What issues did he have with Mays? I knwo that the rivalry thingy with USC and Stanford, but it had to be more than that. These guys are professionals or at least suppsoed to be.
I'm intrigued by brining Mays here.
Do you remember when Stanford whooped up on USC and went for 2 towards the end of the game? Mays immediately sprinted over to the Stanford sideline and basically called Harbaugh a Bitch.
Supposedly as soon as Harbaugh came to SF he would not speak to Mays. Mays was telling teammates that Harbaugh was holding a grudge and thats Mays had no chance here. Harbaugh then started the "Mays is disruptive in the locker room" stuff.
It's a bad marriage to me. Doesn't mean Harbaugh isn't a good coach and it doesn't mean Mays won't succeed somewhere else. Seems strange that the 49ers organization would be so quick to give up on a player selected 49th overall just a year ago.
I thought, from pictures of our 2010 Draft board, that we had a 2nd round grade on him. I hate the 49ers but I watched most of their games last year to watch Mays. He made a lot of great plays on Special Teams and had 11 tackles in his first start at SS. He also showed a lot of the coverage issues that many were fearful with him. If we took a chance on him (conditional 3rd if he plays well, more likely a 4th round pick), he'd be a great gunner on the punt team and would do stand out on kickoffs. He's a 6'2" 235-pound missile. Then hopefully Ryan could groom him at SS and take advantage of his skill set on safety blitzs, while working on his coverage skills.
