Former 49ers running back Kevan Barlow lashed out at Coach Mike Nolan and the direction of the franchise in a series of phone calls to the Contra Costa Times on Tuesday, two days after being traded to the New York Jets for a 2007 fourth-round draft pick.
“Nolan just doesn’t know what he’s doing. He’s a first-time head coach with too much power,’’ Barlow said from New York. “He has too much power as a first-time head coach. He walks around with a chip on his shoulder, like he’s a dictator, like he’s Hitler. People are scared of him. If it ain’t Nolan’s way, it’s the highway.’‘
Two phone calls later, Barlow softened his stance and blamed some of his statements on the emotional whirlwind he endured the previous 48 hours.
“I was kind of harsh on him, saying he’s a dictator. That’s bad. Saddam Hussein is a dictator,’’ Barlow said three hours after his initial call. ``I was speaking on emotion.’‘
Barlow called Nolan ``a liar’’ for trading him.
“It was dirty. He had no respect for me or the organization,’’ said Barlow, 27. “He doesn’t know about the 49ers way, and that’s too bad because even his dad (Dick) was coach of the 49ers. Bill Walsh set the standard there, and he ain’t living up to it.’‘
[Barlow rips Nolan over his trade to Jets] – Mercury News
