The San Francisco 49ers already have been very active this offseason.
The team sent shock waves around the league with the hiring of John Lynch as general manager, and it made Kyle Shanahan, who’s coming off a great season as the Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator, its new head coach.
While the Shanahan hiring was expected for quite some type, Lynch’s was a surprise due to his lack of experience. Becoming a GM of an NFL team obviously is a huge milestone for the nine-time Pro-Bowler, but one member of his family didn’t share the excitement.
After his introductory press conference Thursday, Lynch spoke with NFL Network’s Michael Silver and revealed that his nine-year-old daughter, Leah, doesn’t think very highly of the 49ers.
“I think the toughest one — I haven’t told this yet to the media — all my kids took it really well,” Lynch told Silver. “They were shocked but they took it really well. My 9-year-old started bawling, and she’s not that girl. She’s the one that was always happy. And she was crying, and I said, ‘What’s wrong Leah? Are you afraid? Is there some nervous anxiety about moving?’ And she said, ‘No daddy,’ and she was sobbing. And I said, ‘What’s wrong?’ And she said, ‘The 49ers are horrible.’ So, I said, ‘Well, I think that’s why they hired your daddy.'”
Leah has a point. The 49ers finished with the second-worst record in the NFL last season at 2-14.
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