But the 49ers needed much more than an easy-to-learn offense. Kelly gets a bad reputation because of his perceived inability to motivate -- but San Francisco knew this before it hired him. Kelly isn't going to be able to change that part of his personality. The 49ers also knew they had a very unique blend of players in their locker room. Kaepernick and Brooks were part of a different era -- a group that had perhaps one of the best motivators on Earth in Jim Harbaugh. The group of players who make up San Francisco's young core probably would have done better with someone who could create a defined culture and rally against the fact that every other team in the division was much stronger.