Trent Baalke
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5.9K56Grading Trent Baalke’s tenure as 49ers GM (updated with 2015 moves)
Trent Baalke is the most important figure on the 49ers … other than Jed York, who can fire him at any time. Baalke both possesses and wants to maintain all power over personnel matters, including who’s on the active roster and how they’re being coached during the week. Throughout the 49ers’ search for a head […]
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4.9K28New Chip on the block: 49ers hire Kelly, won’t be boring next year
And from this point forward, the author of this humble weblog decided to give the 49ers the benefit of the doubt. Am I a card-carrying member of the Chip Kelly Fan Club (if such a club or card existed)? Not really. That might be David Neumann, the fine football writer for Niners Nation who spelled […]
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3.3K20Baalke interviewing Coughlin is kind of disappointing for longtime 49ers fans (no, this isn’t an age thing)
Mike Holmgren was told a year ago that he was too old to replace Jim Harbaugh as the 49ers’ head coach. Holmgren is currently 67. According to NFL Network, the 49ers will meet with Tom Coughlin today. Coughlin is 69. The 49ers’ math skills didn’t suddenly erode over the past year. The problem wasn’t age. […]
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3.9K12Giants, Browns and $$$ cloud 49ers’ quest for Hue Jackson (and possibly Tom Coughlin)
A source told Kyle McLorg that Trent Baalke “loves” Hue Jackson, and by all accounts thus far the former Raiders head coach and current Bengals offensive coordinator has been the 49ers’ top target. And Jackson would certainly be an upgrade, because he knows Xs and Os and is a lot more polished than Jim Tomsula. […]
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3.9K14Handicapping the 49ers’ search for a head coach
I’ll start by admitting I was dead wrong about the 49ers. First I thought they’d keep Jim Tomsula and replace him with Eric Mangini at some point in the middle of next season. But Tomsula was fired on the last day of the season, so I assumed Mangini would get the job even sooner than […]
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4.4K38Jed York learned from last year’s press conference (and that’s it)
On Dec. 29, 2014, we witnessed one of the most remarkable press conferences in this region’s history that didn’t include Al Davis and his overhead projector. Jed York and Trent Baalke sat side by side, and with a healthy dose of arrogance, looked down their noses at the masses while explaining how better they’d be […]
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3.0K16One last bit of Tomsulery: 49ers win in OT, fall two draft spots, fire head coach
“Culture is huge. That’s the difference between a championship-caliber team and a championship team,” York says. “You look at the Golden State Warriors. They were the dumbest team in the NBA for letting Mark Jackson go, who won the most games in the franchise’s history. How could you be so dumb? They bring in Steve […]
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3.3K16Mangini time? Report indicates Tomsula will be fired
A little more than a year after Jed York and Jim Harbaugh engaged in the awkwardest hug in football history that didn’t include Roger Goodell at the NFL Draft, Jim Tomsula may be coaching his last game for the San Francisco 49ers. As a head coach, anyway. Pro Football Talk: Per a league source, G.M. […]
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“Coach Trent” bodes well for Eric Mangini
Most people following the 49ers have heard the story by now, since it was reported by all the beat writers. Jimmie Ward and Jaquiski Tartt told reporters that the team’s General Manager, Trent Baalke, has spent time coaching them on technique. “He comes down to practice a lot. He’s like another coach,” said Ward, last […]
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49ers’ demise not just the fault of Jed, Trent, Jimmy Tom and Kap
Jed York is getting so much grief on Twitter these days (and that’s putting it as nicely as possible). A couple weeks ago I clicked one of his retweets about some tech conference, and in his mentions I noticed that a photo I took of Jed at the “mutual parting” press conference had been turned […]
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3.3K24This may be the 49ers’ worst offense ever
The San Francisco 49ers have finished 2-14 three times. So even if they lose the rest of their games, they won’t set any franchise records for futility. But this year’s offense is on its way to doing just that. Only once has the team finished 32nd in points and yards in the same year. That […]
