Well, Jed fiddles while the 49ers crumble. Not a peep from the pup in charge of the team. It pains me to listen to the Comcast guys as Dennis Brown sits there and says that Jed, Trent and Co. have a plan they are following to rebuild the team. Dennis goes on to say that they need to get some free agents and build the team accordingly.
Ricky Watters however, tells a different story. One that rings much truer than the ‘we-only-need-a-few-pieces format that Dennis Brown puts forth. Rickey said the 49ers are where the Raiders were 4 years ago. Back when Re-Undead Al was still alive, the Raiders had no QB, a roster full of bloated free agent contracts, and coaches were coming and going like the tide. There was a lack of direction in the front office and no one knew who would be there one day to the next. The Raiders were able to get headed in the right direction by hiring a strong GM and nailing a few drafts. A few free agents helped, but the impetus was the draft that propelled them. Derek Carr and Amari Cooper being big parts of that. Throw in Khalil Mack and you have a nice set of pieces to build off of.
My biggest issue with that of course is the fact that Dennis completely disavows the last 6 drafts. Rickey himself said that Baalke’s last good draft was 2011. He said that ain’t cutting it. My point exactly. the fact that we are revolving through coaches and players isn’t an indictment of Trent Baalke, it is an indictment of Jed York. The massive stream of talent that has left the team is shared by both of them, as they didn’t do what they promised Colin Kaepernick when he signed his team-friendly deal, and that was to keep the good players here. It didn’t happen. They cheaped out and let Iupati, Crabs, Boldin, and plenty of others go.
And here is where Baalke is culpable. He did not restock the talent. He has 6 drafts under his belt and has gotten little to nothing from it. Eric Reid is solid. Even Jimmie Ward is proving to be good. But nothing on offense. NO QB. No WRs. No linemen. He has been drafting defense-heavy for six years, and we are last in points allowed.
It is VERY hard to parse this in any other way than Jed needs to get rid of Trent Baalke.
The problem? Who will take the job with the caveat that he can’t fire the sitting head coach? We already stumbled over this roadblock when Jed insisted that almost-hired Adam Gase (funny enough, we face him on Sunday) was told he had to keep Jimmy T as his DC when Gase was set to keep Vic Fangio on as his DC. The deal blew up after that was laid out there.
Jed shotgunned the hire for no reason that I can figure out. It makes absolutely no sense that the owner would hamstring a possible hire over some asinine stipulation like forcing a coach on the new hire. Getting rid of Trent would impose another stipulation that the new GM MUST keep Chip Kelly as the HC as Jed is already on the hook for Jimmy T and Chip Kelly, in addition to the new hire. Jed (and mommy and daddy) don’t roll like that.
Beyond that, this is yet another game that I saw with my son where the Niners beat Miami and now the turkeys are coming home to roost.
Forty Niners Forever 
It’s November 26th and Trent is still on the job and Jed is still fussing over his cabana. Niners still suck and Skeebs and the Outsiders are still nuts. Yup everything is normal as possible. Oh and the Warriors beat the Lakers again last night.
Hey did I forget? Castro finally died.
Since it’s getting to be that time of year (and don’t forget your mufflers! – that’s the thing you wrap around your neck in the cold and ice, for youse in California), here’s to the Niners 1-9 run D against the Miami Dolphins:
http://tinyurl.com/j5mcbgz
And a dolphin is not a fish………I remember from school.
Harbaugh lost again for those that care about his coaching exploits. 2 OT
Niners by 3
Miami 34 Niners 10.
Can we make it ten. They shoot horses don’t they?
As usual fast out of the gate, and then nothing!!
Where is everyone? Still with family? Out of town, no internet connection??? Inquiring minds want to know. 😝😝😜😜
Drunk and disorderly.
Not watching today, got too much to do. But, I can’t say i am hoping for a victory. I think the only way changes will be made is to continue losing. Sad but true.
Niners suck …….everything is normal so far.
Niners tackle like wet toilet paper trying to stop a train.
Could have been worse. Kerley bailed out Kap to keep it exciting.
Helluva game by Kappy today. 296 passing with 3 TDs, 113 rushing. If only we had him signed for a few years, lol.
It’s going to really tough to lose to the Bears and Jets at this rate. We need our D to come up big.
Given how the D is tackling like it’s flag football, they might.
Hey the other guys were better not by much. A moral victory! How nice.
Do you guys feel like animals? Skeebs things we’re the barnyard. Mooo! Oink!
thinks
Well at least the Raiders finally won it.
1110 yds passing, 223 yds rushing, 8 TD passes 2 INTS 1 fumble lost – QB rating mid 90s…
Yeah, I’ll take those last 4 games. Remember Kappy was injured and didn’t play for a year.
Look good –
LOSE!
Season over.
Playing for Draft position now.
Seriously NJ? Like 1-10 was your line in the sand to call it a night? 🙂 AllI hear is saving the draft spot, but draft spot doesn’t mean shit anyway with Baalke manning the dartboard.
Other than that, busy day, and no time for football. The kid went back to CSUMB and things to be done.
Well, just got through with the tape, as Teflon Mike used to say, and shit, I don’t know. But for the goddamned turnovers, this one . . . yada yadda yadda.
Say what you will about Kappy but he looked very good today. He seems to be picking Kelly’s offense up. And his WRs are basically 3rd string/Walmart guys. And his TEs have bricks and tiles for hands and fingers. Kappy made some nice reads, extended some plays, got big chunks with his feet. Celek dropped a sure 35 yard gain, and T Smith created the pick, and there were a couple other scattered drops, and VMcD CANNOT fumble in the red zone, but that ‘s part of the problem with this team. No depth. Too many penalties, too many big plays given up, too many 3rd down conversions given up. The D played meh, and there’s no pass rush still. If this team had any pressure, the other guys couldn’t hit these 40+ yard passes.
Gas would have caught hell had we tied it in the end there as he threw way too much when he could have run the clock out. Speaking of clock, our time management is no great shakes either, but the fricking offense actually looked like a smooth machine for longer stretches of time today anyway than at any other time this season. Miami ain’t no patsies, blah blah blah yeah I know. . . .
Chuck we were in the toilet after the 4th loss in a row.
Whether it’s Baalke or anyone else come April, it’s simply an odds thing for Draft slotting.
Nothing about the Draft process is certain, other than having some Picks to spend.
We simply watch to see what happens from our vantage point.
Losing ain’t fun.
BOO HOO
.hang in there guys
Sure, the draft is a crap shoot, but Baalke has been throwing snake eyes for 6 years. A monkey with a dartboard would have hit better than Trent.