Just for fun...Bill Walsh first year as 49er head coach

Difference is the franchise has been a mess for 15 years this time around

I was born in 1979 so my earliest memories are in that '87 and on time frame. When did people start to buy in to Joe being the guy. I'd imagine it would have been halfway thru '81 but do you recall when this happened.

Originally posted by Viperboy:
Difference is the franchise has been a mess for 15 years this time around

Interesting, because we were just in a Super Bowl five years ago...

Originally posted by Niners816:
I was born in 1979 so my earliest memories are in that '87 and on time frame. When did people start to buy in to Joe being the guy. I'd imagine it would have been halfway thru '81 but do you recall when this happened.

Bill's second year they started out 3-0. We got excited, but they lost a bunch of games after that before finally finishing 6-10. This was when Bill started to establish Montana as the starting QB. It was also the season of up to the time the greatest comeback in NFL history with the win over the Saints. Everyone could sense something was changing, as the 49ers were very competitive in almost every game. Optomism was high. And then came the great draft of Lott, Williamson, and Wright the following year. The play of Dwight Hicks. And the signing of Fred Dean. And the Superbowl.

So yeah, I'm holding out hope that lightning can strike again.

Originally posted by Fanaticofnfl:

Originally posted by Viperboy:

Difference is the franchise has been a mess for 15 years this time around

Interesting, because we were just in a Super Bowl five years ago...

Uh, yeah. 3 straight NFC Championship games in there as well. Maybe he's talking Dog years.

Any recollection of what the Bay Area media was saying up to the midseason point about the team? From what I have understood, the 79 team was putting up points and yards (respectable numbers), but not winning because the defense was awful. Is that a fair assessment?

Originally posted by ronniefreakinlott42:

Originally posted by Fanaticofnfl:

Originally posted by Viperboy:

Difference is the franchise has been a mess for 15 years this time around

Interesting, because we were just in a Super Bowl five years ago...

Uh, yeah. 3 straight NFC Championship games in there as well. Maybe he's talking Dog years.

Hey, any winning that wasn't done with class doesn't count.

So what does this mean ?

Originally posted by susweel:

So what does this mean ?

Nothing you need to concern yourself with.

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:

Any recollection of what the Bay Area media was saying up to the midseason point about the team? From what I have understood, the 79 team was putting up points and yards (respectable numbers), but not winning because the defense was awful. Is that a fair assessment?

Media at that time was print basically. Pretty decent coverage overall, although Glenn Dickey of the Chronicle was the Kawakami prick of his day. Lowell Cohn was just getting his start in the Bay Area.

Originally posted by reno9er:
Just because I am old enough to remember it. The franchise was a mess when he took it over, just like it is now.

1 September 2, 1979 at Minnesota Vikings L 28–22
2 September 9, 1979 Dallas Cowboys L 21–13
3 September 16, 1979 at Los Angeles Rams L 27–24
4 September 23, 1979 New Orleans Saints L 30–21
5 September 30, 1979 at San Diego Chargers L 31–9
6 October 7, 1979 Seattle Seahawks L 35–24
7 October 14, 1979 at New York Giants L 32–16
8 October 21, 1979 Atlanta Falcons W 20–15
9 October 28, 1979 Chicago Bears L 28–27
10 November 4, 1979 at Oakland Raiders L 23–10
11 November 11, 1979 at New Orleans Saints L 31–
12 November 18, 1979 Denver Broncos L 38–28
13 November 25, 1979 Los Angeles Rams L 26–20
14 December 2, 1979 at St. Louis Cardinals L 13–10
15 December 9, 1979 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 23–7
16 December 16, 1979 at Atlanta Falcons L 31–21

I see.

Originally posted by reno9er:

Originally posted by susweel:

So what does this mean ?

Nothing you need to concern yourself with.

Then whats the point of this meaningless post about stuff that happened 40 years ago.

Originally posted by susweel:

Originally posted by reno9er:

Originally posted by susweel:

So what does this mean ?

Nothing you need to concern yourself with.

Then whats the point of this meaningless post about stuff that happened 40 years ago.

Go away, you still suck. Why do yo troll if you don't care? Jesus,

Originally posted by reno9er:

Originally posted by susweel:

Originally posted by reno9er:

Originally posted by susweel:

So what does this mean ?

Nothing you need to concern yourself with.

Then whats the point of this meaningless post about stuff that happened 40 years ago.

Go away, you still suck. Why do yo troll if you don't care? Jesus,

Im just asking the point of your post ? Are you saying shanny is gonna be like walsh ? No need to throw insults, i don't even know you.