I thought about picking things up again once the season started, and I was preparing a few choice words for yesterday's officiating crew, but the Niners managed to overcome a bunch of questionable calls to manhandle the Packers in a not-as-close-as-the-final-score-indicated 30-22 beatdown in Green Bay. THAT'S how you start a season filled with high expectations.
You start expecting this stuff to happen. You think back to the last time you counted on the 49ers to win each week, regardless of the opponent or location. You think of Montana. Walsh. Young. Rice. Lott. You think that, somehow, the fortunes of this franchise have done a complete 180 in a year and a half.
The Niners are really, really good, with an excellent chance of becoming great. The new stadium is no longer a pipe dream, but a reality, being built right now about three miles away from me as I type this post. In Harbaugh we trust.
What more can I say?
I started this blog to chronicle my dissatisfaction with the 49ers' organization. High ticket prices. Crappy stadium. Terrible on-field performances. Bad decisions made in the front office.
I was done giving them my money. Done dragging my ass up to decrepit Candlestick Park to waste half of my weekend. Done hearing all of the double-talk and rhetoric from inept coaches and team officials. Done waiting 'til next year.
Now, the Niners don't have my money (football on a big high-def TV is a wonderful thing). Candlestick Park will be empty in two years as the team completes its trek to my backyard in the south bay. Trent Baalke and Jim Harbaugh are calling the shots while leading the 49ers back to the top. Hell, even Lil' Jed is taking care of business.
What's left to complain about?
What more can I say?
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