At least one member of John Lynch’s family wasn’t entirely thrilled that he took the San Francisco 49ers’ general manager job.
Lynch told NFL Network’s Mike Silver how his 9-year-old daughter Leah began crying upon learning of the move – because her father had accepted a job offer with, in her mind, a terrible team.
“I think the toughest one — I haven’t told this yet to the media — all my kids took it really well,” Lynch said, via Will Brinson of CBS Sports. “They were shocked but they took it really well. My 9-year-old started bawling, and she’s not that girl. She’s the one that was always happy. And she was crying, and I said, ‘What’s wrong Leah? Are you afraid? Is there some nervous anxiety about moving?’ And she said, ‘No daddy,’ and she was sobbing. And I said, ‘What’s wrong?’ And she said, ‘The 49ers are horrible.’
“So, I said, ‘Well, I think that’s why they hired your daddy.'”
Hard to argue with the kid here. Of course, this was a position Lynch very much wanted, so he has a lot of confidence in himself to make the Niners less horrible. For his sake, here’s hoping he can change his daughter’s opinion of his new employer.
