Singeltary won't be back

[A.E]

York: Niners to seek GM, who will hire new head coach
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San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York said Sunday via text message that the team will hire a general manager and ultimately a new head coach, suggesting Mike Singletary will not return next season.

The 49ers parted ways with former GM Scot McCloughan in March and have operated without someone in that position since. Vice president of player personnel Trent Baalke, whom York said would be a candidate for the job, has handled GM-type decisions.

York, speaking after the 49ers were officially eliminated from playoff contention with a 25-17 loss to the St. Louis Rams, said the team will conduct a GM search that will then lead to another head coach. Singletary could be gone before the 49ers' season finale against the Arizona Cardinals next week.

Sources close to several of the top available coaching candidates -- ESPN analyst Jon Gruden and Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh in particular -- indicated that both men could be interested in the impending vacancy, but they would require a restructured front office and a proven GM heading up the personnel department.

Singletary is 18-22 in two-plus seasons with the 49ers. He took over as interim coach midway through the 2008 season after Mike Nolan was fired, then was given the job on a permanent basis following a 5-4 finish.

Singletary led the team to a 8-8 record last season, leading many to pick the 49ers as NFC West favorites. Instead, San Francisco slumped to 5-10 amid quarterback controversies and other issues.
-NFL.com

 

[DJT]

Very good news. Things just weren't working.

 

[playmaker7]

Meh, I'm gonna miss him and his death stare

If they got Gruden, I'd be ok though

 

[A.E]

Meh, I'm gonna miss him and his death stare

If they got Gruden, I'd be ok though

His death stare isn't worth how bad of a head coach this guy is. Great Linebacker coach, even better motivator....horrible at being "the guy".

 

[playmaker7]

His death stare isn't worth how bad of a head coach this guy is. Great Linebacker coach, even better motivator....horrible at being "the guy".

You can't teach a death stare

It was working last season but the offense was so putrid this year. When you lose multiple games in a row by 3 or fewer points something is wrong

 

[A.E]

You can't teach a death stare

It was working last season but the offense was so putrid this year. When you lose multiple games in a row by 3 or fewer points something is wrong

It was working last season? Really? Did the 49ers win the AFC West and the division?

It was never working Shell. Singletary came in and did something unorthodox things to straighten out Vernon Davis' attitude...that's about it. He was an overrated head coach from the get-go.

 

[Giantmetfan07]

guy never had a chance. Tough to work with a little diva like Michael Crabtree and having Alex and Troy Smith as your QBs, as well as your starting RB's season ending early.

 

[footballplaya52]

let him go back to working with pwilly.

 

[playmaker7]

guy never had a chance. Tough to work with a little diva like Michael Crabtree and having Alex and Troy Smith as your QBs, as well as your starting RB's season ending early.

Agreed.

Kind of hard to coach a team that can't score

 

[Giantmetfan07]

Agreed.

Kind of hard to coach a team that can't score

it's like trying to coach the Bills.

 

[Oiler35]

Nobody can take the Singeltary stare.