Readers of the Cohn Zohn tell me I’m too hard on the 49ers. Here’s a reality check. I am not a fan. I tell the truth as I understand it. And what I understand after today’s weird, rambling inconclusive news conference introducing Mike Singletary is that the Niners don’t have the semblance of a plan.

I mean, you’d expect a real professional outfit to project to the end of the season, to know if they will retain general manager Scot McCloughan, to know if they plan to retain Singletary or make him compete with other candidates, if they plan to get a new quarterback to replace JTO — Just Turn Overs.

Nothing.

I asked Jed York who was there subbing for his dad, the big Yorker. And why in the world was John York not in attendance at a time like that? I asked Jed if the Niners have a plan to bring in a new team president after the season, someone to oversee the whole operation.

I was thinking of Mike Holmgren. I know I wrote earlier he should be coach. Scratch that. That’s small potatoes. Let him be the Niner football czar in charge of talent, the GM and the coaches. He has a vision. No one currently on the Niners has a large vision.

So what did Jed say when I asked if the team will bring in a president from the outside? “We haven’t discussed that?”

Haven’t discussed that? Well what in the world did they discuss?

“Hey, Scot let’s go out and buy some Big Whoppers and Cokes.”

My God, the team is at a crossroads — again — and has not projected ahead a few months.

Pathetic. No wonder the 49ers never make any progress.

— Lowell