by David Zizmor

photo credit google images of 49ers GM Trent Baalke

SANTA CLARA–On the podcast today David discusses who really at the fault for the 49ers pitfalls team president Jed York or general manager Trent Baalke. Can Baalke and York be faulted for all of the 49ers failures? Not all but you can certainly fault them for coddling players like Aldon Smith and Ray McDonald for allowing them to feel comfortable.

They felt like their careers weren’t on the line and they didn’t correct their behavior and there is a certain amount of accountability that has to go to the GM and has to go to the team CEO and owner. When you have all these different players involved in sketchy activities that leads to arrests and suspensions.

The players know their are consequences for these actions and it doesn’t seem like Baalke or York did any discipline and that was the structure of the organization. No one knew if that was York’s job or Baalke’s job to do that but it should be one of their jobs. It should fall on them.

We’ve seen the meltdown of the 49ers over the last year since former head coach Jim Harbaugh left for Michigan. There has been more than enough dysfunction in the front office that you have to put it on them. As for performance on the field that’s Baalke’s department obviously he’s in charge.

Baalke helped in selecting the head coach Jim Tomsula and whatever happened between Baalke and Harbaugh that led to Harbaugh resigning or getting fired whichever you want to believe. This is on Baalke he has to find a way to work with his coaches. Whatever personality differences that existed between Baalke and Harbaugh.

David Zizmor does the 49ers podcast each week for http://www.sportsradioservice.com