Originally posted by Paul_Hofer:Originally posted by MadDog49er:Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:
I guess we can go back to hating life ..thanks MD
Sorry, but reality sucks. The Baalke-York combination set the bar so low for achievement that I think many are thrilled to pick up these guys. However, it doesn't get them off the hook for their complete incompetence.
Let's say I took everyone on the Webzone back to the day before free agency opened and stated that we would lose six starters (Baas, Clements, Spikes, Lawson, Franklin, Goldson) and would pick up Madieu Williams, Carlos Rogers, and Jonathan Goodwin. Be honest, people, you would throw a complete and utter fit.
And yet, many board members are acting as if this free agency has been a remarkable success. The Yorks have duped fans again and expect us to "be patient", and believe they have a "plan". Do any on the board believe the plan was to get anything that looks like Williams, Rogers, and Goodwin?
The spate of posts ignoring MD's point goes to prove his point. Most of you would have been upset with the loss of six starters replaced by three.
Respectfully disagree, AB posts allot of cap and contract info. If you revisit his post last season about who was coming up in FA this offseason it showed how many starters we could potentially lose. I think Baas was the biggest surprise because fans felt he would be loyal to us, but when you look at the contract he was offered it was a done deal.
Spikes has been interviewed multiple times over the lockout and avoided every question about returning to the niners, and also stated he wanted another chance at a ring. With a new HC and transitioning QB position, really wasnt all that surprising.
Clements was gone when he refused to restructure, how is he worth $14m against the cap? That is more than Revis or Nnamdi.
Manny and Franklin not getting extensions last season when they were asking for it meant they were gone this season.
Goldson... a) he's not gone yet, and b) he's been clamoring about getting "paid" a Rolle-type contract ever since his carreer game vs AZ. His production doesnt match his asking price, but he is still a ? as nothing is set in stone with where he will end up in 2011.
We lost no probowlers or anyone where the writing wasn't on the wall. As a poster stated in a different thread, we drafted OLB, 2 interior lineman, two CBs, and a safety. We also are returning Smith, Mays, Spillman, McKillop, Bowman, RJF, Tukuafu, and signed potential quality UDFA in Ian Williams which was the top rated UDFA available. The game of football requires players to step up when given their opportunity, this is their chance.
None of these were really surprises. Fans want to criticize our front office for not over extending or overpaying players when we have cap room, but then totally absolve players of any criticism for not showing loyalty saying "it's just business." The reality is that it goes both ways, to pay more than market value for a player is fiscally irresponsible and would screw this team over in the long run.
[ Edited by 5280High on Aug 4, 2011 at 08:25:47 ]