Written by Orly Jr. at Guru QB
Did the 49ers front office setup their own QB for failure?
It’s an interesting question that begs to be asked, especially when you consider what has happened in San Francisco.
For starters, the 49ers front office got rid of the two most important people on the team that drafted and developed Colin Kaepernick- head coach Jim Harbaugh and offensive coordinator Greg Roman.
They replaced them with a man who has never been a coordinator in the NFL (Jim Tomsula (who I like) as head coach), and Geep Chryst, who went from the 49ers QB coach in the prior four seasons, to offensive coordinator. Chryst did have prior OC experience, although it didn’t exactly pan out too well for him. In two seasons as the offensive coordinator for San Diego, the Chargers finished 9-23, which included a 1-15 season.
With the QB Guru (Harbaugh) running things (Don’t let that 2014 8-8 season fool you, the 49ers were torn to shreds with injuries) and with Roman catering the offense to Kap’s strengths- he excelled, but now, the 49ers are trying to run vertical routes on teams that you can’t beat with vertical routes (Seattle).
The play calling has been terrible, even elementary at times, and never really aimed at Kaepernick’s strengths.
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