FORGET NEXT SUNDAY: MIKE NOLAN FIRED
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CSN to televise 49ers press conference
The 49ers will introduce interim coach Mike Singletary today at a noon press conference.
The press conference will be televised live by Comcast SportsNet California.
Sacramento area viewers can get see CSN on Comcast Cable channel 34, DirecTV 698, Dish Network 409, SureWest 99.
The press conference will be rebroadcast at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. on CSN.
i only have CSN bay area ch.696 wishd it came out on there instend....
The 49ers will introduce interim coach Mike Singletary today at a noon press conference.
The press conference will be televised live by Comcast SportsNet California.
Sacramento area viewers can get see CSN on Comcast Cable channel 34, DirecTV 698, Dish Network 409, SureWest 99.
The press conference will be rebroadcast at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. on CSN.
i only have CSN bay area ch.696 wishd it came out on there instend....
Why Mike Nolan was Fired
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/ninerinsider/detail?blogid=45&entry_id=31733
If one factor could be singled out for Mike Nolan's downfall it's this - he didn't listen. The best example is the Alex Smith Debacle.
After a decent 2006, Smith, with a passer rating of 74.8, looked like he was a quarterback on the rise. He started 2007 2-1, which included come-from-behind wins against Arizona and St. Louis. Then Seattle defensive tackle Rocky Bernard bulled through a gap between Eric Heitmann and Larry Allen and sacked Smith, separating his shoulder.
We know what happened next, Smith and Nolan bickered through the press about his fitness for playing. Behind the scenes, Smith was livid at the 49ers strength staff, who took his immobilized arm and subjected it to heavy weight training.
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.
While trying to make up before the season, both said it was a miscommunication.
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.
Even in simple exchanges with the media, it was clear Nolan hadn't listened to the question.
Without listening, Nolan doesn't know the vital information he needs to make decisions about a range of issues affecting the team.
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.
Nolan shouldn't be learning from reporters what's wrong with his players.
As Nolan's powers were reduced during his time with the 49ers, so did his grip on the team. By the end, Nolan was no longer the forceful leader who traded or cut players who no longer performed or showed a lack of fortitude.
In his first year, Nolan got rid of running back Kevan Barlow and cornerback Ahmed Plummer, but later he stayed with offensive tackle Jonas Jennings even though Nolan felt that Jennings had quit on his teammates.
The standard line will also be that players didn't quit on him. But I think they were frustrated by him particularly defensively. Nolan and defensive coordinator Greg Manusky script the first 15 plays or so. The 49ers usually started well defensively, but then once they got off the script, Nolan and Manusky would be conservative with their play-calling and the defense would lose it's verve. The one exception to this was Sunday, when the 49ers pressured throughout the game and they had one of the best defensive performances.
One word about Nolan as a man. He's a good person and on a human level, it's difficult to see him not succeed. As I wrote last week, there's much more wrong with the 49ers than just Mike Nolan.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/ninerinsider/detail?blogid=45&entry_id=31733
If one factor could be singled out for Mike Nolan's downfall it's this - he didn't listen. The best example is the Alex Smith Debacle.
After a decent 2006, Smith, with a passer rating of 74.8, looked like he was a quarterback on the rise. He started 2007 2-1, which included come-from-behind wins against Arizona and St. Louis. Then Seattle defensive tackle Rocky Bernard bulled through a gap between Eric Heitmann and Larry Allen and sacked Smith, separating his shoulder.
We know what happened next, Smith and Nolan bickered through the press about his fitness for playing. Behind the scenes, Smith was livid at the 49ers strength staff, who took his immobilized arm and subjected it to heavy weight training.
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.
While trying to make up before the season, both said it was a miscommunication.
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.
Even in simple exchanges with the media, it was clear Nolan hadn't listened to the question.
Without listening, Nolan doesn't know the vital information he needs to make decisions about a range of issues affecting the team.
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.
Nolan shouldn't be learning from reporters what's wrong with his players.
As Nolan's powers were reduced during his time with the 49ers, so did his grip on the team. By the end, Nolan was no longer the forceful leader who traded or cut players who no longer performed or showed a lack of fortitude.
In his first year, Nolan got rid of running back Kevan Barlow and cornerback Ahmed Plummer, but later he stayed with offensive tackle Jonas Jennings even though Nolan felt that Jennings had quit on his teammates.
The standard line will also be that players didn't quit on him. But I think they were frustrated by him particularly defensively. Nolan and defensive coordinator Greg Manusky script the first 15 plays or so. The 49ers usually started well defensively, but then once they got off the script, Nolan and Manusky would be conservative with their play-calling and the defense would lose it's verve. The one exception to this was Sunday, when the 49ers pressured throughout the game and they had one of the best defensive performances.
One word about Nolan as a man. He's a good person and on a human level, it's difficult to see him not succeed. As I wrote last week, there's much more wrong with the 49ers than just Mike Nolan.
