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I tend to think this is one of the fattest media lies among their many pro-49er fibs. A laid back guy wouldn't cross a picket line as a scab, or sue for worker's comp so the state of California paid his medical bills while he pocketed his millions, or hawk his wife's ridiculous thigh master every other sentence... I think the laid back myth was invented to hide the fact that Montana is simply a dumb human being. If you are old enough to remember his attempt to be a broadcaster, it says it all. Clearly the lights are on but nobody is home in his brain. My guess is the P.R. folks concocted the whole laid-back Joe Cool myth to cover up his stupidity.
None of the off-field stuff you mention is relevant to my point. On the field, he was not a yeller or a screamer, or for that matter a rah-rah guy. He generally projected a calm demeanor. Whether he was dumb or not is also irrelevant to his demeanor on the field. His failure as a broadcaster is also irrelevant.
And most importantly, the fact that Goff is laid back is just fine for a QB, often times it's an asset.