Aaaaak! In a very revolting turn of events, the 49ers have hired Chip K-K-Kelly as our head coach. Sure, I give him a hard time for being percieved as a racist coach who got rid of a bunch of black guys on his team. Those facts are out there for alL to see. What his reasoning was behind all those curious moves in Philly now become front and center with the 49ers. His trade of LeSean McCoy for the eventual signing of DeMarco Murray proved to be an unmitigated disaster. Nick Foles for Sam Bradford yielded little as well. After being traded, CB Brandon Boykin said Kelly was ‘uncomfortable’ around the grown men of his culture. LeSean McCoy of course started this by saying Kelly was “getting rid of all the good black players” from the Eagles.
Be that as it may, I ruminated a couple weeks ago that it would be mildly interesting to see how a Colin Kaepernick/Chip Kelly offense would work. Seeing as Kelly didn’t have the kind of QB in Philly that he wanted in Sam Bradford or Nick Foles, he now has two guys at his disposal who could conceivably run his high-speed offense. I never in my wildest nightmares thought this would come to pass, but here we are.
Frankly, I’d love to see Kappy in the driver’s seat of this, but I’m pretty sure Baalke has other ideas about giving money to a guy who got benched/injured (pick your order) last season. Gabby may be able to pull it off, but he showed his limitations last year as well. And given the underlying tendencies of our newly minted head coach, does Kappy even stand a chance to stay?
Beyond that, since Kelly has a recent track record of demanding more and more control of the roster (he may not have called himself the GM, but he was solely responsible for the personnel decisions in Philly after all), is THAT Jed’s intent? To position Kelly as the instrument of Trent Baalke’s demise? Hey, anything’s possible in this cown show.
Strange Days have found us.
Forty Niners Forever 
At this point, Kelly (4/$24 mill) is making noise that he only wants to focus on football. That he got sidetracked with personnel decisions and it fucked up last season.
20-12 out of the gate isn’t bad, but Philly in 2012 was a lot like the 49ers before Harbaugh. A talented team (4-12) that had tuned out their head coach.
Neither Foles or Bradford were what Kelly wanted as a QB. I’m still convinced he wanted to deal for Mariota last year and it didn’t come to pass.
Kappy and Gabby both fit his style more. What this means for Kappy is anyone’s guess. What it means for the team is growing pains.
Cool stuff, Snarkk. My older sister got to see the Doors a few times in SF. One of the most unapologetic bands who traveled their own road. No one sounded like them before or since.
If I’d only been born 6 years earlier . . .
One of my all time favorite bands. But some of those times back then were foggy. If memory serves I think I saw them with Country Joe an the Fish.
One thing good about those times was it didn’t cost you a lot of money to see these guys. For years the Fillmore only cost about $3 to get in and you usually saw 3 different groups. Same price as a sugar cube.
Hah!
chuck- I have been reading a little more about Kelly, it actually could be a lot of fun. Or not.
Go Ducks!
I still think the QB to keep is Gabbert, he showed mor accuracy in his passes. Sure Kap is faster when he runs, but as he starts to run will he continue to look down the field for an open man? Wilson does very well starting to run but is always looking down the field. Last year I just didn’t see any progress from Kapp, even with his off season work.
Send Kap packing!
Agree, Kappy needs to improve drastically.
Do you take a chance and pay him the $7 mill? Or whatever he is getting after April 1
Jed is generous.
That’s the big debate, Kevin. It’s around $11M they’d have to pay out. Gabbert proved that he runs and runs well. He had that long TD against the Bears and numerous other effective scrambles. Like you said, he throws well on the run and has more of a tendency than Kap to keep his eyes downfield. He ain’t the magic elixir, but I’d like to see him get a shot.
My concerns about Kap are mainly whether he can get back to where he was or not. He was so fucked up by the time they benched him that I don’t think it looks good, regardless of the coach. He was utterly lost. This from a guy who, in the Super Bowl year, had two huge comebacks, on the road and in the playoffs, from two 10 point deficits against Atlanta (a great win, IMO) and a 22 point deficit that fell just short against Baltimore in the SB but was still a great comeback (I pin that one on Harbaugh, et al).
Last year’s Kap looked like a completely different player. We’ve all talked about it ad nauseum here, but until the OL is shored up no QB will succeed in S.F.
Maybe they do bring him back and Kelly can work with him. Fingers crossed I guess. It’d be a great story if they can pull it off. If not, the whole goddamn organization might implode.
Interesting take on the Niners/Kelly/Kaepernick situation:
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14574629/chip-kelly-work-san-francisco-just-did-coaching-philadelphia-nfl
That was a well written article, especially about whether Kelly is a good coach
Well, they gave Tomsula 10 mil, What the heck I would try for one more year with Kappy. If nothing else we have someone who can run the team if he has too and the upside is a lot better.
I would still draft a QB in Rd 2, Cleve is gonna drfat Goff with there pick but if he’s still there at 7 I would take him.
Yeah, I’d still take a QB, but with Chip here, Goff makes little sense. he’s not a scrambler/runner type. Neither is Wentz but I like him out of N Dak St. He’s looking at high 2nd round now.
Like I said, Kappy’s ceiling is much higher than Gabbert but at $9 mill more he’s a lot more pricey. Gabbert is a placeholder at best, while Kappy HAS won big games before. Who knows if he can get back there, but I’d do it
New thread is upupupup
1. Emmanuel Ogbah, DE, Oklahoma State, 6-4, 275, 4.76, Redshirt Junior: Ogbah was recognized by Big 12 coaches as the conference’s top defensive lineman a year ago and was even better this season, leading the Cowboys in tackles for loss (17.5), sacks (13) and forced fumbles (three) to earn co-honors with Baylor DT Andrew Billings(12th on these rankings). Ogbah isn’t just productive but also gifted and versatile, boasting an exciting length, power and agility
j49er any thoughts ?