San Francisco 49ers: A Niner Noise Translation of CEO Jed York Press Conference

By Peter Panacy | Jan 4, 2017

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January 20, 2016; Santa Clara, CA, USA; San Francisco 49ers chief executive officer Jed York (left) and Chip Kelly (right) pose for a photo in a press conference after naming Kelly as the new head coach for the San Francisco 49ers at Levi's Stadium Auditorium. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

January 20, 2016; Santa Clara, CA, USA; San Francisco 49ers chief executive officer Jed York (left) and Chip Kelly (right) pose for a photo in a press conference after naming Kelly as the new head coach for the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium Auditorium. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports /

Jed York on Being Competent Enough to Find a General Manager, Head Coach

Q: Why are you competent to lead a search for a general manager and possibly a head coach too?

Jed York’s answer:

"Nothing that I’m going to say is going to be a satisfactory answer. We need to make sure that our success speaks for itself. Our actions have to speak for itself. I’ve done it before. We’ve put together a team that has had three NFC Championship runs. That was in the past. I can’t live on the past. I need to make sure that anything that I do is backed up by the results that are on the field."

Translation

It really doesn’t matter what I say up here. I could either recite beautiful poetry or filibuster from the dictionary for 30 minutes and it wouldn’t make a difference. And I won’t ever admit I don’t have what it takes to make key football decisions.

I should get credit for the three years under that guy, Jim Harbaugh, though.