At his Wednesday pre-draft news conference, Trent Baalke discussed 4 top QB candidates. See if you can guess which, if any, the Niners are interested in. Cam Newton: “From a spread offense that has as coach said, “a lot of physical talent.” He’s got arm strength. He’s got athleticism. He’s [...]
Comcast's Matt Maiocco interviewed Mike Singletary at the Senior Bowl and came away with some fascinating insights from the former 49ers coach. I was most interested by Singletary's admission he and Trent Baalke did not get along. I had heard rumors but no confirmation. Guys not getting along is not [...]
Trent Baalke and Jim Harbaugh revealed Baalke has final say on the 53-man roster and the draft. He did not have final say on the 53-man roster when Mike Singletary was coach. Here is Baalke on that subject: "I'm not a guy with a gavel. Everyone is so consumed with [...]
Baalke first met Harbaugh several years ago at the Las Vegas All Star Classic. "It was a much smaller smaller show than the Senior Bowl," Baalke said, "with a lower level of competion. And Jim was the head coach on one of the sides. It was clear the team that [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Trent Baalke just met on the sideline with half a dozen reporters. He confirmed he met with Jed York Saturday for a couple of hours at the 49ers Santa Clara facility to interview for the GM job. He has not yet been named GM but he appears to me to [...]
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 [...]
Imagine my surprise when I fired up my computer this morning and saw that Ira Miller had left two comments on the Zohn re: Trent Baalke and his suitability to be the Niners' next GM. I phoned him and he said people on the Zohn had been asking for his [...]
Lowell Cohn, retired columnist for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, covered sports for almost 40 years and never ran out of things to say.