If/when (when) the 49ers fire G.M. Trent Baalke, Baalke apparently won’t be looking for work for long.
Via Matt Maiocco of CSNBayArea.com, Baalke likely will land with the Broncos.
Baalke’s role is unclear; he’d either be in the pro personnel department or the college scouting department. Baalke became the G.M. of the 49ers in 2011, securing a promotion from V.P. of player personnel in the same cycle that saw the 49ers hire coach Jim Harbaugh.
Instantly, the team improved, appearing in three straight NFC title games and one Super Bowl. Since 2013, however, the wheels have come off for the 49ers. Since the “mutual parting” with Harbaugh two years ago, the 49ers have gone 5-11 under Jim Tomsula and 1-13 under Chip Kelly.
“I don’t worry about it. It is what it is,” Baalke said Sunday regarding his status, via Maiocco. “I’m going to keep putting my head down and going to work. It’s just something you can’t control. You try and control the things that you can control.”
It’s a pragmatic and ultimately accurate view. And Baalke hardly can be surprised. The team has lost 13 straight games, and the 49ers now face the possibility of having only one win for the first time in franchise history.
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