Well, the season that started with a bang ends with barely a whimper. A team that beat the playoff-bound Minnesota Vikings fairly easily quickly went into a tailspin that they couldn’t get out of. 1-0 to 4-12. Injuries, inconsistency, bad coaching, bad play, terrible offense, terrible defense, a quarterback benching, on and on.
A season that started with a ton of question marks and uncertainty after the mass exodus of players, and the gutting of a coaching staff ends with likely another purging of coaches at the least. The team that was terrible offensively last year sunk even lower. The team took a huge hit in talent on defense, and it showed in a number of blowouts, but that was due to the many turds the offense laid. Sort of a self-generating shit show of 3-and-outs followed by quick scores by the opponents.
The finger of blame can be pointed at just about anyone on the team and in the front office, but to me the biggest problem with this team is that the talent that was abundant 3 short years ago has gotten old, moved on, and has not been replaced. The galling thing to me is that Trent Baalke is under NO pressure from the local media regarding his status as the GM, and his problems replenishing the team with playmakers.
Sure, Jimmy Bag-of-Doughnuts is an easy target to pigeon-hole as the source of the team’s woes (anyone who farts in a presser WILL catch shit), but he was given a very bad hand to start with. The machinations around the coaching hires started with Adam Gase nearly being signed only to (apparently) flee the ship after Jed York mandated that Tomsula, not Vic Fangio, be the DC. This scenario supposedly played out, but I can’t for the life of me figure out WHY Tomsula plays such a huge role on this team. It should have been a no-brainer to get Gase and keep the defensive coaching staff together. Beyond that, Tomsula is no offensive genius, and the rest of his coaching staff did little to alleviate the worries around the moribund offense.
Rightfully so it turned out, as they are the worst offense in the league. The thing is, there are rumblings that Jed won’t even get rid of Tomsula, let alone his GM. This team was riddled with injuries last year, and managed to crawl to 8-8. This year saw another shitload of injuries, but with the talent drain, they staggered to 4-12. Keeping Tomsula and shit-canning Chryst and the rest does little to change the prevailing suck. Status quo will likely bring about a mediocre season, even if they don’t get ravaged by injuries. I know Jed likes to float things around through social media using his underlings to get the lay of the land from the fan base, but he HAS to know that there will be black-outs and sponsor defections in the near future should this same coaching staff/front office returns next season.
Sigh.
Forty Niners Forever 
Well, they don’t play to lose. The players aren’t the problem. Well, they are the lesser problem.
The problem is the drafts under Baalke.
Hey. A midrange pass.
Players are the problem, meaning their talent level. And, that’s on Baalke. Firing Tomsula and not Baalke will be a joke, if that’s what happens…
I think a worse fate would be overtime.
Who the hell is calling plays, don’t they know what a pass is??? This has been the Niners problem for the last 10 years! They get a couple of good runs and then they run only!!
How could any GM watch this Niner offense and do anything but draft offensive players in the next draft? This offense is beyond embarrassing. Laughingstock. Ludicrous. Not sure a word is available to describe how inept it is…
The players are not the problem, it is the play calling!!
Partly it is. Gabbert screwed up down there when they had a shot in the red zone…
Running the ball, stupidest thing to do when you are trying to win!!
Great catch, and then what do they do… Go back to the fucking run!!
WTF? Your season is over, and you’re punting on the Ram 36 with 4th down and the season near over? Fans that are there rightfully booing Tomsula for punting, and then the punt goes into the end zone, a net 16 yarder. He deserves firing just for that…
I don’t know that a win will drop us much farther back at this point, But I think we are 4th or 5th if we lose.
This really shows how fucked up the Rams are too.
Chuck, your fault — you called for the OT. 😉
No one wants to win this game. Goodness what pathetic teams.
Dawson does it!
They played to win the game.
There goes jared Goff.
We should land at 7
Goff could be in Cleveland or Dallas by then anyway.
Well, there’s certainly a better chance of that now.
If Baalke stays we weren’t gonna get him anyway.
Not a meaningless win. That drops them to 7th in draft position, instead of 4th. Sweet. This organization is so bad it can’t even lose when it needs to. No shot at Goff, and the shot even in 4th was debatable. Now to get him they give picks to move up. This win could have just cost this team a possible franchise QB for a decade. Idiots…
Is Hodges as good as his numbers would indicate? And it looks and sounds like Jimmie Ward has really started to come around. What’s the take on him moving forward? I don’t get to see enough games to form a complete opinion. I hate to say it, but this win sucks, both for draft position and because it may well be the deciding factor in bringing Tomsula back.
Since Jed won’t go, fire the entire organization, top to bottom, except Joan in payroll…
So, they’re at the 7th pick. Who’re the top QB’s out there? There has to be more than just Goff. Fuckin’ Baalke is going to fuck this draft up again.
Fire Baalke now. A monkey could pick better wideouts than this dude…
I’d try to snag QB Carson Wentz in RD2
Get someone to replace Aldon or, Staleys’ successor in RD1