Kelly can help 49ers fix Harbaugh gaffe

Posted by Carrie White
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Jan 15, 2016
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San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York stood at a press Logan Ryan Jerseyconference 10 days ago and came as close as he probably ever will in verbalizing that he made a mistake in pushing Jim Harbaugh out as the team's coach after the 2014 season. "I can't look backwards," York said. "We can't win games we already played. We can't undo decisions that were already made." Thursday he made it http://www.patriotsofficialnflproshop.com/AUTHENTIC+MALCOLM+BUTLER+JERSEYclear, in action, that he was going to learn, not run, from that mistake. He hired Chip Kelly. Kelly just finished a three-year run with the Philadelphia Eagles where he Bruce Irvin Jerseyshowed plenty of ability as an NFL http://www.patriotsofficialnflproshop.com/AUTHENTIC+MALCOM+BROWN+JERSEYcoach, but was undone mostly by terrible personnel decisions after he gained control of the roster last year. He compounded that by what many in the organization have quietly – and former players have loudly – called an aloof and often distant and difficult personality. The guy can coach. Everything else is questionable. It sounds, while not perfectly, but in enough ways, like Harbaugh 2.0. So York will, undoubtedly, http://www.officialseahawksnflstore.com/AUTHENTIC+CARY+WILLIAMS+JERSEYget mocked for firing one quirky and challenging figure only to replace him with a guy with perhaps a similar demeanor but less on-field accomplishment (NFL-wise). Maybe it should be looked at as a positive though, that a lesson was learned and thus York wasn't afraid of the predictable backlash. He really does just want to win, which he often states to the extreme. The Niners had what everyone in football would agree is an elite coaching talent in Harbaugh. In his first three years on the job he led them to a Super Bowl and two other NFC title games, losing all in razor thin fashion. Then individual dynamics, personality quirks and other soap opera drama led to an undermining in Year 4 and eventually Harbaugh leaving to take over at his alma mater, the University of Michigan. York tried to swing completely in the opposite direction and promoted assistant coach Jim Tomsula even though he'd never even been a coordinator in the NFL. Tomsula's best attribute was a personality that everyone loves, the elevation of a humble, work-a-day figure.
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