Mike Singletary Fired

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Originally Posted by Shadowbyte

I don't see why anyone hasn't discussed the real reason why Singlegary isn't the coach of the 49ers anymore. The reason is simple, Shuan Hill. Before the 2008 season, Singletary made Hill the starter, that's because he was 7-3 the prior season. Then Hill went 3 and 0 in 2009, and lost his 4th game to the last second miracle by Brett Farve in Minnessota.

The following week against Houston, they fell 21-0 after one half, and what does the inept Singleatary do? Take out the only QB who's had a winning record in SF since Jeff Garcia retired, and put in the loser Alex Smith. Suffice to say, the 49ers have had a losing record ever since. The dumbest move he could of done was jetison Hill over to Detroit, so Alex could continue to lose the team ball games un-impeded.

And the sad thing is, no one in SF realized that, on talk radio all day, I would hear people chastise Singletary for "not giving Alex Smith a fair chance". It was amzing how many excuses the SF media and fans would make for him, Singletary listened, and it cost him his job. I'll never forget when he said "Shaun has taken us as far as he can take us". Oh really, a OB with a 10-4 record isn't good enough to retain the starting position? Good riddance.

I heard a lot of it had to do with getting into the faces of offensive players on the sidelines during games and not keeping his cool. It's fine to be fiery and act like a maniac when you're a middle linebacker. But not as a head coach.