Yeah, So About This Baalke Thing...

Along with most Niner fans, I can only express disappointment that Lil' Jed ended up choosing somebody in-house to become the next GM. Obviously, Lil' Jed's remarks following the Rams debacle about an extensive search for the person to right this sinking ship was a load of garbage. At the end of the day, all Lil' Jed wanted was a "yes man" that he was comfortable with, and I have no doubt that he will continue to meddle in the team's affairs depsite his claim that he'll only write the checks from now on.



Cousin Balki has as much chance
of turning around the Niners'
fortunes as Trent Baalke.



What annoys me most is that, even if Baalke were the most qualified person for the job, it's still a bad hire. The 49ers needed to look outside of their organization for their next GM, simply because everything they have done up to this point has been a major failure. As a fan, I'm disgusted that anybody who contributed to the team's miserable performance over the past eight years would be given the keys to the car.

Hiring Baalke sends the message to the fanbase that this clueless organization actually thinks they are on the right track and that they just need to get a head coach to take care of business on the field (naturally, their top choice is yet another guy with no prior NFL head coaching experience). Everything else, according to management, is super, thanks for asking.

Jed thinks he's doing a great job. He thinks Baalke's doing a great job. He thinks he has great players. He thinks he's going to build a state-of-the-art stadium.

In reality, Jed hasn't accomplished sh*t. He's made terrible hires - especially at the head coaching level. Aside from maybe 5-7 players, the rest of the roster is full of overpaid underachievers. The stadium is still years away from breaking ground as many financing issues remain unanswered. He's a privileged 29-year-old who has no concept of how to run a large corporation and is completely unaware (or ignorant) of the average fan's gameday experience.

In fact, the only thing Jed has managed to accomplish is to increase the number of empty seats at Candlestick Park on Sundays. I'm happy to say that I'll contribute two more of those empty seats for the 2011 season.