49ers owner: "performance tonight was unacceptable

Submitted by michgoblue on
Apparently, the owner of the 49ers just tweeted that the team's performance tonight was "unacceptable" and apologized to fans.

Kind of an odd tweet for an owner. If it looks like the playoffs are not in the cards, given some of the bad blood, could the 49ers possibly fire Harbaugh before the end of the season? Doubtful, but that tweet probably won't sit well with him.

Couple this with what might be a big loss in 36 hours, and perhaps the stars are aligning?

Note: apologies for creating two threads in one hour relating to the cc. The first was more of an open thread to discuss and speculate, but I felt that this was thread-worthy on its own. If the mods feel differently, please delete, delete this one or consolidate both.

ghostofhoke

November 28th, 2014 at 1:38 PM ^

And what price is that? He turned down something in the realm of $10MM a year to go to Austin and that's a pretty decent job to boot. So are you saying that for like $15 or $20MM/yr he'll coach anywhere? Just want to make sure we can get an idea for what you mean and what you base your comment on.



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November 28th, 2014 at 3:04 PM ^

from a rational standpoint, why in the world would Harbaugh want to come here? the program is a complete and utter disaster, the massive amount of politics involved with the job are unlike anywhere else, and he'll receive as much money if not more from any NFL team. so please tell me, what about this job would be enticing to him outside of the fact that he used to play here? 

He's already trashed the University so it's not like he has some undying love for Michigan like Hoke has. so what else about this job would even be somewhat appealing? 

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MGoBlueChip

November 28th, 2014 at 7:55 AM ^

With more days off than normal because of the Thursday game, I am hoping Jinmy negotiates a nice package with Jed, resigns or gets fired, Brady gets canned Monday and Jimmy is hired next week. #Permagrin.

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Toledostrip

November 28th, 2014 at 8:03 AM ^

Just saying that JH's demeanor does concern me a little. Obviously a big upgrade but should we acknowledge he runs hot and may have a short shelf life? Just asking.

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Toledostrip

November 28th, 2014 at 9:15 AM ^

There is no apology for hoke. This was the dumbest ill though out coaching move with no logical underpinnings based on his lack of success. This move may still set this program into a 30 year slide. UM may become a coaches graveyard that no accomplished coach would touch. I think Notre Dame. Looks like Texas is on the same path also

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LSAClassOf2000

November 28th, 2014 at 8:32 AM ^

The interface for modding, which is just an enhanced version of what other users have available (we have read/write access to all comments, diaries, threads, etc...), sadly doesn't allow for something like that, but I actually do agree that it would be nice for purposes of maintaining some cohesion in comment chains. When you cave a user, their comments disappear but the replies remain, which is why - at least I do this - try to delete the entire chain inside a thread to prevent things from getting out of context. 

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HarBooYa

November 28th, 2014 at 10:08 AM ^

But coaches like Bo and Bobby Knight wouldn't do as well with today's kids. That said I would give Harbaugh credit for being a bit more modern than that. He's already proven he can connect with Stanford kids. Not worried about it. Give him a check and the keys to the car. Can't be worse than the ditch we are in now.

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UMxWolverines

November 28th, 2014 at 11:40 AM ^

I don't want to sound like I'm going on an old fart rant (because I'm not, I'm only 20) but it's the parents AND the kids. Or more like the kids are the product of the parents. 

And don't tell me it's not any different than it was because it is. Parents are just not as tough on their kids as they used to be and I see it all the time. 

Also it doesn't help that EVERYTHING gets out now because of the internet and our ability to communicate. So when people were saying ''Rich Rod uses some of the worst language I've ever heard at a practice'' and yet in Bo's took there are quotes of him saying ''You are the worst god damn lineman in the history of college football'' it's a product of the generation. 

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lilpenny1316

November 28th, 2014 at 9:40 AM ^

It might be a good idea to see if the faults on Harbaugh's end would be red flags for us.  He's not perfect, so now might be a good idea to find the chinks in his armor since are not going well out there.

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MaizeandBlueBleeder

November 28th, 2014 at 10:13 AM ^

What we need to look at was how he was at San Diego and Stanford, other college teams. Coaching 18-22 yr olds, unpaid with dreams is really quite different than pros who've got the entitled mentality because they "made it". I don't recall hearing near the noise when he was an NCAA coach compared to what were hearing now. But then again SF is more in the national stage so naturally we would hear more.

This is the job of the college AD looking into hiring JH, to talk to people that have dealt with him in the past, do some research and see if there is some sort of pattern to be concerned about.

Personally, I say hire him and let's take whatever idiosyncrasies he has and deal with them.

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Eye of the Tiger

November 28th, 2014 at 11:09 AM ^

Idle speculation (and bad writing), but...

"The real question is whether and to what extent that opinion was influenced by anything she’s heard from her father.  It’s also fair to ask whether this relatively meaningless spark will blow the lid off the relationship between Trent Baalke and coach Jim Harbaugh, who brought Roman to the 49ers from Stanford and who has plenty of influence over the currently uncoordinated offense that Roman coordinates."

 

 

 

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Doctor Wolverine

November 28th, 2014 at 9:47 AM ^

If I understand the situation, isn't Harbaugh still under contract for another season or two? It seems like SF will try to get some value from his contract and force us to buy it out, or trade him to another NFL team. I don't see why they would benefit from firing him.

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Glen Masons Hot Wife

November 28th, 2014 at 9:51 AM ^

What a twat. Way to undermine your coach. I'd love to see how they perform after Harbaugh leaves. With that being said, I am concerned to hear about Jim losing his players though, if that, is in fact affecting performance. The defense doesn't seem to be faltering... Could this be mostly to do with kaepernick?

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mtlcarcajou

November 28th, 2014 at 10:10 AM ^

for a Michigan fan. Fantastic.

Get destroyed by Seattle in Seattle, bounced from the playoffs - even better.

I'm more afraid of the Bears (or another NFL team in need of a coach) than the Niners at this point.

The real burning question in this is: did the Harbaugh's really have a tofu-turkey Thanksgiving??? Would Michigan accept such a thing???

"And we kind of thought maybe we won’t have turkey this year for Thanksgiving. So, we’re in discussion on that. We’ll have some tofu or something."

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