Lost in all of the 49ers’ free agency hustle and bustle has been the fact that the front office has put a stop to all the “leaking” of rumors that plagued the team in previous seasons.

The 49ers’ new chain of command, general manager John Lynch and head coach Kyle Shanahan, have ushered a new era of hope. So far, the team is aggressively heading down a path that is intently opposite from that of Lynch’s predecessor, Trent Baalke.

During Baalke’s reign, the 49ers saw extreme highs but also plotting, corrosive depths. Depths that left even the most loyal of the Faithful with a deep distrust of the man in charge of managing the team.

The man who was once an executive of the year was also now the most hated man in Santa Clara. If the NFL ever decided to do a A Football Life on Baalke it would be titled: “Baalkileaks, The Rise and Fall of Trent Baalke.”

It would start with his inability to put his ego aside to work with one of the most gifted football minds at the time — former 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh.