757Niner
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Ok, I'm going to get kind of long-winded here so bare with me..
Let me first say this. Kap was hand-picked by Jim Harbaugh. He is the QB he coveted and Baalke went and got him. Baalke liked Dalton. He wanted a guy who could thrive more from the pocket. So ultimately, Baalke isn't tied to Kap as many may believe.
Do I personally believe we should move on after this year? Not really. I mean what are the alternatives to Kap? A retread QB who's never been good enough to be the franchise guy anywhere else? No thanks. A rookie who may turn out to not be half as good, yet you throw him in the fire early because you don't have any viable alternative? I'll pass. Kap on most days is still better than average. In some ways, I think he needed a O-Line as awful as ours and a horrendous game like the one versus the Cards to FURTHER cement to himself that he still has a LONG way to go. As fan, you hope that keeps that flame of desire to improve on his craft and be the ultimate QB he can, burning hotter than ever. You continue to believe the best is yet to come and that he learns from this experience and it makes him a better QB in the end
But I defintely don't think he should be handed the keys like he has since he became a starter. I defintely think we should spend a 3rd or 4th round pick on a QB with a great upside. Let Kap feel a little uneasy about his job status and to also convey that being pretty good will never be good enough.
As far as the fanbase, let me preface this by saying I think the general fan is VERY misguided in their assertions about how a organization operates. Jed York, via theYork family owns my bebeloved 49ers. Its HIS team. Like any owner, he has the luxury to do what he deems necessary for the best intrest of his business. He's not the first owner to part way with a successful coach. He won't be the last. And to the degree that Harbaugh's scucess is measured really depends on the type of fan you talk to. I will always have great respect and admiration fo Harbaugh for resurrecting the franchise that I love. But it was ABUNDANTLY clear that he and his philosophy towards football would never change. And in a league were constant change and development are paramount, you will be behind the 8-Ball if you continue to re-hash the same thing, thinking the results will be different. We would continue to be 'just not good enough' under Harbaugh. I didn't see his vision of football taking us to the ultimate goal. His first two years were phenomenal but basically a team built on a great defense and a awesome running game. But his last two years, instead building on that foundation and adding to it, he seemed to get stagnate and not have answers to the league sort of catching on to his scheme. I'd much rather Jed/Baalke blow it up, trying to find their version of Belichick(not saying Tomsula is)than to be comfortable with the status quo and just being "good enough" to be a contender but never great enough to hold the Lombardi when its all said and done. I have no issue about Harbaugh leaving. I predicted it would happen well before it did. It remains to be see if Tomsula was the right man to replace him.
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