Comments on: I am troubled about Brandon Jacobs

By: b4huxley

b4huxley — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:10:10 +0000

face it, this isn’t about Brandon Jacobs at all it is about Jim Harbaugh. You do not like the man, you may like the coach but you have been offended by his treatment of the press and how he has cut you guys out of the inner workings of the organization. Anything you write will be jaded by this fact of a percieved slight from Harbaugh. All your praise will be dulled and all your criticisms will be sharpenned, one serious mistep from Harbaugh and you will be sharpening your knives and moving in for the kill, then you will be crowing at the top of your lungs about how you knew he was never good for the 49ers organization. Give this guy a chance put aside your feelings against him and just bathe in the 49ers being relevant again.

By: Joe H.

Joe H. — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:18:47 +0000

It’s all a conspiracy. Don’t you see. It was all about weakening the NY Giants by stealing their best players, if possible (i.e. Manningham and Jacobs).

But otherwise, Jacobs could not unseat either Gore or Hunter through his performance and the 49ers were probably looking for a good backup just in case someone (i.e. KHunter) might go down.

But then, when someone says something quite distrubing, as Jacobs did in his blog/post/tweet/whatever; that proved to management they didn’t need him or would even use him. But then, you might recall…LAST YEAR…when they cut Braylon Edwards at probably the worst possible time to get rid of a WR, but then I’m sure Edwards had a real nice bonus coming to him if the 49ers made the playoffs….

Jacobs truly would have been a negative influence, and quite possibly already was infecting some of the team.

But then, I think they have a similar problem with ASmith right now, and if Vernon Davis doesn’t get more passes thrown his way, there might be a temper tantrum soon.

By: Tommy CostaRica

Tommy CostaRica — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:50:34 +0000

Lowell I think you are spot on with this one. Look at “Bountygate” I was all for hangin’ those guys especially that our own Alex Smith was supposedly one of their targets. Now turns out it should of been handled differently. There had to have been a better solution to keeping this one in house.

By: KauaiRobert

KauaiRobert — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:50:27 +0000

‘It troubles me that Baalke and Harbaugh found it so easy to destroy Jacobs.’
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It troubles ME that you ended with that line.
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First, Jacobs hasn’t been destroyed; he’s been suspended.
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Second, how do you know that they found it easy?
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Just saying…
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~ALOHA~

By: lflong9erfn

lflong9erfn — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:34:41 +0000

I agree with Neal, a non-story. If Jacobs hadn’t gotten hurt and been a part of the mix from the beginning it might be a story. He got hurt and by the time he gets back they don’t need him, oh well. Keep your mouth shut in the social media, heal up for a year and someone will hire him next year.

By: Ryder

Ryder — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:29:31 +0000

We’re all assuming this is about the tweets and instagram stuff. I might be. But isn’t it also possibly to do with something we have no idea about? I expect that Jacobs would fairly represented in his grievance, and should get any justice he is due. But, perhaps I’m naive about that.

By: Neal

Neal — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:47:30 +0000

Not much about anything Lowell, a disgruntled player, says he is a unhappy camper, insults the boss and the organization, gets a kick up his rump, end of story. I know you are trying to milk this baby till the cows go home , but a non-story to me.

By: JNC1975

JNC1975 — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:38:34 +0000

When a serial killer kills a beautiful girl and a fat ugly guy, no one cares about the fat ugly guy.

By: chris

chris — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:12:41 +0000

the quote from Jacobs in mid November that Kathy posted is the one that I recall got this all started. Sure he didnt use a cuss word towards Harbaugh and Ballke, but saying he hates his boss is pretty bad, especially in sports where team unity is crucial.

By: tkh

tkh — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:09:34 +0000

I agree with your point here, assuming for discussion purposes that the only thing Jacobs did was tweet. Actually I really didn’t think his tweets were all that bad. Wouldn’t you want a player unhappy he is not playing, not getting the ball, etc. Who wants a guy who is content to be a backup? The problem is we don’t know the details. However, you shouldn’t be surprised. We are talking about a league that fines players for wearing their socks too low…the NFL (and its teams) are very protective of their image…which is hilarious given that the players are humans and are going to have the same troubles, opnions, mistakes as everyone else. I feel the same about the NFL fining coaches/players for being too critical of the referees. It is an insult to the intelligence of any fan. I recently watched a show on NFL Network that had the greatest thing about the 80′s or something like that. And one of the best things was the league was full of characters, end zone dances, crazy coaches and players. The NFL has legislated all the richness right out of the game. Hey, I am all for the Matt Williams head down home run trot but isn’t it fun to watch a Ricky Henderson once in a while. The NFL has removed that kind of richness from their sport.