Originally posted by Marvin49:
Originally posted by astro_niner:
Originally posted by NCommand:
Originally posted by astro_niner:
3) Baalke needs to get on the same page as Harbaugh and what the coaching staff is trying to implement, especially offensively. That goes for both the draft and free agency. Baalke's strengths are cap management and contracts (along with Paraag), and draft day wheeling-dealing, but he seems to try too hard to find the diamond in the rough. He has been through 3 drafts and the only super star that he has drafted is Aldon Smith. More often than not, he ends-up with just adequate players in draft and free agency.
I like this point a lot. Let me ask you fans...based on what our offensive philsophy really is, if you were Baalke, what more does Harbaugh really need on the offensive side of the ball?
QB - Groom a young QB with similar skill sets as CK?
OL - Staley, Davis, Boone, Iupati, Kilgore, Looney, etc.?
TE - We brought in McDonald to pair with VD and Celek? We had 3 (on paper) pretty dynamic H-backs and let all of them go.
FB - Miller is the best in the game. We never had a pure FB training behind him and then we let Owen go.
WR - Boldin, Crabtree and Patton? Do people seriously expect to use more 3-5 WR sets "with" VD also on the field?
RB - Gore, Lattimore, Hunter and James plus Hampton (who I really liked - is he still on contract?)
So unless Baalke goes FA to provide CLEAR "upgrades" over these guys, what more can he bring in here?
People focus on a deep threat @ WR, esp. one who can provide true, dynamic KR duties? FYI: we had Moss, Ginn and Moore (even Lockette) and never used ANY of them on deep routes so is that really the solution?
I don't think that the roster is not talented, but it seems that the talent is not always used well or is let go to prosper elsewhere, making me think that Baalke and Harbaugh are not on the same page.
Who "prospered" elsewhere? Ginn? Whom else? Ginn had his chances here. He didn't take advantage of them.
By "prosper", I didn't mean becoming a star after going elsewhere. I meant, being more productive "there" than "here". Ginn, I thought, wanted to have more passes thrown his way, but the coaching staff was mostly using him to clear space for other receivers, or he was mostly on special teams. So, he maybe talented, but not utilized accordingly by the coaches. That is way, I said, Baalke and Harbaugh need to bring-in the "right fit or right role" players by getting onto the same page.
Other examples that I can quickly think of, are - Cooper, Lockette.