One of the reasons why I like Lowell Cohn of the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat is his blog entries on the 49ers.
Cohn, and to some extent, Tim Kawakami of the SJ Merc, are the ONLY hard-nosed reporters/bloggers critical of the team's ownership, led by Jed York.
As pointed out by Cohn, if this were NY or Philly, the Yorks would have been dismissed and laughed out of town considering their inept guidance of the Bay Area's signature NFL team.
At Jed York's press conference announcing the firing of Mike Singletary, I was amazed at the lack of any real concrete, specific, tough questioning by the assembled Niners' press corps; only Cohn dared to inquire to York directly if he himself was accountable to the current mush on and off the field.
When Cohn tried to follow up, he received some e-mails saying he was being "rude" and trying to make himself the story. Bull.
Cohn is aggressive and yes, at times, abrasive, but he's fair and simply doing his job. And by and large his readers, (and I'm one of them) appreciate his style. Too bad the rest of his colleagues act like sheep.
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