Jed York has purchased the San Francisco 49ers and is now the principal owner. He's grown up to be a great owner and I think he deserved it. How do you feel about the move?
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As long as he keeps paying the bills and stays out of the way, I'm good.
ReplyDeleteI was impressed with his mindset years ago when he said the 49ers put up Championship banners. That's the standard of this organization.
He's proven to be a pretty good owner, and one that isn't too proud to own mistakes. And he definitely cares about the team, which is important.
ReplyDeleteAgreed.
DeleteI think he's been the 2nd best standard in the league for quite some time, and that's nothing to sneeze at. Should be respected and admired for it. His most recent losses came against the best HC in the NFL and a great QB, not Joe Flacco. I'm grateful for the restoration of this franchise and it took Jed, John and Kyle to extinguish the dumpster fire they inherited in 3 short years. That's really unprecedented. I'll be forever grateful.
ReplyDeleteJed lost a couple of SBs to average QBs. You right about Flaco, but Trent Dilfer wasn't tearing up the league either.
ReplyDeleteHe also made monumental mistakes in the hiring of Tomsula and Chip Kelly. Shanahan and Lynch have been god-sends in helping Jed to redeem himself from the dumpster fire era.
Jed has lost SB's to Reid and Mahomes only after he admitted his mistake and made the moves he made.
DeleteOn another note, I have some serious concerns about the new hip drop tackle rule, and how they will rule/ enforce it. I recall a few years ago that Jimmie Ward got some heat for a "hip drop" tackle. If that was a hip drop, defenders are in for some huge issues.
ReplyDeleteIn Australia, they introduced a rule against hip drop tackles a few years back. Initially the rule made sense - basically if a players momentum had been stopped or significantly showed, and then a player tackling them suddenly dropped their weight on the attacking players legs to get them to ground, that was a hip drop. But refs being refs started interpreting it as pretty much any time a defender made a tackle that put weight on the legs as a hip drop. Do you know how many tackles end up with a players weight on the opponents legs? A lot.
And a lot of the examples I have seen shown as hip drops in the NFL just looked like normal tackles to me. Not a case of a player unnecessarily dropping their weight, but rather a case of needing to leave their feet to make a tackle and natural momentum resulting on the weight landing on legs.
To be clear, actual hip drop tackles definitely should be taken out of the game. This is just a comment that I have some significant concerns on how it will be enforced.
DeleteE.g., if that Wilson tackle on Andrews was a hip drop, which I believe is one of the key examples they use, then that's ridiculous. It was the only way to make that tackle from that angle. His weight falling on Andrews ankle was unfortunate.
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DeleteIf any sports officials will screw something up its NFL officials. I just don't understand why the NFL continues to go with part time officials. About 10 years ago I read an article that said it would cost the NFL one quarter of one percent of their total profits to have full time officials. You are correct, I see this new rule being a fiasco for at least the first 3 seasons because of wildly differing interpretations by the officials.
That's why 11 fundamentaly sound tacklers is more important than ever.
DeleteYep, that's what I expect too, OC.
DeleteI've been watching football since the early 60' and have seen numerous changes when it comes to players safely. But, at some point the question that must be asked is when does a contact sport stop making all these safety changes? Does the moment a RB straight-arms a converging tackler and injures his neck, will the straight-arm become banned? How about a defender under-cutting a player who is jumping up reaching for a pass. The 49ers lost Kittle like that when he was hit by a Cardinals safety years ago. These injuries are unfortunate, but it's football. The NFL Safety Committee has been reviewing Kick-offs and there may be some changes on that which will closely resemble how the XFL does their KOs. Pretty soon the game will be played by robots at this rate.
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ReplyDeleteI have always wondered why all players are penalized for hands to the face except ball carriers. I have seen many straight arms that that possess far more PSI than other plays that are penalized. Just an idle thought.
You are correct Coach. But I believe that the reason why RBs aren't penalized for the straight-arm is because they don't grab the defenders face mask. It's mostly a push-off of the defenders helmet. But as I yesterday, that will likely change once a defender suffers a neck injury.
DeleteJust draft more RAC monsters so we can exploit this rule.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to Jed.
ReplyDeleteHe has grown up before our eyes and matured as an owner. For a while there... in 2017, we were called the Browns of the West. It's been a quick turnaround and we have quickly become a standard in the league and more importantly a team that players love to call home.
So kudos to all the leaders in the team! All we need is the elusive Ring. Quest for 6 continues.
Hearing Arik Armstead say that he felt "extremely disrespected" by the 49ers FO after he put in 9yrs of service carries no weight, imo. While AA was a great 49ers player and teammate, he had also been on a slow descent the past two seasons. Lynch actually was upfront with this fact when he himade it that the 49ers were not going to spend the type of money Arik was asking for based on his play. When you are a great productive player, the FO could be your best friend. When you become an unproductive player the FO can be your worse enemy. AA should understand the business of football by now.
ReplyDeleteThere's no grandfather clause in
professional sports.
He has every right to feel disrespected. He was offered $6M by the 49ers. That's paltry pay for a player of his talent and production, and after 9 years with the team I very much understand why he feels the way he does. And he was absolutely right he could get a LOT more on the open market. Good for Arik.
DeleteThe 49ers were also right that they needed to reduce his cap hit without pushing more into next year, and the only way to do so was a pay cut or release. They floated the pay cut past Arik and he rightly said thanks, but no thanks.
I'm pretty sure Arik does get the business side of it. But the business side also says he is worth around $14-$15M a year, as that is what he was able to get elsewhere.
It was a tough situation for the 49ers. Pushing money into future years comes back to bite you at some point.
49ers have Brandon Dorlus coming in for a visit. After watching some film of him, he definitely looks like a 49ers type of DL. Have to think he's a strong candidate for a day 2 pick.
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