Chip Kelly’s critiques of his offensive personnel over the last two days are going to get plenty of run while we all wonder what’s going to happen to the 49ers’ coach and general manager heading into 2017.

The 49ers are 1-9, worse than the 3-7 clip Jim Tomsula opened with last season, leaving both Kelly and general manager Trent Baalke culpable for the team’s spiral.

And what Kelly said about his offense after Sunday’s loss to New England was on point. The 49ers aren’t built to come back from a big deficit, particularly without Torrey Smith, the team’s most accomplished receiver, who missed the first game of his career against the Patriots with a shoulder injury.

“When you get down like we did all of a sudden it turns into a throw every down game and we’re not built for that right now,” Kelly said.

The way the 49ers are built falls right in the lap of Baalke, who’s charged with constructing the roster.

Of course, Kelly isn’t going to (intentionally) throw his general manager under the bus, when asked about the perception of his post-game comments Monday.

“We’re not a team that’s going to throw the ball 60 times a game. That’s just not how we’re built,” Kelly said. “So, we’re built to run the ball, play-action pass off of the run game and that’s what I meant. However people perceive that is entirely up to them.”

Baalke has said, repeatedly, he wants his team to be built on a strong running game complimented by a stout defense. But teams that contend for titles can often win on the ground and through the air.

San Francisco has the NFL’s 30th-ranked passing attack and switched quarterbacks after five games. Generally, that’s not a recipe for success – and Kelly knows as much. His team is on a nine-game losing streak.

To no surprise, Kelly said he would love to come back from big deficits by chucking the ball over the field.

“Then that means you have everything,” Kelly said. “Yeah, I would love to be a team that could throw the ball 60 times a game and I would love to be a team that could run the ball 60 times a game. So, yes.”

Now the focus shifts to Baalke and how he reacts – publicly or otherwise – to Kelly letting the world know he has critiques of the way the roster is built.

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Baalke can either accept the criticisms as his team’s reality, or he can he take them personally and consider Kelly’s declarations the start of a public blame game.

The perception of the 49ers in 2016 has always favored Kelly over Baalke. The first-year coach has been largely hands off when it comes to personnel decisions, while Baalke has taken hits for his recent drafts and free agency choices.

The common line of thinking says the foundation for losing was cemented by Baalke well before Kelly took the job last winter. Kelly hasn’t been Vince Lombardi by any means, but it’s not entirely his fault the starting receivers Sunday against the Patriots were Quinton Patton, Jeremy Kerley and Aaron Burbridge.

“We’re built to run the football. Carlos (Hyde) is the main focus of what we’re doing offensively,” Kelly said.

“We have a running quarterback that complements him and then our play-action pass complements that and when we’re running the ball successfully and play-action pass off of that, we’re very good as an offensive football team. But, to think we’re going to go into a game and throw the ball 60 times and win, then that’s not a game plan for success for us.”

Kelly isn’t wrong – nor does he seem ill intentioned. He’s stating the obvious about Baalke’s team.

It’s up to Baalke to take the high road and accept the obvious. Or, he can take it personally, allow the coach-general manager relationship to sour, and let the 49ers fall back into their perpetual cycle of conflict that got them here in the first place.