The San Francisco 49’ers made the firing of head coach Chip Kelly official following today’s 25-23 loss to the Seattle Seahawks.
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Another constant: No members of the York family visible or available for explanation.
And that isn’t a bad thing.
Baalke’s dismissal had been expected after the continued collapse of the proud franchise. Sure, he “led” Tennessee to a 9-7 finish this season, but, honestly, that would have been a 12-win team with nearly any other coach.
Team owner Woody Johnson did not speak to reporters after the game.
Today has been called Black Monday in the National Football League for as long as I can remember, but all the real action happened Sunday night.
“For me, personally, there’s got to be more leadership”, Staley said. How can I help you by finding the right players?’
The 49ers are just 2-13 heading into the final week and speculation has mostly centered around the impending departure of Baalke and reports of Jed York possibly taking a less active role, reports that Dr. John York called “completely” false. “I’m just not going to play that game”, York said.York will now need to entice potential general managers and coaches to come aboard despite the lack of patience and stability evident the past few seasons.
He knew the drill.
There were the usual mentions of his uncle, Eddie DeBartolo, of Bill Walsh, even a Jim Harbaugh sighting. It doesn’t matter if the next Vince Lombardi is on the sideline next year, the 49ers are years away from challenging for a spot in the playoffs.
GM to hire his own coach without any limitations.
Kaepernick is just one of three quarterbacks drafted by Baalke, who also selected South Florida’s B.J. Daniels in the seventh round of the 2013 draft. “That’s the most important relationship in the building”. “But when we find the right people and when we find the right connection and combination of people, we’re going to make sure that they get hired”.
The 49ers will be holding a news conference to address the firing at 1:00 p.m. on Monday.
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The Eagles fired Kelly days before the Week 17 finale against the Giants to close out the 2015 regular season. Why did owner Jed York run him out of the door in 2014? If he’s up to it, he has to discuss how this franchise has sunk so low, wasted so many years, and provided such plentiful evidence of being so extraordinarily illogical. “I’m sorry that’s the facts and that’s the case, but that’s the fact, and I’m going to do everything I can to get this right”. What we control is how we coach our players and what we do with them, if that’s good enough that’s good enough.
