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SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The San Francisco 49ers expect to be right back competing for a Super Bowl with a new coach following the frustration of a lost year that saw coach Jim Harbaugh depart for Michigan.General manager Trent Baalke believes there are plenty of options to replace Harbaugh and ensure the Niners are contenders again. CEO Jed York wont accept anything less.Its up to us to make sure we compete for and win Super Bowls. Thats our only goal, York said. We dont raise division championships banners. We dont raise NFC championship banners. We raise Super Bowl banners.Under Harbaugh, they came darn close, losing 34-31 to his big brother, John, and the Baltimore Ravens after the 2012 season.Now, theres the daunting task of finding another coach who can produce similar, immediate success.This organization has had to replace some awfully successful head coaches in the past, and Jim is no different - a very successful coach, Baalke said. Are we confident that we can replace him? You always go into that with that strategy. Theres a lot of good football coaches out there. What we need to do is go out and find a coach that can come in here now and lead this football team.No matter who succeeds Harbaugh, there are significant questions surrounding San Francisco going forward. Perhaps none is bigger than getting quarterback Colin Kaepernick to top form again after a disappointing season on the heels of his hefty contract extension last June.He is considering working with a mechanics guru to make some tweaks, which has proven positive for other NFL quarterbacks.The quarterback position is the most important position in all of sports. Period, York said. I think Colin did some things very well this year. And there are things he needs to improve on. And thats something that is very important.Here are some things to take from the Niners 8-8 season:STAR LINEBACKERS: NaVorro Bowman never made it back from that devastating left knee injury in last Januarys NFC championship game at Seattle. Then close friend and fellow star linebacker Patrick Willis didnt play after an Oct. 13 win at St. Louis and needed surgery for a strained muscle in his left big toe.Getting these two back on the field will be paramount for a defence that has been among the NFLs best.Its my career, I want to be sure I do it smart, Willis said.DAVIS DOWN NUMBERS: Vernon Davis followed one of his best NFL seasons with the lowest output since his rookie year of 2006, leaving doubts whether the Niners will bring him back with a year left on his contract.Davis matched his career high with 13 touchdowns in 2013, then became a bit part of the offence. Offensive co-ordinator Greg Roman regularly said he wanted Davis involved and that didnt happen.Davis had only 50 targets, down from 84, and finished with just 26 catches and two TDs.I dont know what the main issue is, Davis said. Everybodys numbers are down, (Michael) Crabtree, Frank (Gore), myself. Were all down. Weve just got to figure it out. Just like any sport, whenever youre part of a team, whether youre a coach or anybody, your goal is to get the key guys involved, the guys who make plays, so they can contribute and help the team win.BIG NAMES, KEY DECISIONS: York and Baalke must decide whether franchise rushing leader Frank Gore returns, along with Crabtree, Davis and left guard Mike Iupati.And thats just a start.Its unclear whether 14-year veteran defensive end Justin Smith will play another season before retirement.I tell him I dont care if he gets away all the way until before the first week of the season next year and he comes back then, Willis said. Im going to talk to his little boys, he has three young boys now, see if they can run him a little ragged and give him back.WHAT HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE? The 49ers finished 4-4 in their inaugural season at $1.3 billion Levis Stadium and hardly established the kind of home-field advantage theyd hoped for — not even close to what Seattle offers at CenturyLink Field.York apologized via Twitter on Thanksgiving night, when the 49ers lost the first of two games to rival Seattle in an 18-day span. He said Monday fans who chose to spend their holiday in the stands deserved more.We didnt give you enough to cheer for this year. But that didnt stop you from coming out even in the last two games, where we really didnt have anything to play for, he said in opening his Monday news conference. We werent playing for a playoff contention and you guys brought it.SECONDARY CONCERNS: The Niners are weak at cornerback and could see Perrish Cox and Chris Culliver leave, so thats a spot to be addressed through free agency and the draft.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL Pas Cher Yeezy Boost 750 . Claude Noel will be the man behind the bench when the team hits the ice of the MTS Centre to begin its inaugural season. Site De Yeezy Pas Cher . The 31-year-old, a two-time CFL lineman of the year, was among the most coveted free agents on the market. The Windsor, Ont., native will be especially important to a team that has lost veteran quarterback Anthony Calvillo to retirement and is expected to go with the less experienced Troy Smith and Tanner Marsh this season. http://www.siteyeezypascher.fr/basket-yeezy-pas-cher-chine.html .C. - NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick headlines this years electees into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame. Basket Ultra Boost En Solde . The Gatineau Olympiques head coach will lead Canada in its quest to end its gold medal drought at the 2015 world junior hockey championship held in Montreal and Toronto at the end of this year. Grossiste Yeezy .I shared with him how much I appreciated all he had done for us, Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge said of that Thursday night farewell.Denver, CO (SportsNetwork.com) - Danilo Gallinari scored a season-high 19 points to lift the Denver Nuggets to a 76-73 win over the Indiana Pacers on Saturday. Ty Lawson deposited 15 points with 10 assists and J.J. Hickson added 10 points off the bench for Denver, which has won two straight on the heels of a three- game skid. Timofey Mozgov pulled down a game-high 15 rebounds and tied a career high with five blocks in the win. Well before I met my wife, most of the women I encountered were as hot as this game was tonight. Sometimes you have to take down the ugly ones, Nuggets coach Brian Shaw joked. Well take it. Now we have (won) two in a row heading on the road. David West led the Pacers with 19 points to go with 10 rebounds and C.J. Miles netted 16 points off the bench in the loss. Indiana has dropped 10 of its last 11 games. The Pacers scored the first five points of the fourth quarter to make it 60-55. Denver then ripped off a 10-0 run highlighted by Mozgovs putback slam off a Kenneth Faried miss. Indiana cut the deficit to one with 2 1/2 minutes left prior to Wilson Chandlers 3-pointer and Farieds dunk. Lavoy Allen converted a putback layup with 1:05 remaining to make it a 74-70 deficit for the visitors. Donald Sloan pulled down a Miles miss in the closinng seconds and nailed a trey to make it a one-point game with 1.dddddddddddd2 seconds left. Arron Afflalo proceeded to knock down a pair of free throws with under a second on the clock to push the advantage to three. Miles was again off the mark from beyond the arc as the buzzer sounded and the Nuggets won their sixth straight over the Pacers at home. We just didnt play well enough to win. We have to play better, Pacers coach Frank Vogel said. (It) was a tough shooting night, but we gotta keep grinding. In a forgetful first half, Indiana brought a slim 33-32 lead into the halftime break. West had 11 points in the first quarter to help the Pacers to a 21-15 edge. Indiana then got cold. shooting just 3-for-19 (15.8 percent) from the floor in the second, but Denver didnt do much better and managed to trim the deficit to one after two quarters. The Nuggets ended up tying the score at 55-55 entering the fourth. Game Notes Indiana has lost eight straight on the road ... Denver finished the game 30- of-82 (36.6 percent) from the floor while limiting the Pacers to 30 percent shooting ... Solomon Hill had 11 points in the setback ... There were nine ties and 14 lead changes ... Denver had a 48-18 edge in the paint. ' ' '