New Principle Owner Jed York Thread

Denise DeBartolo York making the call to Cable is a fascinating development – and could be viewed as an undermining of York, who painted himself as a the team's lead decision maker during his press conference after firing Kelly and Baalke.
"I own this football team," York said on Jan. 2. "You don't dismiss owners. I'm sorry that that's the facts and that's the case, but that's the fact. And, I'm going to do everything that I can to get this right."

Originally posted by Niners_D:

Denise DeBartolo York making the call to Cable is a fascinating development – and could be viewed as an undermining of York, who painted himself as a the team's lead decision maker during his press conference after firing Kelly and Baalke.
"I own this football team," York said on Jan. 2. "You don't dismiss owners. I'm sorry that that's the facts and that's the case, but that's the fact. And, I'm going to do everything that I can to get this right."

The above was from the USA Today regarding the Tom Cable interview. It seems clear that when things got serious in the hiring process that Denise got involved. I'm still trying to find the article that linked Denise to the Shannahan hiring, but I know it was either directly stated or inferred by a beat writer.

Originally posted by PrimeTime:

Originally posted by dj43:

Originally posted by PrimeTime:
I'm so sick of everyone dragging Jed's name through the mud all of the time. You guys really act like you know what's going on in the buildings especially during the Harbaugh years, but you don't know sh*t. None of you peasants could manage a professional football team, let alone own it.

Jed deserves respect. I said it when he hired/fired Harbaugh. I'll say it again with Shanny and Lynch. He had a plan in place when all of you doubted him.

Please stop with the same ol' comments "Yea Jed, just stay out of the way and we're good"

When was he ever in the way? I DEMAND RESPECT FOR JED.

I can't tell if you are serious or sarcastic.

No, I'm being serious. Not a Jed fan boy it just bugs me honestly. I've supported him since his parents handed the franchise over to him right before he made Singletary an official hire. I love this team and the ownership. It just makes me sick reading all the negativity towards our ownership specifically Jed when none of what gets reported is true.

What happened to all of the Fire Jed blimps or Sell the team banners flying over Levis? Everyones quiet now huh

"I'm going to drop a little bombshell on you right here," Plummer said. "I've heard that this hire was not the hire of Jed York. I heard that it came from a much higher source than Jed York and you might think to yourself, 'Woah, what's higher than Jed York?' How about Jed York's mother (Denise DeBartolo York)?
"I'm just telling you that's what I've heard and sources have said she has been embarrassed. Now, remember, this is a woman who grew up with her father (Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr.) owning the Pittsburgh Penguins and I think she loved hockey and she was involved in – I think they might have even won the Stanley Cup when they were there in terms of ownership. But seeing that and seeing her brother (Edward J. DeBartolo, Jr.) win championship after championship after championship, winning is in her blood."
It's not inconceivable to believe that Denise DeBartolo York, who is the principal owner of the 49ers, was in some way involved in the final decision to hire Lynch and Shanahan. What Plummer appears to be suggesting, according to what he has heard, is that Jed didn't have the final say.

Originally posted by English:

Originally posted by Ensatsu:

I criticize him mostly because he didn't have a plan in place post-Harbaugh. And I blame him for giving the keys to the franchise to Baalke, who was not qualified to be a GM who can work well with coaches.

And he thought Jim Tomsula was a good head coach. I remember Jed comparing Tomsula to Steve Kerr in an interview (lol).

Chip Kelly was a good hire....in theory......if you gave him the players to run his offense. But even if Chip had great players at every position, I still think his ceiling in the NFL would be limited. His college offense was played out and the NFL figured him out already. Jed York and Baalke didn't do enough research as to why Chip flamed out in Philly. And now you can see that even UCLA is getting tired of Chip Kelly's shtick. He will probably get fired soon.

I will give credit where credit is due. Jed scored a home run with Lynch and Shanahan. But it has taken 3-4 years of misery to get to this point.

Much as it did with Eddie D.

Originally posted by 49er-from-Yavin-IV:
York got this one right. He cleaned out a disjointed and dysfunctional house rotting with a low football IQ. Then brought in a cohesive group of high football IQ minds led by the best offensive minded head coach in the game, and did the prudent thing when he got the f*** out of their way so they could do their thing. I am not sure the 49ers have been this organizationally on the same page since 90s or 80s. We are lucky as f*** that Shanahan even considered coming here and credit to York for locking him in for six years. More credit to York if can keep Shanahan and company for one or more contracts in the future. We have something special going on.

Originally posted by PrimeTime:
I'm so sick of everyone dragging Jed's name through the mud all of the time. You guys really act like you know what's going on in the buildings especially during the Harbaugh years, but you don't know sh*t. None of you peasants could manage a professional football team, let alone own it.

Jed deserves respect. I said it when he hired/fired Harbaugh. I'll say it again with Shanny and Lynch. He had a plan in place when all of you doubted him.

Please stop with the same ol' comments "Yea Jed, just stay out of the way and we're good"

When was he ever in the way? I DEMAND RESPECT FOR JED.

Originally posted by Niners_D:

Finally found it! It was Gary Plummer who sited inside information:

"I'm going to drop a little bombshell on you right here," Plummer said. "I've heard that this hire was not the hire of Jed York. I heard that it came from a much higher source than Jed York and you might think to yourself, 'Woah, what's higher than Jed York?' How about Jed York's mother (Denise DeBartolo York)?
"I'm just telling you that's what I've heard and sources have said she has been embarrassed. Now, remember, this is a woman who grew up with her father (Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr.) owning the Pittsburgh Penguins and I think she loved hockey and she was involved in – I think they might have even won the Stanley Cup when they were there in terms of ownership. But seeing that and seeing her brother (Edward J. DeBartolo, Jr.) win championship after championship after championship, winning is in her blood."
It's not inconceivable to believe that Denise DeBartolo York, who is the principal owner of the 49ers, was in some way involved in the final decision to hire Lynch and Shanahan. What Plummer appears to be suggesting, according to what he has heard, is that Jed didn't have the final say.

Originally posted by TheWooLick:

Originally posted by English:

Originally posted by Ensatsu:
I criticize him mostly because he didn't have a plan in place post-Harbaugh. And I blame him for giving the keys to the franchise to Baalke, who was not qualified to be a GM who can work well with coaches.

And he thought Jim Tomsula was a good head coach. I remember Jed comparing Tomsula to Steve Kerr in an interview (lol).

Chip Kelly was a good hire....in theory......if you gave him the players to run his offense. But even if Chip had great players at every position, I still think his ceiling in the NFL would be limited. His college offense was played out and the NFL figured him out already. Jed York and Baalke didn't do enough research as to why Chip flamed out in Philly. And now you can see that even UCLA is getting tired of Chip Kelly's shtick. He will probably get fired soon.

I will give credit where credit is due. Jed scored a home run with Lynch and Shanahan. But it has taken 3-4 years of misery to get to this point.

Much as it did with Eddie D.

Eddie D never hired a Tomsula or Kelly.

Originally posted by PrimeTime:

Originally posted by Scottie15:

People seem to forget that Jim Harbaugh was a complete dick to work with. You can't disrespect your boss in front of the entire organization and expect to retain your job. That won't work anywhere, no matter how successful you are. Harbaugh burns everyone out wherever he goes. While York would probably admit his faith and trust in Baalke was his downfall, I still don't understand why Harbaugh is absolved of any responsibility for the downfall of the Niners.

Thank you! People freakin worship Harbaugh here and don't understand he treated these grown men like College kids.

Harbaugh was a stain on this franchise. Never forget we lost our one and only superbowl because he fell in love with Kap. All we had to do is freakin run in it with Gore.

I will never forgive Harbaugh or Greg Roman for our superbowl loss.

I see others are chiming in and talking about Denise bringing in Kyle! Lmao what the hell does she know -- stop trying to discredit Jed it is getting ridiculous guys. Jed had a relationship with Mike and Kyle before all of this. I know it's hard for some to accept but we have A GREAT OWNER WHO JUST WANTS TO WIN.