Media and the 49ers

Originally posted by RishikeshA:
I get fooled looking at the bylines with SI as the source, and when opened see Kone's name. If there was a poll on the Zone to ban his articles I'm certain it would be a landslide.

Originally posted by All22:

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
He does what he's paid to do. Get people pissed off so they argue with him. There are lot's of beat writers that do nothing but praise the team because they won't get access if they don't. Cohn is just the latest in a long line of writers who make a living doing this. His father was the same way. So is Kawakami. Ira Miller. Glenn Dickey. These are some of the most honored writers in SF bay area history but they all had an edge to them. People read them whether they agreed with them or not. Their job was and is to get the fan base fired up. It sells.

10 years ago I might have agreed with you. Now there's ton of guys on YouTube doing reporting, breaking down film, making highlight videos etc and there's really no reason to listen to Cohn on anything.

Originally posted by Hysterikal:

Originally posted by Fasteddy:

Originally posted by Hysterikal:

Originally posted by sacniner:
Holy s**t, check out this take from last year. Wow:

John Lynch's job security, 49ers draft grades and more. https://t.co/T0XHFof43v

— Grant Cohn (@grantcohn) April 30, 2019

Lol Matt Miller is soooo f**king butt hurt about Lynch. Lol

I made the mistake of watching that video. Horrible. Pretty much not a single thing he said was correct, and time makes it literally look worse. Maybe his caution about Dee Ford's injury history... but whatever.

It's easy to be a skeptic.

He did predict Bosas sack total correctly. Lol. And he was right about Wish. Other than that I was hearing "wrong" in my head over and over and over

Originally posted by Giedi:

Originally posted by All22:

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
He does what he's paid to do. Get people pissed off so they argue with him. There are lot's of beat writers that do nothing but praise the team because they won't get access if they don't. Cohn is just the latest in a long line of writers who make a living doing this. His father was the same way. So is Kawakami. Ira Miller. Glenn Dickey. These are some of the most honored writers in SF bay area history but they all had an edge to them. People read them whether they agreed with them or not. Their job was and is to get the fan base fired up. It sells.

10 years ago I might have agreed with you. Now there's ton of guys on YouTube doing reporting, breaking down film, making highlight videos etc and there's really no reason to listen to Cohn on anything.

Yep. NCommand, AB81, Thl, JonnyDel etc... >>>>>>>> Mr. Cone.

P.S. I got snookered by that SI article too. Wouldn't have read it if it was the Press Democrat.

Originally posted by NinerGM:

I remember when I couldn't stand Kawakami, but Cohn has taken trolling the 49ers and spamming articles to a whole new level this off-season. Clearly someone is trying to establish their reason for existence. I have to train myself to not click on a Sports Illustrated link because I know who it is - the king of click-bait.

Originally posted by NinerGM:

I remember when I couldn't stand Kawakami, but Cohn has taken trolling the 49ers and spamming articles to a whole new level this off-season. Clearly someone is trying to establish their reason for existence. I have to train myself to not click on a Sports Illustrated link because I know who it is - the king of click-bait.

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by NinerGM:

I remember when I couldn't stand Kawakami, but Cohn has taken trolling the 49ers and spamming articles to a whole new level this off-season. Clearly someone is trying to establish their reason for existence. I have to train myself to not click on a Sports Illustrated link because I know who it is - the king of click-bait.

I was duped when I clicked on the SI article as well

Love McKinnon calling him out as well lol

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:
Yeah. I was never a big TK guy because he often came off spiteful and snarky, but you could never criticize him as an actual writer or his knowledge and sources. My biggest issue with Grant is he is a piss poor writer with limited football acumen in addition to being spiteful and snarky lol

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by NinerGM:
I remember when I couldn't stand Kawakami, but Cohn has taken trolling the 49ers and spamming articles to a whole new level this off-season. Clearly someone is trying to establish their reason for existence. I have to train myself to not click on a Sports Illustrated link because I know who it is - the king of click-bait.

I was duped when I clicked on the SI article as well

Love McKinnon calling him out as well lol

Bourne now too.

Originally posted by wysiwyg:

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by NinerGM:

I remember when I couldn't stand Kawakami, but Cohn has taken trolling the 49ers and spamming articles to a whole new level this off-season. Clearly someone is trying to establish their reason for existence. I have to train myself to not click on a Sports Illustrated link because I know who it is - the king of click-bait.

I was duped when I clicked on the SI article as well

Love McKinnon calling him out as well lol

Bourne now too.

If only Pettis had this kinda fire

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:

Yeah. I was never a big TK guy because he often came off spiteful and snarky, but you could never criticize him as an actual writer or his knowledge and sources. My biggest issue with Grant is he is a piss poor writer with limited football acumen in addition to being spiteful and snarky lol

Kawakami had a long established career as a professional sports writer before he even came to the Bay Area. He went in on the franchise when they were screwing up but has been a lot more willing to praise this new regime for learning from the mistakes of the previous ones. His takes tend to be far more balanced and reasonable than the nonstop storm of negativity that comes from the Cohnheads.