Mar 18, 2017
Jim Harbaugh jabs 49ers' York, Baalke for misinformed micromanagement Two years removed from his tenure as head coach of the San Francisco 49ers, Jim Harbaugh is still making sure his side of the story gets out there.
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Jim Harbaugh jabs 49ers' York, Baalke for misinformed micromanagement Two years removed from his tenure as head coach of the San Francisco 49ers, Jim Harbaugh is still making sure his side of the story gets out there.
49ers hoping for polar opposite of Baalke with Lynch hiring
49ers hoping for polar opposite of Baalke with Lynch hiring
In one of the most unexpected turn of events the NFL hiring front has ever seen, the San Francisco 49ers named ex-NFL safety and television analyst John Lynch as their next general manager. Related – Report: 49ers name John Lynch as new GM on 6-year contract With no front-office experience on his resume, Lynch’s hiring is curious to say the least – but the reasoning is not as big of a mystery as…
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Kelly, McCoy, Baalke latest to feel the NFL ax (The Associated Press) (Yahoo Sports)
Kelly, McCoy, Baalke latest to feel the NFL ax (The Associated Press) (Yahoo Sports)
Except, of course, for the teams in a rush to get into the personnel market extra early, which in ’16 were the Jaguars (Gus Bradley), Rams (Jeff Fisher) and Bills (Rex Ryan). With Fisher already canned in Los Angeles, Kelly and McCoy became unemployed within an hour of each other….
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Kelly, McCoy, Baalke latest to feel the NFL ax (The Associated Press) (Yahoo Sports)
Kelly, McCoy, Baalke latest to feel the NFL ax (The Associated Press) (Yahoo Sports)
Except, of course, for the teams in a rush to get into the personnel market extra early, which in ’16 were the Jaguars (Gus Bradley), Rams (Jeff Fisher) and Bills (Rex Ryan). With Fisher already canned in Los Angeles, Kelly and McCoy became unemployed within an hour of each other….
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San Francisco 49ers fire coach Chip Kelly, GM Trent Baalke (NOLA.COM)
San Francisco 49ers fire coach Chip Kelly, GM Trent Baalke (NOLA.COM)
The Niners tied the worst record in franchise history previously done in 1978, ’79 and 2004. …
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49ers to fire Chip Kelly and Trent Baalke (2:11) - ESPN
49ers to fire Chip Kelly and Trent Baalke (2:11) – ESPN
[ad_1] The San Francisco 49ers are expected to make sweeping changes, dismissing both head coach Chip Kelly and general manager Trent Baalke, according to league sources. Meetings are expected to occur as early as postgame Sunday — San Francisco hosts the Seahawks at 4:25 p.m. ET — and no later than Monday to determine their ultimate fates, sources said. Both Kelly and Baalke are said to know…
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“Do not misconstrue activity for success” - unknown
I can’t attribute the above quote to any person in particular, since I’m certain that the individual who first imparted that salient wisdom upon me is not remotely intelligent enough to have come up with it himself. Nonetheless, it’s absolutely relevant moving forward.
The context for the advice relates to sales. Simply that, when asked, a salesperson will have no problem telling you about all the work and inroads he’s making; there’s never a shortage of calls, or meetings, or prospects that are interested, just banging down his door. But really it’s obscuring the only fact that matters: are deals being closed? More often than not, that activity meter increases when closures are slow; he needs to display value. But what good is all that activity if it doesn’t lead to tangible results? That is the challenge and art of sales management - finding and measuring that delicate balance between “being busy,” and driving actual results.
This advice is particularly relevant as the NFL enters free agency. It is an open secret that big spending in NFL free agency is a losing strategy; I don't need to recreate that argument when last year MMQB posted an excellent review of many recent (failed) free agency splurges by Philadelphia, Miami, Washington among other luminary franchises. But that doesn’t stop teams from doing it, nor quell fans’ thirst - from hitching their wagons to the hopes and dreams of restocking a terrible roster with whatever new talent is available. Things are happening! Needs are being filled! The players are different! Rumors!
Do not misconstrue activity for success.
As the 49ers enter this offseason, which I’ll argue in subsequent posts is really the first “true” offseason after the Harbaugh Era (and the Harbaugh Error), one of the common refrains of optimism - from every corner of The Faithful, even @Jed himself, but particularly those Faithful - is that the 49ers have cap room. Money to spend! And $62 million of it to boot. I can’t caution against this hope, this opiate of the masses, stronger.
Truthfully, having significant cap room just means that you have no good players on your roster to spend money on. The vast majority of players that hit free agency are replaceable, discarded by their own teams because they don’t want them and spending big in free agency is a loser’s game. Deep down everyone, except for the dimmest of fans, knows this to be true.
So why so much optimism and excitement for a barren roster with no QB, playmakers and a flailing general manager?
I think a simple lesson is sales tells us all we need to know about that question.