San Francisco 49ers fans don’t exactly hold former general manager Trent Baalke in the highest regard. In fact, it wouldn’t be a stretch to say that he’s considered one of the team’s biggest mistakes of the past decade.
No seriously, that’s exactly what he’s been called.
In an article published in June of 2018, Bleacher Report’s Brad Gagnon straight up labeled the hiring of Baalke as the 49ers’ biggest mistake of the entire decade. And at the time it was hard to fault that logic.
Baalke inherited a 49ers team with a ton of talent but did next to nothing to replace his star players.