I was very sad to hear the George "The Ageless Wonder" Blanda had died. Back in the dark ages, before I knew it was a sin for 49er fans to like the Raiders as well, I used to love to see that "old man" trot out onto the field and win game after game after game.
There was a cartoonist in the local rag (can't remember his name) who regularly caricatured Blanda as a wizened, skeletal old man in a football helmet. His wheel chair would be rolled up the the sidelines, he'd whip off the blanket on his lap, stand up, and you'd see this hulk like leg attached to the skinny old body.
It could have been seen as an insult, but he always made the old man the hero of whatever joke he was telling.
shin2
I'm very happy to see Jimmy Raye go. But I don't think the cut went deep enough to solve the Niner's problems this year. The guy who hired Jimmy is still there. And he did himself no favors with the fans, the media, or I expect with his players when he fired Raye just 12 hours after announcing to the world that changes would be made... but Jimmy Raye's job was safe.
Quick example: The rumor on NFL Net right now is that Takeo Spikes (ILB) and Mike Lewis (SS) will be benched. When asked, Spikes said he'd just heard the rumor on TV, went to Singletary and asked if it was true. Singletary assured him that Spikes would be his starter this week.
'But you know...' added Spikes... 'this is a business and you never know. So you just have to prepare as best you can, and whatever happens happens.'
Meaning, in short, he no longer sees any reason to believe what Singletary says to him.
My guess is, Singletary keeps his job through the season... but the search for the next Head Coach is on.
There was a cartoonist in the local rag (can't remember his name) who regularly caricatured Blanda as a wizened, skeletal old man in a football helmet. His wheel chair would be rolled up the the sidelines, he'd whip off the blanket on his lap, stand up, and you'd see this hulk like leg attached to the skinny old body.
It could have been seen as an insult, but he always made the old man the hero of whatever joke he was telling.
shin2
I'm very happy to see Jimmy Raye go. But I don't think the cut went deep enough to solve the Niner's problems this year. The guy who hired Jimmy is still there. And he did himself no favors with the fans, the media, or I expect with his players when he fired Raye just 12 hours after announcing to the world that changes would be made... but Jimmy Raye's job was safe.
Quick example: The rumor on NFL Net right now is that Takeo Spikes (ILB) and Mike Lewis (SS) will be benched. When asked, Spikes said he'd just heard the rumor on TV, went to Singletary and asked if it was true. Singletary assured him that Spikes would be his starter this week.
'But you know...' added Spikes... 'this is a business and you never know. So you just have to prepare as best you can, and whatever happens happens.'
Meaning, in short, he no longer sees any reason to believe what Singletary says to him.
My guess is, Singletary keeps his job through the season... but the search for the next Head Coach is on.