I feel York and Baalke care much more about profit margin of the team more than anything else. If they actually made an effort to keep Harbaugh a bunch of the veteran players the payroll would be much higher. I don't have an exact figure, but Tomsula is the lowest paid HC in the NFL if that tells you something.
There maybe some truth to Kap's contract being written to free up money not to sign other players, but just to be further lower lowering $ due immediately. If they truly care about success they would not have let Harbaugh go in the very first place. Personality be damned, because until the last year he put a top team out onto the field.
With the way how Goff is playing he may not be the top QB pick, and there's no guarantee the Niners will take a 1st round QB. I believe prior to Smith, the last 1st rounder they took was Jim Drunkenmiller and he didn't fare very well either, though much worse compared to Smith.
The reality is the only way this can change is the big corporate sponsors pull their $ out, or if visibly season ticket purchases begin to tank. Until either of both starts to happen prepare to see another few years of crappy Niner teams.
There maybe some truth to Kap's contract being written to free up money not to sign other players, but just to be further lower lowering $ due immediately. If they truly care about success they would not have let Harbaugh go in the very first place. Personality be damned, because until the last year he put a top team out onto the field.
With the way how Goff is playing he may not be the top QB pick, and there's no guarantee the Niners will take a 1st round QB. I believe prior to Smith, the last 1st rounder they took was Jim Drunkenmiller and he didn't fare very well either, though much worse compared to Smith.
The reality is the only way this can change is the big corporate sponsors pull their $ out, or if visibly season ticket purchases begin to tank. Until either of both starts to happen prepare to see another few years of crappy Niner teams.
