Today, 49ers general manager Trent Baalke held his annual don't tell the media anything about the draft day. He was very successful at it. I did manage to get a good look at the building site for the new stadium which is definitely in the process of getting built right [...]
In the interest of being helpful -- here at the Cohn Zohn we pride ourselves on being helpful -- here is advice to Trent Baalke on what he should do to sign Alex Smith. Stick to the same three-year offer you originally made, $24 million for three years. Don't lower [...]
Not that my opinion matters, but I believe Trent Baalke should be NFL executive of the year for the season 2011-2012. I don't think anyone else makes sense, nor do I think anyone else can match Baalke's achievements with this season's Niners. Surely, Jim Harbaugh will be coach of the [...]
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat just posted my Tuesday column in which I discuss the matter of 49ers general manager Trent Baalke. What is there to discuss? You may wonder about that. Well, there's this to discuss. He is largely responsible for the state of the current roster. Is it [...]
The Niners just signed Braylon Edwards to play wide receiver. They long have needed a tall wide receiver and now they have one. Good target. Questionable character. But this is not a game of choir boys. I have a theory. Trent Baalke waited for the first wave of free agents [...]
According to reports the 49ers have signed center Jonathan Goodwin for three years. This seems like a very good and necessary signing. They also are in the hunt for wide receivers Malcolm Floyd and Braylon Edwards. These are talented receivers, an upgrade from what the Niners have, although Edwards has [...]
Today was my first day back on the job. I drove down to 49erville to get things started. As a bonus the Niners brought out general manager Trent Baalke to speak to the media. He said he understands fans are frustrated that the Niners haven't done much vis a vis [...]
For a long time, I've been fascinated by Trent Baalke's voice. You know what I'm talking about. The 49ers' GM talks like no one we've ever heard. Because I am a writer I try to put into words what Baalke's voice sounds like to me. I find this difficult but [...]
I'm proposing a theory. In my theory Trent Baalke says all the right things about Alex Smith -- call it the company line -- but he doesn't really mean what he says. He doesn't like Smith and doesn't want him to be the Niners' quarterback and doesn't want him around [...]
We were sitting around tables in the Niners' cafeteria, all of us staring at Trent Baalke. The PR guy said we could ask Baalke questions about the draft. I've been through this before. I knew we could ask questions but Baalke, or any GM, never would answer. So for the [...]
Lowell Cohn, retired columnist for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, covered sports for almost 40 years and never ran out of things to say.