Golden Nuggets: The Morning After

by Fooch on Oct 6, 2008 10:16 AM PDT in News

EDITOR'S REQUEST: Is there anybody who would be interested in becoming the daily "Golden Nuggets" person for the site? I think people enjoy the convenience of having links to check on a daily basis. It's not a glamorous position, but I think it's an especially important one. So, if you're interested, feel free to leave a note in the comments or email me at ninersnation@gmail.com and we'll discuss the details in a little more depth.

Back to your regularly scheduled programming...

We're a day removed from another bad loss and the links are certainly not rosy in nature. Given the upcoming schedule, it's safe to say Mike Nolan is entering the proverbial hotseat. I had considered a post asking what people thought would happen to Nolan if the 49ers lost their next three games (quite possible), but I really don't think that's an appropriate post for now. If the 49ers lose their next three games, then, we can discuss it.

On to the links....

ESPN: Mike Sando wrote what we're all thinking: Exciting on offense is definitely not good enough for the 49ers right now.

ESPN: Sando also put together some silver linings from the game. I'd much prefer wins over silver linings.

ESPN: Finally, Sando put together a detailed look at the 49ers committment to using Gore throughout the game (minus trailing in the 4th quarter).

Press Democrat: Maiocco rolled out a quickie report card following the game and suffice to say, the 49ers did not make the honor roll.

Press Democrat: The blitz did NOT work on Sunday in spite of the 5 sacks.

SJ Merc: A solid recap of the Steve Young jersey retirement ceremony.

SJ Merc: A third-down-stoppage stimulus package? That's a good way to put it.

SJ Merc: Steve Young brought back some of the good ole days, for at least a little bit.

SF Chron: The 49ers receivers definitely didn't do JTO any favors yesterday with some rather ugly drops.

SF Chron: Gwen Knapp thinks there is too much of a losing culture with the 49ers. If it is a "losing culture," I don't think it's the traditional culture of losing. It's some twisted version.

SF Chron: The Chronicle's look at Steve Young's retirement ceremony.

SF Chron: Ray Ratto thinks the 49ers defense might still be on the field at Candlestick.

SF Chron: John Crumpacker grades out the 49ers.

Sacramento Bee: Bamm Bamm was PISSED after the game and did not do any interviews.

Sacramento Bee: The 49ers still have a long way to go.

InsideBayArea.com: Another lesson delivered by "the mastered." I'm not sure Belichick is sufficiently a master yet...we'll see how this season plays out before bestowing such a title.

San Francisco Sentinel: Well this Pat Murphy guy certainly has a bug up his ass. I'm certainly not happy with the team's current state, but I'm not feeling quite as negative as Murphy. Of course, some folks here probably agree with him and think I'm off my rocker. Nothing wrong with that.

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Various thoughts

1) Whoever is in charge of the defense, whether it be the coordinator or ultimately Nolan, needs to either get their act together or just get out. This nickel defense crap has to stop. Sure, you don’t get burned deep more than a couple times during a game, but the whole friggin game Clements was playing 10 yards off Moss. When your 4 DL can’t get any pressure on the QB, they will tear you apart with the 8 yard passes all game long with that kind of defense.

2) JTO can hardly be blamed for this game, IMO. The INTs were bad, yeah, but he was out of the pocket the whole game (even the times they had 5 OL blocking 4 rushers) and his receivers dropped A LOT of catchable balls.

3) Lee’s 90 yard punt was just plain sick!

4) Martz needs to either get his head out of his ass or stop being so egotistical and give Gore more carries. He’s the only consistent thing on this team, and the offense really needs to run through him, IMO. It’s one thing if you’re down big the whole second half, but if you’re within 2 scores there is no reason to not give him a lot of carries in the 3rd quarter and early 4th quarter.

5) I’m starting to think new ownership or a completely restructured staff is going to be needed to turn this team around. Aside from Willis and Gore, there are very few if any positive things that can be said about the FA aquisitions and draftees for this team in recent memory. It feels like this team is close (a good QB, more OL experience, and some pass rushers) to contending, but in all honesty, there is little chance that they could get anywhere in the playoffs even if they made it. Maybe I’m overreacting, but I feel like this team isn’t going to be in the top 5 teams with the people currently running the organization.

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Oct 6, 2008 10:49 AM PDT 0 recs

On JTO

I think by now, he knows he’s going to get sacked a lot in a game – he has to know “hey, I’m getting sacked. Let me hold onto the damn ball and keep it in”.

He hasn’t learned that yet.

by Rishi on Oct 6, 2008 3:51 PM PDT up 0 recs

"Bend, but also break"

That seems to be the new Niner defensive philosophy. I know Nolan has improved the Niner D by leaps and bounds from the squad he took over in 2005, but they simply have too much talent on that side of the ball to get beat in every phase of the game (rushing, short passing, long passing) as they are right now.

As many problems as they have on offense — dropped passes, not enough Gore, inconsistent play at QB — they might have more a little more success if the defense could get a few more 3-and-out’s — as opposed to say, letting the other team’s offense hold onto the ball and dictate the tempo of the game.

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by Josh from Hollywood on Oct 6, 2008 12:31 PM PDT 0 recs

How much does the job pay?

by Rishi on Oct 6, 2008 3:50 PM PDT 0 recs

pat on the back?

You can call yourself published! I can’t provide payment, but I can provide experience and maybe some piece of Niners gear in appreciation, although I’m not totally sure what the plan would be on that.

Interested? If so I’ll email you and we can chat about it.

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by Fooch on Oct 6, 2008 4:02 PM PDT up 0 recs