Steve Young is one of my favorite people in the world.
I say this, while also adding that Steve wouldn’t be able to pick me out of a lineup, but I watched how he made my 14-year-old son feel while he questioned Kevin on where he went to school and what were his favorite things to do?
I got to introduce Steve to Kevin because he was a guest on the 49ers Playbook weekly highlight show. More recently, Steve has revealed some of the struggles he endured during his career, insights us mortals didn’t know accomplished and liked people such as Steve Young needed to confront.
I get to listen to Steve each Wednesday on KNBR as part of the Tom Tolbert and Adam Copeland show. A couple weeks ago, after the 49ers lost to the Denver Broncos, Young was bemoaning how the team looked out of sync and that they were looking too much outside of what they could do.
It was an accurate insight from a Hall of Fame member.
Thing is, Steve interpreted the uncertainty in the San Francisco organization as a negative, and from my perspective, where I’m looking for teams at the bottom, the 49ers were in a perfect spot to excel.