This post is so full of the usual crying excuses sprinkled with "everyone hates us" bs. The 49ers are getting credit because they woke up, hired a real coach, put things in his hands and went on their way. They went from one of the worst teams to a top team overnight because they changed the culture with their coach. They then used extra draft picks to fill holes. A 3rd to move up 13 is a steal when you were just in the SB.
Jerry doesn't get the benefit because the culture is the same as it is every year...hired a coach in waiting who wasn't a great O Coordinator and who has made horrible game time decisions; taking over the draft; underplaying the Oline, etc. it's a joke.
Here is what I'll never get...I started watching in 1975-1976. In the midst of this era to Jimmy's we had winning seasons 26 of 31 years. We were Americas Team. We expected excellence. Now we have 17 years of .500 with a few good years sprinkled in and people seem fine with it. They make excuses despite a bad 3 year run right now. Jerry is supposed to be this smart business man but he FAILs Business 101 which says stick with the model that brought success. The Jimmy years. Instead he thought he could do it himself and here we are! Yet people are just supposed to sweep it all under the rug, ignore the gaffs and the media should be kind. The only time Jerry woke up is with Parcells. Was it perfect? No. But the team started coming out if the Campo days and things stabilized and started to improve.
We are one of only 6 teams in the WHOLE league to have 0-1 playoff wins in this down period. This isn't Americas Team or anything special. This is bad to mediocre. AND we are in a league filled with parity where luck changes year to year...except for us where we find a way just to be right in the middle. Sorry if people want to expect more and see Jerry actually go back to a winning business model. I refuse to expect less and until his plan starts producing more, this is what you'll see written here. It's not like we don't want wins and just want to rip Jerry.