Niners New Coach
I’ve softened my stance on the Chip Kelly hire mostly because I have no choice. And, the pickins were slim. If the choice was between him and the 2 AARP members I guess I’ll go with Kelly. And who knows, maybe he learned something from getting his ass fired in Philly. And come on, it’s Philly, aren’t most things dysfunctional in that sports town? Maybe Kelly just needed a fresh start.
I read somewhere that the #1 conflict resolution strategy for BOTH Kelly and Baalke is to stage a coup. I thought that was sad and also funny.
It will be an interesting season, that is for sure……
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Not sure how he does it but with fewer athletes (his starting point g is terrible) Dawkins manages to beat Cal again in a game they led most of the way.
Martin does not seem to be able to get his kids to play smart ball when not at home. They self destructed at the end, making careless turnovers and missing crucial free throws.
It’s too bad his talented frosh guys got in foul trouble, but no one picked up slack at either end.
Martin seems to be getting out coached in this league too, not a good sign going forward.
Mac that’s a cool story aboutT Frazier showing up at HS f-raiser for cancer stricken kid.
The one thing Chips has here that he didn’t have in Philly is mobile QBs that can (hopefully) run an up-tempo offense. Both Kappy and Gabby fit that. I wonder how hard Chip tries to keep Kappy. He’s got the much bigger upside. WRs become a big commodity as well. We NEED much better guys out there than we have. All those UDFAs we have I guess we’ll see about as well.
Here’s what Torrey Smith said:
Torrey Smith @TorreySmithWR 21h21 hours ago
Guess I might have to start running right now to get in shape
Well, we all have a front-row seat to the spectacle.
Then there’s the distinct possibility that Paxton Lynch is available in the draft . . .
If they draft that guy, I quit.
Hah! Yeha, kinda made me throw up a little just thinking about it.
I guess we’ll really see who’s making the decisions regarding personnel. But I think Goff is off the table now.
Agree Flav! Other than Goff, there is not one QB in this draft that I trust.
the people skills argument is ironic to me, because lack of same had a lot to do with Harbs exit, and he’s never shown he had any either and likely still doesn’t. How much did that contribute to winning? Imo this is more Madden’s “winning is the great deodorant” affect.
Now, being able to get your guys to play hard for you and stick together is something different entirely. And again, you may not be winningest coach but you get the most out of what you have.
I always thought this was Dusty Baker’s greatest strength when he was in SF. If he gets that out of the Nats, look out.
Sorry, I can’t trust any Coach that excepts an offer from our current organization. Well, I guess he had 24 million reasons to sign, but still…
Ha! That’s kind of like the old Groucho Marx quote: “I don’t want to be in any organization that would have somebody like me as a member.” 🙂
“That’s the most Ridiculous thing I ever heard!” 🙂
I am still not terribly excited about the Kelly hire, but given the slim pickings of HCs, it is what it is. As others have said, if nothing else, it will be interesting.
More importantly – only 33 days until pitchers and catchers report for your San Francisco Giants…
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Vontaze Burfict may single-handedly keep the Steelers out of the Super Bowl. He injured Antonio Brown, Le’Veon Bell and Ben Roethlisberger.
I am still nervous about Big Ben having a big game. He is either the toughest QB or the biggest hypochondriac in NFL history. It seems like the dude always plays his best when he is hurt.
he’s running out of guys to give the ball to. I am fading Pitt pretty hard. Denver D is gonna be geeked up and rhet to go.
Supposedly Orioles have offered Cespedes 5 years at somewhere between $75-$90 million.
How could the Giants not be interested at that price?
maybe they were. It could also be what I said: that he wants to stay on the east coast.
The market price came down on the outfielders for some reason.
Cespedes and J. Upton might be getting dinged a bit regarding some perceived “clubhouse issues.” But who knows?
Off topic: Loo, here’s the story I texted you about:
http://www.app.com/story/sports/columnists/stephen-edelson/2016/01/15/central-regional-trevor-inspiring/78732984/
Back to baseball, has anyone seen this?
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2016/1/14/10771700/angel-pagan-gregor-blanco-sf-giants
nice article. weird how close the stats are over the last four years. boch will start angel, but where he hits him will be interesting.
Had not. My only comment is that they failed to consider starter vs. sub splits. Here is how those break down:
Pagan:
Starter: .283, .333, .411, .744
Sub: .214, .241, .286, .527
Blanco:
Starter: .261, .347, .349, .696
Sub: .277, .350, .403, .753
A majority of Pagan’s games played have been as a starter, and he takes great pride in that. Plus his numbers as a starter are significantly better than when he subs.
The opposite is true of Blanco. He has been more accustomed to subbing for the Giants (unless a starter is injured), and his numbers are quite a bit better when he subs as opposed to starting.
If Pagan is healthy, IMO he should be the starter, and Blanco the 4th OFer who gives Pagan a spell when he needs a day off.
Spot on, totally agree. Start Pagan until / unless he can’t go; Blanco subs…
Agree,
I don’t mine Pagan starting and he will cause the Giants aren’t about to eat his contract, but it should be in LF not CF. Span is far superior then Pagan at this stage of their careers and it only benefits the Giants and Pagan if he switches cause LF should be less wear and tear on his fragile body.
Blanco always will be especially in the Giants brain trust a 4th outfielder but a valuable chip to hold..
http://www.csnbayarea.com/giants/krukow-if-healthy-lincecum-could-possibly-start-relieve-or-close?p=ya5nbcs&ocid=yahoo&ref=yfp
Obama is just the coolest.
Belt filed for arbitration at $7.5 million; Giants at $5.3 million…
Front page story in Chron with SF Supes Avalos and Kim complaining the City not getting good enough deal from NFL over hosting Bowl. Argument mostly over reimbursement (or lack of same) for police fire svcs, etc.
Some of the more progressive Supes can be off putting. Kim reminds me of high maintenance gals I sometimes meet in store—nice to look at, but once you hear them talk you cringe because they are asking for the impossible to be anywhere near satisfied.
Hey Mac: any fallout from Monmouth-Iona post game dust up? vid on cbs site clearly shows Iona guy shoving a hand in face of Monmouth player. Too bad, must have been a great game with both teams over 100 and Ms ending long home winning streak with road W.