The TV guys were just talking to Jed York. They talked mostly about the "new" stadium and the change in kickoffs. They didn't hardly speak about the game that is happening as they speak. Maybe there's nothing to say about the game. The stadium mockup looks neat. I still think [...]
I have decided to retire my nickname for Jed York -- Prince of York. I want you to know this. The whole meaning of calling him Prince of York was to blatantly say he had not earned anything -- he had things given to him. I was implying he is [...]
This is in praise of Jed York and Trent Baalke, total praise, no secret agenda. They wanted Jim Harbaugh as head coach and they competed against other teams who wanted him. They showed patience and wisdom and persistence. And they got him. They won. This is a major growing step [...]
Jim Harbaugh is going to the 49ers. Which means the Niners got their man. So all credit to Jed York and this hiring is great news for the Niners going forward. They are holding a 3:30 news conference in San Francisco to introduce Harbaugh to the media. Of course, I'll be [...]
If the Dolphins outbid the Niners for Jim Harbaugh we learn yet again what we already knew about Jed York. He said money was no object but money is a big object. Either he fibbed or he failed to calculate his limits. He had not done his homework and did [...]
I was just scrolling through Twitter and came upon an interesting tweet from the super-well-informed Matt Maiocco. He wrote that Jed York interviewed Falcons director of player personnel Les Snead before hiring Trent Baalke as GM. Jed conducted the Snead interview on the phone, Matt wrote. I also read during [...]
The Press Democrat just posted my column on the hiring of Trent Baalke as the 49ers general manager. People were saying and writing all along that this was a fixed deal, that Jed York always intended to hire Baalke, and the so-called interviewing process and research process of searching far [...]
The 49ers just sent out a press release. Trent Baalke is their new GM. So, all the reports all along now seem true -- Jed York wanted Baalke the entire time. The widespread search Jed was going to make for a GM involved walking down the hall and putting his [...]
The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting the Niners will pursue Jim Harbaugh to replace Mike Singletary as head coach, and will get serious after Monday's Orange Bowl. The article also says, yet again, Trent Baalke will be the new general manager and will make the presentation to Harbaugh. I won't [...]
This is about Trent Baalke yet again. This guy never got so much ink. Jed York simply cannot promote him to GM. Of course, Jed can do anything he wants, but making Baalke general manager would be a dreadful mistake. Even if Jed goes through a long interview process and [...]
Lowell Cohn, retired columnist for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, covered sports for almost 40 years and never ran out of things to say.