San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York is retaining Trent Baalke Boomer EsiasonJerseywith the idea that the general manager will hire a new coach and turn around this once-proud franchise in a hurry.York made the announcement that Baalke would stay Monday, one day after firing first-year coach Jim Tomsula after a 19-16 overtime victory against the St. Louis Rams to finish the season.''Trent understands http://www.nflbengalsofficial.com/Authentic-Brandon-Tate-Jerseythat I'm not satisfied with the current state of this team. Trent's role is to find the next head coach and continue to build this roster and get us back to championship form,'' York said in his first public remarks to the media this season. ''Trent has the skills to do this and get this done. He's built championship rosters in the past. He's got respect from folks around the league and his peers.''San Francisco went 5-11 and missed the playoffs for the second straight season after going 8-8 a year ago in now-Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh's fourth and final season before what the team called a ''mutual'' parting.''I think it's well understood what effort we made to keep him here,'' York said.Harbaugh went to Twitter on Sunday night after Tomsula's firing with a post reading: ''Do not be deceived. http://www.nflbengalsofficial.com/Authentic-Brandon-Thompson-JerseyYou will reap what you sow.''Tomsula is owed $10.5 million for the remaining three years on the deal he signed last January, and York said the team would ''eat'' that money to pay him whatever he is owed and the difference if he receives an assistant job elsewhere for a lower salary.''When you're 5-11, Quinten RollinsJerseyit's not all coaching,'' Baalke said. ''We finished 5-11, which we all know is not good enough, not here.''York, who spoke Monday as the NFL moved into Levi's Stadium to assume operational control for next month's Super Bowl, wouldn't say whether letting Harbaugh go was a mistake.San Francisco reached three straight NFC championship games in Harbaugh's initial three years, http://www.packersshopnfl.com/WOMENS_YOUTH_RANDALL_COBB_JERSEY.htmlwith a three-point Super Bowl loss to Baltimore after the 2012 season.''Jim Harbaugh is a good football coach. His success at Michigan doesn't surprise me at all,'' York said. ''We need to make sure that we look forward to the next head coach.''York promoted Tomsula from defensive line coach in a surprising move, choosing the former NFL Europe coach over current Bears offensive coordinator Adam Gase and former defensive coordinator Vic Fangio - also now with Chicago.
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