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Astcloud11 said:
Yall are ridiculous.
The field wasn't unsafe, it just wasnt how the 49ers wanted it. They wouldnt pull that **** with another NFL team, they just tried to punk Miami into doing what they wanted. It's a reason why NFL officials had to step in and force Miami to change it, but at the same time the 49ers had to pay for it. It was a preference fight and Miami pretty much said if you dont like our field you can fvck off and go practice at FIU instead.
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Exactly or pay to redo it bc we just paid to get them done last year.
 
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BeastMode said:
49ers paid the university money to redo the fields so they could practice. This program is such a joke. How the **** are the fields not up to standard to practice on?
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Somebody at UM was crying that "it took 3 years to grow the grass" lol, sounds just like a flake james move, bytch this not your home front yard. Probably the best thing that happened to the players is having the nfl come thru and force an upgrade. They arguing when the 49'ers already said they'd pay for it, shows the level of stupidity still hovering around UM.
 
Rellyrell said:
Bruh, Bruh....

The field was checked out by the 9ers AND GB, AND the NFL, and they all said the field was trash. How could all 3 come to same conclusion?
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U also forgot about Golden's complaint in the lawsuit.

2 NFL teams, the NFL, and a former 1 UM HC all have said this practice field is ***, and has been as for years.

CIS response: ThEy'Re MaKiNG iT uP.
 
wspcane said:
Unfortunately, even if that is the case, perception is reality. And in this case, two NFL teams and the league came here to use the practice fields and all three determined our fields were not suitable or safe. Mind you, Golden had those allegations in his lawsuit months back. According to Rappoport, the situation had to be mediated by local officials and “cooler heads had to prevail.” That is just not how you handle this or put a best foot forward, and unfortunately, it is right on brand for this athletic department.
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And?!? So?!? I don't give a rat's *** what 2 NFL teams and the league thinks...they dont like it replace it at your own cost...ohhhhhh, they did do that didn't they :unsure:...seems the U came out on top to me 🤷🏿‍♂️
 
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the field is new THIS YEAR. fwiw the fields were redone when the IPF was built. it’s on a schedule like all other elite facilities to be redone seasonally.
 
I think there might be some more to it, not just like oh, the field had tumbleweeds etc...

It might be the type of grass, could be the underpadding or sod used, that makes the field harder or softer, could be a ton of things.

Pros have their ways of doing things, but I was just there this summer and the fields, to me, looked prestine. Really unsure what else they coulda required. I suspect it is a matter of preference.
 
gabedm said:
I think there might be some more to it, not just like oh, the field had tumbleweeds etc...

It might be the type of grass, could be the underpadding or sod used, that makes the field harder or softer, could be a ton of things.

Pros have their ways of doing things, but I was just there this summer and the fields, to me, looked prestine. Really unsure what else they coulda required. I suspect it is a matter of preference.
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Very well could be the case. The part that looks bad is that it’s being reported by NFL sites that The []_[] has **** fields basically. However you slice it, it’s not a good look for the university.
 
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OriginalCanesCanesCanes said:


L O L

I guess San Francisco has a lot of experience with bad fields. Glass houses and stones and all that
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Now that's hysterical. Here's another one from 2017 for the same field.

**** the 49ers.




SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Maybe the NFL will be right.


Maybe the Panthers and Broncos will take the field at Levi's Stadium and all will be well. The players will plant, they will cut. They will dig their feet into the fresh turf without the slightest bit of concern that something will go wrong.


But believing what the NFL says is like trusting a groundhog to predict the length of the seasons.

The field at Levi's Stadium, site of Sunday's Super Bowl 50, is a joke.

It has been a joke since the state-of-the-art complex opened in July 2014.

Before the 49ers played a single game in the 68,500-capacity stadium, the turf had to be replaced — twice in the span of just two weeks. What was expected to be the NFL's nicest field was a fairway at a municipal golf course following a hailstorm.

There is no reason why the field should be in poor shape. This is not a decade-old stadium built in a harsh-weather climate. Santa Clara offers pristine grass-growing conditions. And, Levi's Stadium was the site of a peach farm. Yet the $1.3 billion stadium has a field with the composition of a waterbed.

Remember what happened to Ravens picker Justin Tucker in Week 6?

The only thing worse than the field's condition is the cover-up. And no, we aren't talking about a tarp.

"We aren't concerned with the issues of the past," said Ed Mangan, the NFL's field director and the man responsible for overseeing the project leading up to Super Bowl 50. "There have been no hitches thus far."

The thing is, we know that to be untrue. Just a week before the game, a photo was taken showing that the field crew accidentally painted both end zones in Broncos colors. When asked about the snafu, Mangan insinuated it never happened.

"No. We're fine," Mangan said on Tuesday, brushing off attempts to get him to admit his crew screwed up.

"We have a Panthers end zone right here and a Broncos one down on the other side. Just as we planned."

But Mangan's terse comments make perfect sense because that's what the 49ers organization did while its field was falling apart at the seams.

"And our field guys are phenomenal," then-coach Jim Tomsula said before the start to the season, via the San Jose Mercury News. "The confidence in them is tremendous."

Why is the field so bad yet those who work with it so positive that it isn't?

The answer is simple. During construction, an error was made when laying down the field's support base of sand and gravel. But even after the grounds crew dug up the foundation and redid it, the issues remain. Why? In short, the stadium is overused. It has been the site for WrestleMania, an outdoor hockey game, a soccer match between FC Barcelona and Manchester United, countless concerts, and of course, 49ers home games.


Why the NFL and the 49ers organization refuse to admit fault is also simple. There is no accountability in professional football. Talk is cheap, and both the NFL and the 49ers invested way too much money in trying to make the Levi's Stadium field serviceable.

So maybe the NFL will be right.

But if history is any indication, it won't be.
 
hoops156 said:
for the record, UFs stadium doenst look anywhere near what it does in the fall. you can go anytime and run stadiums there and get on the field. it looks basically dried up in the spring
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AND RECRUITS KNOW THAT THEY DON'T PRACTICE IN THE STADIUM.

Good lord, it's like people have forgotten that (at least in the good old days) our players would go out and practice at all hours. What do you do if Tyler Van Dyke wants to go out to Greentree to throw passes to his new receivers, just tell him "hey, we're trying to mold our field, we know it looks bad and it's dangerous, but you should just wait until April".

Come on, when are some of you guys going to stop defending Blake, stop defending our mom-and-pop behavior, and stop acting like every bad look by this program is just some sort of media conspiracy.

This is the same Blake who jerked Alonzo back and forth for weeks, had Alonzo's salary paid for, and then told the BOT that he wanted a glorified coffee boy instead.

When you have the N-F-*******-L telling you that the field is inadequate, you don't dig your heels in and act like you are some expert on grass fields.
 
TheOriginalCane said:
AND RECRUITS KNOW THAT THEY DON'T PRACTICE IN THE STADIUM.

Good lord, it's like people have forgotten that (at least in the good old days) our players would go out and practice at all hours. What do you do if Tyler Van Dyke wants to go out to Greentree to throw passes to his new receivers, just tell him "hey, we're trying to mold our field, we know it looks bad and it's dangerous, but you should just wait until April".

Come on, when are some of you guys going to stop defending Blake, stop defending our mom-and-pop behavior, and stop acting like every bad look by this program is just some sort of media conspiracy.

This is the same Blake who jerked Alonzo back and forth for weeks, had Alonzo's salary paid for, and then told the BOT that he wanted a glorified coffee boy instead.

When you have the N-F-*******-L telling you that the field is inadequate, you don't dig your heels in and act like you are some expert on grass fields.
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Be better than this dude. Much better.

Van Dyke can go throw a thousand passes a day in the brand new, state of the art IPF we just built at any time of the day or night, rain or shine, 365 days a year if he wants to.
 
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Go Canes!! said:
Now that's hysterical. Here's another one from 2017 for the same field.

**** the 49ers.




SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Maybe the NFL will be right.


Maybe the Panthers and Broncos will take the field at Levi's Stadium and all will be well. The players will plant, they will cut. They will dig their feet into the fresh turf without the slightest bit of concern that something will go wrong.


But believing what the NFL says is like trusting a groundhog to predict the length of the seasons.

The field at Levi's Stadium, site of Sunday's Super Bowl 50, is a joke.

It has been a joke since the state-of-the-art complex opened in July 2014.

Before the 49ers played a single game in the 68,500-capacity stadium, the turf had to be replaced — twice in the span of just two weeks. What was expected to be the NFL's nicest field was a fairway at a municipal golf course following a hailstorm.

There is no reason why the field should be in poor shape. This is not a decade-old stadium built in a harsh-weather climate. Santa Clara offers pristine grass-growing conditions. And, Levi's Stadium was the site of a peach farm. Yet the $1.3 billion stadium has a field with the composition of a waterbed.

Remember what happened to Ravens picker Justin Tucker in Week 6?

The only thing worse than the field's condition is the cover-up. And no, we aren't talking about a tarp.

"We aren't concerned with the issues of the past," said Ed Mangan, the NFL's field director and the man responsible for overseeing the project leading up to Super Bowl 50. "There have been no hitches thus far."

The thing is, we know that to be untrue. Just a week before the game, a photo was taken showing that the field crew accidentally painted both end zones in Broncos colors. When asked about the snafu, Mangan insinuated it never happened.

"No. We're fine," Mangan said on Tuesday, brushing off attempts to get him to admit his crew screwed up.

"We have a Panthers end zone right here and a Broncos one down on the other side. Just as we planned."

But Mangan's terse comments make perfect sense because that's what the 49ers organization did while its field was falling apart at the seams.

"And our field guys are phenomenal," then-coach Jim Tomsula said before the start to the season, via the San Jose Mercury News. "The confidence in them is tremendous."

Why is the field so bad yet those who work with it so positive that it isn't?

The answer is simple. During construction, an error was made when laying down the field's support base of sand and gravel. But even after the grounds crew dug up the foundation and redid it, the issues remain. Why? In short, the stadium is overused. It has been the site for WrestleMania, an outdoor hockey game, a soccer match between FC Barcelona and Manchester United, countless concerts, and of course, 49ers home games.


Why the NFL and the 49ers organization refuse to admit fault is also simple. There is no accountability in professional football. Talk is cheap, and both the NFL and the 49ers invested way too much money in trying to make the Levi's Stadium field serviceable.

So maybe the NFL will be right.

But if history is any indication, it won't be.
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Way too long buddy.
 
Go Canes!! said:
Be better than this dude. Much better.

Van Dyke can go throw a thousand passes a day in the brand new, state of the art IPF we just built at any time of the day or night, rain or shine, 365 days a year if he wants to.
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Brilliant idea.

Let's just get rid of Greentree then. Not needed. Let's build something else on that site.

Good lord, it is ONE-POINT-FIVE FOOTBALL FIELDS. We are not talking about some massive piece of property, like a golf course.

ONE-AND-A-HALF FOOTBALL FIELDS. That's it. It's not hard. Or expensive.
 
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TheChosenOne said:
U also forgot about Golden's complaint in the lawsuit.

2 NFL teams, the NFL, and a former 1 UM HC all have said this practice field is ***, and has been as for years.

CIS response: ThEy'Re MaKiNG iT uP.
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Wow!! Just wow!! So now you're gonna lean on Al Golden to prove a point? There's a portion of this fan base that is soft as ****. **** Al Golden!!! **** the 49ers and **** the greedy *** NFL and their shiity product. Once upon a time not too long ago. Fans would celebrate the fact that our kids got a brand new practice field installed courtesy of the NFL for free. Not today though. These cats today will find almost anything to ***** about.

Go Canes!!!!!!!
 
TheOriginalCane said:
Brilliant idea.

Let's just get rid of Greentree then. Not needed. Let's build something else on that site.

Good lord, it is ONE-POINT-FIVE FOOTBALL FIELDS. We are not talking about some massive piece of property, like a golf course.

ONE-AND-A-HALF FOOTBALL FIELDS. That's it. It's not hard. Or expensive.
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We thought it was perfectly fine. Maybe the 49ers, who've been ripped for their field for years, were being incredibly picky..

And please with the whole KC and the NFL agreeing. WTF else were they going to do? Tell them they disagree? That would be a great look for the Chiefs and the league if some player suffered a freak injury during practice this week.

Regardless, this is a total non story that NO ONE cars about.
 
Go Canes!! said:
We thought it was perfectly fine. Maybe the 49ers, who've been ripped for their field for years, were being incredibly picky..

And please with the whole KC and the NFL agreeing. WTF else were they going to do? Tell them they disagree? That would be a great look for the Chiefs and the league if some player suffered a freak injury during practice this week.

Regardless, this is a total non story that NO ONE cars about.
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enough with the “only the 49ers though it was an issue” argument.

The 49ers, the Packers, and the NFL all thought the field was crap and told UM that. The only entity that thought it was acceptable was Miami.

Just like Miami was the only entity that thought it was acceptable not to have an IPF for all those years. Just like they thought it was acceptable to rely exclusively on a pro style offense when the game had moved away from that system.

notice a pattern here? Miami is the problem, not the teams drawing attention to the issue.
 
is this still going on? holy ****. who the **** cares anymore? they weren't practicing on a dead field for 2 months esp since it was brand new starting in august. it would've been fine for the season too.

most of the time, the practices are indoors anyways w the amount it rains down here in the summers.
 
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