John Lynch - 49ers GM

Originally posted by Niners99:

Heath Evans "Frickin LOVES" this move. He actually said something nice about the 49ers...

Originally posted by PacTiger:
We just hired a male model to be the front man of the franchise. Lynch is a male bimbo who is dependent on other hires to succeed as a GM. I'm hoping we bring in a talent guy sooner than later for the draft.

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Originally posted by jcs:
So you like the hire?

I'm scared and excited at the same time but I do see some logic in what they are doing, even if they are blatantly ripping off the Broncos model. When Elway joined the Broncos, he wasn't the GM, he had personnel control but he leaned heavily on Brian Xanders. I expect Lynch will bring in someone like to carry most of the personnel load along with Gamble.

I think with his background he could bring a spark to the organization that it has been lacking. He played under numerous great coaches, has that experience of what leadership is supposed to look like, he's been with winning organizations and apparently has a close relationship with the new head coach. To me that means no more Harbaugh-Baalke drama or Baalke and any other head coach drama.

As long as Lynch can delegate wisely, surrounded himself with some smart people this could be a very good thing. I can see it being very successful or being a huge flop, eitherway he is going to be here for awhile so I'm hoping for the best.

Originally posted by jreff22:

Originally posted by Kolohe:

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Originally posted by Kolohe:

Originally posted by sdaddy101269:

Originally posted by Kolohe:

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Originally posted by Jcool:

Jim Trotter @JimTrotter_NFL
I like John Lynch and hope he succeeds. But every scout/personnel guy who has spent decades trying to climb GM ladder should be disturbed.

Did they say this stuff about Elway whose only front office experience previously had been in the Arena Football League? Its like some huge affront that the 49ers have chosen a different path.

No kidding and the guy has a higher role than just GM he is the Vice President. lol

If Lynch had ANY experience it might be different. Also, Elway had tons of executive experience owning dealerships.

First off what experience doesn't he have?

Scouting, making a draft board, running a draft, trading players, signing players, working contracts...pretty much everything on the desired/required skills section of the application.

Scouting, if anyone knew how to scout a player I think John Lynch is more than qualified? Shoot some college players that don't make it to the NFL become area scouts, who can't Lynch who's been around everyone from NFL HC, assistant coaches, Pro Bowl players to Undrafted rookie free agents. Running the draft, what does it take to run a draft and why can't he make a call to his ole pal John Elway on a few pointers. Shoot, Louis Riddick ESPN analyst who was a candidate for the job has never ran a draft and besides, Mark Dominik (ex-GM) is likely to come aboard.

Contracts and Salary Cap, two words, Paraag - Marathe

Again, some of you underestimate Lynch's years playing on two different NFL team winning Super Bowls, being around contract situations with agents and speaking with GM's. I'm baffled that again some of you underestimate the connections he has in the NFL. Sure it may work and it may not, but you never know until you try, if anything it was a 50/50 shot with any GM candidate.

You just described all the qualities Mike Singletary had.

What makes Lynch qualified to scout players? Rich Eisen probably watches more at the combine than Lynch does.

What does it take to run a draft? Seriously!

He's going to use a board he didn't create and just pick who's next? Trading up and down, what's good and bad, etc. This is so vital for this team right now and you have somebody with 0 knowledge doing it.

Paraag doesn't call teams for trades.

This is the top trigger guy on everything and he's never done one iota of FO work. He's going to have multiple people in his ear and he has no history to go off of to make the best decision. How much tape can he watch in 2 months to accuralty judge 2 different players that 2 different people are pushing for?

Hiring an actual GM to do all the GM work so all accountability falls with him was/is the smartest decision.

Originally posted by fan49:
Indeed, it appears this way. All the interviews seem to be wall paper

Originally posted by LVJay:
**** yeah, this is cool LMAO... not a damn soul saw this coming, not even baby Jesus!!!!!!

GTFO

I won't whine tho... I always liked him as a player. He was alright as an analyst. BUT GM?!!

We'll see wassup... I'd feel more comfortable if Shanny had something to do with this.

#NotTrippinAtAll

Title means different things. How about New England's GM... Oh wait it's bellicheck. They don't have one lmao.

Originally posted by cortana49:
Heck, we got armchair GM's all over this site, why not let an NFL-connected guy have a chance?

Originally posted by dj43:

Originally posted by Jcool:

Originally posted by 49ERFANb4Uwas:

Originally posted by socal9er42:
I don't watch Fox Sports much. Does he come across as knowing his sh!t or not?

Yes, he absolutely does! I was just remarking on how well thought out his analysis was during the last week of the season. I'm pumped about this hire!!

Does he???

Ben Muth‏ @FO_wordofmuth
John Lynch is smart, so the fact that he's this bad of a broadcaster means he's lazy. He's says dumb/wrong things all the time

I don't know who Ben Muth is but the fact that Lynch was on the top game week to week says he is NOT a bad broadcaster. If he was bad, his name would be Ronde Barber and he would be doing 49er games.

Originally posted by Young2Rice:
Lame-duck hire.

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Originally posted by PacTiger:
We just hired a male model to be the front man of the franchise. Lynch is a male bimbo who is dependent on other hires to succeed as a GM. I'm hoping we bring in a talent guy sooner than later for the draft.

Are there a lot of male bimbos graduating from Stanford?

Originally posted by 49erGlory:
"#Lynch has EVERYTHING needed to be a great GM day 1!
The best do 2 things:
1-Evaluate talent that fits
2-Humbly support/equip HC vision"

-Heath Evans