I said in a separate thread, that, Bill O'Brien is not a bad football coach. My concern, is his ego and Baalke's ego trying to ultimately coexist in a high pressure environment with Lawrence's development now being placed under a much, much more detailed microscope moving forward.

I said he would probably get this team to hover right around .500 or slightly above .500 and that would probably get this team into the play-off's. However, after that? I don't like his overall style and decision making. He was well known for getting bounced out of the play-off's early and often due to bad decision mid game. He also blundered some really great talent there that Rick Smith drafted.

Again, when you go back and look at 2017, when Rick Smith had to step away from football to take care of his dying wife, you could see there was a slow downward spiral of issues there with Bill O'Brien being the primary focal point around those issues. Just not comfortable with him and Baalke working together beyond 2022.

Feels like flint and tender in the making to really burn what's left of this franchise and fanbase's hopes into the ground. And, again, Baalke's track record of never landing any quality offensive players in San Francisco just makes that much more concerned for Lawrence's long term future here.

Baalke and O'Brien are honestly, IMHO? The equivalent of Jack Del Rio and James Harris in the making again. You might get a few good years in the play-off's out of them but I expect them to be struggling with the right draft choices and squandering a few pieces of talent they managed to scrounge up.

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