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http://www.49erslockerroom.com/authentic-garry-gilliam-jersey , Calif. (AP) — A day after the San Francisco 49ers released linebacker Reuben
Foster following a domestic violence arrest, coach Kyle Shanahan said he and the
team were unaware of a prior altercation in October between Foster and the same
alleged victim.Foster was arrested Saturday night for an incident at the team
hotel in Tampa, the latest in a string of legal issues involving the linebacker.
The 49ers cut Foster on Sunday morning before their game against the
Buccaneers.Reports emerged later Sunday that police had been called on Oct. 12
for another incident between Foster and the woman in Santa Clara.The 49ers
claimed they had a zero-tolerance policy this season with Foster, who also was
arrested on a domestic violence charge last spring involving the woman. The
Associated Press generally does not identify victims of alleged domestic
violence.“Absolutely not,” Shanahan said Monday when asked if he knew about the
October incident. “The first time I heard about it, somebody told us about it
when we landed (Sunday night) after it was written in the paper. Everyone in our
building was the same on that.”Shanahan spent the majority of his news
conference Monday defending the team’s decision to release Foster, the way the
team handled Foster during his tenure — and the decision to draft the troubled
player in the first place.“There were things that we believed we could help him
with,” Shanahan said. “We worked on him since he’s been here. … We thought he
would improve and we were gonna do everything we could to help him. And Reuben
did improve in some things.“But for that to come up … and what happened Saturday
with the same (person) at a team hotel, it’s just hard to comprehend how you
could put yourself in that situation again.”There were red flags surrounding
Foster leading up to the 2017 draft, including failing a drug test at the
combine.Though domestic violence charges were dropped against him last spring,
Foster served a two-game suspension to begin this season for his arrest on a gun
charge and for misdemeanor marijuana possession.Shanahan said the 49ers had
someone checking in on Foster often, doing everything the team could do short of
having someone live with him.“I do believe in his heart,” the coach said. “I
hope I’m not wrong on that. Shame on me if I am. But I also know he’s shown that
we couldn’t trust his decision-making. … There’s not many things in this world
more wrong than domestic violence and things like that.”Shanahan said he twice
tried calling Foster on Monday but only got his voicemail.“Hopefully this is
rock bottom for him,” Shanahan said, “and he can fix himself in all those ways
and still find a way to go have success in his life, or hopefully with another
team someday.”There weren’t many football-related questions for Shanahan on
Monday
Tarvarius Moore Jersey White , but he did say Nick Mullens would remain San Francisco’s starting quarterback this Sunday at Seattle despite a shaky effort
in a 27-9 loss at Tampa Bay.“I know I said Nick didn’t play very well, but no
one played well and I didn’t coach well,” Shanahan said. “So it was all of us.
Nick did a good job in his first two games. He was not the reason that happened
yesterday, so it would be unfair to (replace him).”NOTES: Strong safety Jaquiski
Tartt is day-to-day with a stinger in the same shoulder that’s given him
problems recently. . Safety D.J. Reed is expected to miss Sunday’s game with a
foot strain and chest contusion. … Receiver Pierre Garcon (knee) will be
evaluated Wednesday. Now after all the whispers, and rumors, and explanations,
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has commented on the NFC Championship pass
interference No-call. The comment, taken from Ian Rapoport is below: The missed
call remains one of the more egregious calls in recent memory and the NFL still
hasn’t shrugged off the mob of New Orleans Saints fans—and football Fans by
extension. There have been several opinions about it, including some from San
Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan.There are reports that the league will
look into making PI subject to review , but now that it’s coming from the
commissioner’s mouth it’s going to hold some water.Review or not, expanding
replay could make things more difficult. It still could be just as efficient to
have one person watching the game who can stop things for “Review time-outs” and
have these replace the random TV timeouts with shorter commercial breaks, but
salted throughout the game. NFL officiating expert Mike Pereira has advocated
for a sky judge of sorts, one able to correct a mistake in fifteen seconds. The
opportunities to fix things are there. Reviewing pass interference in and of
itself doesn’t fix what has become a lack of accountability among the
officiating crew. Human or not, something will need to change or more fans will
take the league’s integrity into question—whether it’s a correct action or
not.
