Saying Good-Bye to a Legend- The Niners should trade Patrick Willis

Originally posted by MikeRumph:

Originally posted by prime21:
This would be tha all-time stupidest move in sports history. If were trading anyone, lets trade Borland, at this point, we could probably get two bags of family size Lays Chips.

I think the all time stupidest move in sports history would be letting Harbaugh leave

agreed

Originally posted by prime21:

Originally posted by MikeRumph:

Originally posted by prime21:
This would be tha all-time stupidest move in sports history. If were trading anyone, lets trade Borland, at this point, we could probably get two bags of family size Lays Chips.

I think the all time stupidest move in sports history would be letting Harbaugh leave

agreed

both can be right and they are

Trade him for Adam Carriker.

yes way premature...especially since he came out & said his foot has been hurting bad for the past 5 years.

Originally posted by sacniner:
Good call. Free up that cap space. We are good with Bowman, and Borland will get better.

So you think Borland's arms will grow two inches and his lateral acceleration will become even average? I think not. He will ALWAYS be a liability in coverage. He's a two-down backer at best, and you'll always have to try and scheme to cover his weaknesses... no thank you.

can you lock this link please!

I get what you're saying but maybe restructure. Who would win in a footrace? Borland or Gore?

Originally posted by English:

Originally posted by gold49digger:
So is this an annual thing now? the new "trade or release" frank gore?

Makes a change from the Should We Change To A 4-3 D.

A 3-4 would work well, we have three LB's who are prototypical for the spots:

Willis, as the SAM taking on TEs in the wide run game, and in pass coverage, Borland, at the MIKE stuffing runs, and Bo at the SAM, blitzing, cover in zone.

Dial, and Tank as D-tackles.

Lynch, Lemon, and Smith as rush ends, Cowboy, and TJE as first down D-ends in run situations.

Absolutely don't think it will happen.

BUT - to play along:

A). Who would we trade him to ???

and

B). What would we get???

This team will need his leadership next season. I say no way!

With us losing McDonald, possibly Justin Smith, possibly Brooks, possibly Vernon Davis, possibly Gore, probably Crabtree/Iupati/Culliver I think there is no way you can get rid of Willis. Getting rid of Willis on top of all that would just finish us off and we might as well do a full rebuild instead of a reload. It's already going to kill morale losing all these guys. We probably end up back at 9-10 wins, maybe 1 or 2 rounds of playoffs and done. I think we blew our chance at a sb, 3 times to be exact. We will probably stay in the hunt but we peaked especially if we get rid of harbaugh. I think we should restructure or have Willis/Bowman take small paycuts and possibly add a year or 2 on for Willis as incentive. Bowman can take a cut he got paid handsomely to sit out this year.

Originally posted by prime21:

Originally posted by MikeRumph:

Originally posted by prime21:
This would be tha all-time stupidest move in sports history. If were trading anyone, lets trade Borland, at this point, we could probably get two bags of family size Lays Chips.

I think the all time stupidest move in sports history would be letting Harbaugh leave

agreed

Posted this in the coaching search thread; it seems relevant to these statements, too


For all of the people preaching doom and gloom after Harbaugh leaves, that has simply never happened in his career:

USD went 10-2 and 11-1 after he left. They had a couple rough years after that, as Harbaugh's recruiting classes left, but that's more about his "enthusiasm unknown to mankind" affecting recruiting, not the actual coaching. Fact is, those small school coaches were getting very similar results, as long as the roster featured similar talent. FWIW, thy're back to 9-2 and 8-3 these days.

Stanford went 11-2, 12-2, and 11-3 the three years after he left. This year was a mess for them, but it was for Harbaugh, too. Again, similar results with similar talent. Shaw is being considered (again) as NFL HC material.

I think it is harder to be competetive at a coaching level in the NCAA (too many positions, not enough difference-makers at HC) than in the NFL, which attracts the most competitive, talented, and motivated candidates.
Read more at http://www.49erswebzone.com/forum/niners/180682-harbaugh-leaves-49ers-new-coachall-coaching-rumors-here/page32/#3iPymGvVluFC1xDI.99

So, for my money, trading Willis before we know if Bow/Borland can play strongside (or before we see them both healthy again) continues to reign supreme as the worst idea in this forum. THIS forum. Ninertalk. Think about that.

Since the OP appears to have abondoned the thread, can we declare this dumpster fire all burned out and lock it? A preemptive lock of all future "trade Willis" threads could probably save a lot of effort and feelings...

Lol couldn't even wrap up Oliver lol

We not tradin Willis or bowman

such a naive idea. o borland played good for 3 games! hes ready to replace the best ILB in the league!!

Told you they should have traded him.

I wish Willis the best. Great player, great leader, great person. He will be missed.