Afraid He's Right

On why the 49er organization has sucked recently.

We are very slow in adjusting to the era of free agency. We were fat in 1980s and early/mid 1990s. We didn't know some of the strengths we had in the post Steve Young era. We wanted only Super Bowls and it caused us to let go of Jeff Garcia and Steve Mariucci and T.O.

And we learned the hard way what other franchises already knew about busted number 1 picks and weak lines on both sides of the ball.

But...all is not lost. We've got some talent to build around and it's not to say all decisions in the past were bad - Mariucci was not a good play caller and it's not like T.O. or Jeff Garcia has led their teams to the holy land - although they are playoff caliber players.

You live and learn.