Jim Tomsula, man of many odd jobs, shows he can coach a bit
Sep 15, 2015 at 10:35 AM
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Jim Tomsula, man of many odd jobs, shows he can coach a bitTomsula is the only head coach in the NFL who reflexively reaches for a mop when he's in a supermarket and hears, "Cleanup on Aisle 7!"A thrill for Tomsula, winning his first game as an official and not interim NFL head coach?The biggest moves of the offseason in the NFL were the firing of Jim Harbaugh and the hiring of Tomsula.No owner breathed a harder sigh of relief than did Jed York on Monday night as the world watched his team sail into uncharted waters under the leadership of the NFL equivalent of the Ty-D-Bol captain.With their new Mr. Nobody coach, it was almost as if some people were expecting the 49ers to take the field with their helmets on backward.[...] maybe the NFL should consider playing three or four more exhibition games, to get out the kinks.Carlos Hyde ran for a ridiculous 168 yards, behind an offensive line that some expected to be the Seven Blocks of Balsa Wood.Not fantastic, but he didn't seem befuddled by the loss of his onetime shoulder-pad-pounding head coach.Don't make me list all the superstar defensive players the 49ers lost since last season.Could they survive with their new semi-law-abiding...
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