Lowell Cohn's on Singletary firing

The biggest reason the 3-4 wasn't more successful was we didn't have a dominant NT or LDE. Franklin and Sopoaga had their moments, but to make the 3-4 work, all three must have both pass rushing and run stopping abilities. Justin Smith was clearly the best DL we had, but he simply couldn't do it alone. Because the front 3 didn't get consistent push, and our OLB's were inconsistent in their pass rush, and our secondary was left to cover receivers too long...those were the reasons the 3-4 didn't work better. If they get better players at some key positions, the 3-4 will work just fine, to wit, Chargers, Cowboys, Steelers, Packers, etc.

Originally posted by CorvaNinerFan:
The biggest reason the 3-4 wasn't more successful was we didn't have a dominant NT or LDE. Franklin and Sopoaga had their moments, but to make the 3-4 work, all three must have both pass rushing and run stopping abilities. Justin Smith was clearly the best DL we had, but he simply couldn't do it alone. Because the front 3 didn't get consistent push, and our OLB's were inconsistent in their pass rush, and our secondary was left to cover receivers too long...those were the reasons the 3-4 didn't work better. If they get better players at some key positions, the 3-4 will work just fine, to wit, Chargers, Cowboys, Steelers, Packers, etc.

All we really needed was a elite pass rusher to replace haralson, that will open more sacks for other players. We also needed a LEGIT Safety and CB. The pass rush and DB success run hand in hand. If we have an elite pass rusher and some ballhawks then they will both supplement each other.

Originally posted by CorvaNinerFan:
The biggest reason the 3-4 wasn't more successful was we didn't have a dominant NT or LDE. Franklin and Sopoaga had their moments, but to make the 3-4 work, all three must have both pass rushing and run stopping abilities. Justin Smith was clearly the best DL we had, but he simply couldn't do it alone. Because the front 3 didn't get consistent push, and our OLB's were inconsistent in their pass rush, and our secondary was left to cover receivers too long...those were the reasons the 3-4 didn't work better. If they get better players at some key positions, the 3-4 will work just fine, to wit, Chargers, Cowboys, Steelers, Packers, etc.

Need a pass rusher. Make him an end or OLB, doesn't matter, just need a speed freak who can get to the QB on the edge and this thing starts to go lights out defense.

Hmmm, a little killing of the messenger going on. A lot of people bought into the Singletary system and take the criticism personally.

The most meaningful statement was right at the end=="Jed you need to do hundreds of right things now"!

Everything else is now water under the bridge.

Originally posted by Ajanke:

Originally posted by CorvaNinerFan:
The biggest reason the 3-4 wasn't more successful was we didn't have a dominant NT or LDE. Franklin and Sopoaga had their moments, but to make the 3-4 work, all three must have both pass rushing and run stopping abilities. Justin Smith was clearly the best DL we had, but he simply couldn't do it alone. Because the front 3 didn't get consistent push, and our OLB's were inconsistent in their pass rush, and our secondary was left to cover receivers too long...those were the reasons the 3-4 didn't work better. If they get better players at some key positions, the 3-4 will work just fine, to wit, Chargers, Cowboys, Steelers, Packers, etc.

All we really needed was a elite pass rusher to replace haralson, that will open more sacks for other players. We also needed a LEGIT Safety and CB. The pass rush and DB success run hand in hand. If we have an elite pass rusher and some ballhawks then they will both supplement each other.

Here's the deal: Teams have to account for JSmith in their game plan. Just need to pair him up with one other pass rusher they need to account for. The combination of Smith's relentless push paired up with a speed freak who can get it done would transform this whole defense. Olines would be blocking a relentless power rusher on one play, and then the next they would be trying to block a speed freak...it is very hard to do that, you get caught off guard frequently...you have to be prepared to block two different way's and you never know which way until it is right in your face, which is too late a lot of times. Basically, it's how the elephant position works...hammer at a dude with a relentless power rusher...then hit him with some speed from somewhere else (or vice versa)...his body has to adapt to the change up, he has to always be prepared for the two different attacks...it keeps him on his toes...it's hard to block that all the time....guys are gonna catch your body off guard at some point.

Doing this, we would start to see some ballhawker's magically appear from our current roster. It would transform this defense.

[ Edited by Blitz on Dec 27, 2010 at 09:11:48 ]

lowell sounds a true fellow webzoner-fabulous.

Originally posted by blunt_probe:
Cohn's pretty damn arrogant, himself. With that said, I agree with all of it.

He is the nothing but hot air. Can't belive that he makes a living doing this.

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
Yup he's 100% right as Cohn often is.

Gasbag Lowell Cohn Says 49ers' Jed York May Not Be "Bright" (Really)
By
Glenn Franco Simmons
(Analyst) on December 29, 2010
Today on KNBR, Press Democrat sports columnist Lowell Cohn proved to the world that he has made a miraculous transformation from gasbag columnist to Nobel Prize-winning psychiatrist.

49ers President Jed York will never have to seek therapy; all he has to do is listen to Dr. Cohn.

In a stunning reversal of populist wisdom, Cohn revealed that gasbaggers really do more than blow smoke.

They inhale (something).

Cohn is ripe for so much fun material, but let's start with Journalism 101.
You would think such an esteemed sports columnist has the intellect to trust his own judgment, but Cohn demonstrated the incompetence that has characterized so much of his grub over the years.

In this case, he needed assistance or reassurance to pose simple questions at a news conference that most 10th-graders on any school newspaper could formulate. (No insult intended to 10th-graders on newspapers; that's where I got my start.)

"That morning I phoned Ira, Ira Miller; everyone knows Ira," he told his KNBR hosts today. "...And I said, 'Jed's going to have this press conference, I want to ask some questions, but I want to ask the right questions.'

"Ira would be the guy to call, so we went over it. We, he is terrific at this, and he said, 'Ask him how he can reassure the fans, but he really won't answer that. So then you say, who will you talk to?' Those were the two questions I had written in my notebook and they were Ira questions."

Seriously? You've just earned a smiley face, Lowell.
Do you like Lowell Cohn's columns?
First of all, York knows there is no reassurance until the 49ers return to winning. Until then, it's all talk. York knows this.

However, from a purely journalistic perspective, let me get this correct: Lowell Cohn of The Press Democrat phones a former Chronicle colleague, whom he holds in high esteem, to ask him what to ask Jed York?
Or to confirm the questions he thought of posing?

Nothing against Miller, but are you kidding me? Is this beginning reporting? Either way, it makes one wonder.
Well, then again, I've read Cohn since I could run without my knees hurting, so I shouldn't be surprised.
Then Cohn does what so many do in public life: He attempted to revise history and to say he wants to see his foe succeed, when he really wants to see him crash and burn.

And, oh, by the way, Cohn will do all he can to help York crash and burn.
Today's interview was the latest installment.
Here is a part of the exchange of Cohn versus York at York's news conference earlier this week that led to the focus of today's KNBR interview:

Cohn: Can you assure the fanbase you have the expertise to hire a general manager?

Jed: Yes.

Cohn: Who are you going to talk to to help you?

Jed: Who would you talk to if you were me?

Cohn: I would talk to very good owners and general managers around the league who know more than you do.

Jed: Like my uncle who’s won five Super Bowls and some other folks like the Krafts and folks like that who have built championship-caliber teams.

Cohn: I wish you could tell us some more. This is for the fanbase, not just for us.

Jed: I think my uncle is probably the best person out there for me to talk to. There are a lot of other people I will talk to but my uncle is the person I’ll get the most advice from.

You cannot blame York for his retort because of the, at times, caustic history between the two, and between Cohn and the 49ers dating back years.

Cohn was basically telling York that he was not qualified, and York knew it. He isn't stupid. His smackdown was appropriate, given the source.

But then, playing the part to perfection, Cohn issued the insult that he must have dreamed about delivering for days:

"I would talk to very good owners and general managers around the league who know more than you do."

York might have thought, "Yeah, well, if I had a choice, I'd talk to columnists who know more than you do, you sniveling little worn-out weasel."

Then again, I could be wrong.

Cohn told his KNBR hosts, after issuing a weasel-like snicker, of his thoughts following York's statement:

"That's the best you can do? If I were doing it, I would say, 'We have a plan. ...' Then I said, 'Who will you talk to?' And his response was, which I didn't write, but I will say it on the air, I consider snotty."

Cohn, exposing his exceedingly thin skin, emphasized "snotty."

Really, Lowell? I thought York was quite succinct and polite.

So the offended Cohn responded by insulting York. That's good journalism, Lowell. Way to upgrade the profession.

If you think I'm being overly critical, just read what Cohn then said on KNBR, revealing his hurt and angry feelings:

"He burned me up, because he was messing with me."

Oh, my.

Remember your headline on one column, Lowell?
"Jed (the Prince) York talks"
Oh, but there's more from the KNBR interview:

"I have nothing personal against him," Cohn must have said with his fingers crossed behind his back. "He has been accessible to me. He has been civil to me. He has been a crummy team president."

For the record, he's been team president for just about two years, and you've been a crummy columnist for how many decades?

"He's a baloney guy up to now, just like [Mike] Singletary," Cohn said with relish. "He gets another shot because his parents own the team. OK, I'm not saying he can't do well, but he hasn't done well."

Yeah, I remember feeling some of that envy too, but I got over it.

For the record, the 49ers nation cheered when York hired Singletary as head coach.

"I call him the prince of York," the commoner Cohn said so ever cleverly. "It's sort of like he's got it by divine right. Again, I believe he's earnest, I do. I believe he wants to do well. I don't think he's clever enough to, to know where to go for good help."

He was clever enough to smack you down and to "mess" with your fragile ego, Lowell.

Plus, Lowell, I think he told you that he has spoken to others, such as Eddie DeBartolo, the Krafts and probably other professionals he hasn't named.
He actually answered your question.
When asked by one of the KNBR hosts if he was being ageist, as I once was about York, Cohn said:

"I do think he is young. I think he is younger than 29. I also say this—I could be wrong, and if I am, I apologize, [but] when I see him I see a sense of entitlement. I do. That this is all coming to him and that he deserves it. And I think that impedes him. I think that impedes his judgment."

I suppose Cohn would just love Jed if he had a Bill Walsh, John McVay, Joe Montana, Ronnie Lott, Roger Craig, Jerry Rice, etc.

Too bad for timing. Guess York doesn't have that divine right after all.

Even though Cohn has a deep, sincere and abiding desire to see a divinely ordained York succeed, he revealed what must be his own divinely inspired gem:

"I don't blame his age," Cohn bellowed. "I blame him! ... He needs to learn maturity and he needs to have someone help him learn wisdom. I think if he can get those, maybe he can do a good job."

Look in the mirror, Lowell.

"This is a possibility, I don't know; maybe he is not bright," Cohn said. "Seriously [host's name]. I talk to him, he's cordial, he has good manners. Maybe he's just not a bright guy and he can't learn."

Thank you, Dr. Cohn. You have been so cleverly successful in accomplishing what some psychiatrists spend their lifetimes trying to do: diagnose themselves.

When they finally achieve success, they retire, as you should.

Originally posted by Dniner:

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
Yup he's 100% right as Cohn often is.

Gasbag Lowell Cohn Says 49ers' Jed York May Not Be "Bright" (Really)
By
Glenn Franco Simmons
(Analyst) on December 29, 2010
Today on KNBR, Press Democrat sports columnist Lowell Cohn proved to the world that he has made a miraculous transformation from gasbag columnist to Nobel Prize-winning psychiatrist.

49ers President Jed York will never have to seek therapy; all he has to do is listen to Dr. Cohn.

In a stunning reversal of populist wisdom, Cohn revealed that gasbaggers really do more than blow smoke.

They inhale (something).

Cohn is ripe for so much fun material, but let's start with Journalism 101.
You would think such an esteemed sports columnist has the intellect to trust his own judgment, but Cohn demonstrated the incompetence that has characterized so much of his grub over the years.

In this case, he needed assistance or reassurance to pose simple questions at a news conference that most 10th-graders on any school newspaper could formulate. (No insult intended to 10th-graders on newspapers; that's where I got my start.)

"That morning I phoned Ira, Ira Miller; everyone knows Ira," he told his KNBR hosts today. "...And I said, 'Jed's going to have this press conference, I want to ask some questions, but I want to ask the right questions.'

"Ira would be the guy to call, so we went over it. We, he is terrific at this, and he said, 'Ask him how he can reassure the fans, but he really won't answer that. So then you say, who will you talk to?' Those were the two questions I had written in my notebook and they were Ira questions."

Seriously? You've just earned a smiley face, Lowell.
Do you like Lowell Cohn's columns?
First of all, York knows there is no reassurance until the 49ers return to winning. Until then, it's all talk. York knows this.

However, from a purely journalistic perspective, let me get this correct: Lowell Cohn of The Press Democrat phones a former Chronicle colleague, whom he holds in high esteem, to ask him what to ask Jed York?
Or to confirm the questions he thought of posing?

Nothing against Miller, but are you kidding me? Is this beginning reporting? Either way, it makes one wonder.
Well, then again, I've read Cohn since I could run without my knees hurting, so I shouldn't be surprised.
Then Cohn does what so many do in public life: He attempted to revise history and to say he wants to see his foe succeed, when he really wants to see him crash and burn.

And, oh, by the way, Cohn will do all he can to help York crash and burn.
Today's interview was the latest installment.
Here is a part of the exchange of Cohn versus York at York's news conference earlier this week that led to the focus of today's KNBR interview:

Cohn: Can you assure the fanbase you have the expertise to hire a general manager?

Jed: Yes.

Cohn: Who are you going to talk to to help you?

Jed: Who would you talk to if you were me?

Cohn: I would talk to very good owners and general managers around the league who know more than you do.

Jed: Like my uncle who’s won five Super Bowls and some other folks like the Krafts and folks like that who have built championship-caliber teams.

Cohn: I wish you could tell us some more. This is for the fanbase, not just for us.

Jed: I think my uncle is probably the best person out there for me to talk to. There are a lot of other people I will talk to but my uncle is the person I’ll get the most advice from.

You cannot blame York for his retort because of the, at times, caustic history between the two, and between Cohn and the 49ers dating back years.

Cohn was basically telling York that he was not qualified, and York knew it. He isn't stupid. His smackdown was appropriate, given the source.

But then, playing the part to perfection, Cohn issued the insult that he must have dreamed about delivering for days:

"I would talk to very good owners and general managers around the league who know more than you do."

York might have thought, "Yeah, well, if I had a choice, I'd talk to columnists who know more than you do, you sniveling little worn-out weasel."

Then again, I could be wrong.

Cohn told his KNBR hosts, after issuing a weasel-like snicker, of his thoughts following York's statement:

"That's the best you can do? If I were doing it, I would say, 'We have a plan. ...' Then I said, 'Who will you talk to?' And his response was, which I didn't write, but I will say it on the air, I consider snotty."

Cohn, exposing his exceedingly thin skin, emphasized "snotty."

Really, Lowell? I thought York was quite succinct and polite.

So the offended Cohn responded by insulting York. That's good journalism, Lowell. Way to upgrade the profession.

If you think I'm being overly critical, just read what Cohn then said on KNBR, revealing his hurt and angry feelings:

"He burned me up, because he was messing with me."

Oh, my.

Remember your headline on one column, Lowell?
"Jed (the Prince) York talks"
Oh, but there's more from the KNBR interview:

"I have nothing personal against him," Cohn must have said with his fingers crossed behind his back. "He has been accessible to me. He has been civil to me. He has been a crummy team president."

For the record, he's been team president for just about two years, and you've been a crummy columnist for how many decades?

"He's a baloney guy up to now, just like [Mike] Singletary," Cohn said with relish. "He gets another shot because his parents own the team. OK, I'm not saying he can't do well, but he hasn't done well."

Yeah, I remember feeling some of that envy too, but I got over it.

For the record, the 49ers nation cheered when York hired Singletary as head coach.

"I call him the prince of York," the commoner Cohn said so ever cleverly. "It's sort of like he's got it by divine right. Again, I believe he's earnest, I do. I believe he wants to do well. I don't think he's clever enough to, to know where to go for good help."

He was clever enough to smack you down and to "mess" with your fragile ego, Lowell.

Plus, Lowell, I think he told you that he has spoken to others, such as Eddie DeBartolo, the Krafts and probably other professionals he hasn't named.
He actually answered your question.
When asked by one of the KNBR hosts if he was being ageist, as I once was about York, Cohn said:

"I do think he is young. I think he is younger than 29. I also say this—I could be wrong, and if I am, I apologize, [but] when I see him I see a sense of entitlement. I do. That this is all coming to him and that he deserves it. And I think that impedes him. I think that impedes his judgment."

I suppose Cohn would just love Jed if he had a Bill Walsh, John McVay, Joe Montana, Ronnie Lott, Roger Craig, Jerry Rice, etc.

Too bad for timing. Guess York doesn't have that divine right after all.

Even though Cohn has a deep, sincere and abiding desire to see a divinely ordained York succeed, he revealed what must be his own divinely inspired gem:

"I don't blame his age," Cohn bellowed. "I blame him! ... He needs to learn maturity and he needs to have someone help him learn wisdom. I think if he can get those, maybe he can do a good job."

Look in the mirror, Lowell.

"This is a possibility, I don't know; maybe he is not bright," Cohn said. "Seriously [host's name]. I talk to him, he's cordial, he has good manners. Maybe he's just not a bright guy and he can't learn."

Thank you, Dr. Cohn. You have been so cleverly successful in accomplishing what some psychiatrists spend their lifetimes trying to do: diagnose themselves.

When they finally achieve success, they retire, as you should.

Cohn just got epically pwned on the grandest level ever. WOW. F'in Awesome this dude Simmons is.

Nolan has finally left the building. Hopefully the next coach can bring something fresh to the table.

singletary was a step down from nolan...

Originally posted by Dniner:

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
Yup he's 100% right as Cohn often is.

Gasbag Lowell Cohn Says 49ers' Jed York May Not Be "Bright" (Really)
By
Glenn Franco Simmons
(Analyst) on December 29, 2010
Today on KNBR, Press Democrat sports columnist Lowell Cohn proved to the world that he has made a miraculous transformation from gasbag columnist to Nobel Prize-winning psychiatrist.

49ers President Jed York will never have to seek therapy; all he has to do is listen to Dr. Cohn.

In a stunning reversal of populist wisdom, Cohn revealed that gasbaggers really do more than blow smoke.

They inhale (something).

Cohn is ripe for so much fun material, but let's start with Journalism 101.
You would think such an esteemed sports columnist has the intellect to trust his own judgment, but Cohn demonstrated the incompetence that has characterized so much of his grub over the years.

In this case, he needed assistance or reassurance to pose simple questions at a news conference that most 10th-graders on any school newspaper could formulate. (No insult intended to 10th-graders on newspapers; that's where I got my start.)

"That morning I phoned Ira, Ira Miller; everyone knows Ira," he told his KNBR hosts today. "...And I said, 'Jed's going to have this press conference, I want to ask some questions, but I want to ask the right questions.'

"Ira would be the guy to call, so we went over it. We, he is terrific at this, and he said, 'Ask him how he can reassure the fans, but he really won't answer that. So then you say, who will you talk to?' Those were the two questions I had written in my notebook and they were Ira questions."

Seriously? You've just earned a smiley face, Lowell.
Do you like Lowell Cohn's columns?
First of all, York knows there is no reassurance until the 49ers return to winning. Until then, it's all talk. York knows this.

However, from a purely journalistic perspective, let me get this correct: Lowell Cohn of The Press Democrat phones a former Chronicle colleague, whom he holds in high esteem, to ask him what to ask Jed York?
Or to confirm the questions he thought of posing?

Nothing against Miller, but are you kidding me? Is this beginning reporting? Either way, it makes one wonder.
Well, then again, I've read Cohn since I could run without my knees hurting, so I shouldn't be surprised.
Then Cohn does what so many do in public life: He attempted to revise history and to say he wants to see his foe succeed, when he really wants to see him crash and burn.

And, oh, by the way, Cohn will do all he can to help York crash and burn.
Today's interview was the latest installment.
Here is a part of the exchange of Cohn versus York at York's news conference earlier this week that led to the focus of today's KNBR interview:

Cohn: Can you assure the fanbase you have the expertise to hire a general manager?

Jed: Yes.

Cohn: Who are you going to talk to to help you?

Jed: Who would you talk to if you were me?

Cohn: I would talk to very good owners and general managers around the league who know more than you do.

Jed: Like my uncle who’s won five Super Bowls and some other folks like the Krafts and folks like that who have built championship-caliber teams.

Cohn: I wish you could tell us some more. This is for the fanbase, not just for us.

Jed: I think my uncle is probably the best person out there for me to talk to. There are a lot of other people I will talk to but my uncle is the person I’ll get the most advice from.

You cannot blame York for his retort because of the, at times, caustic history between the two, and between Cohn and the 49ers dating back years.

Cohn was basically telling York that he was not qualified, and York knew it. He isn't stupid. His smackdown was appropriate, given the source.

But then, playing the part to perfection, Cohn issued the insult that he must have dreamed about delivering for days:

"I would talk to very good owners and general managers around the league who know more than you do."

York might have thought, "Yeah, well, if I had a choice, I'd talk to columnists who know more than you do, you sniveling little worn-out weasel."

Then again, I could be wrong.

Cohn told his KNBR hosts, after issuing a weasel-like snicker, of his thoughts following York's statement:

"That's the best you can do? If I were doing it, I would say, 'We have a plan. ...' Then I said, 'Who will you talk to?' And his response was, which I didn't write, but I will say it on the air, I consider snotty."

Cohn, exposing his exceedingly thin skin, emphasized "snotty."

Really, Lowell? I thought York was quite succinct and polite.

So the offended Cohn responded by insulting York. That's good journalism, Lowell. Way to upgrade the profession.

If you think I'm being overly critical, just read what Cohn then said on KNBR, revealing his hurt and angry feelings:

"He burned me up, because he was messing with me."

Oh, my.

Remember your headline on one column, Lowell?
"Jed (the Prince) York talks"
Oh, but there's more from the KNBR interview:

"I have nothing personal against him," Cohn must have said with his fingers crossed behind his back. "He has been accessible to me. He has been civil to me. He has been a crummy team president."

For the record, he's been team president for just about two years, and you've been a crummy columnist for how many decades?

"He's a baloney guy up to now, just like [Mike] Singletary," Cohn said with relish. "He gets another shot because his parents own the team. OK, I'm not saying he can't do well, but he hasn't done well."

Yeah, I remember feeling some of that envy too, but I got over it.

For the record, the 49ers nation cheered when York hired Singletary as head coach.

"I call him the prince of York," the commoner Cohn said so ever cleverly. "It's sort of like he's got it by divine right. Again, I believe he's earnest, I do. I believe he wants to do well. I don't think he's clever enough to, to know where to go for good help."

He was clever enough to smack you down and to "mess" with your fragile ego, Lowell.

Plus, Lowell, I think he told you that he has spoken to others, such as Eddie DeBartolo, the Krafts and probably other professionals he hasn't named.
He actually answered your question.
When asked by one of the KNBR hosts if he was being ageist, as I once was about York, Cohn said:

"I do think he is young. I think he is younger than 29. I also say this—I could be wrong, and if I am, I apologize, [but] when I see him I see a sense of entitlement. I do. That this is all coming to him and that he deserves it. And I think that impedes him. I think that impedes his judgment."

I suppose Cohn would just love Jed if he had a Bill Walsh, John McVay, Joe Montana, Ronnie Lott, Roger Craig, Jerry Rice, etc.

Too bad for timing. Guess York doesn't have that divine right after all.

Even though Cohn has a deep, sincere and abiding desire to see a divinely ordained York succeed, he revealed what must be his own divinely inspired gem:

"I don't blame his age," Cohn bellowed. "I blame him! ... He needs to learn maturity and he needs to have someone help him learn wisdom. I think if he can get those, maybe he can do a good job."

Look in the mirror, Lowell.

"This is a possibility, I don't know; maybe he is not bright," Cohn said. "Seriously [host's name]. I talk to him, he's cordial, he has good manners. Maybe he's just not a bright guy and he can't learn."

Thank you, Dr. Cohn. You have been so cleverly successful in accomplishing what some psychiatrists spend their lifetimes trying to do: diagnose themselves.

When they finally achieve success, they retire, as you should.

Awesome...the guy really is a schmuck.

lol@ Cohn getting his feelings hurt by what York said after all the BS he's been spewing over the years. I've never thought of Cohn as a sportswriter.

I am not, nor have i ever been a lowell cohn fan. Even in the glory days of joe, jerry, steve, etc, he had a hard time admitting their greatness. In this article, however, i am 100% in agreement bascially with what he said. Bigmike(BM) is or was a motivational speaker, who

---couldn't hold an intelligent or meaningful press conference . There were times when he looked outright stupid, and NEVER did he have command of what he was saying. We all noticed it, and early on.

---He was appointed HC but never had held an OC or DC slot, not to mention having no idea how to coach RBs, TEs, QBs, OLs, WRs, DLs, DBs, CBs, or STs. In a simple sentence, he was completely unqualified for any HC job and never should have been hired. BM made jed look REALLY stupid.

---He had no experience in any of those areas, yet he managed to compound things by his incredible lack of knowledge of Xs and Os which he refused to learn or wasn't smart enough to learn

---He had no experience calling plays, managing a clock, teaching running, throwing or catching technique,

---he had no idea how to coach an OL or DL,

---he had no idea how to coach fundmentals to QBs, nor did he know the first thing about qbs

his game plans were ludicrous, and he compounded that by bragging to the world that we were going to run it down their throats(with a box 8 or sometimes 10 or 11 facing frank on game day)...and then couldn't figure out why we couldn't run on our opponents,

---he had no ability to adapt to the opponents at halftime, on either O or D,

--- he was stuck in a 1985 timewarp, and even with all the new modern plays, playcalls,etc, refused to learn and/or embrace them. It was a combination of being out of the loop for 20 yrs and being either too lazy to learn the new stuff...ie update himself...or he wasn't smart enough to learn the new football.

---initially he was an imposing figure, sphinx like , standing on the sidelines...but that soon gave way to a figure, completely lost in space, standing on the sidelines and obviously having no idea what he was doing out there. Of our first 5 loses, he personally lost 3 of them, getting outcoached each and every time he stepped foot on the football field.

No point in continuing, because you all already know this. One thing jed should have done at game 8 was to schidt can BM...he didn't, waiting until the last moment to see if we could creep into the P.O.s backwards, literally by default...But when we were eliminated, i agree 100% w/ cohn, that jed HAD to fire him then, to show the rest of the nfl, and especially our team, that incompetence wouldn't be tolerated anymore, and jed admitted by that firing that he had made an egregious mistake in hiring el bobo initially.

The decent thing to do would have been to fire bm after game 16. Instead jed did what i advocated for, and that is jed fired BM immediately once we were eliminated from p.o.s, because BM didn't deserve any better. BM made this team the laughingstock of the nfl, and jed, even jed, got p.o.ed at that. BM hurt this team way more than anyone can imagine. To get our respect back is going to take one whale of a lot of doing, and for a losing team that is down, it is no small matter to get their collective confidence back. Lowell was right. BM needed to be humiliated, just as he has humiliated this team, its fans and other football fans across the country.

Somehow a simple firing just seems too easy for BM. I like the way his firing was handled and exactly for the reason lowell mentioned.

Lowell, you have rarely written a column that i felt was informative, decent or maybe even prescient. In this one, however, you hit the mother lode. Congratulations, son, you done good.

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el bobo