(01-11-2024, 12:17 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(01-11-2024, 11:19 AM)Caldrac Wrote: It sure felt like it. Not just him. Everybody. When you go back and look at the 2023 off season. We had all this buzz and excitement in the air coming off a 1 - 1 effort in the post season. 

They didn't capitalize or build upon that at all, and, the most frustrating part was that before the trade deadline, Baalke was going after EXACTLY what a lot of us had seen and had been saying was apart of our shortcomings during the regular season.

No pass rush. No pass protection/running lanes. He couldn't land an edge rusher and he settled on Cleveland as a patch-up upgrade at LG, after he cut Bartch, who is funny enough, working out decently now as a Center for the 49ers. 

I don't care who our offensive coordinator is, nor our defensive coordinator is. Our team is not going to go much further or push beyond this 9 - 8 bubble they're stalling out at because their being asked to make magic out of lunch meat out there. 

We have too many canned "goods" out there. We need more centerpieces, main courses, main side dishes. Baalke [BLEEP] sucks. He needs to go. I am hungry. Now let's go get a [BLEEP] snack!

Could've had Risner and Floyd; would've been a 3 win difference this year.

Absolutely. That's how I view it now. It was either this scenario, or, they don't make the deal with Buffalo and somehow end up with Kincaid in RD1 and Torrence in RD2, or, hell, a combination of Harrison still being the guy in RD1 at RT and Torrence at LG in RD2.

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(01-11-2024, 12:20 PM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(01-11-2024, 11:19 AM)Caldrac Wrote: It sure felt like it. Not just him. Everybody. When you go back and look at the 2023 off season. We had all this buzz and excitement in the air coming off a 1 - 1 effort in the post season. 

They didn't capitalize or build upon that at all, and, the most frustrating part was that before the trade deadline, Baalke was going after EXACTLY what a lot of us had seen and had been saying was apart of our shortcomings during the regular season.

No pass rush. No pass protection/running lanes. He couldn't land an edge rusher and he settled on Cleveland as a patch-up upgrade at LG, after he cut Bartch, who is funny enough, working out decently now as a Center for the 49ers. 

I don't care who our offensive coordinator is, nor our defensive coordinator is. Our team is not going to go much further or push beyond this 9 - 8 bubble they're stalling out at because their being asked to make magic out of lunch meat out there. 

We have too many canned "goods" out there. We need more centerpieces, main courses, main side dishes. Baalke [BLEEP] sucks. He needs to go. I am hungry. Now let's go get a [BLEEP] snack!

He had Clowney in the building and let him walk.

Baalke has to go.

They were complacent with the players they had that went 9-8.

Yeah. I don't get it. Khan's probably not going to make a move and he'll have his reasons of course and at some point he'll do his little dog and pony show via the media here and he'll have Baalke and Pederson right up there next to him. 

He'll be asked the same exact question about Baalke when they hired on Pederson two off seasons ago. "Why is he still here?". He'll give a thoughtful, professional response and hang his hat on the team winning 18 games over the last 2 seasons. 

I would harp on the VP topic though if I was in the media. Asking him if he had reconsidered another big name candidate to keep Baalke and Pederson on the same page and in line. I think most of us could stomach Baalke remaining within the organization IF he had another layer of oversight to his decision making.

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