New 49ers coach could ground Hayne Plane

“To get out there and move the way I was moving prior to the injury and receive the respect I’ve received from players throughout the league continued to motivate me and drive me”, Bowman said.

York replaced Harbaugh with an assistant coach from the staff, Jim Tomsula, whom York fired Sunday night after a 5-11 season.

The 49ers’ 35-year-old CEO said he was humbled by this past season, and that the failures of 2015 rest squarely on his shoulders. “You reap what you sow”.

“This isn’t a rebuild situation”, Baalke said.

Dawson made a victor of coach Jim Tomsula in what was likely his last game with the 49ers.

Quarterback Blaine Gabbert threw for 354 yards and a touchdown against one interception, and San Francisco’s defense held St. Louis to 364 net yards of offense.

One of the things that Trent Baalke really wanted from Jim Harbaugh was for him to open up the offense and make Colin Kaepernick more of a threat as a typical pocket quarterback. “His success at MI doesn’t surprise me at all”, York said. We ended up getting a 15-yard penalty (on the Rams), which made it a lot easier. Do I think Tomsula will be enshrined in Canton?

The 49ers will owe Tomsula the remainder of his four-year contract, which calls for him to earn approximately $3.5 million per season. “You have to learn from failure, and we didn’t get this one right”.

Sean Payton, now the New Orleans Saints’ head coach, Cincinnati offensive coordinator Hue Jackson and former Philadelphia coach Chip Kelly are the three names most-associated with the 49ers’ vacancy through the first day of the vacancy. York said the team has a “short list” of candidates but wouldn’t comment further as to potential interviews or whether any prospective coach has reached out to the organization.

York says he’s now looking for a head coach who, as he says, can win Super Bowls. “We haven’t won one since 1994”. “We want somebody that has a clear strategic vision”. He saw the banners that were hired to fly above Levi’s Stadium that were critical of him and the franchise this year.

“This season was frustrating on a number of levels”, York said in the media conference that lasted more than 27 minutes.

“We’re going to go about this and do our due diligence, that’s for sure”, Baalke said on Monday. “For that, I want to apologize to our fans and everybody that cares deeply about this team the way I do”.

“I’m definitely aware of it, but I can’t focus myself on things that are outside of our head coaching search right now”, York said. Whether that’s talking to fans directly, or that’s social media or from planes flying over my head.

For now, the story is good enough and you suspect there’s a chapter or two still to be written.

The sacking of San Francisco’s head coach is being interpreted as a lifeline for Jarryd Hayne and his bid to become a regular starter for the 49ers in the NFL.