Dated December 31, 2008

RE: So did you not consider Mike Martz a long-term solution?
"No, I did not."

RE: And why is that?
"Because our philosophies are different."

RE: When you say long-term deal, maybe you are looking at a younger guy who isn’t…
"No, I’m not looking at a younger guy. It has nothing to do with age. It’s only philosophy."

RE: What you mean by philosophy being different…
"When I say philosophy, this is what I mean. If I’m looking at a coordinator and that coordinator likes to do more of a…basically a four wideout, five wideout, throw a little bit here. Dunk and dink here. That’s different than what I’m looking for. If there’s an offensive coordinator that likes to have a traditional I-back, split the tight end out, move people around a little bit more and really just kind of wing it here, throw it there. That’s not what I’m looking for. That’s a different branch of the West Coast Offense, they are different branches of the West Coast Offense. Then there’s the stretch offense where you are going down the field, which is more of Coach Martz’s offense, I’m going to throw it down field, but it’s throw it downfield often rather than running the football and there are different branches of that. I am in the mode of more of a traditional style of offense, very much like the style that used to be here when Coach Bill Walsh was here, but in a different mindset. I want to know I have the ability to know that I can run the ball. I want to have the ability to know that I can impose my will on the defense. I want to know that in the fourth quarter, I can run the football. I want to know that when they put eight people in the box, I can still run the football, if I want to. I don’t want to make it seem like I am a three yards and a cloud of dust kind of guy because I’m not. I am very much into innovation. I am very much into motion, moving people around, I am very much into that, but when everything settles and we need to control the football, I need to know that I can run the football and I’m not trying to do anything fancy at that time. I want to run the football."

RE: Is that philosophy born in your playing days, that is when you were a linebacker, was that the type of offenses you found were most difficult to stop?
"I find that today. You look around the league today, I think those teams that are successful year in and year out, when it really gets down to it, they are saying, ‘You know what, it’s been nice playing you, it’s been nice to do this, but right now we are going to take the game over and we are going to run the football. To me those are the teams that are going to be successful year in and year out and not going to go out of style. You have to be able to do that. It’s as simple to me as blocking and tackling. Some teams do it different, they have different philosophies, that just happens to my philosophy or our philosophy."

The way I see it, the team he is looking for is going to depend on the O-Line, not the O-Coordinator.

They are going to have to develop an amazing line, though, and keep it much better than their opponent’s d-line. They appear to be looking at not this coming season, but the next. A good O-line will help the run (creating holes) and the pass (protection). The QB situation needs to settle. I think that is the next biggest concern.

The 49ers have had a personnel problem. Mike Martz would have been more successful this year if he had better chess pieces to use. But a guru couldn’t do it for the players on this team, so they either need to man-up, or the team will likely find new players.

JIMMY WHO? MIKE (NEEDS MEDS) SINGULTARY, JESUS BILL WALSH,AND SEFFERT ARE SPINNING IN THERE GRAVES. I PUT ON MY OLD MONTANA JERSY AND TRY TO REMEMBER WHEN BUT THE MEMORIES ARE FADING.EVEN DAVID LETTERMAN IS MAKING FUN OF OUR COACH.AND SADLY HE IS RIGHT. WHAT IS OWNERSHIP THINKING.ARE THEY THINKING? ARE THEY SOBER?? ON METH MAYBE?? SOMEONE CALL A TREATMENT CENTER, A MENTAL INSTITUTION, A HIT MAN ……….SOME THING!!!!!!!!! IT REALLY BREAKS MY HEART. PITTSBURG IS GONNA BEAT US TO 6. HELL AT THIS RATE DETROIT WILL BEAT US TO 6 SUPERBOWL TITLES………IM GONNA TAKE MY MEDS NOW AND THEY CAN TAKE ME BACK TO MY ROOM .. IT GOT ME BEFORE I COULD JUMP SHIP……..SIGH………………………………..!

I don’t understand why some people are so upset about Raye’s hiring. The guy isn’t some top of the list name? So what? The guy agrees with Singletary’s meat-n-potatoes approach? So what?

I understand people are entitled to their own opinions but give the guy a frickin’ chance. I happen to think it may work out for this team (and particularly the QBs), as Raye has similar offensive ties to that of Norv Turner. From what I understand, they both worked together under Ernie Zampese, so what if Raye, while not Turner, is able to make Shaun Hill and Alex Smith comfortable? I think that’s really what the offense needs, and there’s no indication that Raye CAN’T do that. There’s just a whole bunch of knee-jerk reactions SAYING he can’t do it, and it’s ridiculous.