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To all my concerned readers (all five of you), the QCSB is back online.  My laptop died, and it took some time for the new one to arrive.  This blog never died; it’s just that it’s not very fun to blog on a desktop.  So, let’s catch up with some tidbits on what’s been going on in the QC sporting scene:

Lutz Fired:  Bobby Lutz seemed like a good guy, but I think this was the right move for the 49ers.  Lutz simply had not been getting it done the last few years.  Naturally, Scott Fowler thought he should have been given another year.  So, Fowler now thinks that Delhomme, Fox, and Lutz all deserved another year.  Dude, these guys get paid a ton of money for what they do.  Getting fired in pro sports is different than getting fired in real life.  They won’t go hungry. 

It’s kind of sad, but the 49ers seem to have had a much bigger following in the 1990′s than in the most recent decade.  It should be the opposite; a team’s fan base should increase as a coach builds a program over the years.  It helped that Charlotte had many more intense rivalries when it played in C-USA, but I think there are other factors that led to the decline.  Have you noticed that the Niners simply have not had faces to their program in recent years?  Do they even recruit four-year players who come in as freshmen and grow as players during their time at the school?  It seems as if Lutz was just getting random transfers each year.  In contrast, the Niners of the past had definite student-athletes who were faces of the program in DeMarco Johnson, Joby Thomas, and even Rodney White.  Johnson and White were drafted (people forget that White was a lottery pick).  Those days have been missing the last few years.  I don’t think the Niners can go wrong with either Pat Kelsey or Mike Hopkins.

More MJ News:  The price tag is supposedly $275 million.  MJ is open to changing the team name, which is awesome.  He also seems to be buying a house in Charlotte.  You know what I think:  just win.  The Bobs are trying to do so, but they are still frustratingly inconsistent.  One good game; one bad game.  A win over a very good team followed by a loss to a terrible team.  Thankfully, the playoff spot is still theirs to lose.  Big game against Atlanta coming up next week.  Let’s pack the Cable Box for that one. 

Panthers:  Bunch of random stories, but it basically comes down to the draft.  All of the lead-up will be for that.  Unfortunately, we have no first-round pick.  I don’t care about the raised ticket prices, cutting the veterans, or rebuilding.  However, if you want to rebuild, you need draft picks.

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