Dear 49ers Organization,
Well, that was another awful performance in front of a national audience. No, I'm not talking about how the Chargers crushed the 49ers' fading playoff "aspirations" (don't forget you've guaranteed a postseason appearance this year) during an embarassing display of defensive, offensive and special teams ineptitude.
According to Coach, he doesn't care about anybody outside of the 53 men in the locker room. We already knew of his disdain for the media - all you need to do is tune in to a few minutes of his unlistenable weekly show on KNBR (an exercise which is slightly less painful than piercing my eardrums with dull pencils). I guess you could ask Dennis O'Donnell at KPIX as well.
Apparently, Coach Sing doesn't give a rat's behind about the fans, either. He was quite adamant about only caring about his players, excluding anybody outside of the protected cocoon of the locker room from his consideration. You'd think he might be a bit more humble and think about who he's really coaching for - and that would be the fans. Without the fans, this organization (and league) is NOTHING. And yet, your head coach, desperately clinging to his job, cannot acknowledge those of us that continue to write checks to support this team season after season after season.
Arrogance - that's the best word I can use to describe Singletary's actions, as well as the actions of this entire organization. It was arrogance that led this team to fire Steve Mariucci and bring in buffoons like Terry Donahue, Dennis Erickson and Mike Nolan to run the show while tossing Jeff Garcia to the curb after three 3 Pro Bowl appearances - and NEVER admitting that you didn't have a plan in place to replace Mariucci and Garcia. You could have signed them both up for another tour of duty following the 2008 season and I have no doubt that they would have produced better results than Singletary and "The Smiths" have given us.
This arrogance has resulted in an unprecedented run of 8 straight non-winning seasons, quite a feat considering how much of the team's past was littered with awful years prior to their Super Bowl run in 1981. The same arrogance that permeates throughout 4949 Centennial Blvd. has clouded your judgement by thinking that ticket price hikes (including yet ANOTHER one next year) are a fair calibration of the market rate for a day watching an NFL team in an NFL stadium. Well, guess what? You're closer to a UFL team than an NFL team these days, and Candlestick hasn't resembled an NFL-quality stadium since your current team president was in grade school.
I don't know how this offseason will progress following your expected elimination from playoff contention, but anything less than a complete house cleaning and the hiring of a head coach and general manager that have proven they can be successful in this league will assure a 2011 filled with local TV blackouts, a greatly reduced season ticket base and general indifference to your product as Bay Area sports fans devote their discretionary income to the Giants, a team with a beautiful stadium that has proven it can win both on the field and off.
Regardless, I "guarantee" I'll renew my season tickets just like you've "guaranteed" playoff appearances and a new stadium.
In other words, don't count on it.
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