you can probably take the niners out of the, well, everything sweepstakes

[Fiz]

after jed york's exhaustive GM search he's decided to promote from within after interviewing two people lol

NFL Network's Mike Lombardi reports that the 49ers will hire Trent Baalke as general manager "within 48 hours."

Lombardi interviewed for the job Tuesday, so it's safe to say that he has insider knowledge. Baalke is currently in his sixth season with the 49ers and served as the club's top personnel man in 2010, overseeing the draft, free agency, and in-season roster moves. It remains to be seen if Baalke has enough pull to hire a "big-name" coach -- like Jon Gruden or Jim Harbaugh -- as CEO Jed York is believed to be targeting. We wouldn't bet on it. Dec. 29 - 5:09 pm et

Source: Gregg Rosenthal on Twitter

The 49ers didn't have an actual GM and this guy did all the duties normally associated with it. basically they just gave him an actual title.

he was responsible for basically everything the niners have done the past few years, with coaches, players, drafts, etc.

we have experience with him from the Everette Brown trade.

His drafts have generally been terrible, he was responsible for dumping a truckload full of money on Nate Clements lawn, he promoted Mike Singletary, and had some say in the Mike Nolan hiring.

basically he sucks and his suckitude has ramifications for the Carolina Panthers in the short and long term.

[Fiz]

also they interviewed former panthers and rams failure tony softli who currently has his resume up on monster.com lol

[Stroupe-a-loop]

Trent Baalke sounds like a bad fake name I would make up for my coach in the NCAA football game.

[Saint J]

whelp i guess the not having to leave home thing is the only thing they have going for them in terms of attracting harbaugh.

[Stroupe-a-loop]

whelp i guess the not having to leave home thing is the only thing they have going for them in terms of attracting harbaugh.

There sales pitch will consist of "We are willing to build a zipline from your front door to the team's facility." Which I'm pretty afraid of because I would do the poo out of that.

[Sloth]

Their fans sound thrilled

http://forums.49ers.com/messageboard/showthread.php?t=110373

[pantherfan81]

Well this does make the likelyhood of Harbaugh not going there, then I guess it's down to 3 options: Stanford, Michigan, or Carolina. Or are there others I'm forgetting?

[wade]

Screw you guys, he and cousin Larry were comedy GOLD.

Please somebody get this reference.

[Real Emotional Trash]

Rotoworld suggested that this guy has zero pull in trying to get Harbaugh. Not to say the Panthers need to get him, but a lot of the head coaching jobs will be filled.

Rotoworld also suggested the Panthers will be going cheap at HC, so..

[KillerKat]

Rotoworld also suggested the Panthers will be going cheap at HC, so..

No way anyone would know that

[Spaceballs83]

after what JR pulled this season, i think he has enough common sense not to go cheap with a HC. He promised us he would take us back to the glory days. Hire a f*cking big name/high energy coach!!

[Real Emotional Trash]

Well I just meant to take Rotoworld with a grain of salt, since they make projections and assumptions about just about everything. Once the labor agreement's over, there's little need to "go cheap." This year's simply been an outlier.

[Sloth]

Link to Lombardi video

[Method]

Their fans sound thrilled

http://forums.49ers.com/messageboard/showthread.php?t=110373

My favorite 49er response:

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooo.