, but isn’t afraid to do the necessary things to ensure the team puts its best effort out there. Behind the scenes. He doesn’t give semi-incoherent rambling pressers, or giving any rah-rah bullshit either. Tomsula strikes me a a more straightforward guy who will be in that mold rather than the hype generator that Harbaugh was. For all his coaching success, Harbaugh has one Orange bowl victory, and one NFC Championship to show for his chutzpah and bravado. Good luck in the Big House, Jim, but I ain’t gonna miss you all that much.
Forty Niners Forever 
The day has finally come, put on the pads boys and lets see what you’ve got. Growth starts now. I always thought how fantastic it would be to be able to put on a 49er uniform and be a part of the best organization in football.
Are we pumped for training camp? I am!
Skeebers declares V “persona non grata.” No one wants the dude.
There is no way to guarantee we hired the right coach. We just need some time to go by to see. I think we hired the right coach but I was happy when we hired Nolan, Singletary and Harbaugh. Harbaugh was good but he ran his course and had to go. Go 49ers! Lets win!
I got my post deleted from skeebs last night. I’m guessing he didn’t like me pointing out that Maiocco says we were emotionless and didn’t smile last year more than any team he had ever seen. And that the 2015 team seems to be enjoying football again. Maybe me calling his entire sight a bunch of morons, or was it fu**ing morons, didn’t help preserve the post either. It’s his sight, he can run it the way he chooses. I guess after being moderated I was deemed not worthy of the North Korean blog that is run by skeebs/bullit. LOL!
Shocking.
Skeebers scoreboard is going off the charts with negativity,
God forbid we go 10-6 and reach the playoffs. The thought being it was OK for Harbaugh to not win a super bowl with a stacked team, but it is imperative that this incarnation has to be held to the same standard despite the retirements.
Can you say double standard? What’s funny is they are all predicting 2-4 wins, but if the Niners win 9 they’ll still consider it the most awful thing to happen. The bassackward fan base.
Wonder how many of those guys over there are Spitty?
Where are my acid-washed jeans? That song is very 80s . . .
Looking like the Levi’s Stadium Turf is an ongoing issue?
Must be good money in turf management over there?
Talk of replacing the turf up to 8X before the SB?
What gives?
Maybe it’s all those Indian spirits having some fun.
Your 2015 San Francisco 49ers…
Go Cowboys
Tony Romo > Colin Kaepernick.
And the margin between the two QB’s with Romo leading the way is widening. Tony is moving like a tremendous machine. Kaepernick (Sham), is dropping back. “Looks like they’ll catch him today.”
The NFL has not only caught up to Colin Kaepernick’s act, but they’ve ate it up and spit it out.
But enough about the NFL’s latest also ran at the QB position. A true and worthy Champ returns to the track later this afternoon when racing’s latest Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, returns fresh off his Belmont Stakes romp to run in the Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park.
Joe Montana = Secretariat
Steve Young = American Pharoah
Colin Kaepernick = California Chrome
Alex Smith = Zippy Chippy (winless in 100 starts)
I know it’s late but this is my favorite Washboard Sam.
Try this one on Winder –
Railroad Boy…Gov’t Mule –
NJ- Real nice I really like these guy. Is muscle shoals still happening?
I like that Gov’t Mule tune.
And a little Detroit Iron from Thackery……
some high energy shit.
Cap it off with some Clapton/Knopfler perhaps?
Same Old Blues – LIVE….
OK – Gotta throw Warren and Sonny in the mix –
Some pickin’ and slide’n –
Good stuff. They do Son House justice.
Going….DOWN?
I’ll counter with this
How eff’d up is Joe Walsh in this set?
This guy is one of America’s greatest musician ever. He played with some of the best.
Tony has won how many big games? Oh yeah. None. Kappy has more playoff wins. Rhomo has had many more chances to be good, but alas, he’s destined for this:
Here’s the Romo song Chuck –
Choke…..