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Former 49ers Player and Head Coach Monte Clark Dies
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Sep 17, 2009 at 3:50 PM
- flow
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... Monte Clark dies at 72
Sep 17, 2009 at 3:52 PM
- RonMexico
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R.I.P
Sep 17, 2009 at 3:53 PM
- flow
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RIP, Monte.
Sep 17, 2009 at 4:30 PM
- WillistheWall
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R.I.P.
Sep 17, 2009 at 5:25 PM
- fzrdave
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He was a very classy individual; I'm sorry to hear this. R.I.P.
Sep 17, 2009 at 6:23 PM
- jimbagg
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R.I.P, Coach.
I believe that Coach Clark was the HC who succeeded the first HC (Dick) Nolan, and who got a raw deal when GM Joe Thomas was brought in by Eddie D to run the show. Coach Clark was a stand-up guy. Now we are evaluating the HC who has succeeded the 2nd HC (Mike) Nolan.
I believe that Coach Clark was the HC who succeeded the first HC (Dick) Nolan, and who got a raw deal when GM Joe Thomas was brought in by Eddie D to run the show. Coach Clark was a stand-up guy. Now we are evaluating the HC who has succeeded the 2nd HC (Mike) Nolan.
Sep 17, 2009 at 6:41 PM
- YungAce
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RIP 
Sep 17, 2009 at 9:30 PM
- Bejaard49er
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Originally posted by jimbagg:
R.I.P, Coach.
I believe that Coach Clark was the HC who succeeded the first HC (Dick) Nolan, and who got a raw deal when GM Joe Thomas was brought in by Eddie D to run the show. Coach Clark was a stand-up guy. Now we are evaluating the HC who has succeeded the 2nd HC (Mike) Nolan.
You are correct. Eddie bought the team in 1976-77 and brought in Joe Thomas who promptly fired Monte Clark who in his first year had led the Niners to an 8-6 record. Clark replaced Dick Nolan who had led the Niners to two NFC Championship games but once Brodie retired and Spurrier became QB things got rough and from 1973-75 the Niners won an avg. of 5 games.
Clark was a good coach who went on to Detroit and helped the Lions make the playoffs 3 or 4 times.
Sep 17, 2009 at 9:43 PM
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R.I.P.
God Bless
God Bless
Sep 17, 2009 at 9:55 PM
- IWASATTHECATCH
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Originally posted by Bejaard49er:Originally posted by jimbagg:
R.I.P, Coach.
I believe that Coach Clark was the HC who succeeded the first HC (Dick) Nolan, and who got a raw deal when GM Joe Thomas was brought in by Eddie D to run the show. Coach Clark was a stand-up guy. Now we are evaluating the HC who has succeeded the 2nd HC (Mike) Nolan.
You are correct. Eddie bought the team in 1976-77 and brought in Joe Thomas who promptly fired Monte Clark who in his first year had led the Niners to an 8-6 record. Clark replaced Dick Nolan who had led the Niners to two NFC Championship games but once Brodie retired and Spurrier became QB things got rough and from 1973-75 the Niners won an avg. of 5 games.
Clark was a good coach who went on to Detroit and helped the Lions make the playoffs 3 or 4 times.
Did you also know that Joe Thomas burned our entire history of past game films of the team? Like, everything. He did it during a "motivational" speech about how the past means nothing. Most of the (very limited) footage of past Niner greats are a result of other teams' archives; ie, Gayle Sayers torching us, Wrong Way Marshall's TD/safety.
Joe is, hands down, the biggest idiot in our franchises history.
RIP Monte Clark.
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Sep 17, 2009 at 9:58 PM
- phatbutskinny
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r.i.p.
btw, this should have more posts, but everyones too busy in the crabtree thread(including me), we're all retarded dumbf**ks
btw, this should have more posts, but everyones too busy in the crabtree thread(including me), we're all retarded dumbf**ks
Sep 17, 2009 at 11:40 PM
- CorvaNinerFan
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Not only was Monte a stand-up coach, he was quite a player for us, too. Played OT, DT, and DE...that was during the period a lot of guys played both ways. He went on to play a season w/Dallas, then six years with the Browns. He earned his place in Niner history.
Sep 18, 2009 at 12:09 AM
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respect to an old niner 
Sep 18, 2009 at 1:04 AM
- scottha558
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Yeah, I remember Monte's year pretty well. R.I.P. Coach Clark, my prayers go out to you and your family.
Sep 18, 2009 at 4:33 AM
- SerJerryofRice
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Originally posted by IWASATTHECATCH:Originally posted by Bejaard49er:Originally posted by jimbagg:
R.I.P, Coach.
I believe that Coach Clark was the HC who succeeded the first HC (Dick) Nolan, and who got a raw deal when GM Joe Thomas was brought in by Eddie D to run the show. Coach Clark was a stand-up guy. Now we are evaluating the HC who has succeeded the 2nd HC (Mike) Nolan.
You are correct. Eddie bought the team in 1976-77 and brought in Joe Thomas who promptly fired Monte Clark who in his first year had led the Niners to an 8-6 record. Clark replaced Dick Nolan who had led the Niners to two NFC Championship games but once Brodie retired and Spurrier became QB things got rough and from 1973-75 the Niners won an avg. of 5 games.
Clark was a good coach who went on to Detroit and helped the Lions make the playoffs 3 or 4 times.
Did you also know that Joe Thomas burned our entire history of past game films of the team? Like, everything. He did it during a "motivational" speech about how the past means nothing. Most of the (very limited) footage of past Niner greats are a result of other teams' archives; ie, Gayle Sayers torching us, Wrong Way Marshall's TD/safety.
Joe is, hands down, the biggest idiot in our franchises history.
Being a history buff, I would like to kill him now.
Any coach that can get the Lions into the playoffs should be in the HOF. I remember watching on youtube recently the final drives of the '83 playoff game against the Lions, a game they lost by inches. I wonder if they might have had better luck against the Redskins (no phantom holding in the endzone?).
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