Let's start with the VD saga of Sunday:
“You don’t need to be sayin’ nothin’ to me right now,” Davis barked at the coach, according to witnesses. Singletary ordered Davis to take a seat on the bench, and shortly thereafter the coach approached and stressed the importance of avoiding stupid penalties.
“I said I don’t need to hear it,” Davis snapped, cutting him off.
Hmm, this is a total contrast to every other report I've heard of what happened, but it sure explains Singletary's over-the-top response if it's true. And as for the team's reaction?
Meanwhile, on the 49ers’ sidelines, most of Davis’ teammates were quietly singing the praises of ‘Coach Sing.’ ”
Explained one veteran defender: “Vernon does this crap all the time, and Nolan would always let it go. He created this monster. The good news is that Coach Sing wasn’t having that.”
Added another veteran defender: “No one’s bigger than the team, right? We were all happy to see that this (expletive) won’t be tolerated.”
Wha wha WHAAT?? I havn't heard the team's dislike for Davis reported ANYWHERE else.
Conversely, Nolan’s lack of locker-room cred had a lot to do with his awkwardly timed departure last Monday evening. To his credit, McCloughan had heavily foreshadowed the move in a long conversation between him and Nolan on the Niners’ flight home from Newark, N.J., following a defeat to the Giants.
Nolan, several Niners players say, lost the team last season, which began with high expectations following a 7-9 campaign in ‘06. Midway through a year in which San Francisco would lose eight consecutive games and finish 5-11, Nolan gave a speech to the team on the Monday after a defeat in which he announced an end to his lenient ways. It soon became known derisively in the locker room as the “Warm and Fuzzy” speech.
“He got up there and said, ‘I’m done with the warm and fuzzies,’ ” recalled one player who witnessed the talk. “He said, ‘I’ve made it too warm and fuzzy around here for too long. No more (expletive) warm and fuzzy.’ It was comical. He was up there ranting and raving and clearly trying to be something he wasn’t.”
Added another Niners player: “It was a total front. I had a comeback waiting for him if he ever said it again: ‘It’s real warm and fuzzy on the sidelines, (expletive).’ ”
WTF? If any of this is true, how the hell did we not here about it until now? After this he goes on about how McCloughan went out of his way after his promotion to not rankle Nolan's feathers, then claims that the QB "battle" was a total front and that Martz wanted JT from the start.
Nothing real surprising there, but then he drops the line that makes me really wonder WTF is going on with this team, and question the credibility of this dude:
Not known for his people skills, Martz baffled his players after their 33-30 comeback victory over the Seahawks last month when, at a team meeting the following day, he told them, “You shouldn’t be satisfied, because it’s not just about winning. It’s about trying to be the best offense in the league … the best offense in history.”
......WHAT?? If this is true, then Mike Martz is effing insane and should not be allowed within 1000 feet of a football stadium. I really am not sure whether or not to give this any credibility, seeing as how there's nary an actual source named. But wow, if any of this stuff is true, then this team is more effed up than even we thought. I strongly recommend you read the whole thing and take it all in.
