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Flyn, with all that 9 yrs of draft picks, # 6-9, plus # 38-41, we had one helluva lot of talent on this team, completely mismanaged by Erickson, noln, BM(big Mike), and sadly , lastly harbaw. All that talent, and we had 2 , maybe even 3 SBs with a real coach. Instead we got slight of hand, goofy pressers, and even goofier playcalls. I thot it was kap initially, but as time went on, it was obvious that in yrs 3 and then really in yr 4, our HC was like the emperor with no clothes....and nobody was making much of it. In fact, we had talent across the board, which a guy who technically never was a position coach jumped to HC..in the NFL no less. And , with no real D backing nor O backing of knowledge, he fell flat on his kisser. Unfortunately he took the 9ers and us with him. But that was yesterday. Today we have a spirited guy, who probably everyone saw, at some time or another , trying to rally the team on the bench after we had just made a huge mistake, given up a TD, missed on a TD, or something of that sort. Tomsula was the guy on the sidelines , trying to spur our guys on. Maybe it was that enthusiasm that got jed's and trent's attention,
but that was or had to be only part of it.
There is no way on God's green earth that jed and Trent hired tomsula as HC because he could rally the troops . He had to have gone thru some kind of questioning re: his knowledge of O and of D and STs while he was at it. And my guess is, Tomsula stood out, even tho he was by definition, a DL coach. Yes, he did have overseas experience, but that is a tad different than here. So I think he must have put on one helluva show for jed and trent, and must have impressed both of them with his overall knowledge of football...and that includes OC and DC. Otherwise, I just cannot believe they would have hired him.
As to the conspiracy guys who say jed and trent just wanted a tool as HC, I say blulschidt.. With a billion dollar stadium and a billion dollar team, nobody in his right mind hires a tool to be his lackey so jed and trent can run the team. That just isn't in Jed's genetics. I think they both liked what they saw, and liked tomsula's vision for the team because everybody except a fool would ask that one. They must have really liked what he had to say and, hence, hired him. Needless to say, I was surprised, but I also liked the drafting of rashaun woods, the famous WR fisherman. So obviously my judgement re:the 9ers is flawed. But to say tomsula got hired to carry jeds and trent's water....no way and that is patently ridiculous.
In time, obviously we will see what jed and trent saw in tomsula...or not. I am betting on the former. Remember,there were a lot of skilled coaching guys at OC, DC, and HC out there looking for a job...and jed hired Tomsula.
Obviously, many dissenters missed something, or jed just put $2Billion at risk...and I fail to believe that.
[ Edited by pasodoc9er on Jan 19, 2015 at 1:26 PM ]