Comments on: Brandon Jacobs to file grievance against 49ers

By: bigpictureniner

bigpictureniner — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:13:38 +0000

The Big Picture: The coach decides who plays where and when. You are a player on a TEAM who does what the coach tells you to do. You complain about not playing in the social media and in doing so you criticize your coach’s decisions about who plays. That’s why you get disciplined. You don’t criticize the coach and get away with it. Otherwise everyone on the team starts to criticize everyone else in public and there is no TEAM.

By: eleventy4

eleventy4 — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:51:10 +0000

Because he didn’t play doesn’t mean the 49ers didn’t have any desire to play him. He was Gore insurance, and Gore stayed healthy. Sucks to be you Jacobs.

By: thesportgenius

thesportgenius — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:56:19 +0000

The Niners organization has done a good job building their roster…plenty of quality guys are riding the pines or not suiting up for games. Many backups would be starting for other teams. Harbaugh’s MO is that everybody has to compete for their job and the best man wins. BJ knew this coming in and his ego won’t allow him to come to the realization he is the least talented RB on the roster (evidenced by LMJ getting about the same number of carries and putting up 45 yards in total offense plus special team play to BJ’s paltry 7 yards), so he publicly rips the team and coach, disrupts the locker room, and is a “detriment” to the team, thus the suspension. Get over yourself Mr. Jacobs.

By: blu4l1fe

blu4l1fe — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:53:30 +0000

I can’t assume to say that the 49ers knew what they were getting when they signed Jacobs, but they must have had some idea because they did. But with all the back and forth, there is plenty of blame to go around on this one. He certainly is within his rights to file grievance against his employers on something he feels strongly. At the same token, the 9ers as an organization and as a team, can certainly do what they deem would be an appropriate action towards a member of the group that is not contributing anything positive towards their ultimate goal, and that is to make the playoffs, and essentially, win a championship.

But all of this rationale, of course, is swept under all the ego.

By: mogogo1

mogogo1 — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:21:59 +0000

I’d bet he gets all his money. He seems to have done nothing but be Brandon Jacobs and the Niners should have known what they were getting when they signed him.

By: bubba703

bubba703 — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:04:50 +0000

There’s likely more to Brandon’s suspension than just his complaining about the lack of snaps. Fact is, we really don’t know what happened and the Niners aren’t talking.

One thing is certain, he won’t be a Niner next season. Perhaps the followup article should be speculating what teams might want Brandon next season, if any.

By: spzzie

spzzie — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:16:22 +0000

We should’ve never signed this guy anyway

By: angrycorgi

angrycorgi — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:10:29 +0000

I hate Jacobs, but I would bet $20 he wins this. Their suspension appears baseless.

By: killxswitch

killxswitch — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:16:45 +0000

Get Real and think for a minute folks. He had to have done more than just complain, otherwise a team could just save tons of cash by suspending their low end players every season. Obviously that doesn’t happen so either Jacobs did more than just complain or Harbaugh is being a massive dbag and this will be overturned. More details will surface.

If it was strictly about not letting him go to another team they would’ve paid him. Suspension w/out pay is a punishment for something. You can’t take away contract money because a player complains about playing time.

By: kev86

kev86 — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:15:15 +0000

Jacobs got screwed by the Niners. At least he has two rings already. He should wear them to next meeting.

By: adm350

adm350 — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:56:57 +0000

They not releasing him cause then they have to pay him and he’ll just sign with another team. Terrell 2.0. Good for the team. $167k comment. Prob nothing to him but at least they did what’s right. No ones bigger then the team.

By: razsan

razsan — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:44:46 +0000

Jacobs had such potential at one point. A man that size with 4.4 speed…

By: sourdoughsam

sourdoughsam — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:19:16 +0000

My only gripe is that Jacobs has been a huge waste of a roster spot for most of the year. The front office let two key special teams players walk this offseason and even though the ST units have been really solid after a rough start to the year, they still aren’t what they were last year.

I have no sympathy for Jacobs, though. Maybe if he had kept his mouth shut, I’d understand his frustration, but he signed his contract knowing that the team had two very good RB’s in front of him.

And yes – the Niners are well within their right here. Jacobs signed the contract. If somehow Jacobs wins his grievance, then it’s based on how “fair” the arbitrator believed the situation was, not about protecting contract rights

By: yojoemama

yojoemama — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 08:07:33 +0000

49ers are a classless organization… with a coach who disrespects the opposing coach during the handshake… to not paying a man his last NFL paychecks. How low can you go?

By: nathanbetz91

nathanbetz91 — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:57:41 +0000

The fact that the 49ers even got moss and Jacobs is beyond me. Kendal hunter has been a pretty reliable backup and I’ve been waiting to see lamichael James. You would think if they got Jacobs then they wanted him and if they wanted him then they’d play him when he was healthy but apparently not

By: snargi01

snargi01 — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 06:26:46 +0000

I’m thinking the 49ers will show up to the hearing with ample evidence that Jacobs has been a problem all season long.

By: cmdrsmooth

cmdrsmooth — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 05:59:59 +0000

Hahaha…big talker gets his due. He had it coming the way he tried to diss Rex every chance he could get.

This guys has two rings in spite of his weak contributions.

By: addict2sport

addict2sport — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 05:59:21 +0000

Why shouldn’t you be able to suspend him for running his mouth? If I ran my mouth via social media about my employer or boss, I’d be lucky to get off with a three week suspension.

By: thestillcity

thestillcity — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 05:10:23 +0000

In the real world, when you disparage your employer in public, you can expect consequences.

If he wanted the money so bad, then he probably should have realized he wasn’t good enough to be on this team in the first place and sat back collecting the free paycheck. The rest of us who have to work for a living put up with WAY worse than you ever will, Brandon.

By: east96st

east96st — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 05:07:23 +0000

“When you run your mouth, be prepared for consequences. This isn’t New York.”

Hmmmm. Remind me, which team signed him this season for more money than any other team was offering? When the team that drafted him, and won two Super Bowls with him, lowballs him, most people would take that as a hint.

By: bayafan

bayafan — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 05:04:46 +0000

Yes you can get fined, suspended, fired, and withheld pay if you break the company/team rules that you agreed to follow. In Nevada you can get fired for doing nothing wrong but just because the boss decided to sense Nevada is a right to work state. Freedom of speech only protects you from criminal charges unless what you said has been determined slander/liable or something like yelling fire in a crowded theater when there is no fire and people get hurt.

By: monkeyhateclean

monkeyhateclean — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 05:01:33 +0000

aaroncurryisbust says: Dec 10, 2012 8:21 PM

I don’t blame him. Punishing him for expressing his desire to play and contribute?

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Oh, is that what we are calling “complaining” now? Good to know.

In truth, you are contributing NOTHING to your team’s success by popping off about playing time when your team is winning. Jacobs is a me-first guy, who not only puts his own accomplishments before his team’s, but is arrogant enough to advertise it.

Its good that he’ll collect no more money from the Niners (or any other team) this season. Real good.

By: dannythebisforbeast

dannythebisforbeast — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:45:25 +0000

Considering giants won super bowl last year. Maybe Harbaugh partially dined Jacobs to get info on Giants offense in case they meet in playoffs. Not gonna release him now. Especially since he might actually be motivated to try and screw the Niners with his vast knowledge of offense

By: scotty9678

scotty9678 — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:36:45 +0000

How much of the playbook could he have? He’s played what 10 snaps?

Free BJ!!!

By: orivar

orivar — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:21:30 +0000

Why bring the man in if you weren’t intending on using him? It’s not like you were the team that drafted him.

You signed an EIGHT year veteran who has a career of 1083 (so it says) carries and give him five. ..Five. Granted he’s been injured but you give him FIVE! The eight year veteran of a thousand+ carries who only has five is also known for speaking openly and honestly about how he feels.

If the 49ers weren’t going to use him, then don’t sign him. Trying to do a little meta gaming has done nothing but get you media attention by a very angry player.

By: goldenperspective

goldenperspective — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:16:43 +0000

All he had to do was be quiet. Shame this has happened. When he signed, I only imagined him getting garbage time, whether in blowout games or end of season meaningless games. I probably would have pounded him and or Dixon up the middle sporadically each game, but then again, why take carries away from Gore and Hunter? 3 headed monster next year with LeMichael showing value and Gore a year older?

By: b00rad

b00rad — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:06:52 +0000

“And even though he’s not happy to be playing for the 49ers, he’s even more not happy to be not playing for the 49ers”

I could barely read that sentence. Learn how to write

By: geniusesq

geniusesq — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:55:17 +0000

Does he not realize that he’s 30 and at RB he’s lucky to still be on a roster??

Not to mention, he’s just not that good.

By: geniusesq

geniusesq — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:52:27 +0000

I wonder what this grievance claims. “I was getting paid for doing nothing. Then I complained, and I’m not getting paid for doing nothing no mo.”

By: nananatman

nananatman — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:50:00 +0000

Dude deserves way WAY better than what he’s getting!!! As a Giants fan he’s burned my nuggets on more than one occasion but he ABSOLUTELY deserves better, shame on you 49ers, shame on you.