What exactly will they be protesting? Jim Harbaugh choosing to stay at home in Cali. I agree they went about it the wrong way, but at least the front office realized they needed a better coach and went after a guy that ended up taking his team to the NFCC game. Maybe people are upset that they didn't give a retread coach (Fisher) final say and 8 million a year.
Maybe they are protesting that we traded away a guy who has issues and is currently accused of punching a women in the face?
People can complain about the last 10 years, but Ireland's had 4 seasons and only 1 with final say. In that time they brough in players like: Reggie Bush, Mike Pouncey, Vontae Davis, Cameron Wake, Davone Bess, Paul Soliai, Randy Starks and Jared Odrick.
They were looking for a new coach after 3 seasons with Sparono (1 winning and 2 losing) and finally hired a brand new coaching staff for 2012.
Maybe they will protest about the QB situation. They had a QB with Pennington that would have been solid had he not gotten injured. Henne looked promising after filling in for Pennington in 09, so what upgrade was available that they didn't explore after the 09 season that fans are so upset about? Were they supposed to trade up to draft Tebow in the 1st round or draft Clausen at #40 in the second? How about 2010? Maybe they wanted Dalton at #15 or maybe people are upset that they didn't trade for Orton and didn't pay him the 9 million a year he was looking for. Do you really think Orton would have done much better than Moore did? Maybe you guys wanted to pay Kolb what AZ did? How about this year? They went after Manning, and he chose Denver. You can blame the front office, but who knows his real reasoning? He didn't choose NYJ, SEA, SF, Tenn, KC, or AZ either. The only real option so far that they turned down this year was Flynn. Go ahead and protest that we didn't give a backup QB that has 2 NFL starts a 3 year $26 million contract. I trust Philbin's opinion on what he is worth over anyone else.
It's a new coaching staff and a new year. We need a QB, but apparently Philbin doesn't think Flynn is the answer. That good enough for me. You might not like another year with Moore, but I would rather that and continue to look for the right guy than overpay for a guy that could turn out to be the next Rob Johnson, Matt Cassel, or Kevin Kolb.