Thomas McGaughey Jr. on Bruce Ellington: “You’re not going to take a guy out of a game who scored a touchdown.”

This is the transcript of special teams coach Thomas McGaughey Jr.’s Thursday press conference, courtesy of the 49ers’ P.R. department. When, shortly after RB Jarryd Hayne muffed the punt and was on the sideline standing by himself, you went up and it seemed like you had some encouraging words for him, tapped him on the helmet. What was kind of the message you wanted to get across to him? “It’s…

September 17, 2015
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49ers special teams coach Thomas McGaughey Jr. on Jarryd Hayne: “He’s got a long way to go.”

SANTA CLARA — This is the transcript of special teams coach Thomas McGaughey Jr.’s Thursday press conference, courtesy of the 49ers’ P.R. department. What was your assessment of how the special teams played in the last game? “Typical first game. You know, a couple of kinks to work out. I was pretty satisfied, no substitution errors which is normally a big deal in the preseason. You have 90 guys that…

August 20, 2015
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