[washingtonismoney]

Second Stanford player off the board.

I've suspected for a while that GMs would highly value his potential/upside.

[washingtonismoney]

Second Stanford player off the board.

I've suspected for a while that GMs would highly value his potential/upside.

[Cadet84]

49ers pick a running back, Marcus Latimore, with Stepfan still on the board. Hmm.  :(

[Cadet84]

49ers pick a running back, Marcus Latimore, with Stepfan still on the board. Hmm.  :(

[stupac2]

49ers pick a running back, Marcus Latimore, with Stepfan still on the board. Hmm.  :(

Well, wasn't Lattimore supposed to be a 1st-round pick until he blew out his knee? Plus the 49ers already have Gore, who's a really similar player to Stepfan.

[stupac2]

49ers pick a running back, Marcus Latimore, with Stepfan still on the board. Hmm.  :(

Well, wasn't Lattimore supposed to be a 1st-round pick until he blew out his knee? Plus the 49ers already have Gore, who's a really similar player to Stepfan.

[DC]

49ers pick a running back, Marcus Latimore, with Stepfan still on the board. Hmm.  :(

Bill Walsh coached Steve Dils who led the nation in passing at Stanford, then with Dils still on board drafted Joe Montana in the 3rd round.

[DC]

49ers pick a running back, Marcus Latimore, with Stepfan still on the board. Hmm.  :(

Bill Walsh coached Steve Dils who led the nation in passing at Stanford, then with Dils still on board drafted Joe Montana in the 3rd round.

[pincemob]

Harbaugh has said he is biased and doesn't have much input on Stanford guys.  I am sure they wish they had taken Richard Sherman and not Chris Culliver or Doug Baldwin rather than SC's Ronald Johnson.  Either of those moves and he might be getting ready for a 3-peat. 

[pincemob]

Harbaugh has said he is biased and doesn't have much input on Stanford guys.  I am sure they wish they had taken Richard Sherman and not Chris Culliver or Doug Baldwin rather than SC's Ronald Johnson.  Either of those moves and he might be getting ready for a 3-peat. 

[socalstanfan1]

Harbaugh has never said this, but I wonder if there is some thought that bringing in "Harbaugh's guys" from Stanford opens up possible rumblings on the team about favoritism.  The only Stanford guys Harbaugh has brought in the last couple of years have ended up on the practice squad (Michael Thomas, Konrad Reuland) where they would clearly have to earn their way onto the main roster.  Going that route, I think, would mitigate any hint that Harbaugh was playing favorites.  I'm not saying, btw, that Harbaughwould exhibit favoritism toward his former college players, but if it came down to a decision to cut one of two players, one a former Stanford player, the other not, Harbaugh and the former Stanford coaches may not want to open up any possibility of being biased.  As Harbaugh so often says (or so we read), "It's all about the team, the team, the team."  And nothing tears apart a team more than the perception that coaches are favoring one group of players for reasons other than performance (whether the perception is reality or not). 

Just a thought.

[socalstanfan1]

Harbaugh has never said this, but I wonder if there is some thought that bringing in "Harbaugh's guys" from Stanford opens up possible rumblings on the team about favoritism.  The only Stanford guys Harbaugh has brought in the last couple of years have ended up on the practice squad (Michael Thomas, Konrad Reuland) where they would clearly have to earn their way onto the main roster.  Going that route, I think, would mitigate any hint that Harbaugh was playing favorites.  I'm not saying, btw, that Harbaughwould exhibit favoritism toward his former college players, but if it came down to a decision to cut one of two players, one a former Stanford player, the other not, Harbaugh and the former Stanford coaches may not want to open up any possibility of being biased.  As Harbaugh so often says (or so we read), "It's all about the team, the team, the team."  And nothing tears apart a team more than the perception that coaches are favoring one group of players for reasons other than performance (whether the perception is reality or not). 

Just a thought.

[pincemob]

You don't think the Kaepernick drama proved he doesn't care about about favoritism rumblings? 

[pincemob]

You don't think the Kaepernick drama proved he doesn't care about about favoritism rumblings?