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 
Offensive linemen.
Radio guys falling over themselves bemoaning Tomsula maybe going. The recent holiday party was way better than last season’s party with Harbaugh. Huh? So what?…
Wholesale changes are needed no matter the win. This season was a disaster and all the coaches and players must take ownership. Tomsula will have to walk the plank and more to follow. Unfair perhaps, but this is a bottom line business.
I think Kevin Hogan might be the best QB in the draft because he makes the best decisions. Can probably get him in the 4th 0r 5th rd. He’ll have to clean up his long release but decision making is as important as any quality a QB can have.
Hogan is Gabbert redux. No, no and no…
what makes you say that? a propensity to check down? if they do draft a “future” QB, they need to keep BG and let the guy sit and watch and learn. and wait while they get OL help.
Hogan is not a great talent. The guy is not elite. Why pick a guy who can’t take you to the playoffs…
Hogan is a backup at best. He’s Gabbert. No thanks. Goff is closer to Aaron Rodgers than Hogan can dream about. Desperate times and all that. Gabbert is a cheap starter for a couple years. Get a. Coaching staff in place that can develop Goff while Gabby plays out his string
Thank you. Goff and Hogan are on totally separate talent levels. If Goff played for Stanford, they’d have gone the last two seasons without losing, seriously. Put Hogan on the Cal team this past season, they win 2 games…
Tomsula’s out. Hopefully followed by Baakle
I just read that!! Not surprising really
I really hope they do something about gge front office.
The guy can be seen as a tragic figure, but I feel nothing for Tomsula. The guy reportedly undermined Harbaugh, angled for the job during 2014 season. Baalke and Jed had to know hiring Tomsula was a desperate move, hiring a guy that most would say had no business being an HC. He’s got a deal worth $10 million, and he gets paid, so no tears for the Hedgehog. Now, if Baalke gets the axe, we’re back in business…
Baalke’s not getting the axe. They already cobbled together the scapegoat for this trainwreck and they fired his ass today. Jed’s afraid of his own shadow right now, he’s not ditching Baalke too. I really want to hear him answer to this shit hire though. EVERYONE thought this was a bad move and he just kept blathering about holding him accountable and Super Bowls being the only measuring stick.
Pretty cold not waiting until tomorrow to fire Tomsula.
Pretty cold leaking the firing in the press before the game started…
The biggest thing that Jed has to answer for is how the Adam Gase deal went sour. He was all but hired before the deal went away because Jed’s insistence on Jimmy bag-of-donuts replacing Fangio.
This makes no sense on any level.
I don’t understand how Baalke has become Jed’s Rasputin. What is it that he brings to the table? It’s not drafting excellence. Ass kissing par excellence? If that’s all it is, that’s pretty bogus…
As bad as it seemed I think the defense is in much better shape than the offense/ We almost have to go QB in the 1st round. If Goff is off the board, we need to get a guy in the 2nd round.
There is Carson Wentz from N Dakota St. 6’5, 230. Good arm, pro style offense, good decision maker. Level of competition isn’t BCS, but give him a couple years on the bench and take your chances.
Niners have to trade up to #1 and get Goff. If not, Cleveland will take him and the kid will be ruined in 3 years…
I don’t get it either re Baalke. I wasn’t too down on him til this year’s draft and his absolute disregard for our glaring needs. But I just don’t get him passing on SO many WRs these past few seasons. Keenan Allen was a pisser.
Don’t get me started on Keenan Allen. I basically begged the Niners to draft him. No. Baalke takes stone fingers Vance McDonald in round 2 instead. Oy…
There are other QBs out there, Snarkk but Goff looks like the real deal.
Somehow I’m thinking Belichick ends up with Goff. He studies under Brady for 3 years, then, the Pats have another 15 years of giving beat downs to the dogmeat trio of Jets, Bills and Dolphins…
If Jed fired the entire organization and started over, I’d be fine with signing Ryan Leaf as a FA 3d string backup out of Striped Suit U. Just get somebody in there that can run a team, and choose some offensive talent to produce on the field…
This Tomsula firing is the tip of a giant iceberg of ineptiness. That’s the worst part of the Niners this season just being plain pathetic. Poor draft picks and not enough young talent was not the HC’s fault.
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