Golden Nuggets: Please - no more adventures!
by James Brady on Jun 24, 2010 3:00 AM PDT
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So none of you guys got me anything yesterday? LondonNiner didn't even take a picture of the 'Golden Nuggets' breakfast cereal for me? I have to be honest, I'm crushed. Still... I suppose I'm here to provide you with links so I should just get to that instead of going on about this and what not. One of the worst parts of the preseason continues, and will do so for a few weeks more. Training camp is the next thing that will go down in 49erland so it's up to the beat writers to not abandon us and speculate heavily to provide us with some links and reading. I've got a few, I think yesterday had more than today but I have at least five or so links, so enjoy and post up any you yourself find. Enjoy folks.
Barber has some questions to ponder (and then promptly answers them, eliminating the ability to ponder) as we proceed through the summer, which I'm dubbing 'The Summer of No Links'. Maybe I can get a vacation? (PressDemocrat.com)
Will punt returns be an adventure for the 49ers again? I sincerely hope not, I'm very sick of holding my breath every time the opposing teams' punting units come out onto the field. Seriously the most worrisome part of every game last season. (CSNBayArea.com)
Glad to see Taylor Mays and Navorro Bowman looking good in practice, stealing a bit of the spotlight from the first rounders. I think Bowman can legitimately fill the role of TED linebacker once TKO retires. (PressDemocrat.com)
You can check out the replay of yesterday's live chat with Matt Barrows. (SacBee.com)
I'm hoping this offseason goes smoothly, with the draft picks signing in a timely fashion and maybe an extension or two to go through. Is that so much to ask? Who knows, but contract negotiations are now the focal point until training camp. (Examiner.com)
Alex Smith told Jay Cutler that the playbook of Mike Martz basically was never-ending. Not surprising. (USAToday.com)
Florio picked the 49ers as one of six teams to advance to the playoffs in 2010. Good stuff. (SportingNews.com)
Didn't get a chance to read this article, so if it's not well done I apologize, but the question "Is Lawson Worth It?" is asked. Your answer: yes.. he is. (GearUpForSports.com)
The Nolan Era's Lasting Effect - I'll say that I don't really... hate Nolan per se, but he was not a great head coach and was infuriating to listen to. (NinersCentral.com)
Rival Blog Buzz They've got their question of the day over at ROTB, and their Flock of Links. Field Gulls a look at Owen Schmitt. They introduce a new front page poster at Turf Show Times and have a post about the negotiating stance the team has taken with Atogwe.
Yesterday On Niners Nation Started with the Nuggets, had a projection post on the 49ers returners, Smileyman had a post on contracts, Fooch put up a post about some awesome happenings in sports yesterday and I had my latest At Least We're Not post.
Today On Niners Nation (All times pacific and subject to change)
7:00 AM - Fooch will have another 53-man roster projection, looking at the inside linebackers.
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM - We're playing it by ear it seems! Don't worry folks I'll arise early and figure out something with which to write about for you! Maybe we'll have posts from other front page guys, too, who knows... they're a lazy lot and they never email me, you should all chastise them. :]
Yesterday's Best Comment "Sports has the ability to transcend barriers and bring people together. Again and again and again this has happened." from Smileyman. A truer statement has not been made.. I think.
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On punt/kick returns
Don’t you worry a pretty little hair on you head.
Here in Iowa City, I have seen enough of Ginn Jr. He is legit.
Maybe too legit.
so even if things are going bad you think that Ginn is
too legit to quit?
"I will speak at times, when it's necessary, but I don't believe in talking just because you can." - P-52
Let's talk on Twitter
for instance
"I will speak at times, when it's necessary, but I don't believe in talking just because you can." - P-52
Let's talk on Twitter
Just to say ...
… that because of my job involving a little ol’ football competition going on down in South Africa (a football competition in which the US of A is doing rather better than old England) I haven’t been to a bleeding supermarket for weeks and have been living off food from a works canteen out of a plastic container at my desk morning, noon and night. That’s why I haven’t been able to take a photo of a stupid packet of cereal and send it to you just because it matches the name of your column of links. I haven’t seen my children, I haven’t had a drink, I have been nailed to a PC overseeing World Cup coverage, but yes, right, you want me to nip down the shops and take a photo of the packaging on some foodstuffs on a shelf and send it to you via electronic media. That’s what you want, what you expect? You think I have nothing better to do? You think I can fit in this frippery, this nonsense, just for you, just because it’s your birthday? Do you? DO YOU JAMES?
Jeez, your rank selfishness makes me sick to the bottom of my overworked, underpaid English stomach. You unthinking swine, you self-absorbed, Niners-article-linking, farm-dwelling fool.
PS – I love you and I’ll nip down the supermarket later.
Happy Birthday (again)
x.
Some people …
LondonNiner - member of the legendary David Carr thread, 6 March 2010.
good thing that's too long for YBC
or else I’d be worried
"I will speak at times, when it's necessary, but I don't believe in talking just because you can." - P-52
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So what is it exactly that you do?
You were at the Olympics, you’re at the World Cup, I’m completely jealous
Logic merely enables one to be wrong with authority
Hi Smileyman ...
… I should say that I am not in South Africa. I am overseeing my company’s coverage of the tournament from London. I did go to Vancouver for the Olympics though – well remembered! I am a sports editor.
LondonNiner - member of the legendary David Carr thread, 6 March 2010.
by LondonNiner on Jun 24, 2010 11:57 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I used to pause the game. Then wait 2 minutes and skip through the punts so I won't have to watch it
If I don’t have to do that then I think we have a successful punt return team.
He's not worth keeping around? Really?
Providing he’s not asking to be paid like a top LB, are you really suggesting this team is better off without Manny Lawson? Possibly the best coverage LB in the league? Losing all that speed?
And then God created Saturn... and he liked it, so he put a ring on it.
Twitter me and what not.
by James Brady on Jun 24, 2010 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I remain unconvinced that he's one of the best coverage LBs in the league
his stats certainly don’t suggest that he’s anything more than an average linebacker and he’s wanting a top linebacker contract.
Logic merely enables one to be wrong with authority
Where has he ever said he wants a top linebacker contract?
I must have missed it.
Either way, you think this team is better off with Ahmad Brooks as the full-time starter from week one?
And then God created Saturn... and he liked it, so he put a ring on it.
Twitter me and what not.
by James Brady on Jun 25, 2010 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions
The assumption is that Lawson wants a bigger contract than the one we gave Brooks
and we gave him $2 million per year. I don’t think Lawson is worth more than that, and yes I think Brooks could do the job satisfactorily from week one.
Logic merely enables one to be wrong with authority
Better than Lawson?
That’s what matters.
And then God created Saturn... and he liked it, so he put a ring on it.
Twitter me and what not.
He doesn't have to do better
He has to perform well enough so that there’s not a noticeable drop, and I think he can do that.
Logic merely enables one to be wrong with authority
I'm a strong Brooks supporter.
I just don’t see it. Lawson isn’t doing anything wrong. He’s played good football, especially this past season.
And then God created Saturn... and he liked it, so he put a ring on it.
Twitter me and what not.
Skipping the off-season isn't doing anything wrong?
Logic merely enables one to be wrong with authority
Wait, when did this happen?
Could have swore he was here for mandatory workouts and will be here for training camp. Did I miss something? Players all over the league work out on their own.
And then God created Saturn... and he liked it, so he put a ring on it.
Twitter me and what not.
I've softened on my stance on this
he came in looking great, bigger, in shape…and he made plays and didn’t screw up in mini-camp. I put him in with Tae and Nate now. We’ll see what happens with a contract. Good news for us is that we have a stable of OLB’s and therefore whatever happens, happens.
"I will speak at times, when it's necessary, but I don't believe in talking just because you can." - P-52
Let's talk on Twitter
Spencer also skipped offseason workouts
What we've got here is a failure to communicate.
"I'm just like you, but 10 times better"
by SportsChicken on Jun 25, 2010 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions
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