So I went hunting for an article to see how Marathe did back when he was in the booth the first go around. This was back when Nolan was coach and got fired and Singletary took over as Interim head coach. I came across this article from Kawakami:
http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/2008/10/22/49ers-bits-unhappiness-with-marathe-do-the-yorks-think-they-bought-the-team-in-2005/
The last few paragraphs in that link reminds me of what is happening today.
But it was the York family that cause the dreadful 2004 season–they're the ones who told us that Donahue was the man to save them in the early-2000s, in fact, they pushed Bill Walsh out the door because they were sure Donahue was terrific.
And they're the ones who fired Steve Mariucci and hired Erickson, on Donahue's recommendation, and told us Erickson was terrific, too. (History alert: I was on board for that one… presuming that the 49ers would keep spending money to maintain the talent. The Yorks chose not to do that in 2003/04.)
The York family is the one that keeps trotting out new faces and telling us why the new people are so great and why the old people were so bad.
Yet the York family also hired the old people. What's the common denominator? People always get fired, and the Yorks remain there, running the show.
I'm going to give Jed a chance to show us what he can do. But he's still part of the family that is the common bond to perennial 49ers failure.
This isn't another thread to talk about the new coaching hires but wanted to point out how the York's are reverting back to the early 2000's and being cheap again. I hope and pray this works out better than last time.