Jim Tomsula lasted one season as the San Francisco 49ers’ head coach, as the team fired him Sunday following a 19-16 overtime win against the St. Louis Rams. Keeping general manager Trent Baalke is downright astonishing, however, and even Harbaugh knows it.
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Clearly, whatever the 49ers saw in Tomsula did not work, as he led the team to an 5-11 season. Willis is a six-time All-Pro and seven-time Pro Bowl selection as a linebacker. In fact, it was quite unprecedented, since three of those retirements came completely out of the blue. The 49ers marched to the Rams’ 8 late in the fourth quarter and faced third-and-1.
The Niners had numerous problems at quarterback this season with Colin Kaepernick losing his starting job to former Jaguars first-round pick Blaine Gabbert.
It wasn’t Tomsula that signed Kaepernick to a $114 million contract extension, it was Baalke.
Plus, in a logical world, should Baalke not be on a hot seat now since he’s the one who cobbled together a roster that Tomsula could only get to 5-11?
“We re in need of somebody that can win Super Bowls”, York said in closinghis30-minute press conference. Not much since that draft is worth mentioning on your resume. He also had to play without their best pass rusher, Aldon Smith, who was arrested and subsequently released by the organization.
Nevertheless, the 27-year-old running back was ecstatic that he had completed his dream of joining the 49ers and went against the odds playing in eight games. However, fans would love York to say, “Hey, it’s not you”.
Firing people is never pleasant, and for Tomsula and the coaching staff, you have to feel for the body blow they are going to endure. This was Tomsula and his staff afraid to take a shot at benching the players who were literally not doing their job because they were proven veterans instead of young up-and-comers. The 49ers fired him not long after the team’s 19-16 overtime victory against the Rams.
What do you think about the Niners decision to end Jim Tomsula’s reign in San Francisco? Again, when you go through tough seasons, which we all do or have if you’ve coach in this thing, what happens is you start getting one-offs and spinoffs. This has been a systematic issue all season, the 49ers punting with the game on the line so they try to lose by less because they had a fear of failure.
“To get out there and move the way I was moving prior to the injury”, Bowman said, “and receive the respect I’ve received from players throughout the league, (it) continued to motivate me and drive me”.
Translated, that means you’re a good guy when you’re winning and a nobody when you’re not. He was a rah-rah guy of the highest order, and it was basically understood from the beginning that the coordinators would be running the show.
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Unfortunately for those who want to see more heads roll, owners don’t typically fire themselves, and it’s probably far too early to start speculating that the York family might sell.
