Originally posted by MadDog49er:
And people wonder why I want the Niners to go down in humiliating fashion each week, until we dump Singletary. This article shares that the team stuck with Mike Nolan for one more year, despite finishing with a 5-11 record in 2008. YIKES!!!!!!
Here was what Papa York said at the time:
"Mike had recognition and solutions to these problems that were completely acceptable to us, and we moved forward from there," York said.
Of course, we know the wisdom of that move, as we canned Nolan mid-year in 2009.
Only more thorough, embarrassing, humiliating, debilitating defeats can give me some hope that the team will not retain Singletary in 2011. Give me a 4-14 team that limps badly at the finish line, and I'll give you hope that the management feels no other option but to dump him. I still have a stinking suspicion that he will survive if he can win 3 of the next 4 or even the last two games. Call me paranoid, but once was enough. The same pattern of chaos with Nolan is repeating itself with Singletary.
I think that Jed's actually learned from his experience with Nolan. He's realizing that sticking with Singletary until the end of the season will:
A. Not require an interim coach bumped up from a coordinator ie. Manusky which could result in losing them.
B. Open up more possibilities once we reach the off-season. I bet there are several coaches who are eagerly awaiting for Singlebraincell's head to roll, the ditch their team/current engagement ie. Mike Holmgren, John Gruden, Jim Harbaugh. They're a damn sight better as options than hiring from within. We need a general who can change things from the top, not a glorified foot soldier like Singlebraincell. Firing him in mid-season to motivate an interim coach to try and win the job, winning a few meaningless games...not the way to go.
