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When will the NFL team San Francisco 49ers appear in a Super Bowl again?
The San Francisco 49ers were a dominating team during the 1980s and 1990s in the NFL. They were so good that they won five Super Bowls during a 14-year period. They didn’t even lose a Super Bowl game during that highly successful period of time. The team that was established in 1946 were the champions in 1982, 1985, 1989, 1990 and 1995. Bill Walsh was the head coach for the first 3 Super Bowls. George Seifert, Bill’s replacement, won the last two. Thus, they happened to be Super Bowl winners two years in a row at one point.
Captain Comeback to the Rescue Again
Jim Harbaugh was nicknamed “Captain Comeback” when he was an NFL quarterback because he had the knack to lead his team to victories after falling behind by a lot of points. I believe he deserves a lot of credit for getting his players to execute plays very well. The 49ers stockpiled a lot of good players before he came along. I feel a lot of other coaches would not be able to get the kind his production from the same players that Jim has. He has also able to get his players to play hard by being physically and mentally tough.
Jim Harbaugh led the 49ers to a Super Bowl appearance in 2013. They lost to the Baltimore Ravens by a score of 34 - 31. He had second-year QB Colin Kaepernick to start the big game. At the start of the 2012 - 13 season, Colin was the second-string quarterback.
Jim Harbaugh’s record as the head coach is:
2011 Regular Season: 13 - 3 2012 Postseason: 1 - 1
2012 Regular Season: 11 - 4 - 1 2013 Postseason: 2 - 1
**The tie in the 2012 regular season was against the St. Louis Rams.
What has helped Jim Harbaugh succeed in the NFL is having excellent coaches assisting him. They include offensive coordinator Greg Roman and defensive coordinator Vic Fangio. Greg and Jim were coaching at Stanford before they hired by the 49ers.
2013 Regular Season
Wide receiver Michael Crabtree had surgery on May 23, 2013 to repair a torn Achilles tendon. It could six months for him to recover. Mario Manningham, another wide receiver, tore his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)and posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) in his left knee on December 23, 2012. We shall see how well Mario recovers from the injury. The 49ers did not had to give up much when they traded for Anquan Boldin.
Their core of running backs are Frank Gore, Kendall Hunter, LaMichael James and Marcus Lattimore
As for the tight end position, they have Vernon Davis and Vance McDonald.
The 49ers’ defense should again be rock solid as they kept their good core players.
The placekicker for the 49ers is now Phil Dawson.
General Manager
Trent Baalke officially became the 49ers general manager in January 2011. He previously held the position of Western Region Scout, Director of Player Personnel and VP of Player Personnel. Scot McCloughan preceded him (2008 - 2010).
New Stadium
The 49ers’ new stadium being built in Santa Clara is called Levi’s Stadium. The Santa Clara Stadium Authority won the bid to host Super Bowl L (50) in February 7, 2016.
Jim Schwartz
There was a heated exchange right after the 49ers, the road team, defeated the Detroit Lions by a score of 25 - 19 in Week 5 of the 2011 - 2012 season. That was Jim Schwartz third year as the Lions’ head coach. It seems like Harbaugh was too giddy to give Schwartz a proper handshake after game. Schwartz ran to scream at Harbaugh as the 49er coach was closing in to the tunnel leading to the locker room.
Pete Carroll
Jim Harbaugh ongoing feud with Pete Carroll start back when they were college coaches. After Stanford beat USC in 2009 by a score of 55 - 21. After the game during the handshake, Pete asked Jim, “What’s your deal?” as they exchanged greetings. Pete obviously didn’t like that Stanford went for a two-point conversion late in the game up by 27 points.
In 2012, with Pete in his third year as the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks, defensive backs Richard Sherman and Earl Thomas claimed Jim honked and waved at the Seahawks’ team bus after a game in October. The 49ers had beaten the Seahawks (13 - 6) in San Francisco. Jim apparently also mockingly saluted the passengers. Ironically, Richard Sherman was at Stanford during his college years first as a wide receiver than as a cornerback.
Since 2011, there have been five Seahawks players disciplined due to usage of PEDs. Richard successfully appealed his suspension after being popped in late 2012. In June 2013, Jim Harbaugh commented on it and surely irritated some people in the Seahawks’ organization. He even used the word, Adderall. Pete Carroll get a great job of not making the story bigger.
Two Seahawks fired back days after Jim’s comments. Cornerback Brandon Browner said, “He’s a coach. He’s never gonna be out there lined up against me. I wish he would; I’d put my hands around his neck.” Wide receiver Golden Tate stated, “ . . . I would try and give him the Sean Lee treatment” when responding to what he would do if Harbaugh ever lined up across from him. The "Sean Lee Treatment" refers to a spiteful blindside block Golden laid on the Dallas Cowboys linebacker during a Russell Wilson scramble in 2012.
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