How the Niners were built

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Terry Donahue/Steve Mariucci (through 2002)LS Brian Jennings, 2000, seventh round

Terry Donahue/Dennis Erickson (2003-04)CB Shawntae Spencer, 2004, second roundNT Isaac Sopoaga, 2004, fourth roundP Andy Lee, 2004, sixth round

Scot McCloughan/Mike Nolan (2005-08)QB Alex Smith, 2005, first roundRB Frank Gore, 2005, third roundG Adam Snyder, 2005, third roundTE Vernon Davis, 2006, first roundTE Delanie Walker, 2006, sixth roundLB Parys Haralson, 2006, fifth roundLB Patrick Willis, 2007, first roundLT Joe Staley, 2007, first roundDE Ray McDonald, 2007, third roundFS Dashon Goldson, 2007, fourth roundCB Tarell Brown, 2007, fifth roundDE Justin Smith, 2008, free agentG Chilo Rachal, 2008, second roundS Reggie Smith, 2008, third roundWR Joshua Morgan, 2008, sixth round

Scot McCloughan/Mike Singletary (2008-09)LB Ahmad Brooks, 2008, waiver claimFB Moran Norris, 2009, free agentWR Michael Crabtree, 2009, first roundDT Ricky Jean Francois, 2009, seventh roundT Alex Boone, 2009, undrafted rookie

Trent Baalke/Mike Singletary (2010)WR Ted Ginn, tradeT Anthony Davis, first roundG Mike Iupati, first roundLB NaVorro Bowman, third roundWR Kyle Williams, sixth roundRB Anthony Dixon, sixth roundCB Tramaine Brock, undrafted rookieDB C.J. Spillman, waiver claim

Trent Baalke/Jim Harbaugh (2011)LB Aldon Smith, first roundQB Colin Kaepernick, second roundCB Chris Culliver, third roundRB Kendall Hunter, fourth roundG Daniel Kilgore, fifth roundS Colin Jones, sixth roundFB Bruce Miller, seventh roundT Mike Person, seventh roundNT Ian Williams, undrafted rookieDE Demarcus Dobbs, undrafted rookieK David Akers, free agentLB Larry Grant, free agentCB Carlos Rogers, free agentS Madieu Williams, free agentC Jonathan Goodwin, free agentLB Blake Costanzo, free agentWR Braylon Edwards, free agentS Donte Whitner, free agentQB Scott Tolzien, waiver claimLB Tavares Gooden, free agentTE Justin Peelle, free agentWR Brett Swain, free agent

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The Suit and The Drunk put together some good players

Originally posted by valrod33:
The Suit and The Drunk put together some good players

Agreed, Nolan was a horrible coach, and even worse leader, but he did add some talent, albeit raw and young at the time.

Too bad they couldn't find a coach that know WTH to do with these players, not really,--- until Harbaugh and Co. came along. I would say McCarthy and Norv but they left early. Nolan was pretty much in charge of the defense but he managed only to get it to average, and is now stinking it up in Miami. Fangio took 6 months and a lock out to evaluate what he has, knows exactly what more he needs to add, and got the same players to play lights out.

It's really cool to see it seperated like that. Really impressed with this offseason, we collected a ton of players for this team.

Matt Maiocco: How the 49ers were built.
Great article by Maiocco.

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Originally posted by valrod33:
http://www.csnbayarea.com/blog/niners-talk/post/How-the-49ers-were-built?blockID=579712&feedID=5884

Terry Donahue/Steve Mariucci (through 2002)LS Brian Jennings, 2000, seventh round

Terry Donahue/Dennis Erickson (2003-04)CB Shawntae Spencer, 2004, second roundNT Isaac Sopoaga, 2004, fourth roundP Andy Lee, 2004, sixth round

Scot McCloughan/Mike Nolan (2005-08)QB Alex Smith, 2005, first roundRB Frank Gore, 2005, third roundG Adam Snyder, 2005, third roundTE Vernon Davis, 2006, first roundTE Delanie Walker, 2006, sixth roundLB Parys Haralson, 2006, fifth roundLB Patrick Willis, 2007, first roundLT Joe Staley, 2007, first roundDE Ray McDonald, 2007, third roundFS Dashon Goldson, 2007, fourth roundCB Tarell Brown, 2007, fifth roundDE Justin Smith, 2008, free agentG Chilo Rachal, 2008, second roundS Reggie Smith, 2008, third roundWR Joshua Morgan, 2008, sixth round

Scot McCloughan/Mike Singletary (2008-09)LB Ahmad Brooks, 2008, waiver claimFB Moran Norris, 2009, free agentWR Michael Crabtree, 2009, first roundDT Ricky Jean Francois, 2009, seventh roundT Alex Boone, 2009, undrafted rookie

Trent Baalke/Mike Singletary (2010)WR Ted Ginn, tradeT Anthony Davis, first roundG Mike Iupati, first roundLB NaVorro Bowman, third roundWR Kyle Williams, sixth roundRB Anthony Dixon, sixth roundCB Tramaine Brock, undrafted rookieDB C.J. Spillman, waiver claim

Trent Baalke/Jim Harbaugh (2011)LB Aldon Smith, first roundQB Colin Kaepernick, second roundCB Chris Culliver, third roundRB Kendall Hunter, fourth roundG Daniel Kilgore, fifth roundS Colin Jones, sixth roundFB Bruce Miller, seventh roundT Mike Person, seventh roundNT Ian Williams, undrafted rookieDE Demarcus Dobbs, undrafted rookieK David Akers, free agentLB Larry Grant, free agentCB Carlos Rogers, free agentS Madieu Williams, free agentC Jonathan Goodwin, free agentLB Blake Costanzo, free agentWR Braylon Edwards, free agentS Donte Whitner, free agentQB Scott Tolzien, waiver claimLB Tavares Gooden, free agentTE Justin Peelle, free agentWR Brett Swain, free agent

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You beat me to it. Its a great article though!

Originally posted by Youngone:

Originally posted by valrod33:
The Suit and The Drunk put together some good players

Agreed, Nolan was a horrible coach, and even worse leader, but he did add some talent, albeit raw and young at the time.

agreed, remember how void of talent this team was at the time nolan came in? he brought in talent through draft and FA, just never was able to coach them up on gameday's

Nolan may actually be a decent GM.

Yea nice read. It came down to Nolan's inability to create stability around smith and properly coach him up.

Demarcus Dobbs has a good chance to eventually replaced Justin Smith.

Originally posted by 52thegreat:
Nolan may actually be a decent GM.

No way. He was a divider.

Nice post. It was nice to see it all laid out there like that.

Originally posted by 190836:

Originally posted by 52thegreat:
Nolan may actually be a decent GM.

No way. He was a divider.

As a coach, yes he was terrible. But as a talent evaluator and recruiter, you would have to give him props.

2007 draft was awesome