After the loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday of the first week of the young NFL season Mike Singletary took offense to an article that was reported by Yahoo Sports in reference to his staff and their lack of communication. Below is an interview by the local affiliate and Coach Singletary in relation to that Yahoo article.
Yahoo reported that there was an in-house riff between Singletary and his coaching staff because they used unnecessary timeouts and were called for delay in game in very serious parts of the game. Of course no one in the Niner organization has stepped out of line and addressed the issue, which I think is the best way to keep "family" matters to the "family", but the Yahoo article definitely has rubbed Singletary in the wrong way. This situation is going to make some heads roll and I don't think that Singletary is going to be one of them. He is a very old school coach with the same intensity that he had as and All-Pro LB in Chicago under the tutelage of Coach Mike Ditka. Just an example of how infectious Singletary and his coaching style is can be witnessed in the relationship he has with his star TE Vernon Davis. In the first few games that Singetary coached for the Niners, he had to sit Davis because he felt that Davis was loafing and not serious about winning. Davis pouted but two games later, he bought into the program and became the All-Pro TE that Singletary knew that he could be. Because of the discipline that Singletary administered to Davis he has recently signed the richest contract ever for an NFL TE. Davis has already been seen on the sideline during the pre-season and first week of the season in the grill of 2nd year WR Michael Crabtree attempting to get him to buy into the Singletary program as well.
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