The Perfect Solution for the 49ers and Colts

How to Improve the Niners and Colts Immediately

 

As the 49er season came to a close, there is tremendous hope for the future.  With Jim Harbaugh at the helm and with the best front defensive seven in football, the Niners will be stopping opponents for many years to come.  Now, there is one major adjustment that needs to be made.  Although Alex Smith had for him what was an outstanding season, he is still a 4-cylinder engine trying to drive an 8-cylinder team.  Alex showed great improvement and, although nowhere near the level of the top QBs like the Mannings, Brees, Rodgers, etc., he is a solid and dependable game manager.  THE PROBLEM
The Colts will draft Andrew Luck and have no room for Peyton Manning.  It's not a good idea for them to just cast Peyton loose and receive nothing in return. The 49ers have two young QB studs waiting in the wings, Colin Kaepernick and Scott Tolzien. THE SIMPLE SOLUTION  Trade Alex Smith to the Colts for Peyton Manning.
The Colts will have Smith to work with Luck and become a solid backup.
The Niners will have their QB capable of leading this team to the Super Bowl NOW.
Manning will be an excellent mentor for Kaepernick and Tolzien.
WIN-WIN for both teams.


 

  

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I Love New Orleans

Drew Brees and Sean Payton

As I watched Drew Brees and Sean Payton celebrating the Saints victory over Peyton Manning's Indianapolis Colts, it brought back many memories of the early days -- the beginning of the Saints.

As a lifetime 49er fan, I was spending my days employed by the City of San Francisco at Log Cabin Ranch, a juvenile detention facility for felony offenders located on a former 634 acre ranch in the town of La Honda, made famous by the antics of Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters.

During the offseason, several Niners would put in time as counselors. One was Johnny Fuller, a tough defensive back and kick returner from Lamar, Texas. John and I became good friends and when he was traded to the Saints, he asked me to drive his wife's station wagon from California to New Orleans. In exchange, I had the opportunity to visit the team at their training camp south of New Orleans and to attend the first ever game played at the Superdome, an exhibition game against Bum Phillips, Earl Campbell and the Houston Oilers (now the Tennessee Titans).

It was the experience of a lifetime and the French Quarter will always have a special place in my heart. That, however, brings us to this century. There was a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico in August of 2005. It caused huge damage in Mississippi but very MODEST damage in New Orleans.

What catastrophically damaged New Orleans was flooding caused by the failure of the federal levee system - an engineering failure second in scope only to Chernobyl.

While people were drowning and stranded roofs for days, the federal government with the help of the US news media went overtime not helping, but covering its tracks.

The whole sordid story - and why every part of America should know the real story...because there are federal levees EVERYWHERE.

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