But you guys have to admit,as fellow 49er fans, that its a great feeling. I cant remember the last time a team went from the abyss in the same conversation as the Browns for the worse team in the league, to 20-1 odds to win the Super Bowl and booked for the most prime time games in the NFL! ( in less than 9 months ).
The 2012 49ers had a historically good defense and I remember that squad like it was yesterday. The SportsCenter clips of Harbaugh with his guys in the locker room yelling "who has it better than us? NOBODY!!!!" with Bowman and Willis, 2 All Pro linebackers patrolling the field. Kap was taking the league by storm, rushing for 183 yards in a playoff game. They made it to the SuperBowl after an epic comeback win against Atlanta. That nucleus was touted to be good for the foreseeable future.
Then everything went to hell, Harbaugh left, Willis retired, a guy named Tomsula was our coach and is back to selling insurance, and we started the season last year 0-9 with our 4th coach in 4 years. It was literally a fucking nightmare. Now all of the sudden we are the darling dark horse pick of the NFL to be a contender and will be getting a ton of prime time slots to prove it.
All because of a guy named Jim.