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Dickey: Firing Nolan won't be enough

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Nov 20, 2007 3:00 AM (322 days ago) by Glenn Dickey, The Examiner
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The 49ers desperately need somebody with contacts in the NFL, a man who can pick up the phone and get answers from anybody in the league. The perfect man would be Carmen Policy, who knows everybody and has a warm relationship with everybody in the NFL, except Al Davis, who is off in his own little world.
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The 49ers desperately need somebody with contacts in the NFL, a man who can pick up the phone and get answers from anybody in the league. The perfect man would be Carmen Policy, who knows everybody and has a warm relationship with everybody in the NFL, except Al Davis, who is off in his own little world.

SAN FRANCISCO (Map, News) - Mike Nolan is a dead man walking, but firing the coach isn’t enough to fix the 49ers. Owner John York also needs to get significant help for the front office.

Of those currently making key football decisions, York should keep only personnel chief Scot McCloughan, who has done a good job of assembling talent.

Otherwise, the 49ers are short in the front office. Val Heneghan, an NFL veteran, is chiefly a salary-cap expert. York is giving his son Jed a chance to gain experience, working on various projects, but Jed is too young and inexperienced to make football decisions.

The 49ers desperately need somebody with contacts in the NFL, a man who can pick up the phone and get answers from anybody in the league. The perfect man would be Carmen Policy, who knows everybody and has a warm relationship with everybody in the NFL, except Al Davis, who is off in his own little world.

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York might be reluctant to bring Policy back, but the situation is growing more and more desperate. Fans are deserting the team in droves. Though the game was an official sellout two days ago, that was only because the 49ers bought up tickets, as they’ve been doing for some time. The stadium was probably not much more than half-full, and it hasn’t been so easy to drive in to the parking lots since Joe Thomas was the general manager.

All this comes at a time when York is trying to get a stadium built, and the Santa Clara plans are falling apart. Policy is working for the city of San Francisco on a proposed stadium in the Hunters Point area, and he could transfer his expertise to the 49ers. He knows how to get a stadium built. If he had stayed with the 49ers in the ’90s, they’d be playing in a new stadium today — and San Francisco would be hosting Super Bowls.

If York is still not willing to bring Policy back and give him the proper authority, he needs to look for a good general manager in the NFL. When he hired Nolan, he gave him the authority to be both general manager and coach, but Nolan has failed miserably in the dual role.

Though I’m sure York doesn’t want to pay off Nolan for the final two years of his contract, no coach survives a season like this, starting off with playoff hopes and degenerating into a team that is the worst in the NFC and, possibly, in the whole NFL. Having watched both teams, I’d say the Niners are worse than the Raiders.

Nolan has clearly lost his team, probably because of his habit of transferring responsibility for the team’s failure to his players or assistant coaches. His dad, Dick, was a standup guy who was respected by his players, but Mike is not. When quarterback Alex Smith got tired of being the scapegoat and said publicly last week that he’d been playing hurt while his coach claimed he was healthy, that was the death knell.

Now, the ball is in John York’s court. If he is ever to escape his public image of a buffoon — and the onerous comparisons to his hated brother-in-law, Eddie DeBartolo — he has to make the right decisions after this season comes to a merciful close.

Glenn Dickey has been covering Bay Area sports since 1963 and also writes on www.GlennDickey.com. E-mail him at glenndickey@hotmail.com.

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11:19 AM MST on Tue., Feb. 12, 2008 re: "Dickey: Cain learns from hard-luck 2007"

 Jock said:
Sammy, yes, the Giants offense will struggle. But do a bit of reserch before you spout off and show your ignorance. Aurilia will not start at 3B - most likely they'll trade for a 3B in the spring (Crede?). And at first, Ortmeier will receive the lion share of starts assuming he produces - at any rate this should be an upgrade from last year at both corners (vs Pedro and Klesko). We really don't care about your grades and nobody likes a last place team, except a's fans like yourself.

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9:22 AM MST on Tue., Feb. 12, 2008 re: "Dickey: Cain learns from hard-luck 2007"

 Sam in Reno said:
With Rich Aurillia at third and a committee at first I doubt if the Giants will score 3 runs a game. We better hope that Cain and company throw a lot of complete game shutouts.This starting line up is embarrassing.It is the result of their strategy of taking pitchers not position players in the draft. It also reflects their inability to develope the players they have in the minor leagues. I give them an "F". I hope everyone likes a last place team.

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2:01 AM MST on Sat., Jan. 5, 2008 re: "Dickey: Niners must bring in football people"

 Examiner Reader said:
Even with a new offensive coordinator Nolan will continue to hinder the offense by interfering. Remember the field goal he ordered last year against the Rams on 4TH and inches. Nolan loves field goals!

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12:45 PM MST on Thu., Jan. 3, 2008 re: "Dickey: Niners must bring in football people"

 OldNinerCalFan said:
7 Things to Look Forward to: By the time Nolan's contract expires, 1.) Hiners will likely get higher draft picks in 2009, 2010 from expected underachievement and/or the trade of Alex Smith, Vernon Davis (any other impact players that are willing to speak up against "The Face of the 49ers") 2.) Jim Harbaugh will have 2 more years of coaching experience with stunningly great offensive production and heroic defeats of USC. 3.) Kevin Riley, having lead Cal back to the Rose Bowl, will be ready for the draft 4.) NFL owners might consider letting Eddie D. back into football, or at least Jed York starts listening to his favorite uncle's advice 5.) Niner tickets will drop in price due to lack of demand. 6.) Andy Lee will have Hall of Fame career, as punter, setting new records for punts, avg distance, tackles 7.) While niner games are often blackout due to low ticket sales, reruns of niner games from the 80s garnered surprisingly high ratings on Pay Per View.

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12:25 PM MST on Thu., Jan. 3, 2008 re: "Dickey: Niners must bring in football people"

 OldNinerCalFan said:
Great News -- while in life there is little justice, the world of football seems more fair than ever, and we niner fans are paying our due football Karma for all those under-appreciated, nostalgic winning years, by suffering through what Tampa, Indy, New England and others had suffered through in their past. No doubt, those that jump on the Pat's bandwagon, like many new niner fans from the dynasty years will eventually have to pay a price -- like we're doing now. This is the price of being faithful. Bring on the Pain!! Did anyone notice how Nolan started to twitch everytime Scott McCloughan started to talk? Nolan treated his bottle of water like it was some magic token -- everytime McCloughan talked, Nolan was grabbing the bottle -- hmmm...the power of the bottle.

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7:15 PM MST on Wed., Jan. 2, 2008 re: "Dickey: Niners must bring in football people"

 Examiner Reader said:
Another disastrous York mistake. This team needs major surgery in the front office, and all they did is change the bedpan. The Yorks have to get out of football - they are quickly becoming the laughingstock of the NFL.

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9:11 AM MST on Wed., Jan. 2, 2008 re: "Dickey: Niners must bring in football people"

 Examiner Reader said:
Nolan is not going anywhere. Dr. John and he will have a "chat". Nolan will agree to fire a few of his coaches and all will be well in Yorkland. The truth is no good coaches will ever commit to the 49ers with Nolan and York running the show. Expect more of the same from now on as long as that MORON York is in charge. He would have a hard time running a Pop Warner football team.

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4:50 PM MST on Tue., Jan. 1, 2008 re: "Dickey: Niners must bring in football people"

 Examiner Reader said:
Yikes, fire Nolan and still be paying off Erickson!York went ballistic when he found out the front office was giving postage stamps to players for free and now you expect him to eat two years and 3mill of Nolan's contract. I think not.. Their is a better chance of Jed becoming the G.M. then Nolan walking the plank,, Aaaaaargh!

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1:19 PM MST on Tue., Jan. 1, 2008 re: "Dickey: Niners must bring in football people"

 hisimon said:
Glenn, all of that is way too obvious to even the most casual fan and your player evaluations are all in hindsight. Tell us something we don't know like when the Yorks will call a press conference to announce their getting out of the game because Jed wants to be an astronaut now..

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10:04 AM MST on Tue., Jan. 1, 2008 re: "Dickey: Niners must bring in football people"

 niner said:
Great article. kinda light on the Ol though, remember they offensive coaches were an embarssment in 2 Senior bowls were the talent was equal but they were clearly outcoached. Alex thinks to slow and has 3 years wasted, his best bet is to go somewhere that has a real qb coach and learn/heal. ( ala, steve young) As long as ownership does not change we are doomed. Happy New Year!

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4:08 PM MST on Mon., Dec. 31, 2007 re: "Dickey: Longshore could hurt Cal"

 Examiner Reader said:
Well praise Jesus! Tedford finally got over his nate fixation and put in a kid that actually looked like a big time QB.. Should have done this two months ago. Their actually might be hope for 2008.

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6:39 PM MST on Fri., Dec. 21, 2007 re: "Dickey: Longshore could hurt Cal"

 Examiner Reader said:
I've been watching Cal football for fifty years. I've seen some bad seasons and some bad teams during that stretch. I sat in my seat at Memorial Stadium through Holmoe's 1-10 season. Of all the years I've watched, this season has been the most disappointing. For a team to collapse, from 5-0 with wins over good teams like Tennessee and Oregon, to finish at 6-6 with losses to teams like UW and Stanford is remarkable. It seems to me that it takes a lot more than a lack of leadership among the players to account for such a sorry showing. I wouldn't bet a penny on this teams chances in their bowl game. In my mind, they don't even deserve to be there.

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6:05 PM MST on Fri., Dec. 21, 2007 re: "Dickey: Longshore could hurt Cal"

 Examiner Reader said:
yawwwwnnnnn....Wake me up when this story is over.....

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4:31 PM MST on Fri., Dec. 21, 2007 re: "Dickey: Longshore could hurt Cal"

 Examiner Reader said:
could hurt cal? you think! with the niners, shaun hill get's a chance to play simply because he was the last man standing. i think that's the only way riley plays.i hate to think that nolan and tedford think alike. it is really sad that it is now the fault of the players for playing without emotion. as an ex-marine i can tell you this, the drill instructors did not depend on the recruits for "emotion"; that was their job. if you can't motivate, you can't coach. watch how air force plays all sixty minutes, there might be less talent, but their is more will!

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2:27 PM MST on Fri., Dec. 21, 2007 re: "Dickey: Longshore could hurt Cal"

 Phil in Lafayette said:
After Gilbert and Holmoe, Tedford has been a breath of fresh air and I'm not yearning for him to be replaced. Still, as another reader has noted, he failed to get the superior Cal team up for the Big Game! I've been to almost every Big Game since 1966 and I don't believe I've ever seen Cal play the game with less fire in its belly. As to Longshore, he seems to get worse as the situation gets more vital. At the end of games and at the end of seasons he's at his worst.

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12:30 PM MST on Fri., Dec. 21, 2007 re: "Dickey: Longshore could hurt Cal"

 Examiner Reader said:
I've been to 35 Big Games, and this year was one of the least inspired Cal efforts I've ever seen. Even their body language said they simply did not want to play. Yes, vocal team leaders are essential, but Tedford has to wear some of the blame. That he could not have his physically superior team hungrier to beat Stanford, of all teams, is pretty surprising.

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9:53 AM MST on Fri., Dec. 21, 2007 re: "Dickey: Longshore could hurt Cal"

 Examiner Reader said:
I am looking forward to Spring practise when, hopefully, Riley will prove himself. College football requires a more mobile and accurate quarterback than Longshore. When he could spend his time handing off to Marshawn Lynch he was adequate. When you need to depend on Longshore to carry the team he fails every time. I hate to criticize college players who are doing their best, but Longshores best is not good enough. Unfortunately he is playing the toughest position in football. I hope Riley takes over and Longshore provides backup help from the bench.

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9:31 PM MST on Sat., Dec. 8, 2007 re: "Dickey: Cal’s bowl game represents"

 John Chan said:
Great column...sounds like a true great sports writer...who tells it like it is....

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9:09 PM MST on Tue., Dec. 4, 2007 re: "Dickey: Cal’s bowl game represents"

 Examiner Reader said:
Does the aforementioned "Examiner Reader" have anything against using capital letters?

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4:25 PM MST on Tue., Dec. 4, 2007 re: "Dickey: Cal’s bowl game represents"

 Examiner Reader said:
let's see. we have a qb who is loaded with confidence but marginal talent (the golden hair one). we have one who probably struggled with the math part of the sat and showed a lot more talent than most expected but now has little or no confidence and so has his coach in refusing to play him. so what do we have now? another year of nate? god i hope not. riley needs to start against air force and play the whole game. let's see what he has against a mountain west team.. dickey doesn't think much of mid level conference teams so it shouldn't be like playing a pac 10 team. give him a chance to show his stuff. by the way, i had never seen a team kick off to start the game and to start the second half.thanks for that unique once in a lifetime experience, the youngster that made that decision probably had a problem with the reasoning portion of the sat.

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11:32 AM MST on Tue., Dec. 4, 2007 re: "Dickey: Cal’s bowl game represents"

 Sam Fox said:
The collapse of this Cal team begins with the failure of the offense. Nate Longshore is an average QB at best. When he injured his ankle he became a drag on the team. He can not throw and he is immobile. Opposing teams just played to stop the run knowing Longshore can not throw under pressure. Despite the best receiving corp in the PAC 10 Longshore continued to stink up the offense. He has had 12 interceptions and 1 TD in the fourth quarter. Once the offense started going three and out the defense which was fragile collapsed. I blame Tedford for not playing Kevin Riley. Riley could have had three or four games of experience going into next season when, hopefully, he will be the starter. Longshore, even when healthy, is not a starting QB in the PAC 10.

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10:21 PM MST on Sun., Nov. 25, 2007 re: "Dickey: Firing Nolan won't be enough"

 Examiner Reader said:
I also disagree Mike Nolan can become a great coach,the offense isnt clicking give him another year an see to many injuries have happered this team.

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4:54 AM MST on Sun., Nov. 25, 2007 re: "Dickey: Firing Nolan won't be enough"

 Examiner Reader said:
I disagree. Mike Nolan just needs an offensive coordinator to get the offense going. Norv Turner should be available next season. Special teams have never been better and the defense has improved immeasurably.

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5:44 PM MST on Fri., Nov. 23, 2007 re: "Dickey: A season full of lost causes for Raiders"

 Examiner Reader said:
Good point. Al Davis only lets his sycophant friends watch the game from the owner's box. We fans should never feel that the Raiders are our team. It's Al's team. When he took 'his' team to Los Angeles, figuratively flipping the bird at those of us who had loyally supported him, that became very clear to me.

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2:50 PM MST on Fri., Nov. 23, 2007 re: "Dickey: Firing Nolan won't be enough"

 Examiner Reader said:
Took "our" team to Los Angeles? Last time I looked they didnt let douche bag fans in the owners box.

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11:03 AM MST on Fri., Nov. 23, 2007 re: "Dickey: A season full of lost causes for Raiders"

 Examiner Reader said:
Al Davis does walk on water. I saw it.

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10:00 AM MST on Fri., Nov. 23, 2007 re: "Dickey: A season full of lost causes for Raiders"

 Examiner Reader said:
Why is it that some Raider fans think Al Davis walks on water? I stopped liking Davis when he took our team to Los Angeles and then sued us for the legal costs. Then, in 1995, he made us give him money and stadium improvements to return. Guess what? We loyal season tickets holders from the sixties and seventies had lost our seating priorities and had to buy 10 year Seat Licenses for the priviledge of watching a team that has won 4 games for every 6 it's lost since the return. Now I'm reading that Davis intends to run/ruin the Raiders until he's won at least two more Super Bowls. In other words, he'll be mismanaging the Raiders until hell freezes over.

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8:05 AM MST on Fri., Nov. 23, 2007 re: "Dickey: A season full of lost causes for Raiders"

 Examiner Reader said:
At least the Raiders dont have Alex Smith.

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1:55 PM MST on Wed., Nov. 21, 2007 re: "Dickey: Firing Nolan won't be enough"

 Examiner Reader said:
"Nice. Not being politically correct. Thats the way you do it. So what his dad died, everyone dies get over it." To the creep who wrote the note above, please give the rest of us fair warning when you develop a terminal disease, so we can plan the big party. We are sure there will be at least a two full days of celebrations, after your family has theirs. OK?

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1:46 PM MST on Wed., Nov. 21, 2007 re: "Dickey: Firing Nolan won't be enough"

 Examiner Reader said:
Nice lead sentence. Couldn't the writer attempt to find some other way (assuming his vocabulary allows) to get his point across? Really poor taste considering the death of his father last week.

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12:20 PM MST on Wed., Nov. 21, 2007 re: "Dickey: Firing Nolan won't be enough"

 Examiner Reader said:
Nice. Not being politically correct. Thats the way you do it. So what his dad died, everyone dies get over it.

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10:49 AM MST on Wed., Nov. 21, 2007 re: "Dickey: Firing Nolan won't be enough"

 Examiner Reader said:
Really? 'Mike Nolan is a dead man walking'. Dead man walking? Couldn't use something a little less harsh, given recent events, such as 'lame duck coach'? Well done, SFE, well done.

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10:44 AM MST on Wed., Nov. 21, 2007 re: "Dickey: Firing Nolan won't be enough"

 Examiner Reader said:
"...dead man walking..." this soon after his father's death. Very classy Examiner, very classy.

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9:44 AM MST on Wed., Nov. 21, 2007 re: "Dickey: Firing Nolan won't be enough"

 Examiner Reader said:
Show me one incident EVER where Nolan has "transferred failure" to an assistant coach. He has been taking bullets for a crappy assistant he got boxed into hiring all year.

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8:24 AM MST on Wed., Nov. 21, 2007 re: "Dickey: Firing Nolan won't be enough"

 Examiner Reader said:
Good comment, Ken. That was a disgusting comment from a usually highly respectable sports writer. It requires an apology immediately from Dickey.

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7:37 AM MST on Wed., Nov. 21, 2007 re: "Dickey: Firing Nolan won't be enough"

 Examiner Reader said:
No good personnel will ever come to this team as long as John York and his inept group of MBA administrators are running the show. The 49ERS are doomed as long as the Yorks own this team. Apparently he is unwilling to sell so let him move to LA and we will hope for a start up. At least we won't have to deal with York and a new coach every 2 years!!

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7:09 AM MST on Wed., Nov. 21, 2007 re: "Dickey: Firing Nolan won't be enough"

 Ken R. said:
"Dead Man Walking"? Less than a week after Mike Nolan loses his father? Why don't you save phrases like that for the tabloids and try another lead sentence next time.

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4:27 PM MST on Tue., Nov. 20, 2007 re: "Dickey: Firing Nolan won't be enough"

 Examiner Reader said:
carmen policy couldn't save this team if he was given six first round draft choices next year. their is no question that nolan is out of his depth, but he was when they hired him. he had zero experience as a head coach (at any level) or as a pro player, but he had what advertisers call name recognition.. well now that we have given what will turn out to be a top five draft pick for either the 31st or 32nd pick next year you have to ask yourself would we have given a top five pick for staley? not a chance. and that's what the niners have. run carmen,run.

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4:02 PM MST on Tue., Nov. 20, 2007 re: "Dickey: Firing Nolan won't be enough"

 Ken said:
Agree, Nolan's finger-pointing style probably alienated his players and contributes to their poor development. Like when he said Vernon Davis "had a brain fart" when he fought for yardage at the end of the game instead of going down. Walsh would have been more gracious, saying something like "he's a fierce competitor who fights for every yard" while privately chewing him out. I also recall a couple years back Nolan referring to Smith's "small hands" regarding his ball-dropping. Jeez, one of the unspoken "man-rules" is never comment on the size of another guy's body parts. Nolan doesn't appear to be very observant either - judging from his lack of awareness of Smith's injury. His poor mechanics and compensative maneuvers were painfully obvious from the broadcasters' booth on - don't the coaches notice these things?

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2:41 PM MST on Tue., Nov. 20, 2007 re: "Dickey: Firing Nolan won't be enough"

 Examiner Reader said:
Nolan needs to go because at BEST he will build a 9-7 team with a plodding offense that will never really contend. Who wants that? I went to my first game in 1967 at Kezar and I want at least a reach for greatness. Carmen Policy? VERY overrated. Had really little to do with 49er greatness. After 1994, all he had to do was work out how Deon Sanders could stay with the team and there might have been one or two more Super Bowls. Or at least not lose Sanders AND Rickey Watters after 1994. Also the Charles Haley trade to Dallas without which Dallas wouldn't have won their Super Bowls. Couldn't he have traded him to AFC? So, please, stop with Policy already. You know, most GMs and coaches fail in the NFL. Think outside the box. Ronnie Lott?

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2:24 PM MST on Tue., Nov. 20, 2007 re: "Dickey: Firing Nolan won't be enough"

 Examiner Reader said:
If he gets the job exactly what decisions would Policy take that would get the 49ers a win??? This whole article is a pathetic hatchet job. Defense and special teams are light years better than they were a couple years back. Yes, the offense totally sucks but you can't turn over a complete team in 3 drafts - just can't be done. Give Nolan a break and let him finish the job. Oh yeah, and stay retired old man, you're past your sell by date.

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11:08 AM MST on Tue., Nov. 20, 2007 re: "Dickey: Firing Nolan won't be enough"

 Examiner Reader said:
Policy is an old wine drinker. Cant we do better than that tired old retread?

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11:01 AM MST on Tue., Nov. 20, 2007 re: "Dickey: Firing Nolan won't be enough"

 Examiner Reader said:
Policy??? You got to be kidding. He ran Montana and Lott out of town. Then, he got a new stadium in Cleveland and then he got ran out of town.

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10:24 AM MST on Tue., Nov. 20, 2007 re: "Dickey: Firing Nolan won't be enough"

 Tim Sheldon said:
It would be great to get Policy back in there. Mike Nolan had been enjoying positive press for months after his team defeated Denver 26-23 at the end of last season, but his boat really sunk fast. I still say losing Norv turner was the key setback, but it’s time to look ahead. I agree that Carmen Policy would be a great addition.

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10:22 AM MST on Tue., Nov. 20, 2007 re: "Dickey: Firing Nolan won't be enough"

 Examiner Reader said:
Nolan states 244 yards is an improvement. It is only and improvement if you win. In the prior 7 game losing streak, the niners had games 251, 260, 267 and 289 total offense...and guess what we lost. So Mike, where is the improvement Your math is as bad as your strategy. Good bye.

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8:52 AM MST on Tue., Nov. 20, 2007 re: "Dickey: Firing Nolan won't be enough"

 Phil in Lafayette said:
Glenn is right, firing Nolan won't be enough. Nor will getting better people in the front office be enough. The 49ers need all of those things plus a competent QB. In Alex Smith's first three years, there have been very few signs that he's the answer. Instead, there have been excuses: he has a weak line, poor receivers, bad game plans, etc. When he was drafted, we were told he was a great runner. Yet, we've seldom seen him scramble for first downs when his protection breaks down. We've almost never seen him buy time in the pocket by escaping from pressure and then find an open receiver. Rather, we've seen hurried, forced passes. We were also told he was an accurate passer. I've yet to be convinced of that either. I'm tired of excuses and losses. Why was it we dumped Jeff Garcia?

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8:03 AM MST on Tue., Nov. 20, 2007 re: "Dickey: Firing Nolan won't be enough"

 Len Foy said:
The 49ers are just horrible, unwatchable really, in all three phases of the game they are empty-handed, but at least the New England Patriots will get a good draft pick out of the deal. Hey guys - keep losing - there's always next season - Len Foy

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