Do free agents want to play for the 49ers ?

Originally posted by Shorteous:

Originally posted by WRATHman44:


THANK you! I am not happy with the current 49er reality either, but how did all this Baalke hate get riled up? We have been in a downward spiral since Donahue, and we got him on BW's recommendaion. No one is perfect, but we have so much hero-worship for for some people, tha we have o point blame elsewhere. Donahue would not have been hired had Walsh not hand-picked him. We would not have had the 2004 fire sale if it wasn't for Donahue. If Donahue/Erickson hadn't failed so miserably, we wouldn't have needed a new coach, and the Nolan/Smith/Singletary?Mcloughan mess never would have started. It was a sh*t sandwich before Baalke showed up, but fans are mad now, they want a superbowl now, and Harbaugh was a great college coach who knew BW, so we can't be mad at him, even though he was part of the FA strategy, and supports it fully.

I have no issue with this approach to FA. It would have been cool to get Nnamdi, but I really wanted someone who is talented, moderately experienced, and affordable (that's why I wanted Marshall). Teams that spend huge in FA usually don't get the value they wanted out of their investment, and they end up having greater difficulty re-signing their own players when FA shows up. I don't want to be the Cowboys or the Redskins. I want to be like the Packers. The only way that works is if you draft talent, coach it up well, and resign the irreplaceable players and replace the rest through the draft when they reach their second contract. We haven't developed our talent in the past, but we have a new staff, and we have no reason to doubt this staff's ability to coach. It could take a while, but I don't want to through the bank at a decent season, just to blow it all up in a couple years when we return to cap hell.

Just my two cents

Spot on

Originally posted by fakers23:
More bad news... Cards about to get Edwards. Can we sign some players please.

Originally posted by Niners4ever:

Originally posted by fakers23:
More bad news... Cards about to get Edwards. Can we sign some players please.

Edwards doesn't scare me.

Originally posted by Nighner:

Originally posted by Niners4ever:

Originally posted by fakers23:
More bad news... Cards about to get Edwards. Can we sign some players please.

Edwards doesn't scare me.

Edwards should scare you. Edwards, Fitzgerald and Kolb makes them better than last year. The Niners have nothing.

Originally posted by Niners4ever:

Originally posted by Nighner:

Originally posted by Niners4ever:

Originally posted by fakers23:
More bad news... Cards about to get Edwards. Can we sign some players please.

Edwards doesn't scare me.

Edwards should scare you. Edwards, Fitzgerald and Kolb makes them better than last year. The Niners have nothing.

Kolb? The same guy with a passer rating about the same as Alex Smith? Edwards the drama queen that has hands of steel? Get back under the bridge troll.

Originally posted by JustaFan45:

Originally posted by Niners4ever:

Originally posted by Nighner:

Originally posted by Niners4ever:

Originally posted by fakers23:
More bad news... Cards about to get Edwards. Can we sign some players please.

Edwards doesn't scare me.

Edwards should scare you. Edwards, Fitzgerald and Kolb makes them better than last year. The Niners have nothing.

Kolb? The same guy with a passer rating about the same as Alex Smith? Edwards the drama queen that has hands of steel? Get back under the bridge troll.

For real?? Kolb played well against us last year and have you taken a look at our secondary? Also they signed Heap!