Singletary Causes Commotion In First Game As Coach

On his first day of coaching after taking over for the recently fired Mike Nolan, San Francisco 49ers coach Mike Singletary made a big splash for all the wrong reasons.

Singletary, named "Samurai Mike" in his playing days as a linebacker on the 1985 champion Chicago Bears team, brought the same attitude to the sidelines on Sunday.

After 49ers quarterback J.T. O'Sullivan became turnover prone in the first half, Singletary replaced him with backup Shaun Hill. Singletary also had a sideline issue with tight end Vernon Davis after Davis was called for a personal foul in the fourth quarter.

Singletary is finally restoring order in San Francisco, although he is still only an interim coach for the time being. After the history of this Niners franchise, the aura that this team brought throughout the 80s and 90s, they have yet to gain that pinnacle this decade. The firing of Nolan let everyone else in the organization know that they are ready to get back on track.

With Samurai Mike taking over at the helm, maybe this team can pick up a new attitude and feed off of him.

"I'd rather play with 10 people and just get penalized all the way until we have to do something else rather than play with 11 when I know that right now that person is not sold out to be a part of this team," Singletary said. "It is more about them than it is about the team. Cannot play with them, cannot win with them, cannot coach with them. Can't do it. I want winners. I want people that want to win."

As of right now the 49ers sit at 2-6, and next-to-last place in the NFC. Although yesterday's game ended in a 34-13 loss to the Seattle Seahawks, it seems like Singletary could be the answer to bringing this franchise back to it's glory days.