Dennis Erickson fired

[Guest Failed Mascot]

sadly I think Crennel is going to be headed to Cleveland as they're already trying to court him.

 

John Clayton says he thinks either the Ravens D-Coordinator or Jim Fassel will be the new HC of the 49ers.

[Crimson Platypus 0]

Why not Art Shell, I hope he interviews for that job, as his interview with the Dolphins was pretty much a smoke and mirrors effort by them to avoid the Matt Millen fine. I seem to recall he had a pretty good record as a head coach, something like 50-40 or around that?

[CanadianChris 0]

What's Bobby Ross doing now?

Head coach at Army.

[Mole 0]

Jim Fassel will be the new HC of the 49ers.

 

I can deal with that.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Not if you were a Giants fan.

 

The whole knock on Fassel's team was their lack of discipline (obviously a major change with Coughlin), and it's definitely not good to have a young team like the 49ers be led by a softie coach.

 

Bring back Mike Ditka!

[Mole 0]

Good God, never bring back Ditka.

 

And not if you were a Giants fans? It was my Pops who brought him up for the Niners and he's the biggest Giant's fan I know.

[Guest El Satanico]

Niners should get one of the hot coordinators, not another HC rethread.

[Guest Vitamin X]

And not if you were a Giants fans? It was my Pops who brought him up for the Niners and he's the biggest Giant's fan I know.

Well then he must not have remembered last season's 4-12 finish very well or their back to back to back 8-8 seasons before the Super Bowl appearance.

 

In terms of getting the most out of his players, I don't think Fassell is much better than Erickson was. I also think that Erickson, despite being a widely known terrible coach, hasn't had much to work with in terms of the team he has. They're paying something like what, $24 million in dead money, one of the lowest, if not the lowest payroll in the league, and the NFL's youngest roster? You couldn't even name a single star on that entire team right now outside of Julian Peterson.

 

Niners should get one of the hot coordinators, not another HC rethread.

 

Agreed.

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

You couldn't even name a single star on that entire team right now outside of Julian Peterson.

Ahmed Plummer, Brandon Lloyd, Freddie Beasley, Kevan Barlow, and Tony Parrish.... they're usually regarded as among the top tier (well except Lloyd yet, whom they expect to breakout anytime).

[Vern Gagne 0]

The stupid age old question. Could the best CFB team beat the worst NFL team. This year USC vs San Fran. The answer is simply, no they couldn't. San Fran. has some decent talent. USC's still a bunch of 19-21 year old kids.

[Guest Failed Mascot]

San Fran's talent is mostly injured though.

[Vern Gagne 0]

True. But, the 49ers were fairly competive this season. So the effort was there, they lost didn't have the talent to win any games.

[Guest Crazy Dan]

Well I am a Niners fan so I have mixed emotions over the events that happened today. First, the Niners should never have hired Erickson. Erickson is a great college coach, but just does not have that something special to make it as a pro. Not every coach can make it in the Pros. Hence the reason the Pete Carrol would be an idiot to leave USC for any Pro job, let alone the Niners. He is just better suited for college. And despite his faults, I really think the firing of Marriuchi was not a good move, especially when the Niners had no spectacular coach to bring in. Marruici might have not had much success during these last two seasons, but his teams would have played hard and won more games. So that was a bonehead move by Dr. York, firing a coach because he did not like him, but did not do anything to warrant being fired. So the Niners get to eat about the rest of his contract.

 

Another irritating thing was that in Sept, York gave Donahue a 4 year extension, even after he had displayed incompetance with managing the salary cap and drafting poorly. I know Bill Walsh brought Terry in, but this was one move that Walsh did not exemplify that genius that helped him build a dynasty. And Donahue really did not do anything to warrant faith in an extension. Plus, is it me or did Donahue seem to compile more 7-3 records at UCLA, good enough to beat many good teams, but never enough to beat the top teams. So he was a good coach, but nothing great, which carried over into his GM duties.

 

So York got rid of two problems, but now he is left with two big holes to fill and worse he wants to hire a coach first, when I think he should get a GM before anything. It is funny that York got pissed off for his team's performance, but where was this outrage earlier. Now if York had said he was selling the team, then I would be ecstatic. York is the worse NFL owner in the league. He has no football background, I doubt he really wanted to own a Pro team, and he has been very cheap. He is the type of owner who looks at the bottom line and profit margin. A memo to any owner, a Pro team is like a hobby, but not your main source of income. I always joke that York can't name five players on the team and the ones he does name play on the Eagles and Browns, which is why I really can't stand him.

 

But I do think this is a start, but I still thinking that it will be many years before the Niners are a serious contender again. It is a real shame becuase I wish Eddie D had not been dumb enough to get caught in that gambling scandel, which cost him his team. Despite all his problems, I will always remember back on that Mon Night game when Bryant Young broke his leg and Eddie D ran onto the field and traveled with him to the Emergency room. That is an owner who cares. And one last thing about Eddie D., for all you who know, Candlestick needs a retro lift, or new stadium. Eddie D was able to get the people of SF to vote yes to help retro lift the stadium and build up that area (which is a bad neighborhood). Well that died with Eddie losing his team to his Bitch of a Sister.

 

So the Niners have the number one and I am nervous. They need a QB, and Leinert is probably going to be #1, but they need so much more help and might be smart to trade down for more picks. But without a GM who can scout talent, that idea would be a bad idea. So it is fun to be a Niners fan. I will stick this out and dwell on the 5 Championships I did get to see. But I just want a competetive team that wins when they take a 14-0 lead, or holds onto the ball when running out the clock. This season was painfull to watch, but hopefully York makes the right moves, which I am skeptical. But at least Erickson and Donahue are gone. Can we clone Bill Walsh and have his clone take over?

[Guest BobbyWhioux]

Yeah, it's nice to hear that Donahue gets the ax as well as Erikson, and yes, it's nice to hear they're aiming for Pete Carrol and Romeo Crennel, or anybody with "a proven track record of success" (or whatever the direct quote by Dr. York is) to be the next head coach, but I can't help but ask myself this question...

 

...Why would anybody like that WANT to come coach this team?

 

I'll continue to hope of course, that this the first of many steps in the right direction, AND that they can find the quality coach they're looking for and need, but I'm not holding my breath.

[Agent_Bond34 0]

Jim Fassel will be the new HC of the 49ers.

 

I can deal with that.

I can not.

 

Fassel sucks.

 

Did you see what happened to him in his last season as head coach of the Giants? After that, I wouldn't want him coaching the 49ers, regardless of what kind of record he has as an NFL coach.

 

Ahmed Plummer, Brandon Lloyd, Freddie Beasley, Kevan Barlow, and Tony Parrish.... they're usually regarded as among the top tier (well except Lloyd yet, whom they expect to breakout anytime).

 

Ahmed Plummer sucks. They never should have brought him back.

 

And you also forgot Bryant Young, if he still counts on that "top tier" list. He played pretty well for the 49ers this season.

[Gert T 0]

Crazy Dan, you are dead on in that they should hire a GM first. You may just be begging for contrast of styles then.

 

People will want to coach there because there are 32 jobs like this, it isn't an easy in, and with the salary cap in place, I'm sure people think that they will be the person that can turn it around.