Niners going to fire Mike Nolan

[TallBill]

It worked for the Rams

 

[BALIstik916]

breaking news: he just got fired right now...just heard it from mort on ESPN monday night countdown, its official i'll provide link when it goes up on espn.com

 

[Syringer]

Job security in the Bay Area is at an all-time low apparently..Yahoo/Ebay laying off thousands, along with numerous other companies, now Lane Kiffin and Nolan out http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/s...test-coaching-casualty

 

[KLin]

lol I guess they didn't want to wait since the story broke. Breaking news brief on espn's website right now.

 

[TheNinja]

I just heard a press conference from him on the radio at 12:30pm PST today...sucks for him. I feel like he kind of got a rough deal but that's how it goes in the NFL. Plus he still gets paid. Also if that QB could just get his turnovers under control they'd be fine. Oh well, I hate the niners anyway, but respected Nolan. I also hate the raiders.

 

[thegimp03]

The Niners should have all their fans from being blue-balled and fired him before the season started. He went 7-9 in his 2nd season then 5-11 last year. That momentum's in the wrong direction...

Oh yeah, and please please please get a new QB. Without O'Turnover the Niners had opportunities to beat the Eagles and the Giants.

 

[Shortcut]

Originally posted by: BALIstik916
breaking news: he just got fired right now...just heard it from mort on ESPN monday night countdown, its official i'll provide link when it goes up on espn.com

That's fantastic news...like Christmas in July.

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: TheNinja
I just heard a press conference from him on the radio at 12:30pm PST today...sucks for him. I feel like he kind of got a rough deal but that's how it goes in the NFL. Plus he still gets paid. Also if that QB could just get his turnovers under control they'd be fine. Oh well, I hate the niners anyway, but respected Nolan. I also hate the raiders.

Nolan was a nice guy, but was completely out of touch and unwilling to listen to his own players: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/...ogid=45&entry_id=31733

At the end of three weeks of rehabilitation, Smith's shoulder was hurting but functional but his arm felt weak. While throwing warm-up passes before practice, he felt a twinge in his forearm and the ball flew out of his hand. Smith tried to ignore it, but the arm hampered him and it grew weak after a hour or so of throwing.

Smith went to Nolan. He told him he felt he was no longer helping the team, and he said he was going to say the strength staff ruined his rehab. Nolan told Smith he couldn't say that. Smith agreed, but he wanted Nolan to say what he had just told him that his injuries were making him ineffective, which seemed evident to even the casual fan.

But Nolan never held up his end. Instead he insisted that Smith was medically cleared to play and his bad quarterbacking had nothing to do with his injuries. Smith was stunned and he didn't know what to do. He finally told the press he was frustrated that Nolan kept saying he was healthy when he wasn't.

Then Nolan had another "miscommunication" with wide receiver Arnaz Battle. Battle apparently sat down with Nolan and explained why he wasn't going to participate in the voluntary OTA's in the spring. But when Battle didn't show up, Nolan said he didn't know why Battle wasn't at the start of OTA's. Again, it was chalked up to a miscommunication.

My favorite part:

One last example - a reporter asked Nolan about wide receiver Josh Morgan's staph infection that caused the rookie to lose 15 pounds. Nolan said that was just internet speculation. Then he asked the reporter where he got that information.

"Josh Morgan" was the response.

 

[KLin]

Go read some thread at 49ers.com. A lot of people say that Nolan never listened to his players and was always the first to place blame.

 

[Dirigible]

Originally posted by: KLin
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3654269


Mike Singletary is going to be replace him as head coach. Niners need help in a big way. They've sucked for too long.


EDIT: Thread title updated

Unfortunately with the owner/management they've got, I don't have much hope for the future. They'll be one of the crappy teams that might get a little string of luck now and then and make the playoffs, but will quickly retreat back to crappitude.

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca

Originally posted by: jtvang125
They need a new QB too.

A lot of teams need a new QB. There's a big shortage this year.

In fact, WTF is going on with the NFL anyway? Coaches getting fired left and right, every good veteran QB is underperforming or injured, every new QB is disappointing, and there aren't even many great draft picks on the horizon for next year!

Matt Ryan of Atlanta has been doing good. Esp since he is a first year and been thrown staight up to starter. Should do well next year after adjusting to the NFL and getting more play with current recievers.

 

[AmpedSilence]

yay! he's just been totally out of it for this season.

 

[dmcowen674]

I approve of this message

Go Mike

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: Dirigible

Originally posted by: KLin
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3654269


Mike Singletary is going to be replace him as head coach. Niners need help in a big way. They've sucked for too long.


EDIT: Thread title updated

Unfortunately with the owner/management they've got, I don't have much hope for the future. They'll be one of the crappy teams that might get a little string of luck now and then and make the playoffs, but will quickly retreat back to crappitude.

I agree. The Niners need a Mark Cuban type owner who will bring them back to greatness.