Ex-Warriors GM had to buck up 49ers’ John Lynch during Bosa holdout

Next time you’re in a tough salary negotiation at work, never forget: The bosses are chumming it up behind your back. 

As Nick Bosa’s six-week holdout dragged on this summer, 49ers general manager John Lynch got some support from someone who had been in a very similar seat. Former Warriors GM Bob Myers called him to boost his spirits, Lynch recounted Friday morning on Bay Area radio station KNBR. Myers spoke with Lynch and Paraag Marathe, the notoriously tough 49ers executive in charge of contract negotiations.

“Little shoutout to Bob Myers, my good friend,” Lynch said. “You know, there was one point when we were at an impasse, and Bob called. Paraag happened to be in my office, and he just had really good counsel. Sometimes you need some outside perspective. … It kept us going.”

“I’m very appreciative. You need friends when you’re struggling,” Lynch added. “Bob, at a time when we were pretty frustrated, called and had some really nice perspective.”

Now in his seventh season as San Francisco’s GM, Lynch had never dealt with a true holdout before Bosa’s. Deebo Samuel scrubbed the team from his social media and demanded a trade last year, but he agreed to a new deal and reported to training camp on time.

Myers — who left the Warriors this summer after a massively successful decade — may not have dealt with holdouts in the NBA. But the Bosa drama would have qualified as small potatoes compared with what Myers dealt with in the Bay Area. In fact, it probably wouldn’t have cracked the top five most stressful things involving just Draymond Green.