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Fans who thought the 49ers were fighting some bad energy around Mike Singletary may have been on to something. With Singletary in charge, the 49ers often looked like a team that played tight and were afraid to make mistakes. "I think we did play tight," Vernon Davis said. "Guys were a little scared. They were more worried about coach Singletary getting on them than playing football." Interim coach Jim Tomsula made it his mission last week to get the 49ers to have fun. The 49ers responded with a 38-7 victory over the Arizona Cardinals.

(sub-headline: Michael Singletary's coaching style clearly doomed him as head coach of the 49ers, and here’s why.) Former San Francisco 49ers head coach Mike Singletary's skills with the X's and O's -- the nuts and bolts of coaching football teams -- were suspect enough. But even if he was deemed adequate in that regard, his persona made his suitability as coach of the 49ers questionable. Society has not reached the point yet where the "fiery black man" approach is acceptable for CEO-type positions, especially when it doesn't deliver positive results, as evidenced by San Francisco's 0-5 start this season and...