John Lynch - 49ers GM

Originally posted by SofaKing:

Originally posted by thl408:

I thought it was a player and team option. That would make it mutual. But I can't find where I read that so maybe I was imagining it. So it appears that if Kap wants to exercise the option, he could, and the team would have to take him back. In other words, the team can tell him, "we don't want you here." He can still use the option and come back. He wouldn't feel wanted, but he'd be back.

Correct. But if he uses the option, we can still cut him and save $16.7 mil. He's probably just going to opt out. It's also better for us that he opts out rather than having to cut him, because then we could get a compensatory pick for him.

Responding specifically to the bolded, I don't believe that is a possibility. I don't believe there is a circumstance under which the team HAS to keep him if they do not want to keep him. If Kap wants to stay, all he has to do is not exercise his opt out, and the team has to release him if they want him to go.

Originally posted by Ronnie49Lott:
John Lynch to 49ers Fans: 'We're Going to Make You Proud'
Lynch spent more than 25 minutes on KNBR Wednesday morning with the Murph & Mac show. His first interview with the San Francisco 49ers flagship radio station covered everything from rooming with Edgar Renteria during his minor league baseball career, to his expectations as an NFL general manager.

Lynch continued to speak candidly about the interview process with the 49ers, his qualifications for the job and how important it is to embrace the randomness of life. But maybe the most impactful portion of the half-hour chat came at the end.

As Brian Murphy began to wind down the interview, Lynch interjected with a thoughtful message for what 49ers fans should expect from his new regime.

"I would just tell people, watch the moves we make," Lynch began unprompted. "Of course we're going to make some mistakes along the way, but we're going to make you proud with the type of players that we build this team around. I (also) think it's very important to be invested in this community.

"I remember (former Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach) Tony Dungy and the first meeting he ever had with us. He told us, 'Our job is to win championships, but if that's all we've done at the end of our time together, then we haven't done enough.' I've been around a lot of people that live that.

"I understand what a special community (the Bay Area is). We want to be a part of it, and we want to make people proud. I can give my commitment that we're going to leave no stone unturned to try and get people that represent the organization. First of all, everything we do, being single-minded to win World Championships and also to make the community proud with the guys we have.

"That's the one thing I will promise."

http://www.49ers.com/news/article-2/John-Lynch-to-49ers-Fans-Were-Going-to-Make-you-Proud/76df0612-84b6-4560-bfaa-5c022d6ce854?sf54121545=1

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Originally posted by SofaKing:

Originally posted by 9NERNATE:

Comp pick?

Yeah. If he opts out and signs somewhere for more than the vet minimum, which he should, he'll factor into the comp pick equation.

Not this time.

Originally posted by PA9erFaithful:

Originally posted by SofaKing:

Originally posted by thl408:
I thought it was a player and team option. That would make it mutual. But I can't find where I read that so maybe I was imagining it. So it appears that if Kap wants to exercise the option, he could, and the team would have to take him back. In other words, the team can tell him, "we don't want you here." He can still use the option and come back. He wouldn't feel wanted, but he'd be back.

Correct. But if he uses the option, we can still cut him and save $16.7 mil. He's probably just going to opt out. It's also better for us that he opts out rather than having to cut him, because then we could get a compensatory pick for him.

Responding specifically to the bolded, I don't believe that is a possibility. I don't believe there is a circumstance under which the team HAS to keep him if they do not want to keep him. If Kap wants to stay, all he has to do is not exercise his opt out, and the team has to release him if they want him to go.

I think you got it right. All this time I thought it was a player and team option. So if Kap took the option, and the team didn't, Kap wouldn't come back and there is no cap hit.

Originally posted by saniner:

Originally posted by SofaKing:

Originally posted by 9NERNATE:
Comp pick?

Yeah. If he opts out and signs somewhere for more than the vet minimum, which he should, he'll factor into the comp pick equation.

Not this time.

Ohh okay. Thanks for clearing that up.

Originally posted by saniner:

Originally posted by SofaKing:

Originally posted by 9NERNATE:
Comp pick?

Yeah. If he opts out and signs somewhere for more than the vet minimum, which he should, he'll factor into the comp pick equation.

Not this time.

Thanks for posting!

Originally posted by 9moon:
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What's Lynch's nickname?

Originally posted by thl408:
I thought it was a player and team option. That would make it mutual. But I can't find where I read that so maybe I was imagining it. So it appears that if Kap wants to exercise the option, he could, and the team would have to take him back. In other words, the team can tell him, "we don't want you here." He can still use the option and come back. He wouldn't feel wanted, but he'd be back.

They could always still cut him which is why I think would happen whether or not they wanted him back. Nobody is paying Kaepernick $17 mil for one season.

Lynch: Hey Kap, just want to let you know I respect the path you took this year from protesting against violence to taking one for the team and revising your contract.
Kap: I do what I can.
Lynch: Good. So, we will be acquiring another QB and how do you feel about mentoring the new guy?
Kap: Sure.

News: Kap to opt out.

Originally posted by Joecool:
Lynch: Hey Kap, just want to let you know I respect the path you took this year from protesting against violence to taking one for the team and revising your contract.
Kap: I do what I can.
Lynch: Good. So, we will be acquiring another QB and how do you feel about mentoring the new guy?
Kap: Sure.

News: Kap to opt out.

I think the conversation went more like this

Kap: Hey John look forward to working with you
John: The number you dialed is no longer in service
Kap: John?
John: Beeeeeeep

News: Kap to opt out.

HOUSTON – Steve Mariucci has experience working as a head coach with a general manager who came straight from the broadcast booth after a lengthy playing career.

"Yes, I do," Mariucci told CSNBayArea.com.

Mariucci knows why things went so poorly when Matt Millen took over as the Detroit Lions' top football executive in 2001. And he also believes John Lynch has the temperament and self-awareness to avoid those mistakes in his role as 49ers general manager.

Two years into the job, Millen fired Marty Mornhinweg as head coach and hired Mariucci shortly after the 49ers were eliminated in the divisional round of the NFC playoffs.

Mariucci went 15-28 before Millen fired him after 12 games of their third season together.

Millen lasted seven seasons, during which time the team compiled a 31-81 record. Moreover, with a roster comprised mostly of players Millen acquired, the Lions went 0-16 the season after Millen was fired.

There are two major differences, as Mariucci sees it, in the comparison of Millen and Lynch, who is also coming directly from working as a TV analyst.

"Matt made all of the decisions," Mariucci said. "John will listen."

Lynch does not figure to make all of the decisions with the 49ers. It will likely be a collaborative effort with the 49ers under Lynch's direction that will include much influence from presumptive coach Kyle Shanahan and newly hired vice president of player personnel Adam Peters.

"The only thing he doesn't have is experience," Mariucci said of Lynch. "But he'll gain it as he goes. He's one of those guys, if he doesn't know something, he'll ask. And he's got a lot of friends in the business, and he'll be a quick study.

"He's a great worker. He will do whatever it takes. He's one of those guys who won't look at the clock. He's going to say, 'This needs to get done' or 'I need to learn this, and I'm going to leave no stones unturned.' He's got that in him. That's why I believe in John Lynch."

The 49ers announced the firings of coach Chip Kelly and general manager Trent Baalke shortly after the conclusion of a 2-14 season, which included a franchise-worst 13-game losing streak.

Shanahan was involved in the process to hire Lynch as general manager on Sunday. Shanahan also took part in interviews last weekend with Arizona vice president of player personnel Terry McDonough and Minnesota assistant general manager George Paton while the Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator had a break in his preparations to face the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 51.

"I don't know Kyle as well as I know his dad," Mariucci said of Shanahan. "But I know he's good at what he does. He's one of those guys who grinds and works. He's been around it long enough to see how an organization should function."

http://www.csnbayarea.com/49ers/mariucci-lynch-will-not-repeat-mistakes-millen

Thanks Phoenix. I'd forgotten Mariucci was a coach in Detroit with Millen. That must have been the experience that has kept him from ever wanting to coach again! LOL!

Hmm...missed on those three WRs...let's take another in the first round! Winning!

Originally posted by dtg_9er:
Thanks Phoenix. I'd forgotten Mariucci was a coach in Detroit with Millen. That must have been the experience that has kept him from ever wanting to coach again! LOL!

Hmm...missed on those three WRs...let's take another in the first round! Winning!

Hiring Mooch was everyone's biggest mistake... and all were blinded due to the fact that he coached Favre.. but the truth is, Favre would have been Favre w/ or w/o Mooch...

and if you were to look back at Matt Millens picks from Charles Rogers to Roy Williams to Mike Williams and Joey Harrington, I'm almost 99.99 % sure that the city of Detroit were happy about it..

Who would have thought that Charles was going to doped out of the league, Roy was a LONE STAR P***Y, Mike Williams and Joey Harrington were gonna flop the way David Carr did..??

Originally posted by 9moon:

Who would have thought that Charles was going to doped out of the league, Roy was a LONE STAR P***Y, Mike Williams and Joey Harrington were gonna flop the way David Carr did..??

Everyone who didn't draft them.