Not everything that glitters is GOLD: The Official 49ers 2013 Season Thread

[LastEmperor2k2]

I love you guys

You cool Misfit, we like having you here since your fraudulent ass bandwagon fanbase don't have a decent thread of it's own.

We`ll break bread, and your QB's ribs too

 

[South Paw]

You cool Misfit, we like having you hear since your fraudulent ass bandwagon fanbase don't have a decent thread of it's own.

We`ll break bread, and your QB's ribs too

@DirtyDee for calling me a bandwagoner yesterday

Yall will always hold a special place in my heart for the fiasco.

 

[#StarkSet]

I love you guys

y aint christine michael playing more?

 

[LastEmperor2k2]

@DirtyDee for calling me a bandwagoner yesterday

Yall will always hold a special place in my heart for the fiasco.

You one of the only true Seagals on this motherfukker.

DirtyDee show this gentleman respect, he been repping these scumbags since Holmgren and Mora Jr days.

As much as I hate your squad, not too many other posters earned the respect you do. RIP to Dayton Kane too, he was a diehard Seagal

 

[South Paw]

y aint christine michael playing more?

Its kind of a shock to everyone. He's been inactive for almost every game this year. The rumor early in the year is that his pass blocking was terrible, and that was the reason. But at this point something must be wrong. Maybe he's hurt. He was beasting in the preseason, and I'll think he'll be the eventual heir to Marshawn. I think Turbin is a career backup.

 

[#StarkSet]

Its kind of a shock to everyone. He's been inactive for almost every game this year. The rumor early in the year is that his pass blocking was terrible, and that was the reason. But at this point something must be wrong. Maybe he's hurt. He was beasting in the preseason, and I'll think he'll be the eventual heir to Marshawn. I think Turbin is a career backup.

i was when the hawks made that pick


I would expect him to cut into lynch's carries next year

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Can someone explain to me what's going in with Mario Manningham? I mean damn WTF is up with this cat, I know he had a few dropped passes the last few weeks but have Kap and Co already threw him to the bushes?

 

[FaTaL]

Was McDonald hurt this weekend? Cause I saw him dressed in street clothes.

Really hoping he wasn't a healthy scratch

he has a sprained ankle

 

[FaTaL]

Can someone explain to me what's going in with Mario Manningham? I mean damn WTF is up with this cat, I know he had a few dropped passes the last few weeks but have Kap and Co already threw him to the bushes?

hes been on the bottom of the totem pole, even behind miller in passes

 

[yseJ]

our offense just doesnt go beyond two WRs ham only played 15 snaps on sunday and we dont even have a #4 WR active

also, interestingly enough eric wright played 0 snaps on sunday, and Id say tarrell brown looked kinda rusty back out there

 

[Ronnie Lott]

Damn brehs our fb Bruce Miller is out for the season with a shoulder injury. That's bad news for our running game

 

[Jmare007]

A complete non story, but a very interesting read on the Harbaugh/Baalke relationship on decision making regarding talent (from Tim Kawakami)

SANTA CLARA -- When does Jim Harbaugh ever volunteer specific information about acquiring a new player?

Just about never. Harbaugh almost never does, not intentionally.

So it was interesting Monday when Harbaugh gave a detailed answer about replacing fullback Bruce Miller, out with a broken scapula.

"We're bringing in Owen Marecic, hopefully en route, and we'll look at our options," Harbaugh said of his former Stanford fullback/linebacker.

And then... the 49ers didn't bring in Marecic and instead examined other fullback avenues.

What happened here?

Here's what: Though far from a franchise-turning moment, these machinations partly illuminated the crackling creative tension that fuels Harbaugh's relationship with general manager Trent Baalke.

Harbaugh wanted Marecic and pushed for him by making it public, Baalke didn't want him, and it all played out in front of us, if you were watching carefully.

Tension between a strong coach and confident executive, by the way, is not necessarily a bad thing.

Sometimes it's the best way for two leaders to co-exist. The New York Giants won Super Bowls with Bill Parcells and George Young alternately clashing and embracing.

Bill Walsh had his moments with Eddie DeBartolo, Jr., and John McVay, and that all turned out relatively well.

So it was notable that Harbaugh volunteered Marecic's name so easily not long after Marecic's brief, inactive stint with the team this season.

Important point: Harbaugh doesn't have control over who gets signed. He has a great deal of influence, but he's not in charge of the 49ers' roster.

That contracted power belongs to Baalke, and it's the way CEO Jed York wants it. (And Harbaugh, I'm told, never asked for it during the January 2011 negotiations to join the 49ers.)

So Harbaugh didn't get his guy after floating the Marecic trial balloon.

And yes, when Harbaugh sits down with York to talk about a new contract this off-season, I would guess that he will ask for more input in such personnel matters.

No doubt, Baalke should and probably does seek Harbaugh's opinion, mostly relating to the 49ers offense and especially the quarterback position.

Baalke and Harbaugh have agreed on many things since January 2011, and they have built this 49ers team into a model franchise that is bristling with talent.

But from what many sources have told me, there certainly have been disagreements, involving...

-- Marecic, several times: Harbaugh wanted to draft him in 2011 and was not pleased when Baalke skipped him, taking, among others, Kendall Hunter nine picks ahead of Marecic in the fourth round.

-- The third-string QB merry-go-'round this season: Harbaugh got a little manic going from Scott Tolzien to B.J. Daniels to Seneca Wallace to John Skelton to McLeod Bethel-Thompson...

Until the front office finally urged Harbaugh to settle it down. Bethel-Thompson is currently on the practice squad.

--Harbaugh has offered strong public suggestions that the 49ers should give new deals to several players, including safety Dashon Goldson last season, that Baalke probably never planned to give.

Monday, Harbaugh said the same about kicker Phil Dawson and safety Donte Whitner.

"Pay the man," Harbaugh said of Dawson.

Gee, who was Harbaugh talking to?

--According to multiple sources, Baalke and York believed linebacker Aldon Smith would play sparingly when they agreed to keep him on the active roster for the Indianapolis game two days after his DUI arrest.

Then Smith played all 72 defensive snaps in the loss to the Colts before entering a rehab center a few days later.

--I would assume Baalke's misfire 2012 draft, led by A.J. Jenkins and LaMichael James, comes up in conversations between Baalke and Harbaugh.

There's an accumulation. But no, it's not crisis time.

It's just a natural development when you throw two alpha dogs into the same building for three years.

As someone who knows both men described it, their relationship has changed since 2011, but Harbaugh and Baalke still respect each other and believe they are good for each other and for the success of the 49ers.

Of course, when Harbaugh hears overtures from USC or Texas, he might start thinking about bargaining for more power along with more money.

But unless the 49ers win the Super Bowl and Harbaugh threatens to bolt immediately, I can't see York giving Harbaugh control of the roster.

And even if the 49ers win the Super Bowl this February, remember, they'll be doing it with the players Baalke acquired.

Harbaugh can't win big without the talent Baalke has acquired, and Baalke's talent won't win without a superior coach.

There's tension there, but there's understanding and even some compromises, too. It's just fascinating to watch it all go back and forth.

 

[LastEmperor2k2]

Baalke is a great GM, the relationship him and Harbaugh have is what makes this thing work.

No puppeteering on either side.

 

[Dat916nigga]

let's hope dixon steps up at FB

 

[yseJ]

tukuafu is just a body imo...we'll miss bruce a lot when a solid block is needed.

btw anyone find it funny that the moment we let go of mike thomas he gets AFC defensive player of the week ?
cooper. now thomas. who else ?