Originally posted by Joecool:
I don't see how Jed is being portrayed as a guy who is in over his head.
1. Jed steps in and Nolan is out.
2. Jed fires McCloughan, a "GM" who really hasn't been very impressive.
3. Jed makes the mistake in the Singletary hire but does not hesitate to fire him.
Looks to me more like he does not tolerate mediocrity more-so than he doesn't know what he's doing. Look at how long Nolan was able to fool father York with excuse after excuse blaming the players or OC turnover but never realizing that Nolan was the guy hiring these guys who keep leaving.
I like how you just glance over the Singletary hire like it wasn't no thang. That single decision set this franchise back at least five years.
At the time York cited his reasons for Singletary's hire... "The team was getting out-intensitied under Nolan."
This guy thought the team was getting "out-intensitied". Really, how much more wrong could you have been.
Now he's saying he thinks the 49ers had enough talent to win the NFC West. If this does not signify that he's in over his head, I don't know what does.