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The Good, The Bad and The York
Well
we finally got the news that we have all been waiting for,
and I know for some including myself it was quite a surprise. Dennis
Erickson was fired, Terry Donahue stepped down, and John York flipped
the bill.
The
Good: Erickson and Donahue are gone! I really can not blame
Erickson too much. He was dealt a lousy hand. But no matter how bad we
were, I never saw any improvement from the Niners. That is on coaching.
And don't get me started on Donahue. Not sure I can name one good thing
he touched. The fact is the Niners should be better off without them
both.
The
Bad: John York did not come out with a statement saying "I am ready
to sell the team!" That may have been too much for my poor heart
to take, but that is what I was hoping for. In reality though, the bad
is we now enter the off season without a coach or GM. So who will
evaluate the draft? Free agents? Will anyone work for York? Is it
possible we could get two guys worse than what we just got rid of?
The York: I really
wanted him to impress me with this press conference. Show me some
leadership. Show us that he has a plan. Show me he understands his
mistakes and is ready to take us to the promised land. That is not what
I saw. NOT EVEN CLOSE! I saw a captain of a sinking ship, clueless how
to plug the leak and save his crew. His plan is to hire a football
coach first, then a general manager. That only works if you give the
coach the power over the roster and turn the GM into a contract man. He
did not say who would be conducting the job search, only that a lot of
people would have input. He says he has 5 Vice-Presidents reporting to
him, but it is unclear that any of them even know the game of football.
He says he, his wife, and his son Jed are all big football fans but
showed know insight that any of them can be big football owners. He
fired Terry Donahue as GM but then said his salary cap plan is still in
place. Why fire the man if you are still going to follow is dying plan?
It has never been
clearer that York is in way over his head. As the league races by him
he is reacting to the public criticism. But in reacting he seems to
have no answers on how to improve. He says he wants to win, but where
is the evidence of how to win. Maybe in just a few days he will shock
the world and hire some real football guys to coach and manage his
team. That would be great. But I fear this "committee" he will put
together to guide him through interviews will create a process that
could take a long time, putting us even further behind everyone else.
And while he pays Erickson and Donahue a combined $10-million to do
nothing, how much money will he give the next crew? Therefore will
anyone want to come work for this man?
I still see the
future of the Niners
in dire straights. Our mission remains strong. Two are down but the
important one is still to go. Dr. York, Denise, Jed, do the right
thing, PLEASE, PLEASE SELL THE TEAM!!!!!
January 6,
2005
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