A roster depleting offseason followed by a difficult regular season and the 49ers refuse to use the one word that could have saved them from themselves.
After a historically challenging off season for the San Francisco 49ers, the organization has refused to use the one word that may have eased the angst of it's fan base: rebuild. From the moment that the organization parted ways with the their winningest coach since George Seifert, the word used was reload. The exact quote from Trent Baalke was: "This isn't a rebuild situation, this is a reload situation.