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The week with Jim Nobody from Nowhere
From a reporter’s perspective, this week with 49ers interim coach Jim Tomsula, 42, has been a bit different from the previous 16 weeks with his predecessor, Mike Singletary. Continue reading
Takeo Spikes wins Niners’ top award
Spikes, who was sharing time with rookie NaVorro Bowman earlier this season, assumed a full-time role and shares the team-lead with three interceptions while posting the 10th 100-tackle season of his career. Continue reading
Posted in Bits and pieces, Inside the 49ers
Tagged Anthony Dixon, David Baas, Frank Gore, Justin Smith, Mike Singletary, Takeo Spikes, Will Tukuafu
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Alex Smith will start; Willis will miss first career game
The last big decision of Mike Singletary’s 40-game tenure was his choice of quarterbacks for last week’s must-win game at St. Louis. Singletary chose Troy Smith. And last week’s backup conceded today that he wasn’t thrilled when Singletary gave him the news. Continue reading
Patrick Willis’ phone call to Singletary
Back home in the South Bay after the loss at St. Louis, Patrick Willis unwound by surfing the Internet on Sunday night. It was when Willis clicked over to ESPN that he saw the news: his organization had fired Mike Singletary. “I called him right away, you know, because I wanted to hear it from him as opposed to hearing it in the news and all that stuff,” Willis said to the reporters still hanging around the media trailer Monday afternoon.
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Still paying Singletary, York says money isn’t an issue
The Yorks, it’s worth noting, haven’t hesitated to open the vault recently – shelling out about $52 million in guaranteed money to lock up franchise cornerstones Patrick Willis and Vernon Davis to long-term deals. Continue reading
Posted in Inside the 49ers
Tagged Jed York, Jim Harbaugh, Jon Gruden, Mike Singletary, Patrick Willis, Vernon Davis
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49ers fire Mike Singletary
After the latest sloppy loss in a 5-10 season that began with division-title hopes, 49ers coach Mike Singletary was fired Sunday night shortly after the team’s flight returned home from a 25-17 defeat to the Rams. Continue reading
The shouting sequel: Singletary, Smith exchange words
In what was likely his penultimate game as the 49ers coach, Mike Singletary got in a yelling match with Troy Smith on Sunday after the quarterback tossed a third-quarter interception in a 25-17 loss to St. Louis. Continue reading
Jed York makes it clear changes are coming
Team president and CEO Jed York met briefly with a group of reporters today in a near-empty locker room after the 49ers’ 25-17 loss to St. Louis, which dropped them to 5-10 and eliminated them from the playoffs. The give-and-take … Continue reading
Grab bag: Postseason wisdom from a kicker
Jeff Reed has two Super Bowl rings – two more than the other 52 players on the 49ers roster. Continue reading
Posted in Inside the 49ers
Tagged Alex Smith, Jason LaCanfora, Jeff Reed, Michael Crabtree, Mike Singletary, Troy Smith
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Troy Smith will start, but will he finish?
Niners coach Mike Singletary began his press conference today by announcing Troy Smith will start at quarterback on Sunday at St. Louis. And he followed by saying both quarterbacks could see action. Continue reading
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