Twitter saying Patrick Willis to retire

[dawgstudent]

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[msstate7]

He had a terrific career. Always had a ton of respect for him ever since he had like 20 tackles vs lsu with his hand in a cast

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Nnnnnooooooooooooooo

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[aTotal360]

As a Niners fan, it was hard to watch some of their games last year. He got old fast. PWilly been a warrior over the years, but the last couple have not been kind to him. With that being said, he still probably better than 75% of the LBs in the league.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

Didn't he only play in like three games? I just saw this is not due to injury

but a "religious awakening"

 

[Seinfeld]

And now I'm seeing the Justin Smith's retirement is a done deal as well. Ugh, this is one one that most projected, but the sheer incompetence of the Niners' front office continues to blow my mind. Considering the young, talented roster that they had just a couple seasons ago along with the stockpile of draft picks, there is no excuse whatsoever to be in this spot. It takes a special level of ineptitude to get into the situation that they're now facing.

 

[aTotal360]

Just wait till they draft a bust WR in the first round, trade Iupati, and Ahmad Brooks makes his return and is a shadow of himself. I don't ever want to talk about Aldon Smith. The Niners are poised to suck this year.

 

[johnson86-1]

Asdf

Crazy how short a life span NFL careers have for positions like linebacker. Also makes it that much more impressive people like Ray Lewis are able to play for more than 15 years.
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[The Peeper]

I hear Ole Miss is going to raise the speed limit on campus from 18 to 52 to honor him too!

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

It's gone from a Super Bowl participant/contender to dumpster fire real quick.

 

[Digging dog]

Heck of a career / Player.
Played at TSUN before they became so obsessed with star rankings******

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

Also rumors Kapernick is on the trading block

They may wish they still had Alex Smith when all is said and done

 

[KurtRambis4]

They've got nothing

It takes a special level of ineptitude to get into the situation that they're now facing.

on the Sun's management.

 

[aTotal360]

Forgot to mention that the new coach is Brady Hoke v2.0.

 

[AHSDawg]

What is killing me is that they refuse to blow this up at this point. They screwed this up 100%. They being York/Baalke, of course. They thought they could just shoo away Harbaugh and win anyway when anyone with any sense and understanding of the roster knew that the window was closing quickly. I thought we had, at most, 2 years left before major retooling. But, with the Willis/Smith retirement, that just got moved WAY up. Actually, the unloading of Kaep made sense at that point. Your only move now is to start over immediately, blow up the roster and try to be good in 3 years. But, sounds like they are even too stupid for that. We will keep 'trying' (I use that term loosely) to win which will cause about 4-6 years of 4-12 and 6-10 records and a whole lot of #6-#12 type pick drafts. Your only sensible move is to get rid of all of them and try to get you some top picks to rebuild with. But, I have given up on any sense from this organization at this point. This situation will go down as one of the top 3 cluster17s of our lifetimes.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Nightmares of Mike Singletary come to mind.

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[AHSDawg]

I cannot believe that they act as though Nolan/Singletary was 20+ years ago

or something. I am really having a difficult time supporting an organization that is this stupid. And the rationale (or lying) about the entire Harbaugh situation just absolutely drives me nuts. Tell the truth. But do not give me the 'win the right way' BS that screams of stupidity.

 

[Seinfeld]

One of the things that's the most frustrating to me is that if we wind the clock back to 3 years ago, not only did the Niners have a wealth of talent already on the roster, but they had also done a masterful job in stockpiling a boatload of draft picks. Those picks could have been used for trading up in the draft to get the guys that they really wanted, they could have been used for establishing depth, or they could have been sent to other teams for even more valuable future picks. Outside of just a couple examples like Eric Reid, however, they didn't do any of that. They took gambles on injured or under the radar guys over and over again, and very few have paid off.

If anyone wants to read a book on how not to handle coaching staffs, how not to handle player contracts, and how not to manage drafts, you'd learn a whole lot from watching York/Baalke over the last three years.

 

[amcdan2000]

He was at least one player that claimed TSUN. He was a monster.

 

[AHSDawg]

Exactly right. In the NFL, you cannot take 'chances' on anyone hardly. With free agency, you have to pick players that have the chance to contribute at any point. Outside of Reid, Hyde and they got lucky with Borland actually being worth a crap, they have not had hardly any players be someone that can contribute. And that is while they have had the most draft picks of anyone lately. Just stupid to have kept picking players the last 2 years in somewhat down drafts. Bundle the picks and move up or move the picks to future years. Baalke got lucky doing that early and kept getting accolades. Then he kept doing it and struck out. And now, we have a very talent poor roster filled with bad contracts with lots of money tied up in non big money positions. We don't have $40mil tied up in one player but we had LBs making $20M last year that played in 4 total games.

 

[aTotal360]

6 games.

 

[BiscuitEater]

Great career ...

He had a terrific career. Always had a ton of respect for him ever since he had like 20 tackles vs lsu with his hand in a cast

Great LB. Have not read any 'reason' for his retirement. Did concussions play any part?