Originally posted by ElephantHaley:
Originally posted by Niners816:
It was fast and total in the nature of the tear down.
February of 2013 we were in the SB. That's just 2.5 years ago....it's all unbelievable.
I'm telling you now and before...Its all 100% Trent Baalke's FAULT. He wrecked 4 straight DRAFTS! 4 Straight and not one impact player????
I'm gonna say the following events all have more of an impact on the downfall than the last 4 drafts (2 of which still cant properly be evaluated):
-fall from grace of sack a game LB
-devastating knee injury to best defensive player
-wear and tear on best DL and evental retirement
-unexpected retirement of all pro tackle
-unexpected retirement of a LB that played at a ROY level
-injury and eventual retirement of you defensive leader at 29-30 years old
The biggest thing IMO, is the piss poor way the whole harbaugh situation was handled on both ends. More damning was the poor selection of the successor.
Outside of throwing together a couple of 1986 Bill Walsh drafts any organization is gonna have a tough time soldiering through the events we had the last couple of years. Now, I've said numerous time Trent is not perfect but he is also not the piece of s**t he's made out to be. It's all way too premature to grade the '14 and '15 drafts.
[ Edited by Niners816 on Nov 2, 2015 at 5:27 PM ]