Let me level with you, I don’t really intend to bloviate on the benefits of Mike Singletary on your fantasy team. Chances are, unless you happen to own Frank Gore, you don’t much care about about the minimal effects Iron Mike II has had on your fantasy team. If you still care how many catches Bryant Johnson or Vernon Davis have been getting under the new regime, your fantasy season has been over for weeks — if not months.

But, I promise to at least touch on those subjects. (This blog is about “fantasy sports” afterall, and I don’t want to receive a call from my Fantasy Sports Writers of America rep and risk expulsion from our very exclusive club.)

My ulterior (or is it primary) focus of this post is to give a full mea culpa about my underestimation of what Singletary would mean to the 49ers.

A recap: A few weeks ago, Danny and I were discussing the relative merits of Mike Singletary as the next 49ers head coach. This was the week after the 49ers became the only West Coast team to win a game in the Eastern Time zone this season when they squeaked out a victory over the then playoff-chasing Buffalo Bills.

I basically dismissed the victory as a feel-good moment, but hardly anything particularily significant. It hardly changed my belief that Singletary was more of a motivator than a tactition, and I don’t think motivators have long shelf-lives in the NFL.

I clung to those beliefs, to some degree anyway, as recently as last Thursday when I said the 49ers need to at least explore the willingness of Pete Carroll to lead their team.

Take note people, I am admitting my mistake. Mike Singletary deserves to be named head coach the day after the season ends — that, apparently, is the earliest it can happen under league rules. He also deserves to have 49ers ownership express their adulation for the job he’s done and express their desire to have them lead this team into the future.

Why my change of heart?

First off, whether or not Singletary is a classic tactition, he obviously understands what it means to be a leader. Even during the relative glory days of the Steve Marriucci Era, no one has stood front and center for this team and been willing to be the big shot caller.

Once Eddie D left this team, that voice has been filled with a vacuum. Whether it was the invisible Dwight Clark, the incompetent Terry Donahue, the hapless Yorks or the bloviating Mike Nolan, fans have had little place to pin their hopes.

In the eight weeks — including a bye — that Singletary has been in charge, there’s been no question who the ultimate shot-caller has been. Whatever Singletary lacks in tactical know-how, he more than makes up for in understanding the human condition. He seems to really get how to “coach up” without alienating his players. If his handling of Mike Martz is any indication, he also shows an understanding of how to get what he wants out of his coaches without making them feel like he doesn’t value their skills.

In short, I believe that Singletary is confident enough to surround himself with the best coaches available without letting them undermine his overall vision. If Nolan could be criticized for one thing, it was that he always seemed much more interested in securing his own job than figuring out how to win. Singletary gives no sense of that kind of desperation.

But I also promised some fantasy impact. Here’s what you need to know: The 49ers’ three main non-QB offensive players (Isaac Bruce, Vernon Davis and Frank Gore) have all produced almost identical numbers with Mike Singletary as coach as with Mike Nolan. At QB, Shaun Hill is producing slightly less impressive offensive numbers than JT O’Sullivan, but has drastically reduced the number of turnovers.

Basically, Singletary has had no net effect on your fantasy team. Maybe it’s better that way.