How Jim Harbaugh's 49ers plummeted from the cusp of Super Bowl glory to rock bottom
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2019
- The San Francisco 49ers were so bad for nearly a decade throughout the 2000s. Then, CEO Jed York and GM Trent Baalke miraculously landed the hottest coaching commodity out there: Jim Harbaugh.
The Niners beat out Stanford, where he’d just led the Cardinal to its first-ever BCS Bowl win, Michigan, his alma mater where he starred at quarterback in the ‘80s, and the Miami Dolphins, who … still had a head coach in place.
Yet Harbaugh took that squad that had long been an NFL bottomfeeder and overnight turned them into Goliath.
For three seasons they soared majestically atop the football universe, but came up just short of securing the franchise’s sixth Lombardi Trophy each time.
Despite injecting a ton of winning into an organization that had long been starving for mere competence, management decided to fix what was the furthest thing from broken - and because of their pride and ego, they sent the entire operation into an uncontrollable tailspin.
Written and produced by Alex Rubenstein
Directed and edited by Ryan Simmons
Motion graphics by Michael Das
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Funny how a coach is supposedly "losing the locker room", yet almost immediately after you fire said coach, half the team retires.
You're so right. And it'll always hurt lol
Harbaughs team loved him. He was beefing with the suits and ownership.
Heart breaking
Baalke just screwed it up, probably would have been bettegiving Harbaugh the GM role as well.
Some bad luck with injuries and retirements also had the wheels coming off
Same in college apparently. Wonder why that is?@divinedelaware7541
That blown call on the Bowman fumble recovery is the literal definition of adding insult to injury.
Why does no one remember that! I kept telling people that was a straight fumble but every one denies it or dont recall that part of the game.
did not the 49'er get the ball right back on the next play?
We stop them on 3rd down. Marshall lynch fumble and that is how we stop the TD but Bowman was gone.
Pointless as the 9ers got the ball the next play
Kevin Anderson huh?
Watching this as Jim Harbaugh was named coach of the LA Chargers.
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Let’s go ! ⚡️
he has Herbert this time around
I still think Harbaugh is the best NFL coach I’ve ever seen. They way he turned the 49ers from abysmal to superbowl contenders in just 1 year is straight up incredible
We don’t know how good we had it until he left
Matt LaFleur has joined the chat
Harbaugh was good. No doubt, but he is no where near the best, that honor would go to Vince Lombardi. I have no idea how Vince took a team, in a small city, and make them champions.
@@acepaul407 also obviously have to throw in Belichick's name. maintaining that kind of success over such a long time is unreal
@@acepaul407 it's called no free agency and 30 round drafts. No disrespect to Lombardi but he wouldn't pull that off in this era
My favorite quote for the 49ers 2015 offseason is “you could make a decent expansion team from the players and staff members they lost”.
That's pretty much spot on.
It’s accurate.
Ironically, as bad as this video makes Trent Baalke look, he's actually even worse. What they fail to mention is that nearly all the great talent on the Harbaugh teams was brought in by Baalke's predecessor, Scott Macloughan. With the exception of Kaepernick and Aldon Smith, all of the stars were drafted by Macloughan. Balke's first draft as GM was a mere week after Macloughan resigned, so it's fair to assume that the draft board was all but laid out already. Once Baalke was on his own, his drafts were abysmal.
Lol love this
Absolutely, thanks for pointing out this often overlooked point.
Seahawks FFS
💯 facts
Exactly, Harbaugh got TOO much credit for some GREAT players who made up a GREAT defense BEFORE he got there...Harbaugh was a qb and was NOT a defensive coordinator.....His credit goes to starting Kaepernick, although, again WITHOUT the defense, he looked extremely average...His body of work at Michigan has shown him to be a very AVERAGE developer of talent.....
As further suggestions I second:
- early 2000s Sacramento Kings (most needed)
- 2000s- 2010s Phoenix Suns
- post-Lombardi Packers (unless this is too ancient)
- 1970s Baltimore Colts (actually two collapses, and would be very interesting because of the stadium controversy and ultimate relocation to Indianapolis)
- 1990s Redskins
- late 1990s Jaguars
- 1960s Yankees (unless this is too ancient)
- Detroit Tigers (either 1980s or 2010s)
- New York Islanders (1980s and 1990s)
- New Jersey Devils (2000s to 2010s)
- Montreal Canadiens after 1994 NHL lockout
They actually did the kings
I want to know about the Islanders
I’d like to see in-depth review of the Steelers failures while having the best receiver, the best running back and one of the best quarterbacks
90s braves
collaspes that are interesting
2010's sharks
2010's falcons
steelers following the 1979 super bowl
2010's texans
1970's rams
early 2010's kings and blackhawks (both teams are irelavant now)
I’m a Colts fan, but holy cow that early 2010’s 49ers team was so fun to watch... cool to see them at the top again
I'm a niner fan but got love for the Colts. It would be SF vs Indy in the super bowl this or next year if Luck didn't retire
Lolo's Convos cap the AFC is way too powerful
What do you think the AFC thought until Peyton Manning and then Tom Brady and now Mahomes were drafted. It’s just a new era
its gonna be real exicting watching that team
And to think Kyle Shanahhan could be on the hot seat next season if he doesn't qualify for the playoffs. York doesn't want to stain his reputation on pulling the plug once more.
In some alternate universe, Harbaugh led the 9ers to a 3peat.
I like the thought of that...👍🏻
And Kaepernick voted for Trump 😂
And Jeff Fisher was a good coach.
Wizards in the Mist yea they did it in my madden 15 franchise 😔
More San Francisco trophies !!
The first thing I thought of when I saw this was Urinatingtree going over the 49ers 2015 off-season
Boston Hunter “Look on the Bright Side.You still have Aldon Smith. That dude is a beast. If he can keep clean he-“
“God Fucking Damnit!”
😂😂
Did he? I need a good laugh I am not at all confident in York I pray for the day he's fired and sent to Alcatraz for the 2015 off season he pulled out of his fucking ass
Boston Hunter SAME
GONE
Boston Hunter
"I mean, you signed guys. Like Torrey Smith! Whose main strength is, "GO DEEP"! On a team with shitty quarterbacks."
As a 49ers fan I can honestly say that Trent Baalke & Jed York are the biggest reasons why we got as bad as we did before we finally brought in Kyle Shanahan & John Lynch
In fairness to ownership, I think they learned from how the Harbaugh situation ended and have handled their relationship with Kyle and John much better.
You can't do nothing about the owners. But Jed York had many of the same crossroads decisions that his uncle had. I maintained faith in him though. As long as you have Jed York running things, niners will come back. I mean his uncle wanted to fire Bill Walsh and Joe Montana at one point.
Still holds the record for fastest sinking ship in the NFL... and the whole problem was the front office.
I'm afraid we have a new world record set by the Houston texans.
Ouch. I knew this was coming, yet nothing could prepare me for it. :(
MotleyStu10 88 same brother /:
It doesn’t hurt as much because we’ve got a lot of new pieces now...but it still hurts
Lol I think every Niners fan was waiting for it
We all knew it was coming the pain is real though, that team was insane, can’t believe we didn’t win a Superbowl
I feel ya
Wish Gore, Willis, and Staley got the ring they deserved.
Moss too.
Staley still can!
And bowman, cowboy smith, ray mcdonald, issac sopoaga, donte whitner, dashaun goldson, and Aldon Smith 😭😭
Rako Fesagaiga Navarro bowmen?
Patrick was a beast
I’m a pats fan and this just makes me sad. What make this even stranger is that the team successfully completely rebuilt by 2019 and went to the super bowl again without any of these pillars of the franchise. Basically adding insult to injury over this team that was clearly more complete.
Wish we had that defense in 2011 with this offense.
Who's here after Jim Harbaugh became the new head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers?
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This defense was so nasty. In 2012, they had 4 all pro linebackers!
Jesus Barrera they couldn’t get past the lob
Yeah that's insane
You can actually thank Mike Singletary for that. Why you ask? Because he was the one that started that stifle defense and get those 4 pro line backs. He made the defense before Jim ever got there. Mike was a NFL player himself and was a defense of linebacker. That is where he got his smarts at for defense. I thought 49ERS should have kept him but on the defense of part.
Hey Ppl he was before becoming hc
NFC West had stacked defense in that day
The greatest run in NFL history to never happen.
The greatest run in the history of never was the Bills winning 4 straight SBs
Idk can you can count the Bills
Although it sort of happened lol
This didn’t age well
Who's here after the 49ers disappointing super bowl loss to KC
Jamie Alizaga me
Jamie Alizaga lets go chiefs
@@jackmcfadden24 hahaha very funny I'm still a 49ers fan no matter what
@@jamiealizaga8125 Haha y'all blow a 10-point lead in the 4 quarter 🤣🤣🤣
@@abney_66 i mean we have seen worse losses. Just ask the Falcons or texans
Vikes fan here. The 2011 to 2014 campaigns were must-watch TV. Harbaugh's fresh pressed Walmart khakis and animated antics on the sideline, while Kaepernick was out there as a true dual threat. Add to that, the red hot divisional rivalry with Seahawks and the Legion of Boom that had suddenly burst onto the scene with peak Russell Wilson play. Some absolutely epic regular and post season meetings with the Seahawks and Packers with peak Rodgers and Clay Matthews. I remember thinking back in '13 we were gonna be watching perennial 9er playoff teams for the next decade. Then the 2013 NFC Championship happened with the epic but sorry ass Sherman vs Crabtree ending. This was the beginning of the end and Harbaugh began to lose the locker room throughout 2014.
I think everyone thought it was going to be Ravens Steelers esqe rivalry wise for the next decade plus.
Kaep sucks lol. He compared nfl combine to slavery. Truly pathetic
Had they not fired Kap, they'd have a ring or two by now.
@@nomimalone7520 he fired himself with opening his mouth and making a scene about BLM
@@ericjohnson3332 requesting police to stop murdering people is a bullshit reason to fire an elite quarterback.
Especially when it tanks your entire franchise.
What a bunch of idiots.
I knew that the 49er's had some unfortunate things go down in that time, but jesus I didn't know it was that bad.
As a Niners fan living in Seattle. It was really hard to put the jersey on each week knowing all the shit I would have to endure for the day.
maroccomo I feel for u man. Seahawks fans are fucking toxic and trashy. I live in Los Angeles and I used to get tons of shit from all the bandwagon Seahawks fans. Back then for whatever reason everyone was a fake fan.
It was even worse than reported in this video, as a lot of shit was cut for time.
Niners fan here. I was there, it was all bad.
@@upside93 the collapse really started when Eddie D lost ownership and his sister & brother-in-law takeover. This was just the cherry on top.
That Navarro Bowman injury still gets to me. That was gruesome
Very gruesome, indeed... I was glad that he was able to walk ok, after healing from that.
And the refs cheated and said he didn't have possession after they had already been cheating the whole game 😤😫😥
@@cainmarko584 give it a rest. You get 5 years to be salty, and then that is it! I speak from experience, regarding this (Super Bowl XL, mate...)
So please, just STFU already.
@@insertcolorfulmetaphor8520 I remember that. Refs had to apologize the next day. I felt like the Mavs got cheated that year in the Finals too.
@@insertcolorfulmetaphor8520 he doesn't sound salty. looks to me he is just stating a fact. you can't look at that game and come away with a different take if you are being honest and objective.
As a 49ers fan, I wasn't expecting much from Jim Harbaugh in his first year, but boy did he prove me wrong. Best time to be a Niner fan.
I’d say right behind the longer Bill Walsh years.
@E93 Sports. Piggybacking off your comments, we fail to also acknowledge the fact that the 2011 season was going to be a lockout year. Harbaugh didn't have a lot of time to get acquainted with the team. Alex Smith took Harbaugh's playbook, studied it, and lead the team during most of that offseason, up through camp, learning the new schemes and plays.
For all the people who use to blame Kap for the downfall need to watch this. I'm a niners fan so I already knew what was going on.
Yeah, has absolutely NOTHING to do with Kap being so bad that he got sacked more times in one game than he had passing yards.
That seems like an OL issue, not a QB issue.
So...still not his fault.
@@CJC15 you casuals alway bring up that one game lol shoulda Wilson have lost his job after his HORRENDOUS nfc championship game against greenbay? His punter had to throw his teams first touchdown late lmao
I don't blame him for the collapse, but boy he wasn't kept off teams for his performance. His praising of Castro is enough to keep him off most teams, then his ego getting in the way did the rest
@@samhouston9162 My dude, you have no idea what you're talking about. He praised Cuba/Castro's budget for education. He didn't say the man was the second coming of Jesus.
Regardless, this isn't the 60s. Whatever his views on Cold War era politics are, that has nothing to do with playing in the NFL.
There are football players who get arrested for committing crimes who still get to play in the NFL. But blackball a player for sharing his political views? That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard and don't try to justify it.
I don't even like the 49ers and this pissed me off 😤😡🤬
Went from going to at least 4 games a year to zero. Not because we weren't good, because the goddamn owner ruined it for us, and I couldn't support him and continue giving him money.
Really really horrible experience
Yeah as a raiders fan this shit kind of made me feel bad for the 9ers. Refs fucked them bad
Trust me, living though this was Hell. I never want to experience it again.
it was on Pace to be the biggest blowout in the quickest super bowl of all time. goodell had the lights shut out. end of story. Don't be mad. we be winning
Steeeve Maaadden I know their is no love loss between 49ers and raider fans, I’ll miss the battle of the bay. Since the raiders are moving to Vegas
I’ll never forgive the Niner organization for how they “handled” Harbaugh
George Moreno I don’t think we can, I hate York for that to, I wish he was gone because of what he did to us
Harbaugh was overrated.
Yeah... So overrated. 3 straight NFC championship games, and 1 Superbowl appearance. I think Harbaugh was to loyal to his staff. I think one of the major rifts was that Harbaugh wouldn't shake up the offensive staff after the Superbowl loss. Which I think was valid. Our offense was hot garbage during the Harbaugh years. We had arguably one of the all time defenses in NFL history.
@@jasonkiefer1894 Winning is overrated too, right. GTFO.
@@rhunt4014 Yes, loyalty to his offensive coordinator was Harbaugh's downfall. The team excelled with field position thanks to Singletary's defense and the improvements by Vic Fangio.
I'd love to see episodes done on both the Chicago Blackhawks and the L.A. Kings. They were teams that peaked at the same time and fell apart at the same time for the same reasons: The inability to replace an aging core that couldn't keep up with the slick, faster, and less physical style of hockey that was being favoured over their grinding, hit-heavy approaches.
The fast style didn't come into the league in a dominant fashion until 2022.
Frankly idkw happened with the kings.
The hawks did legitametely fall off. Toews and kane took a while but the group around them disappeared fast. They were lucky the rangers didn't make it past tampa in 2015
UA-cam really recommended me the day Jim Harbaugh goes to the Chargers
I'm a 49ers fan!!..The downfall of the 49ers is Jed York and Trent Baalke
I agree jed york is curse
Yeah but you already they used Harbaugh as the scapegoat because he will draw the views.
Um heck yeah!
They picked Baalke over Haurbaugh worse decision ever
heyheyme99 absolutely! I’ve spoken to former 49ers who were there when they both were there (I won’t say their names for obvious reasons). But basically Harbaugh was all about football and only football. He didn’t want to chit chat about golf or any other shit that wasn’t going to help his team win. Trent didn’t like that. Baalke wanted Harbaugh to show deference to him, because technically, he was Harbaugh’s boss. At the end of the day, Baalke was upset because Harbaugh wouldn’t kiss his ass. Wouldn’t go out of his way to go over to Baalke’s office, suck up and make mindless small talk. Baalke’s sensitive ego ruined things. Baalke was the one leaking all the negative things about Harbaugh and the team. Jed York did not have the respect of either to get them into a room and work it out. So instead he sided with Baalke, partly because Harbaugh would not kiss Jed’s ass either. So basically, things were ruined because Harbaugh wasn’t “nice enough”. Not because he wasn’t a good coach or because he was winning. It was simply due to snowflake sensitive skin.
*Jim Harbaugh makes your team competitive.
"Man, I hate how he just doesn't let up and wants nothing but to win. I'm sick of it."
HUH?
That's my impression of the players and idiot ownership.
Yep. Right Guard Alex Boone complained about preperation for 2013 by saying how they had already gotten to the mountain top - his words- in reference to reaching the Super Bowl... you know, except that part where they lost.
The front office sabatoged the lockerroom and Jim Tomsula was a yes man to York who was happy to stab Harbaugh in the back every step of the way.
Their GM was shit and the roster was built by a man with a long standing drinking problem who was fired again and rebuilt... the very Seahawks who went to two super bowls... before getting fired again for his drinking problems. He then rebuilt the Redakins into a playoff team... before getting fired yet again.
York is just a fucking idiot, and I’m a damn Browns fan!
Maybe if he had run the ball in with Frank Gore in Superbowl 47, instead of calling 3 straight passing plays to a double-covered Crabtree from the 5 yard line, his coaching tenure would have ended on a better, and extended, note. Hell, he might even still be the coach. Funny how people seem to conveniently forget that little tidbit when they fawn and drool over Harbaugh.
Fuck York man. These seasons are killing me.
Vladpryde He literally took you to three straight Title gams and an 8/8 season 😂😂😂 you haven’t had a winning season since.
12:00 we just going to overlook an NFL player making a bomb threat at LAX
Should’ve waited for the rest of the season so you could put “how Jim Harbaughs 49ers went from Super Bowl contenders, to rebuilding, to Super Bowl contenders in just 8 years”
And then collapsed again in just one year!
@@johncate9541 Don’t say they collapsed cus they didn’t😂 they broke the all time record for IR trips in a season, that’s not a collapse that’s just getting dismantled by injuries.
And they suck again
@@Indy_Bendy and they are playoff bound
@@nitrusxd8951 and they are going to the super bowl i hope
how they plummeted from super bowl competitors to rock bottom? Simple. Jed York.
It is like he has tried to stay away. We should try to force a sale of the team!
That’s why I call him Jed Dork
@@fixedstare he might if shannahan goes to the nfc championship game 3 straight times.
Palrath1 No, if Kyle’s contract extension doesn’t meet Jed York’s standards.
Na its was Harbaugh selling his soul for Kaperdouch!!! Class act Alex would have delivered.
Still can't believe they brought in Chip Kelly after the crap he pulled in Philadelphia.
Take a promising team, get rid of three of its best players (??????) and then surprise, the team sucks and has to rebuild! What a fucking shock!
@@VSigma725 Given how crazy it is in retrospect, Chip Kelly was in a way partly responsible for that SB.
Vizzy i’m not giving him any credit for that sb whatsoever idc
@luisito NeymarEsNo1 He was awful, but his actions led to those events.
He was literally their only choice nobody else wanted to go with them
I love the narrator's Seahawks hate, it makes this video that much more enjoyable to watch. ☺️
As a Seahawks fan I remember vividly the season when the Niners organization fired Jim Harbaugh that a collapse was going to happen as he was the reason for San Francisco being one of the top teams those few seasons. I didn't forsee how that one offseason alone would include departures of Patrick Willis, Frank Gore, Chris Borland, Mike Iupati, Michael Crabtree, Justin Smith, & Aldon Smith. I LOLed the couple seasons afterward when they hired Jim Tomsula & Chip Kelly saying that's two wins easy for my team. Niners management had overinflated egos that ruined them in the mid 2010s. Glad to see they're more competitive now as I enjoy the fierce battles.
Trent Baalke man... I hope that he never gets another GM job in his life.
I think he's in witness relocation. No way he works in the NFL again. He's the one that destroyed the roster(s).
@@mallred4347 too true... He inherited a good roster and he gets executive of the year that one time... Go figure.
I hope that he gets a job with the Colts, Titans or Texans.
Don’t want to wish joblessness on anyone but maybe a fate of being subordinate is a better solution. He does not need to be in charge of anything ever again.
@@projekt679 correct
Wikipedia has Trent Baalke as Jed York’s husband from 2011-2016 lmao
Lmaoooooo
Hey, it’s San Francisco. It shouldn’t be a surprise.
😄 that's kinda funny
@@blakjak38 its SF, but what about places like dallas and Jackson? that IS a surprise.
lmaooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooopoppp nah that's not funny and you definitely didn't find it so funny your laughed and made sounds
'11, '12 and '13 are such heartbreaking years to remember. Our reward for being robbed...becoming one of the most horrible teams in NFL histroy in the folowing years. I pray that this '19 season becomes redemption!
Joe K 2019 Chiefs win lol
Gain Chung I’ll take that over a losing season
Joe K L
Funny how it is forgotten that the only reason why they got to SB was the BLOWN PI call in the Atlanta game that cost Atlanta the trip. It was poetic justice. It is unfortunate though the power outage cost the Raven the chance to drop a 50 BOMB on them.
@G Walker But the seahawks got their ring the year before. The 49ers have been very good for periods of time since their last super bowl
Harbaugh was one of the best coaches ever.
Nah. He was routinely outcoached by the actual top coaches in the league.
It's rare to see the destruction of a team's chances be purely a result of management.
They're often a major factor, if not the only one.
The same thing happened to the Oakland Raiders in the years before as Al Davis had to be both owner and coach which never works.
That's also why the Bengals have been trash since Mike Brown took over from Paul. He's the owner and GM, and most of the upper management is his family too.
take a gander at the New York Knicks
7:28 when it the video said “Harbaugh was losing the locker room” that’s not true. Rumor has it and it’s ben said by some former 49ers players, Kap had slept with Aldon Smiths girlfriend and is the reason why Aldon went bat shit crazy. The team had demanded that Alex Smith to be the captain and starting QB over Kaepernick. When that didn’t happen(because Kap was Baalke guy) guys started retiring and leaving the team. Yea I said it, Jed York, Baalke and Kapernick dismantled a dynasty team. So when I use to say Kap did those civil rights shenanigans to cover up his image I wasn’t lying. Kap is a douche bag. Just go back and watch his press conference interviews a complete douche.
as a 49er fan this video made me cry for so many different reasons, but mostly rage
Yea, I'm a packer, but my old best friend was a niner and.....yeah. .. this even pissed me off
As a Seahawks fan I thought this was a great video
@@JusNoBS420 have you been a seacock fan since 2011..that's when I first heard of your most hated fan base 😂😂😂..
@@40nine99 Born in 1977 and been a Hawks fan my whole life. Most years we sucked. Which made those John Harbaugh/Pete Carroll battles so much fun. Looks like the rivalry is heating up again now that the 40 whiners are good again. Keep trying for that quest for 6 lolololol
@@JusNoBS420 you don't have to lie to kick it, 🤣.. Yes we working on the quest for six which will happen sooner or later, on the other hand you shehawks still working on quest for number 2 😢😢 😂😂😭😭.. Get at me when you have more mr fan since 2011
i've never seen a team go from superbowl contending to rebuild to superbowl contending again within 5 years.
I'm a Cowboys guy but man did I feel bad for the 49ers after they got Detroit lions level screwed by the refs not just once but twice in playoff time and in a SB.
As a Niners Fan This is just heart breaking
On a good note least Vernon davis won a ring in San Francisco as a bronco lol
I think as a football fan it's heartbreaking. Yes, some of the Niner Empire can be an insufferable lot, but watching just how well those Harbaugh led teams executed week in and week out was a sight to behold
Seahawks killed y’all so many times.
Cam ort that 2013 NFC Championship game was one of the most blatant rigged games ive ever seen.
EviLEddy changes nothing, plenty of other games where it happened. Nothing is rigged btw. That’s a sorry excuse for losing.
Chip Kelly wanted to draft Dak Prescott but Baalke wouldn’t let him. You should have included that
Woah.
Suq Madiq Dak sucks
Really
scarface 38 Dak does suck. I am a cowboys fan but I hate that he is not putting in his best effort. He has the talent to be the next Troy Aikman for the cowboys but he wants to be paid like he has won the Super Bowl when he has only one wild card win. I like Dak. But he needs to play at his best. Then win a few Super Bowls then I will say he is worth 45 million dollars.
@scarface 38 Dude has talent. But he’s asking for way too much money. $45M is not what he should get paid. Don’t use the Goff got paid because the Rams are pay happy, and with other guys being paid well, it strangled strangled the team. The Cowboys want to be put in cap hell? That’s the way to do it.
I won’t question his talent, Jason Garrett is a bad coach, and McCarthy could be the hire the Cowboys need. But he needs to win a super bowl or at least play out of his mind before asking to be paid on the likes of Mahomes.
I never realized how much favor the Seahawks got from the refs in that game. The NFL can be an absolute sham sometimes.
I guess pay back is a *itch when you consider the many decades of favoritism shown their way from scheduling to the infamous 49er ref huddle. to pick up flags that went against them.
Who's here after SF beat GB with a game winner? 🤣
Trent Baalke needs to be put in prison for what he did to the Niners. Absolutely criminal!
Maybe he could share a cell with Hillary.?
VC YT no share a cell with the orange clown!
Jed York too
How this happened: Jed York
There's a reason why banners calling for his firing are flown behind planes at every single home game
banners stopped 3 years ago when he fired Kelly and Baalke and hired Lynch and Shanahan.
Harry Engel yup
@Harry Engel no way but he seems like he learned from his mistakes during and after Harbaugh era, he is staying out of football decisions and he gave Lynch and Shanahan everything they asked for
I doubt it praaj is still around to screw up the finances. So, John and Kyle can't have complete control. In fact, far from it...
@@mallred4347 Paraag? Are you kidding? He is one of the best in the league when it comes to cap space allocation
They killed it on the timing of this video. Cause the 2019 season then 49ers have been almost unstoppable
Not even a 49ers fan but damn I feel for ya
Wish you didn’t get bs’d
Man, I was so happy when the news broke that we were getting Harbaugh. I knew he would turn things around. Then they went 13-3 and I figured I'd be watching winning football for at least five years if not then or fifteen. I'm convinced some of those players retired because of the way Harbaugh was treated.
Yea some of those player retired or change team cuz of that
I think lots retired because they saw that we were headed down hill. Why play into your thirties for a losing franchise heading downward.
It was a good few years! Especially after watching us flounder for the 2000's. I was we would have gone straight from Mooch to Harbaugh to Shannahan. Haha
G br tbh I think they did retire due to Jim being fired
Well apparently Harbaugh wore out the players in 2014.
Harbaugh got screwed in those penalties during the SB and Playoff games.
Stuff like that is why I can’t watch anymore.
It just seems so stupid to allow that much to hinge on a complete miscarriage of the rules like that.
Not in SB
What penalties?
Yea, San Francisco has NEVER, EVER been the beneficiary of a bad call. Bad calls ALWAYS go against San Francisco. If it weren't for bad calls, San Francisco would win the Super Bowl every year. Every year.
Crabtree initiated contact with Smith cuz he wanted to push off and Smith didn’t let him. Exactly what a DB should do in that situation. Stop whining.
Honestly I feel so sorry for Harbaugh and the 49ers as a Seattle Fan.
Joe Staley is a real one for sticking with us this long.
My heart hurts watching this especially the part when we hired Ron Jeremy as our HC.
😂
Earl R :: LMAO..!!!
@@mikedorf245 😂😂😂
Earl.. that's a good one 😂😂
Can you do How the Orlando Magic ruined their future (after Shaq left and Penny got hurt, after Dwight left, and after they traded Oladipo and young core for Ibaka)
could do a collapse of both the franchise and D12s career in oneepisode
I think the Shaq/Penny Magic would be more interesting
Shaq-Penny would be better!
Dwight is the NBA underachiever of the century.
The Shaq/Penny Magic underachieved. That’s all. Nothing special. The Rockets swept them for a reason.
Kaepernick was never the same after Harbaugh left.
He began to suck in 2014 when Harbaugh was still there.
If he would have played Alex Smith they probably would have won the super bowl. But San Fran always has to have a QB controversy 🤣
Last time I was this early, Jon Bois was still making episodes of Pretty Good.
So 7 days ago?
t. cuck
That was dorktown
Why does everyone like Jon Bois so much
Emo Bassist
Because his storytelling is on a completely different level from everyone else here at SB Nation.
Emo Bassist he is the best
And now Jerrick Mckinnon is paid millions for 0 rushing yards in 2 years, while Frank Gore is still beasting elsewhere at his mid thirties.
RK Belmont Well we’ve got another year of this. He needs season ending surgery again😊
now this did not age well
He should've retired as a Niners
McKinnon's on IR. Could be out for the season.
@@jacksongreen5614 How not? I said he was paid and rush for 0 yards which is true.
This is why the idea of a dynasty is flawed. Win when your window is open; worry about the dynasty when it gets here.
That nfc championship between the 49ers and Seahawks was straight bs. Refs gave the win and ultimately the Superbowl to the seachickens that year. I've never seen a game that biased by the officials. Still makes me sick! Especially knowing they got robbed in the Superbowl the year earlier! That was a hold on Baltimore. Plain as day. Thats the nfl for ya. U wanna win you better be able to dominate cuz the refs can impact a game so damn much.
This is why people call 49ers fans 40-whiners. There were some bad calls that went both ways in that game. But the refs didn't make Kaepernick try the same throw multiple times to the same corner of the end zone against the #1 corner back in the league. That's what cost the 49ers the game. Trying to blame it on the refs is just denying reality. There's absolutely no reason to think the 49ers would have automatically won if a couple of calls went the other way. There was too much football left to play.
And now people are blaming the Superbowl win on the refs? Give me a break. The refs didn't give the Seahawks 43 points and they didn't hold Peyton Manning to 8 points. The Broncos went into that game with the worst game plan imaginable. Their genius idea was to ride a vertical, explosive offense to victory.... against the #1 defense in the NFL. They lost control from literally the first possession, immediately panicked, and couldn't adjust.
So stop making excuses. On those 2 days in that year the better team won. In other years (perhaps even this year) it will be different. On paper the 49ers are a better team than the Seahawks this year, and it's quite possible that you guys will go to the Superbowl. If neither team collapses we can expect a terrific game in the playoffs. If you guys win and go to the Superbowl them pre-grats... you have a kick ass team this year. Either way I'm looking forward to more great football in the coming years =)
The NFL is rigged in my opinion.
@@jmspiers somebody didn't watch the video or do any research.
This piece brought tears to my eyes. I watched this entire disaster unfold in real-time as a lifelong 49er's fan and I can't thank you enough for being brutally honest in your assessment of this story. All the way from the Niners "winning" the Harbaugh sweepstakes, to the final nail in the coffin of firing Trent Baalke. The effects of this disaster are felt throughout the organization even to this day. Excellent analysis and post.
I’m a Hawks fan and this collapse pisses me off. We had a great rivalry that could have continued!
rikki evans it was only nice because the hawks won lol
49ers should of won gotta admit
Whether the hawks won or not. These were 2 teams that had money written all over it.
Prime time games for years.
But York effed it all up.
#GoHawks
David Williams won what
No kidding now both teams have suffered a mass exodus of the once elite defense. only difference is you guys still lead the league in the run russell wilson is actually a leader and Pete Carroll is still around so playoff contention is still a thing.
Harbaugh's Niners got me into football as a young niner fan watching it fall apart still stings to think about
On a side note, as a diehard Ravens fan I was so mad when we gave away Anquan Boldin after that superbowl... Absolutely hurt us both short and long term. Flacco never really grew after that but I'm glad the 49ers and Boldin had a good situation. Btw, I was so angry/confused for you 49er fans when you Jed Yorke was basically sabotaging Harbaugh future with the team.
What I take it your not a real ravens fan Flacco best year was in 14 and was getting better and better but the defense didn't show it
Man n then Alex smith never got credit
Dude was legit at that time
I remember when the 49ers were hardcore starting in 2011 smh
Ahh, I see you're a man of culture.
Saints vs 49ers 2011 divisional round... Alex Smith was the man
In 2012 Kaepernick has the most rushing yards by a quarterback in playoff history vs the packers in the divisional game and then had the greatest comeback in NFC champioship history vs Matt Ryan and the falcons; Kaepernick was just better;
Chad Clifford he honestly was better (results show it) but Smith was great
Alex Smith was hurt that’s why they benched him, and Kaepernick just out performed him so they kept him as a starter
As a die hard 9er fan this hurts to watch and relive what happened but it’s a good video
Yeah this is pretty damn painful.
Same here.
Same here
Fuck the seahawks and their fans. And don't forget the IDIOT refs when Bowman took the ball away and broke he's leg in the endzone and didn't throw the flag that game was 100% rigged....
Painful, but this year is sure making things better! I was livid when Harbaugh got the boot.
As a 49ers fan, seeing this still makes me sad :v
31-20
@@deleting1118 god no
Thanks for the vid! Brought back some of the highest highs and lowest lows during those times. I was at the NFC Championship in 2014 when we fell just short of beating the Seahawks. I had a lot of skittles thrown at me that night rocking the red & gold in enemy territory haha. Hope we can maintain the current culture and level of play for many years to come.
49ers seahawks was one of the most rigged games I have ever seen
i knew i couldn't have been the only one that felt this way
Undermined the game of professional football. Move over Shoeless Joe Jackson...
As a 49er fan, the thing that annoys me is that people act like that Seahawks team was one of the greatest team ever, but they were very very lucky the 49ers did not beat them at home. No doubt they were a great team, but both the 49ers and Packers got hosed in Seattle in NFC CG, and clearly should have won.
@@toomuchdrivetothrive The Packers choked lol. That was all on them. Not to mention if you want to talk about rigged that's exactly what Superbowl 49 was lol
Todd Beuckens Niner fan talking about rigged? Your team was getting waxed in the SB before a convenient “power outage” killed the Ravens momentum. The NFCCG between the Hawks and Niners had a lot of bullshit but the Niners had plenty of chances to win and at the end of the day Kap tossed an INT to ice the game. And the Packers straight choked against the Hawks that had nothing to do with the refs
5:00 I work at Lambeau during this. The walk-in freezers were where I kept warm. It was nuts.
i'm pretty sure you're not even joking. i don't think freezers are kept double digits below are they?
oldfrend maybe -10, maybe
These videos are really well produced/edited/presented. My beloved team went thru a rollercoaster of ups and downs during that time, but we're back now and the future looks brighter than ever! BANG BANG NINER GANG 😜
Did he say they almost hired Adam gase 🤣🤣
I loved everyone on that team but Patrick Willis was the leader on that D PERIOD
Blain grabbert: you better play me if you know what's good for you
49rs:🤫🤫🤫
Anyone here after the 49ers won the NFC Championship. Also, who had a better season turnaround this season? 49ers or Lakers
That Lakers one have to wait until the playoffs. If they win it all this June. That collapse video have to be updated. As for the 49ers, of they win the Super Bowl next month. This one also have to be updated as well.
@@khairiisa7275 They'll win it all. Their only competition is James Harden and the Rockets in the West. Milwaukee stands no chance, nor does the Raptors without Kawhi.
Furious Sherman the clippers beat them twice
Furious Sherman and have more talent
Tyler Gantert Lakers one was expected I mean they have Lebron and basketball is predictable.. the niners one came out of nowhere
The 49ers could've been 8 time SB Champs if the organization let Harbaugh do what he did
Honestly loved Harbaugh as our coach but egos...sigh
i'm not even a 49ers fan and everybody knows how the refs allowed seattle to win..
5:33 the punter lands on the defenders hand first ...that is why it is a five yard penalty not a 15. Play before this that isn't shown....the refs let s.f. hike the ball AFTER the play clock hits zero, but since the mistake was made in s.f. favor it isn't on the video and its pretty obvious.
On 4th down in 1st quarter, s.f. got 60 seconds with a 40 sec play clock ...same thing seattle got later on a 4th down when deciding to kick field goal...this is no conspiracy, the game clock kept running while the play clock had to wait for the refs to get into position for a possible fg/punt.
The refs made a mistake on the fumble at the goal line...as there was a pile up , and bowman as severly injured and couldn't keep the ball while everyone else trying to get it...even though he did make the play....on next play seattle fumbles and s.f. gets the ball back at the 15 yard line instead of the 1 yard line. didn't change outcome of the game .
S.F. last three possessions in the fourth quarter...qb fumble, interception literally thrown right to seattle defender , and then pick in the end zone trying to score on sherman. s.f. screwed s.f.
@@sssarzzz the ref looked right at bowman with the ball in his hands and turned a blind eye. They had to get TWO turnovers in a row to get the ball from them. It shows the refs' intentions. Dude stfu with "it didn't change the outcome of the game" and throwing out a red herring. IT SHOWED WHICH SIDE THEY WERE ON. Punter lands on the defender's hand first? That's hilarious. He hit the plant leg. Dude, on the play before Kaep fumbled they literally ACCELERATED the play clock. I remember three times by the way they gave Marshawn Lynch the first down a full yard and a half away. Game was clearly rigged. As are many -- for example when the refs rigged a packers game i saw against the seahawks. Where they canceled a strip touchdown run and blew a pass interference call on purpose. The nfl rigs games a lot. Just like in the rams vs saints game. It happens all the time. There are two many rigged calls in that nfccg for you to refute it.
@@bijoubijoux5185 if the fix was in, kaep was in on it. How else can you explain all his turnovers in the 2nd half? Please...
@@mantis1s1k that is an absolutely stupid argument. If the fix was in, he wouldn't have thrown a touchdown pass. If that's your best argument to explain lynch's 3 free first downs and the accelerated clock in which kap had a delay of game that led to a pass play which was a fumble recovery...And much more shady officiating...Then you've now made it look 10 times more rigged than before.
@@bijoubijoux5185 I'm glad you agree this is a stupid argument.
I will never understand the folks who take Shanahan over Harbaugh when Shanahan also hasn’t won a super bowl 🤦♀️
12-14 was a crazy time to be a Bay Area sports fan
2010-2014
The Sf Giants and 49ers were the best at the time.
Boy did niners management really screwed things up big time.
To sum it up in three words...
Patrick
Willis
Retired
12 PackersFan I can do it with 2 Trent Baalke
*stares in Justin fucking Smith*
I'll sum it up in four...
NFL
Refs
Fucking
Suck
I'll do you both one better:
2 syllables: *Jed York*
That defense would still be really good with willis as there leader
Oh no! They missed out on Adam Gase? Imagine all the good things that happened to the Dolphins and the Jets under Gase happening in San Fransisco instead.
Thanks for this great video. I'm a Seahawks fan and I remember me and my friends and the blogosphere all watching on horror, wondering why the 49ers front office was destroying a great team. It was like a slow motion train wreck. Up until then I had no doubt that the Hawks and 49ers would go back and forth for years, with both teams making it to the championship multiple times. I was looking forward to years of stressful-but-awesome football.
I think you're correct that the 49ers front office lost faith in Harbaugh. I also agree that they were crazy to do so. I understand why they were nervous... everyone knows that you build your team to beat your division, and the 49ers had just lost a championship game to the Seahawks and then got crushed by them the next year.
However, that's no reason to rebuild a team. Stuff happens (injuries, bad calls, etc) so you don't rebuild a Superbowl caliber team just because another team in your division had a couple of good years.
Great analysis, thanks again for the video.
Had it been handled correctly, I think it would've been the Steelers/Ravens Rivalry of the NFC. And as someone who likes Seattle of the 2 significantly more, I do wonder if that team lost some of its edge due to losing someone to rally around as the villain. There's more too that then just that, like D coordinator changes, injuries etc. But Seattle seemed like a stronger team when they made it clear San Francisco was the end all be all team needing the very best to beat in their division. I don't think they ever viewed the Cardinals for example during the Palmer era short lived as that was in the same way as a locker room, especially considering the emotional leaders they had on both sides of the ball in Sherman/Baldwin having a very direct reason for not liking the Harbaugh ran 49ers and the history of Carroll vs Harbaugh in college.
I wonder how different it would be if we kept Harbaugh and fired Baalke
Even if that scenario had played out instead, I don't think that Jim Harbaugh would still be the 49ers head coach in 2019. At some point later on, he would have left all the same; it wasn't meant to last long.
@@jordel2010 the reason for that is Jed York.
Baalke passed on JJ Watt and several all pro Wr and Dbs...Baalke was just incompetent..York is incompetent...Lynch first draft class was awful and his free signings are reason to be fired
Would still have been hard to replace some of those players, right? Baalke is a moron, but maybe it wouldn't have been all smooth sailing with Harbs going on. Most teams have these windows of a few years where winning a bowl is possible. And to me that window for the 9ers was 2011 and 2012. They were special for those two years. Then injuries, retirements and things derailed them. And that happened with Harbs, and would probably have continued for a while during the semi-rebuild the team would have had to do at that point.
I bet Kap would still our QB :/
Damn it Jed. At least when Jerry Jones did it he waited until after winning a Super Bowl or two before alienating his coach and running him out of town.
it was HARBRAUGH... it was the fact that Alex Smith lost his job due to an injury and the notion that Harbraugh had this ego where he could tell players that he BUILT THEM and could make another one of them. A lot of players in the locker room like Davis and Gore mention this that what happened to Alex Smith could happen to them and that made them lose trust in Habraugh because one minute he is smiling with you and patting you on the back and the next moment when your hurt hes ignored you.
IT was the fact that Jim wanted to the players that he drafted succeded as many of the players on the 9ers roster were MIKE NOLAN (Trent Balke)GUYS:
Alex SMith,Gore, Davis, Willis, and Harbraugh wanted his guys to outperform them to strengthen him politically.
Jed is still an idiot because he hired Chip Kelly .
Trent Balke kinda did build this team when he was the scout but Balke might have not been a liked guy.
But Harbraugh has a lot of EGO issues and even his college players say he can be sort of two faced.
@@robroux6074 getting replaced when hurt.. is what happens in the NFL period.. just ask Tom Brady.. or Peyton Manning EGO or not Nolan and Baalke guys had 8 straight losing seasons, they didn't win before or after he left.. You give him the keys to the team because he earned it
@@HovaSwerve But did harbraugh win anything. He never won a championship.
Eli Manning get the keys to NY because he actually won it twice, but keep in mind Kyle Wililams got him the 2nd one.
Hell of a lot of Wins.. maybe not a SB, but John Madden even said it: Harbaugh had one of the greatest Head Coaching starts in NFL History. Now tell me what has the Niners done since their last playoff appearance in 2002, take out Harbaugh years, and you have a complete Dumpster Fire. He the reason they got a new stadium. Losing teams don't get new stadiums. They should of been thanking that man, brought the only relevance to the team in almost 20yrs.. and not for Kyle Williams and Harbaugh has at least 2 SB appearances, and maybe a Championship, Not to mention Seattle lost we got robbed plus SB was robbery.. nothing can justify not keeping him. Only York EGO to blame
@@HovaSwerve madden said that before Doug Pederson. Pederson won the Superbowl in his 2nd year. Funny that Pederson actually credited Alex Smith has helping modernize his offense. He says that he learned a lot about RPO offenses not from Reid but from Smith when he was in the Chiefs and heck even Matt Nagy is basing the Bears offesnse around Smith's playstyle he even had Smith tutor Tribusky and Trubiskys play improved greatly.
Just look how they handled the Wentz situation with Foles...that great owner organization..look how York, Harbraugh and Balke handled the Smith and Kap situation, horrible.,.,.but that was one of the first of many cracks within the organization.
I'm not saying Smith was the best QB ever because even Mike Nolan was ragging on him and had nothing good to say about Smith (he made comment last year), but then again none of the players liked Nolan.
Nolan was smart and knew how to bring in great players(J. Smith was a MIKE NOLAN SIGNING, NFL network laughed when the niners signed him for $40mil but Nolan knew dam well that Cowboy was worth it and he was getting him on the cheap on the long run). But the descion to bench Smith (due to an injury) in favor of a Nevada QB(Kordel Stewart 2) was ridicolous and pure ego. IT was like Harbraugh would have been like, 'See I can win a superbowl with anybody even a cheap kordell stewart knockoff'.
Anywase you can be great a coach and know so much, but if your players don't like you, your going to lose your job quickly , and thats anywhere.
Jim had his locker room split with Balke guys.
What splits Jim H. from Doug Pederson.
Doug Pederson's locker room loves him and even in KC, the players in KC don't really like Reid but they loved Pederson because he would LISTEN to his players.
The Eagles management and Ownership is not all that too.
Good ownership is like the HUNTS,Rooneies, Kraft. (Eddie D)
Bad ownership is like the ki** my *** clu*
in Jerry Jones, The Yorks, Spanos.
Point is it was a mix of all 3 being bad.
Bad Ownership, Bad Management and Bad Coaching(losing trust of players) and Bad Coordinator in Roman.
It's a domino effect. So yes, Kyle Williams thank you for being a double agent. if Ted Ginn had been punter.
Dam well the Niners would have held on to that lead and went on to face the Patriots and destroy them getting their 6th ring.
Colin Kaepernick watching this video: "Until you do right by me everything you think about is gonna crumble."
This niners team was one of the best football teams of all time, especially on defense. They should have went to three straight super bowls, while probably winning all three. They could easily have been a Dynasty
As a Seahawk fan the rivalry was great. Kap and Sherman had beats by dre commercials Pete hated Jim since college. They had the read option I can go on. Good times
Agreed. I lived for those games. That rivalry was incredible.
I still wish they were good so the rivalry will be fun again.
I hate Seattle, but those NFC playoff games were always good back then. I always enjoyed them.
Good times, good times.
@Eric Piekkola Kap was never "good"
Thank you for recognizing our requests! As a Niners fan, I wanted this episode. It has been a painful, painful collapse.
We're back! 49ers Faithful. 49ers Empire.
Yet another thoroughly good video. I had no idea just how much misfortune the niners had after Harbagh left. I do remember them getting robbed by the officials in the Superbowl and in the playoffs.
Nervously waiting for the one about the 2008-2011 Phillies. And the early 2000s Kings
Christian DeFazio Same. It’s coming and I’m not excited about it
GO Yanks 2009 lol.
Mr. Zadir None of the Phils needed steroids to play in that series
@@LancasterResponding Apparently they did need it lol.
Which Kings? Sacramento or LA?
I've been waiting for this. As as a niners fan this was so depressing I started watching more college football, and went fishing on Sundays. lol
I protested the team hard when Jim got... we'll say fired. then Baalke got fired and I started to watch again. thank goodness because nothing was seeming to fill the void
Man, that was some of the worse officiating I’ve ever seen
I see you on every nfl video i watch lol
Everything that happened I am glad it got us to this Shanahan era, he is the reason along with lynch that the niners are here at 8-0. York learned to shut his mouth and got rid of that baalke freak. The niners are going to be a good team again and I think even better than the Harbaugh team.