He accepted criticism from the media as well as the fans, and York was definitely quite aware of it. Also, York wasn’t happy about the word leaking out regarding what happened yesterday. The results this season rest on my shoulders, squarely.
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They’re good at that and they’re silly enough to think they can keep getting away with all this waste, all the time. Whether it was directed at the 49ers or Tomsula – or both – is left to the discretion of the viewer. I think I understand what fans want.
“We want a leader”.
York struck an air of contrition in his meeting with the media Monday, a clear contrast from his defiant and combative performance of a year ago.
Under-fire coach Jim Tomsula has been “relieved of his head coaching duties” by the San Francisco 49ers.
“My family has owned this team since before I was born, and they’ll own this team after I am gone”, York said. Instead, the general manager made an appearance more than two hours later for an informal Q-and-A with reporters in the Levi’s Stadium press room.
Over the past 12 months, fans began fundraising for a media campaign to get Jed and GM Trent Baalke fired, initiated a petition to oust the owner on Change.org and began routinely toting signs asking him to get lost.
York and Baalke don’t have a firm idea of how to set up a front office, nurture a quarterback or get a 53-man roster ready to compete for championships. “I’m truly sorry we had to go through this”. I struggle with classifying the seventh overall pick as a reward following such a dismal season.
In the locker room afterward, safety Eric Reid said it would be “unfortunate” if Sunday’s game was Tomsula’s last as head coach.
With a blocked field goal in overtime and a missed one late in the third quarter, it was a rough end to a rough season for place-kicker Greg Zuerlein. After an 8-8 season in Harbaugh’s fourth year, the 49ers and Harbaugh parted ways. A good chunk of the overwhelmingly young Niners roster impressed over the course of the season.
President Rod Wood said the Lions will start requesting interviews for general manager candidates on Monday and whoever they hire will determine if Caldwell stays. The Rams had worked out Hill in Eugene, Ore., before last year’s draft. And there are things we need to do better. He said that he’s been talking to his uncle, Eddie DeBartolo, his mentor, and the former owner of the 49ers – “the best owner in the history of sports” – and that they’ll be in close communication as the 49ers get back on the path to winning the only thing that matters – a Super Bowl.
York refused to reveal his storied franchise’s shortlist of coaches, citing the competition among a large number of other National Football League teams also searching to fill vacancies. This is a team that could be turned back around quickly, but wise moves need to be made.
That second sentence is probably the one that’s hard for York to swallow.
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But there was excitement too, like this outstanding 37-yard run against the Arizona Cardinals, probably his season highlight.
