Mike Nolan seems like a stand-up guy, but that's an outright lie. He's been treating his quarterback badly and he's treated other people badly, and he consistently blames others for his own mistakes. If anyone with a conscience runs the 49ers, Nolan is doomed in San Francisco. What he's done to Alex Smith is shameful. For weeks, Nolan insisted Smith's shoulder was OK. Cohn sat in the postgame news conference after Seattle shut out the Niners, and listened as Nolan, with an ironic grin, insisted Smith's shoulder was sound. He said this even though Smith barely could throw a pass. Nolan's implication was the quarterback was the big problem, certainly not the coach.