Over the weekend, Scott Linehan, the 49ers' preferred choice to coordinate the team's once-proud (read: Not so proud anymore) offense surprised the team by offering the thanks-but-no-thanks. Turning down the job was an eyebrow-raiser -- but not so much as the excuse he offered: "The timing isn't right for me. It's not an easy decision. I do
factor in where I'm going to end up with everyone here at home. ... My family is going to be 2,000 miles away for at least part of the time." Ah, the family.
Joe EskenaziQuarterback Dion Pickett, formerly of College of San Mateo, drops back to pass at a Bay Area Buccaneers practice in San Francisco's Hamilton SquareFrom a distance you could hear them laughing and shouting -- a bunch of kids playing football in the park. But with every step closer to Hamilton Square it becomes readily apparent that these are not kids. They're too big and too strong; wide receiver Chris King's biceps bulge as the pass from Dion Pickett hits him in the hands. They're to
Aaaah! My eyes! They burn! It was Billy Crystal's Fernando Lamas character who made a catchphrase out of "It is better to look good than to feel good. (of course you remember this character! He's the "You look mah-velous" guy.). Along similar lines, former Mexican National Team goalkeeper Jorge Campos -- who looked like this -- said "if you look good, you feel good. If you feel good, you play good." So, what to do when, at the starting point, you look bad? Because, sorry, the United Football
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