What is the most unfortunate turn of events in 49ers history?

Originally posted by TheRambler:
This thread is like the lowest of the low in terms of 49ers and football knowledge. lol.

Harbs couldn't fix the offense in 4 years, and refused to axe Greg Roman. He had to go. Stop being babies, wake up and realize he was not the god you think he was. If anything, you guys should be mad about Fangio leaving

why, he sucked before he got here and lucked into a bunch of good players.. lets see what the zones white version of nate davis does now with a horrid defense

Originally posted by KAPforPresident:
roger craigs fumble in championship game!

lol. that was not our worse moment. young probably would have pissed the super bowl down his legs as he was not the qb he soon came to be . losing the super bowl due to coaches who are supposed to do what is best for the team is much higher on the list than rogers fumble. we do not go to super bowls to lose them,,,, roman and jh

Should have had kyle Williams fumble(s) on there. Who knows where we'd be now without that happening.

Originally posted by beatintina49:
Should have had kyle Williams fumble(s) on there. Who knows where we'd be now without that happening.

Relative to his actual production (4 TDs off top of my head) I think Kyle Williams is the worst 49er of all time.

Originally posted by LayTheWoodall:

Originally posted by beatintina49:
Should have had kyle Williams fumble(s) on there. Who knows where we'd be now without that happening.

Relative to his actual production (4 TDs off top of my head) I think Kyle Williams is the worst 49er of all time.

Disagree. He screwed up as bad as any 49er ever in a big game, but he was a decent player before his injury. His crack back block against the Saints the week earlier sprung Alex Smith's long TD run. I kind of put part of the Kyle Williams debacle on the coaches. There were indications before the final fumble that he was a hazard back there receiving punts. They should have had someone in reserve with sure hands just to fair catch the thing.

Originally posted by crake49:

Originally posted by TexasNiner:

Originally posted by mutant-man49:
Anyone want to throw drafting Alex Smith out there!

Not so much drafting Smith, but passing on Rogers. That one decision crippled the future of this franchise.

They also passed on Tom Brady for Gio Caramizzi.

Not at all the same thing. Everyone passed on Brady multiple times. It was Smith or Rogers with the number one pick. And supposedly the decision was close and could have gone either way. Even if Rogers didn't immediately succeed because of how bad our coaches and team were at the time, sooner or later he would have become the franchise QB we could have built around for a decade plus, then most of our other major issues from the last 10 years go away and we probably have a couple SBs.

the benching of Alex Smith in 2012

Originally posted by TexasNiner:

Not at all the same thing. Everyone passed on Brady multiple times. It was Smith or Rogers with the number one pick. And supposedly the decision was close and could have gone either way. Even if Rogers didn't immediately succeed because of how bad our coaches and team were at the time, sooner or later he would have become the franchise QB we could have built around for a decade plus, then most of our other major issues from the last 10 years go away and we probably have a couple SBs.

Mmm, no. I don't think he would have put up with the sh#t Smith did from Nolan et al. He would not have stayed around long enough, we had no coaching skills to develop him and no experienced QB for him to sit behind and learn.

Originally posted by Quest4six:

I'm not so sure Rogers would be the Rogers we know him to be today if he would have come here.
He got to sit behind Favre for a couple years and get a chance to get comfortable in a system...
Smith on the other hand....

I'll take Rodger skill set in that NFC championship game against the Giants where Alex threw for about 150 yards.

Originally posted by LayTheWoodall:

Originally posted by beatintina49:
Should have had kyle Williams fumble(s) on there. Who knows where we'd be now without that happening.

Relative to his actual production (4 TDs off top of my head) I think Kyle Williams is the worst 49er of all time.

lol not even close. given where he was drafted and the production, albeit little, that he had he is not even close to the worst 49er of all time. jim druckenmiller, reggie mcgrew, rashaun woods anyone>?

Other coaches are passing on the 49ers overtures to join Tomsula's staff. Not good.

Well when you have guys like John Brodie and Steve Young I think you can afford to trade a YA Tittle and Joe Montana when the time is right.

What I am about to say isn't the worst thing in the history of the 49ers but it's pretty bad. I think this upcoming year is the first year of a string of years that the raiders become a better team than the 49ers. The raiders have a good QB, Carr will get better. If manning retires, Carr will push Rivers to become the best QB in the AFC West.

How we are headed is different than how they are headed. I wouldn't be surprised if the raiders are simply better for the next 3-4 years, maybe longer. This hasn't been the case in a really long time, even during the nolan years the 49ers usually had a better squad than the raiders.

tomsula as head coach..

Hearst breaking his ankle vs Atlanta in 1998.

That was hands down the best 49er team since their SB year. And the team ended up needing to sign Lawrence Phillips to fill in for Hearst. 4 games into the next season and he misses a block that ends Young's career.

Not only did that injury cost us a legitimate shot at a title...but it cost us our HOF QB as well.((