http://www.csnbayarea.com/49ers/49ers-tomsula-can-lean-staff-members-experience
Look at the records of the guys they're hiring. Oh, and realize that this is an article about how THE HEAD COACH WILL NEED ASSISTANCE TO BE A HEAD COACH. This is something you do in friggen HIGH SCHOOL! An NFL head coach will need advice from other failed NFL head coaches about how to actually, you know, coach.
But I'm sure this is going to go super well, you guys.
Friday, January 23, 2015
Thursday, January 15, 2015
I Wish Tomsula the Best
I'm wondering what exactly the motivation behind this coaching search was- getting the best guy? Or getting the cheap guy who will enable the GM to flex his muscles? Is Jim Tomsula *really* the best option, when you had a guy in Fangio sitting right there who is currently being pursued by every team that has an opening? Here's a pro tip: when you release a coach or a player and every single other team wants to go after that guy, you made a mistake.
Tomsula sure seems like a cool dude who the players love. Cool! I'm sure a lot of guys loved Singletary, too. You know what a coach needs, though? The ability to, ya know, coach. Tomsula worked wonders with the defensive line, and maybe the defense will still be great! Except the offense has been the issue for the last, oh, 12 years or so, and I have a feeling Tomsula will not be heavily involved in that process. Maybe (unlike Singletary) he's smart enough to stay out of the way and let the pros handle it.
Of course, that's assuming the front office hires the right guy to run that offense. Not sure that's a likely outcome! Apparently Rob Chudzinski is a strong possibility, and that might actually work. Excuse me for not being optimistic, though. Tomsula has way too much of a Singletary whiff- a guy who's probably awesome when coaching a small group of guys, and who most players like, but who isn't exactly a tactical genius. I have a feeling we are going to go back to seeing a lot of the 49ers getting outclassed and out coached, unable to make adjustments because the guy in charge doesn't know what needs to be fixed or how to fix it.
Seems like a nice guy, though! That seems to be more important than actually winning games.
Tomsula sure seems like a cool dude who the players love. Cool! I'm sure a lot of guys loved Singletary, too. You know what a coach needs, though? The ability to, ya know, coach. Tomsula worked wonders with the defensive line, and maybe the defense will still be great! Except the offense has been the issue for the last, oh, 12 years or so, and I have a feeling Tomsula will not be heavily involved in that process. Maybe (unlike Singletary) he's smart enough to stay out of the way and let the pros handle it.
Of course, that's assuming the front office hires the right guy to run that offense. Not sure that's a likely outcome! Apparently Rob Chudzinski is a strong possibility, and that might actually work. Excuse me for not being optimistic, though. Tomsula has way too much of a Singletary whiff- a guy who's probably awesome when coaching a small group of guys, and who most players like, but who isn't exactly a tactical genius. I have a feeling we are going to go back to seeing a lot of the 49ers getting outclassed and out coached, unable to make adjustments because the guy in charge doesn't know what needs to be fixed or how to fix it.
Seems like a nice guy, though! That seems to be more important than actually winning games.
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Comic Farce
This team is in full-on 2005 mode. A bomb touchdown called back by 2 offensive penalties, and the next play is a strip sack TD for the defense. LOL. Burn it to the ground. What a joke.
Friday, November 28, 2014
THIS. OFFENSE. SUCKS.
Anyone believe me now? When your owner feels the (stupid and misguided) need to publicly apologize after a humiliating loss, I think it's probably time to admit you have a problem. Either Colin Kaepernick is not a professional quarterback or Greg Roman doesn't know how to use him. There are no excuses left for this offense- the O line is good enough and the skill positions are stacked with talent. It's the QB or it's the coaching, there's nothing else left. That was a pathetic, unprofessional showing. Can't use the excuse of a short week- you were at home 2 weeks in a row. If there's any way to be ready for a short week, the 49ers had it. That was nonsense.
I stopped watching after 1 quarter because I knew exactly how this game was going to go. Kaepernick is either really injured in a way that we haven't heard about, or the league has adjusted to his one move and he can't get past it. The offense is broken in a way that obviously is not fixable, because it's been a good 3 or 4 straight weeks of this. I almost hope they don't make the playoffs so at least the dull ache won't turn into crushing disappointment. Screw this team.
I stopped watching after 1 quarter because I knew exactly how this game was going to go. Kaepernick is either really injured in a way that we haven't heard about, or the league has adjusted to his one move and he can't get past it. The offense is broken in a way that obviously is not fixable, because it's been a good 3 or 4 straight weeks of this. I almost hope they don't make the playoffs so at least the dull ache won't turn into crushing disappointment. Screw this team.
Sunday, November 23, 2014
This Offense Sucks
Kaepernick is not getting better. He's the same disjointed, uncomfortable0looking athlete posing as a QB that he's always bee...oh wait sorry that's exactly what I wrote last week. And lookie there! It's still true!
What I liked about this game:
7-4 is all that really matters (and now only 2 games behind the soon to be 9-7 Cardinals), but good god. I think I get to complain a little about losing to a complete disaster of a team who was playing on the road and whose QB is Peyton Manning but without the smarts, accuracy, or mobility.
The only comfort comes from knowing Seattle is not much better, and at least the short week game is at home and coming after a home game. They're going to lose it, though. God what a pathetic performance that was.
What I liked about this game:
- The defense (again)
- Carlos Hyde (probably time to Kevin Barlow the bull Gore, as much as I love him)
- Anquan Boldin, because how on earth is he still walking after that hit
- Literally everything else about the offense
7-4 is all that really matters (and now only 2 games behind the soon to be 9-7 Cardinals), but good god. I think I get to complain a little about losing to a complete disaster of a team who was playing on the road and whose QB is Peyton Manning but without the smarts, accuracy, or mobility.
The only comfort comes from knowing Seattle is not much better, and at least the short week game is at home and coming after a home game. They're going to lose it, though. God what a pathetic performance that was.
Monday, November 17, 2014
This offense sucks
Kaepernick is not getting better. He's the same disjointed, uncomfortable0looking athlete posing as a QB that he's always been, only now defenses have wised up and his athleticism has largely been negated. I mean really, though- your defense gives you FIVE TURNOVERS against a 3-6 team and you score 16 points? And we're supposed to think this is a good team? No, no sir. This was a joke of a game against a crap opponent and they barely scraped out a win. Anyone who thought the Saints win was a major milestone should go ahead and check out the Saints' performance today. Let's just say they are not the 2009 version.
The good news? The Cardinals are a smokescreen and the Seahawks are imminently beatable, as is pretty much every other team in the NFC. The 49ers own and will always own the Packers, the South sucks, and the east is LOL.
Just kidding, the good news is actually the defense because GOOD GOD THAT DEFENSE YOU GUYS. It's the kind of defense that can get 5 turnovers, and then when the offense refuses to do anything with them because the offense is incompetent, they just go ahead and win the game themselves. I love how the front office is just like "yeah, we'll take this fifth round white guy and replace PATRICK WILLIS with him, and there will be next to no drop off." "Oh yeah, and that guy we're paying $7 million a year to rush the passer? We have a rookie making nothing who's actually better than him". It looks like Aldon Smith really is a magic talisman of some sort. The defense was RIDICULOUS. I know it's Eli, but the defense ain't looked that good against nobody this year. That was some old school Jim Harbaugh goodness.
Still pretty sure this team is not going to win a Super Bowl, but equally sure the Cardinals will not win the division. The 49ers have 5 very likely wins in their last 6 games, the Cardinals have 5 very likely losses in their next 6. I look forward to them going a very uninspiring 10-6 and missing the playoffs. Again. Because that is their fate and what they deserve as a franchise because screw the Cardinals.
lol peyton
The good news? The Cardinals are a smokescreen and the Seahawks are imminently beatable, as is pretty much every other team in the NFC. The 49ers own and will always own the Packers, the South sucks, and the east is LOL.
Just kidding, the good news is actually the defense because GOOD GOD THAT DEFENSE YOU GUYS. It's the kind of defense that can get 5 turnovers, and then when the offense refuses to do anything with them because the offense is incompetent, they just go ahead and win the game themselves. I love how the front office is just like "yeah, we'll take this fifth round white guy and replace PATRICK WILLIS with him, and there will be next to no drop off." "Oh yeah, and that guy we're paying $7 million a year to rush the passer? We have a rookie making nothing who's actually better than him". It looks like Aldon Smith really is a magic talisman of some sort. The defense was RIDICULOUS. I know it's Eli, but the defense ain't looked that good against nobody this year. That was some old school Jim Harbaugh goodness.
Still pretty sure this team is not going to win a Super Bowl, but equally sure the Cardinals will not win the division. The 49ers have 5 very likely wins in their last 6 games, the Cardinals have 5 very likely losses in their next 6. I look forward to them going a very uninspiring 10-6 and missing the playoffs. Again. Because that is their fate and what they deserve as a franchise because screw the Cardinals.
lol peyton
Monday, November 10, 2014
Truth
The NFL is a joke now w the new rules that favor the offense. These current stats will 1 day be looked back like the steroid era in baseball
— jim florentine (@Mrjimflorentine) November 10, 2014
Sunday, October 19, 2014
AM I TAKING CRAZY PILLS AGAIN
WHY ARE THESE MORONS DROPPING PASSES, YOU ARE PAID MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO CATCH A FOOTBALL. CATCH THE FOOTBALL. THAT IS LITERALLY, LIKE, YOUR ONLY JOB.
This is total BS.
This is total BS.
That was satisfying
don't even care if the 49ers lose tonight. What a hilarious way for the Seahawks to lose a game, with the other team desperately trying to hand it to them. Pete Carroll gets thoroughly out-coached by Jeff Fisher which, really, maybe when that happens it's time to hang up the cleats. How on earth you're not ready for a fake punt there against a team who does them all the time is beyond me, but damn if I didn't die laughing.
And Pete Carroll flailing around after his team just got completely pinked on that "fake return"- I want a gif of that. Hilarious.
When Seattle loses it's almost as good as the 49ers winning. That's a huge game for SF's division chances, now if only Oakland can maybe chose this one game to stop being the Raiders just for, like, 5 minutes. That would be great.
And Pete Carroll flailing around after his team just got completely pinked on that "fake return"- I want a gif of that. Hilarious.
When Seattle loses it's almost as good as the 49ers winning. That's a huge game for SF's division chances, now if only Oakland can maybe chose this one game to stop being the Raiders just for, like, 5 minutes. That would be great.
Monday, October 13, 2014
Same old Rams
I felt like I was taking crazy pills in the 1st half, and am still not entirely sure what to make of that. The 49ers weren't even playing especially bad (other than the COMPLETELY UNFORGIVABLE fumble by McDonald that I saw coming a mile away. What a tool.), but St Louis actually did look like they'd gone back to 1999.
It fit a little too perfectly, what with the no-name QB who'd been bagging shoes at the local mall 10 months ago or whatever coming in to save the day and carry his team to an improbable win on "let's celebrate the only time in our history we've ever been exciting or relevant" night. The pit of my stomach was full of bile and dread and fear. He was making actual plays. The 49ers were not blowing coverages, this guy was stepping away from free-running defenders and throwing balls into impossibly tiny windows, and on the other end his no-name receivers were making the kind of catches that signal "hey defense, nice try and all but you're screwed tonight". The penalties by SF were maddening and stupid and frustrating, but even without them St Louis looked like they were simply better for, oh, 29 minutes and 30 seconds. Then they stupendously, amazingly, and all at once decided collectively to remember "oh shit! We're the Rams aren't we?!".
Yeah, it was Janoris Jenkins who blew the coverage, but I choose to believe that was The Rams Way rearing its ugly head. Man coverage with no help over the top when the opponent is at their own 20 and has under a minute left? The Rams Way. Blame Jenkins all you want, but what the hell was that coverage?! It's a long list of awesome 49ers moments in recent years, but for me that play is right up there. So much meaning and history and narrative just kind of fell into place in a space of 80 yards. That's the kind of play where as a completely irrational fan you're thinking "hey, all we need is a defender to fall down or something, then we're right back in this thing!", except it actually happened, because The Rams. They are the Rams and always The Rams shall they be.
Then all was well for the rest of the game. Sure, maybe SF should have taken the 3 points at the end there, but I'm pretty sure they were like "hey, it's the Rams, whatever". Vance McDonald: I know you're annoyed that Vernon was an idiot and cost you a TD, but maybe you should, you know, FIGHT FOR THE GODDAMN BALL a little more when you're hit at the point of a catch. He should have caught that. Between that and the fumble, I'm fired up at McDonald after that game. Gross performance.
Seattle loses at home, the 49ers continue their pretty impressive night game play under Jim Harbaugh, and Kaepernick wins me the week in fantasy football. It went well this weekend!
That TD to Boldin is why I should shut the hell up any time I want to bash Kap. That play, man. Quick: how many other QBs in the league could make that play? Oh, ZERO! That throw was UNBELIEVABLE and he made it with like 5 guys in his face throwing off-balance. Dayumm.
It fit a little too perfectly, what with the no-name QB who'd been bagging shoes at the local mall 10 months ago or whatever coming in to save the day and carry his team to an improbable win on "let's celebrate the only time in our history we've ever been exciting or relevant" night. The pit of my stomach was full of bile and dread and fear. He was making actual plays. The 49ers were not blowing coverages, this guy was stepping away from free-running defenders and throwing balls into impossibly tiny windows, and on the other end his no-name receivers were making the kind of catches that signal "hey defense, nice try and all but you're screwed tonight". The penalties by SF were maddening and stupid and frustrating, but even without them St Louis looked like they were simply better for, oh, 29 minutes and 30 seconds. Then they stupendously, amazingly, and all at once decided collectively to remember "oh shit! We're the Rams aren't we?!".
Yeah, it was Janoris Jenkins who blew the coverage, but I choose to believe that was The Rams Way rearing its ugly head. Man coverage with no help over the top when the opponent is at their own 20 and has under a minute left? The Rams Way. Blame Jenkins all you want, but what the hell was that coverage?! It's a long list of awesome 49ers moments in recent years, but for me that play is right up there. So much meaning and history and narrative just kind of fell into place in a space of 80 yards. That's the kind of play where as a completely irrational fan you're thinking "hey, all we need is a defender to fall down or something, then we're right back in this thing!", except it actually happened, because The Rams. They are the Rams and always The Rams shall they be.
Then all was well for the rest of the game. Sure, maybe SF should have taken the 3 points at the end there, but I'm pretty sure they were like "hey, it's the Rams, whatever". Vance McDonald: I know you're annoyed that Vernon was an idiot and cost you a TD, but maybe you should, you know, FIGHT FOR THE GODDAMN BALL a little more when you're hit at the point of a catch. He should have caught that. Between that and the fumble, I'm fired up at McDonald after that game. Gross performance.
Seattle loses at home, the 49ers continue their pretty impressive night game play under Jim Harbaugh, and Kaepernick wins me the week in fantasy football. It went well this weekend!
That TD to Boldin is why I should shut the hell up any time I want to bash Kap. That play, man. Quick: how many other QBs in the league could make that play? Oh, ZERO! That throw was UNBELIEVABLE and he made it with like 5 guys in his face throwing off-balance. Dayumm.
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