[Mick]

[quote author=Mick link=topic=11543.msg111054#msg111054 date=1421560826]
In five years, we will look back on this as a legendarily bad deal.

In five years?
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Oh sure.  Right now, it just looks like a regular, old, garden-variety bad deal.  You know the kind, when the owner refuses to talk to the media for months, then gets roasted on his home station (in this case, by Murph on KNBR, podcast from 12/30/14 still available); the GM Baalke overreaches for ties to the great past (Walsh), and the coach appears not-ready-for-primetime.

My favorite lines:  Jed says "It was a mutual decision" and coach says "I serve at the pleasure of ownership."  Ho-ho-ho.  Also....
Murph:  "Winning is the only thing that matters."  Jed: "Winning with class is the only thing that matters.  Murph: "So why was Harbaugh the only one let go?"
Murph: "You guys were winning at a historic clip, and you chose to go the other way.  Why did you stop that?"  Jed: "I don't know what to tell you.  it was an easy decision for me and easy for Jim."
Murph:  "Someone in your building was planting stories.  Who planted them?"  Jed:  "I have no idea."

So right now, just a bad deal.  I don't think you can say this is legendarily bad until after three or more really, really, bad seasons.  So I think we need to wait at least three years. 

[Mick]

[quote author=Mick link=topic=11543.msg111054#msg111054 date=1421560826]
In five years, we will look back on this as a legendarily bad deal.

In five years?
[/quote]

Oh sure.  Right now, it just looks like a regular, old, garden-variety bad deal.  You know the kind, when the owner refuses to talk to the media for months, then gets roasted on his home station (in this case, by Murph on KNBR, podcast from 12/30/14 still available); the GM Baalke overreaches for ties to the great past (Walsh), and the coach appears not-ready-for-primetime.

My favorite lines:  Jed says "It was a mutual decision" and coach says "I serve at the pleasure of ownership."  Ho-ho-ho.  Also....
Murph:  "Winning is the only thing that matters."  Jed: "Winning with class is the only thing that matters.  Murph: "So why was Harbaugh the only one let go?"
Murph: "You guys were winning at a historic clip, and you chose to go the other way.  Why did you stop that?"  Jed: "I don't know what to tell you.  it was an easy decision for me and easy for Jim."
Murph:  "Someone in your building was planting stories.  Who planted them?"  Jed:  "I have no idea."

So right now, just a bad deal.  I don't think you can say this is legendarily bad until after three or more really, really, bad seasons.  So I think we need to wait at least three years.