Do you plan on visiting this site frequently? If so, why would you choose that user name? Or is this just a post and never return type of thing? Just curious.

I love when people throw out comments about ownership as if they have some deep insight into their minds. It’s easy to make these assumptions about John York. However, based on this post one can infer you’ve never actually bothered to research Jed York. If you had I think you’d see the passion he brings to the table. But hey, it’s much easier to complain about it, right?

there is a salary cap – it’s not like they are going to have a payroll that isn’t at or near the salary cap every year. The worst thing an owner can do is either refuse to pay or meddle into the football affairs too much. I don’t see the Yorks doing either one of those things. So the only other bad thing an owner can do is hire the wrong people – and I think the Yorks are going to hire whoever they think will give them the best chance of winning. If their evaluation is wrong, sure, we might not be elite again, but its not for lack of trying.

They have made some great moves. I am not sure were this “opinion” of yours is being formulated from. I also didn’t realize that you have been in any (let alone one) meeting in the Front Office for the for the 9ers.

For you to preface the post with “First, I love the Niners.” Does not make it alright for you to make accusations about the ownership that you have zero knowledge about. Sure it’s okay to have an opinion but an opinion based on nothing typically and most often gets laughed at

or yourself that you made the right decision to switch teams?

I think some people have responded poorly in this thread.

But I’m not going to stand on a perch. I was halfway through my own “blah blah dismissive” post before I noticed some back and forth slinging and backed off myself. Clearly, this FanPost got off on the wrong foot. It might be worthwhile to take a step back.

I have been a 49ers fan for 20+ years. I started following them when I was 9 years old and I guarantee that my fandom had nothing to do with Eddie Debartolo. We could have a losing record for 100 straight seasons and I would still be a fan. I have been critical of ownership too. I have questioned the decision making of the FO, and the coaching staff. At the end of the day, I don’t worry to much about that crap because I am a fan for life and I simply don’t have a choice in the matter anymore. I am in no position to do anything about it anyways. If you want to call me myopic and accuse me of having my head in the sand, so be it. I call it loyalty. Maybe fans like me irritate you, because we are content with a subpar “product”. I say any fan who calls the their favorite team a product, can go root for someone else. “Don’t want ‘em, can’t cheer with them.”

Having 5 SB trophies is not heartbreaking. People forget the Steelers and Cowboys of the 80’s. Absolutely Horrid. Every team go’s through a few rough years. The Cowgirls haven’t won jack since their last SB in 96. The Steelers hadn’t won a SuperBowl in almost 30 years until 2006. I bring these teams up because they are considered elite franchises.

You know, if you don’t kick turds like this, we don’t have to smell ’em… The two oof you should get married… and settle down ;-)

I think it’s premature to say Jed is a bad president of the team. Since he’s assumed the lead role, things are getting better. I think he put Sing in the driver’s seat and canned Nolan. You may remember, he did try to throw $20M at Kurt Warner (so he could bump up his Cardinals signing bonus). Maybe you would have been pleased if he caved on Crabtrizzle’s demand for mo’ money…

I’m buying what Scott McGloughan’s selling. I think Sanchez would have been “the best player” on his list if he would have lasted to #10 (WAG). I think when the time is right (after the next 49ers play-off game) you will see Daddy (York jr) loosen the purse strings a little and go after the talent to go from Wildcard to solid Div Champs. Supposedly they do want to build through the draft.

If anything, I think GM and lack of an offensive minded coach/good OC since Norv Turner have contributed to poor assessment of offensive team talent, where they drink their own kool-aid sometimes. When we totally sucked it up, we got the best 1st round QB we thought there was in A.Smith (how we missed scouting Cal to get Rodgers I don’t know). I don’t think Mr. Kraft “knew” Brady would be a 3+ SB winner. Or Steelers owner knew Big Ben was the real ticket (and his perf is plussed up by o-line, run game, defense). Jerry Jones seems to be willing to rock the boat, make a lot of moves. How’s that treating the ’Boy[lover]s?

BOTTOM LINE: I disagree with your premise that ownership is as influential as you say. If we have ownership that can get us to the playoffs (which may still happen this year: extrapolate 3-2 it goes to 9-6 and then one more game to be 10-6 or 9-7 both winning) it’s up to the players on the team, and the coaches on the field to make the best out of the 5 games that are left to bring home another LT.

BTW: Concur with Fooch on your sh!tty choice of username. Unless of course you wanted to kick those turds and then I’d say mission accomplished…

Talk about throwing venom on a wound. Well the good thing about sports is that all questions will definitely be answered during a game or season. Debates are debates, but the results void the debates.
So as a fallible person I make a prediction which may or may not come true: the Niners will make the playoffs this year, just as we were predicting before. We had a rough night, okay thats fine, but goodness we are doing so much better than years before! I feel great about this year so far! Tainted, yes, by the most recent loss but no reason to despair in my opinion.
Just take a step back and relax :) I’m just happy that football season is here, and we have a lot of football yet to play!

Whats with all the haters :( lol I thought we all liked the niners

I guess your forgot that those glory days came at a price. Before the Yorks came around Ed jr and the 49ers created the football equivalent of fuzzy math when it came to salary cap. The 49ers sold away the future in order to succeed during their hay-day and the organization hit the jackpot. We got 5 super bowl trophies, from where i sit that makes us an elite team yesterday, today and tomorrow. No one can stand the ownership, just like most people hate their boss but they are beginning to make good moves, building a new stadium, getting inspiring coaching, doing their part in breathing life back into this franchise. I would advise you to keep in mind that while ownership does play the majority role in the direction of a franchise, they would have nothing if it wasn’t for the people who open their wallets, so they (yorks) can fill up theirs and the fans will not support an ownership that lets one of the few elite franchises in the NFL (unlike the falcons) wither and die a slow and painful death. The SF 49ers will be champions again someday.

P.S. if we had an elite QB, we could win the super bowl this year.

If anything, Jed inherited his Father’s mess, which was a mess when his Father inherited the team. John York is a football buffoon, and a gutless buffoon at that, but I haven’t a blame on Jed yet. What I dislike about the FO as a whole is that they still continue down a path as far as identity of the team on a rookie HC. They did that with Nolan. Plus, they are banking on ScotM as well, a guy Nolan brought in. It’s all part of a failed continuum, but Jed doesn’t have the juice or experience to make a wholesale change yet.

If Jed doesn’t bring in a better mind in the FO to balance or take over ScotM, then he will waste another 3 years. They are banking on Singletary’s presence and charisma which is typical York crap, and they could very well fail him .

Besides, I see Jed as a proxy for his Mother. Until Jeddy can read, that will be the case.

at how few people use the “REPLY” button over here. I usually visit McCoveyChronicles for SFGiants talk, and we would all be criticized beyond belief over there for “Reply Fail.”

How you say the title of your post makes you sick because you love the 49ers but at the same time your username contradicts your love for the 49ers and your sickness of the title of the post. I think between your username, the fanpost title and the post itself I’d have to say the post itself makes me more sick than anything else. Your knowledge of the Yorks is a joke. As a matter of fact you sir are a joke. Have a nice time getting rained on by Brees this year.

Oh and one more thing how do the 49ers always break our hearts?? Getting those 5 Lombardi Trophies never broke my heart. Also the 49ers never lost us a Superbowl with 5 appearances and 5 wins while your Falcons have only been there 1 lonely time with a total of 1 lonely losses, awwww how sad.. Sounds like your team is more of an always breaking your heart type of team.

This isn’t baseball where owners can throw money around on players like crazy. The NFL has, at least for now, a salary cap. So all teams are operating under the same budget constraints. It seams in this situation that the coaches and GM will have more impact on how the team performs. The teams that succeed are the ones that draft well, make good trades, and get the most from their players.

And I have to agree with Fooch. FalconOwn49ers is a horrible screen name if you really are a 49er fan. It would be like me telling my wife how much I love her and then tatooing my ass with the words, “My ex was better”.