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Well, that sucked.

Now we've got all these rumors swirling that Head Coach Nolan II will be fired after this latest underwhelming showing.

American Football Spectacular's New York American Football Giants correspondent Joon Lee has some verrry specific opinions about Nolan and the state of the Niners...

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It's been a mighty tough season to be a 49er fan; what with the bevy of broken expectations, the death of Bill Walsh -- and this week -- the passing of former Head Coach Dick Nolan. * San Francisco vs. Seattle Monday, November 12, 2007. 5:30 PM, PST. Week 10 The Battle Of Unnumbered Tears Before the 2007 season started, this week's game was to be the proving point, the crucial matchup where the rising...

Dick Nolan, former coach of the 49ers, died yesterday at the age of 75. While battling Alzheimer's disease and prostate cancer, according to the Chronicle, he passed away in an assisted-living facility in Dallas. According to Wikipedia, he was quite the coach for the once-glorious football team. "He was head coach of the 49ers for eight seasons from 1968 through 1975, noted for developing the defense and taking the team to three straight NFC...

Before we get to the depressing stuff, let's relate some good news, or at least the cool news. And that is the NFL has finally acquiesced and will let Mike Nolan wear a suit for Sunday's game. Earlier, Nolan talked about wearing a suit to honor his father, former 49ers coach Dick Nolan, and because it's classy. The NFL balked because they couldn't license it and make money off of it so Nolan wore the usual NFL garb. Now the NFL is letting him suit up, provided that Reebok designed it and have the Reebok logo predominately displayed and will soon-to-be available at finer men's stores everywhere.