The Official"Our ownership does not suck" thread

Originally posted by English:

Originally posted by gore4prez:

Our ownership does suck for our standards ( come on man our last owner got us five rings ). But you are right about us being on the up and up.

Our last owner was the architect of his own downfall.

Which has what to do with the statement you quoted?

While our ownership looks like this, I cannot agree with you:

i think jed is improving and this year put down his footprint for the team over the next years with the hiring of the coaching staff and front office. i am very pleased with our current direction.

Originally posted by 49erRider:
The ownership does suck. Just because things are starting to go right doesn't mean they all-of-a-sudden know what they're doing. The Yorks (including Jed) are among the most clueless owners in the NFL. That isn't going to change until Jed gains more experience and knowledge as an owner of a professional football team.

They did hire Harbaugh, which I will give them a little credit for, but come on... People were calling for Harbaugh after week 3 of the 2010 season. It's not like Jed found him as some diamond in the rough, unknown coach. He was the hottest coaching commodity in college football and he was right in the 49ers' backyard. This is why the team is on the up and up, but how can you miss Harbaugh when he's right in front of your face and the fans and media are basically telling you what the right choice is?

As for the stadium... It's about a decade later than it should be and they haven't even began building the damn thing.

"Spending plenty of money," hmm... They're the owners of an NFL franchise. Why would they NOT spend a bunch of money? They're making a lot more than they spend, I can tell you that.

I'm not interested in if the ownership sucks or not, but you're playing a little fast and loose here.

You say Jed shouldn't get credit for Harbaugh because everyone knew he was desirable. This is exactly why Jed should get credit. He COMPETED for Harbaugh and won. Miami was offering more money, Luck was returning, and Jed still got it done. He deserves credit.

You say we've been waiting ten years for the stadium, and use that to discredit Jed. We've seen more progress on the stadium on Jed's two years than we did for a decade before him. He deserves credit.

You say Jed shouldn't get credit for spending money because he's the owner of an NFL franchise, but NOT every NFL franchise spends money. The Bengals take our castoffs and let their talent walk because they don't spend money. And it's not just about throwing money at problems or not. It would be just as unfortunate to be a Redskins fans as it would to be a Bengals fan. Since Jed's ownership, we have spent our money WELL.

Jed listened to the fans, he listened to his team, he watched himself, then made the decisions.

Baalke, didnt have to overspend. Look what Philly did and look what it has accomplished.
People/Fans seem to think success is measured on the amount of money that is spent.
Teams have to develop their own too. Not just go buy good players that other teams drafted and can no longer afford.
Look at the steelers. They have been riding with the same defense without replacements. The Defense is nearing its end and will have to start from scratch or have to overspend on FA. The 9ers didnt have to overspend because they have been developing their own. Bowman, Mcdonald, sopoaga, Miller, Spencer, Aldon, etc..
Its fun having a young owner and be able to say years from now that we watched that SOB grow into a experienced bad ass owner.

Being a 49er Faithful is paying off and it feels so damn good.

Originally posted by 80sbaby24:
Our ownership sucks. Period.

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