So, our shit is officially "put a fork in" status. An end to a moribund season and disappointing end to a promising, but ultimately unfulfilling, era.

It's funny, I'm not even that upset or "hurt" at this point, because when we fucked up to the Giants, I knew that opportunities like that won't continue to come our way and that we blew a BIG ONE. That was our best team of the three, plus we caught a league that was heavily sleeping on us by surprise. Our defense was so damn lights out that year.

Injuries to our defense and other teams catching up to simplistic/predictable offensive strategies eventually caught up to us.

truthiswhen, reality, whatever name he's using needs to reckon with the fact that KAEPERNICK NEEDS TO STEP UP MAJORLY.

Something is not right with his head. Ever on a quest for personal development and self improvement, I think he needs to make peace with his birth mother. You never know how certain things wear on someone's psyche and affects other things we don't even think about. But BEYOND THAT, we need to fix our offense.

Now granted, Gore and Hyde went down, otherwise we probably win that game, but someone who utilizes the talents of our team the best, rather than forcing them to submit to a system. I say Jed York gets Norv Turner from Minnesota to be our OC. If HE can't make Kaap more effective, then put a fork in him. The contract he signed this year is very team friendly, so it wouldn't kill us if we had to part ways, and it would in many ways symbolize a break with the Harbaugh era, since he pushed for the draft pick and ultimately made the "permanent" QB decision. Not that I want him to be gone and don't like dude, but he's GOT to get better. This team has LOADS more offensive talent than when Harbaugh got there, it needs to be maximized while our defense is till top 10, and when healthy, top 3.

One of my boys suggested Holmgren, which I wouldn't be mad at at all. Now it's early, but the one good thing about us being out fast is that certain moves can be made sooner than later. Don't have much more to offer at this point beyond the drum I've been beating for years on end, but at least there's a place for such thoughts to reside.

http://bleacherreport.com/tb/dfAAY?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=san-francisco-49ers

Former San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator Mike Holmgren is highly interested in becoming the 49ers’ next head coach, according to a source who spoke with Holmgren.

Whether or not that means anything remains to be seen. The job isn’t open (yet). It’s unknown whether Jed York and Trent Baalke would look toward Holmgren, who has 17 seasons of NFL head coaching experience but would be 67 years old at the start of next season. Rumors are swirling (they tend to have the same tendencies as the winds at Candlestick Park) that the 49ers could trade or fire Jim Harbaugh after this season. Holmgren isn’t often named as a likely candidate to replace him, but maybe he should be mentioned alongside favorites like Jim Tomsula and Vic Fangio.

He’s a “big name” who still resonates with many 49ers fans

Jed York is in for the kind of backlash he and his family have never before experienced once they finally pull the plug on Harbaugh, even if the 49ers lose out and finish 7-9. The only way to pacify some of those fans would be to fight star power with star power, i.e. by hiring a famous coach. Like Jon Gruden, Holmgren has one Super Bowl win but hasn’t coached since 2008. In a lot of other markets he might be seen as a retread, but there were countless calls to radio shows between 2009 and Harbaugh’s hiring in which dissatisfied fans called for the 49ers to hire Holmgren. He wouldn’t satisfy everyone, but his name is one that would engender more patience than a lot of others.

It would mark a return to the 49ers’ roots

Holmgren played quarterback at Lincoln High in San Francisco, and after his playing days he served as an assistant at Lincoln, two other local high schools and San Francisco State before heading to BYU in 1982. He was the 49ers’ quarterbacks coach from 1986-88. San Francisco led the NFL in points and yards in 1989, his first season as offensive coordinator. More than any other branch of the Bill Walsh coaching tree, Holmgren was seen as the one who got away.

Throughout the Yorks’ stewardship, the 49ers have looked like an organization hoping to mimic other successful franchises. The 49ers revolutionized offensive football in the 1980s, but the 49ers of the 2000s have taken pages from defensive teams like the Baltimore Ravens (Mike Nolan, Mike Singletary), Chicago Bears (Singletary, Harbaugh) and New York Giants (Baalke is a disciple of Bill Parcells).

There’s a nice museum at Levi’s Stadium, but for a long time there’s been a strange distance between the current 49ers and their iconic figures, like Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Steve Young and several others. If the 49ers brought in Holmgren, and that led to a championship reunion of sorts with several beloved former players, the early stages of Harbaugh backlash would be quieted even more, and would dissipate completely if the 49ers started experiencing some 1989-esque success.

Holmgren is a quarterbacks coach

The 49ers are at a crossroads with Colin Kaepernick, and jettisoning Harbaugh would insert even more chaos into the situation. Trent Dilfer recently mentioned why Holmgren would be perfect.

“He needs a coach that will come in there, I wish Mike Holmgren was still in the NFL. He needs a Mike Holmgren that can come in and tell him how good he can be. And listen, kid, I got the tools to make you good again.”

Laugh if you want, but Dilfer and Jed are bros. It could be a coincidence that he mentioned Holmgren’s name on a radio show, but you never know with the Yorks. You just never know.

Holmgren will apparently do whatever it takes to coach again

The biggest question — other than money — when it comes to any coaching candidate, is how he’d get along with Baalke. Holmgren has years of executive experience, and if he wants the power to choose his own roster … York will probably say something that sounds like, “Don’t call us, we’ll call you.” Or, “Why don’t you take a tour of Levi’s Stadium. It’ll only cost you $25.”

Holmgren’s resume as a general manager is (hold on, I’m searching for a diplomatic way to put this …) spotty. Yep, it’s spotty.

He was fired by the Seahawks in 2002 (but remained the team’s head coach for several more years). His run in Cleveland (2010-12) was forgettable, and that’s being very, very kind. But Holmgren wants to get back into coaching … badly. How badly?

Holmgren will coach the American Team in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl, the players association announced Monday. Mike Martz, the former Rams coach, will head the National Team.

The game will be played Jan. 17 at StudHub Center on the California State University Dominguez Hills campus.

Coaching against Mike Martz in some college all-star game most of us have never heard of, at a facility that Seahawks.com couldn’t even spell correctly, tells us all we need to know about Holmgren’s hunger to wear a headset and patrol the sidelines.

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Don’t get this story confused with something like, “Holmgren Should Be The Next Coach Of The 49ers: My Column.” Again, all I know is that Holmgren is interested in the gig. It doesn’t mean the 49ers are into Holmgren, but his name could be one to follow if/when the team parts ways with Harbaugh.

Can coaches in their late 60s or 70s really hang in today's NFL?

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Now go ahead and continue your amateur finger pointing

Iupati playing bad coming off broken leg
ant davis out most of the season
Kilgore out for season
crabtree and davis playing subpar
terrible play calling
nobody to stretch the defense

And with all that you expected a kap to do what?? Play well? Haha..

Yall need to be more intelligent. Anybody can watch a guy struggle and say "duhhh...He sucks" I expect more from guys who watch the team play week to week

>Iupati playing bad coming off broken leg
>ant davis out most of the season
>Kilgore out for season
>crabtree and davis playing subpar
>terrible play calling
>nobody to stretch the defense
>
>And with all that you expected a kap to do what?? Play well?
>Haha..
>
>Yall need to be more intelligent. Anybody can watch a guy
>struggle and say "duhhh...He sucks" I expect more from guys
>who watch the team play week to week

Did you make these same concessions for Alex or did you just become more analytical when Kaep started taking snaps?

Fanboying blindly is unbecoming.

Or is there not a difference to someone trying to make a bad point?

And lol @ you not wanting to admit that all of those are facts.

>Or is there not a difference to someone trying to make a bad
>point?
>
>And lol @ you not wanting to admit that all of those are
>facts.

There's a real reason for me asking it. But if you're not one of those who said it, your reasoning is at least consistent. Our discussion would be different. ENLIGHTEN me please.

The issues that existed with Alex still exist mostly with kap..that much is true. The thing with Alex was we couldn't tell if it were coaching or his lack of big play making ability that was holding us up. I didn't assume either way, but when I saw kaps big play ability (on the run AND through the air) I was intrigued enough to want him to be full time starter. The link between Alex and kap is the coaching staff which makes them look very much at fault.

Although, Alex got the same issues in kc. But that's neither here nor there

>The issues that existed with Alex still exist mostly with
>kap..that much is true. The thing with Alex was we couldn't
>tell if it were coaching or his lack of big play making
>ability that was holding us up. I didn't assume either way,
>but when I saw kaps big play ability (on the run AND through
>the air) I was intrigued enough to want him to be full time
>starter. The link between Alex and kap is the coaching staff
>which makes them look very much at fault.

Alex's performance in the 2011 playoffs v. the Saints and the two scores v. the Giants showed to me that while he would likely never be on par with Rodgers, Brady, Manning, Brees, he COULD make big plays when needed. Gore was GASHING the Giants defense, but inexplicably they went away from it. My friend, a Giants season ticket holder even admitted that if we had kept running it, we'd have won.

People were so quick to jump on the "it's Alex Smith, that's the problem," wagon that the true problems were masked. And even when Kaep's unlikely ascension took place, because he was going more off of instinct than experience, they didn't have time to put their fuckery into his scheming. It's only now, after more and more years in the system that the flaws of it are being exposed, through his shortcomings. I think Alex actually ran the system better, but it limits both of their effectiveness with how they misuse the running game.

>Although, Alex got the same issues in kc. But that's neither
>here nor there
agreed, different topic.

Playing with an empty hand we're good

I place approximately 0% of the blame on Kaep for the game on Sunday. The offensive-line was as porous as its ever been this season. Receivers were dropping passes. By the third/fourth quarter, we were trotting out our third-string RB and our fourth street tight end, players I didn't even know were on the roster. It was a war of attrition that Seattle won off of injuries on the offense and defense and the benefit of a really shitty call.

All that said, Kaep's hand hasn't been empty for the entire season. Yes, Crabtree isn't playing likes it's a contract year and Vernon looks like a clown for holding out during pre-season. But Boldin has been a boss, and to Kaep's credit, he gets him the ball. Gore and Hyde have both done been solid, if under-used. There's nothing wrong with Stevie Johnson and Lloyd, but they haven't been getting the ball. Most of that's on the coaching staff and the stagnant offense, but it's also on Kaep for not getting it to them when he can/should. And he still has the same bad habit that he's had since last season: too often he throws dangerous passes that absolutely count on the athleticism of the WRs to pull off miracle catches.

So yeah, the deck's been stacked against Kaep most of the season. The coaching on offense looks inept, the o-line is raggedy, and some key play-makers are under-performing. But he shoulders at least part of the blame as well.

I'm not saying dump him. I'm not saying bench him. I'm not even saying bring in another QB to have a competition during preseason. But he's still got some issues that he really needs to work out if we're gonna turn the corner. And someone, be it Harbaugh or whoever they bring in if Harbaugh leaves, needs to figure it out.

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1. Gore had a good 5 or 6 weeks. That about it and I hate to say that and I know much of that has to do with scheme but yea..

And 2. Take a look at Lloyd and stevie johnson snap count

PROBLEMS

-A lot of those sacks are on him. He leaves clean pockets, holds the ball way too long, and refuses to throw the ball out of bounds. Compare him to Russell Wilson playing with arguably a worse O-line.

-He is not seeing open guys. His vision is extremely concerning.

-His accuracy has dropped for some reason. He is missing guys by ten feet at times. His first INT to Sherman in the Thanksgiving game was horrible. There are plenty of throws when as soon as he lets it go you know he's not connecting with his target.

-His running instincts are off. He forgoes opportunities to pick up first downs and sometimes runs when there's nothing there. You can see him second guess himself.

-The time clock management--which probably cost us the Super Bowl--is still awful.


REASONS TO BE OPTIMISTIC

-We know he is talented. We know he can make these throws. We know he has a good 3-4 years of elite speed left. He's just mentally shook right now.

-He is extremely durable. Sacked more than anybody this year and seems very healthy. Underrated quality.

-Our play design has gotten really stale. Very predictable routes and no danger of anybody going deep. You can see safetys and CBs just sitting and anticipating routes. That's on Harbaugh/Roman and not Kap.

-We now see how essential Vernon Davis was to this offense. He really was the piece that made it work. An excellent run blocker who can also torch you on a deep post. But this year he's is just terrible in all phases.

-He wants to win. You can tell he wants to win bad and will do what it takes in the off-seasons to improve his game.

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Their play calling system has a ton to do with it. Roman relays his play call to harbaugh who then approves it and passes it to kap. That's why the play comes in so late and in turn they get to the line of scrimmage late, they can never be tricky with the snap count so teams front 7 always has the jump on our offensive line, etc..

Some of the dumbest shit I've heard. Roman and kap don't even communicate during offensive possessions. Jim is their liaison so to speak.

The fact that this shit is still unfixed three years later is on the coaches. All they seem to have changed is add a "hurry, hurry" cadence for him. And, yeah, their playcalling system is retarded. Didn't we have this same fucking problem with Jimmy Raye?

But Kap is still really poor at getting guys to the line quickly. The lack of pace and urgency on drives in the 4th quarter (when, this year, they are almost always behind) is so frustrating. Some of that has to be on #7.

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I have no idea why THAT got carried over into the current Niners regime, but it's been an issue for a long time.

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No other choice at this point.

If Gore and Davis depart, we're looking at a team next year with just three guys left from 2007--Staley, Willis, Lee.

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Considering how hardcore they stood behind him earlier this season, I gotta imagine this was something REALLY foul given how quick they cut ties with him.

And yeah, still hoping they keep Gore. Davis too; he's salvageable.

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Gotta imagine there's a team out there that will pay him. Denver?

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you said you were anti Vernon, but i could be misremembering.

That doesn't sound like something I'd say though. I probably would have said that I understood him holding out though, even it ended up making him look like a clown.

I will that I can never really hate Vernon after "The Catch #3." And even though he's been awful this season outside of the Dallas game, I think he can still have some sort of value to the team. He just won't get paid as much as he'd like.

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If he has been nursing a serious back (or other) injury and just being quiet about it publicly, by all means bring him back.

If he's mostly healthy and just can't be bothered to try anymore, time to move on. He is jogging through his routes.

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First, unrestricted:

CB Chris Cook
CB Perrish Cox
WR Michael Crabtree
CB Chris Culliver
QB Blaine Gabbert
RB Frank Gore
G Mike Iupati
QB Josh Johnson
WR Brandon Lloyd
WR Kassim Osgood
LB Dan Skuta
RB Alfonso Smith
S Bubba Ventrone

Now, restricted:

Restricted Free Agents
TE Garrett Celek
LS Kyle Nelson

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>First, unrestricted:
>
>CB Chris Cook

Eh.

>CB Perrish Cox

Yep.

>WR Michael Crabtree

Figure someone's going to offer him lots of money. It shouldn't be us.

>CB Chris Culliver

Sure. Really improved this season. Hasn't done anything stupid recently.

>QB Blaine Gabbert

Whatever. Bye.

>RB Frank Gore

Find a way to make it work. Don't break the bank, but I'd hate to see Frank play somewhere else.

>G Mike Iupati

Didn't help his case for big money this season, but I'd like him back, because he's shown he can be excellent. Another "don't break the bank, but I'd still try to sign him."

>QB Josh Johnson

Sure. Why not.

>WR Brandon Lloyd

Didn't use him at all, but I like the idea of depth at WR. And I like having a HR hitter.

>WR Kassim Osgood

Sure. Pro-bowler, and we can get him for cheap.

>LB Dan Skuta

Yep.

>RB Alfonso Smith

Eh. Didn't know he was on the team until last Sunday.

>S Bubba Ventrone

Eh.

>Now, restricted:
>
>Restricted Free Agents
>TE Garrett Celek

Sure.

>LS Kyle Nelson

Eh.

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>CB Chris Cook

Forgot he was even on the team. If he's cheap, bring him back to compete in camp.

>CB Perrish Cox
>CB Chris Culliver

Sounds like there's only going to be money for one of these guys. I'd say Cox. Culliver is solid but seems limited after his injury--the future upside is gone.

>WR Michael Crabtree

Shocking number of drops this year. Somebody will pay him.

>QB Blaine Gabbert

Really up to the new coach/OC to decide if he fits their system as a backup. I'm fine with him.

>RB Frank Gore

Would love to keep Frank. But I'd also love to see him get a ring somewhere.

>G Mike Iupati

Gone. Underwhelming last two years.

>QB Josh Johnson

Fine.

>WR Brandon Lloyd

Would rather have us see what we've got with Patton and Ellington. Are these guys developing?

>WR Kassim Osgood

Yeah, until he loses his wheels keep bringing him back.

>LB Dan Skuta

Definitely. Brooks will be gone.

>S Bubba Ventrone

Yes. And we need at least one more ST specialist.

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Who shall lead us?

FANGIO

TOMSULA

MANGINI

BEVELL (SEA)

QUINN (SEA)

BOWLES (ARI)

McDANIELS (NE)

HAMILTON (IND)

GASE (DEN)

MORA JR. (UCLA)

JACKSON (CIN)

SHANAHAN (CLE)

SHANAHAN

HOLMGREN

Who am I missing?

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It's not like we're in need of a rebuild or a complete restructuring. I'm wary of anyone who's gonna come in try to switch things up too much to prove his own genius.

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To me, unless they are convinced one of these young offensive guys (Gase, K. Shanahan, Hamilton) truly is the next Bill Walsh I don't see how you do better than Fangio.

For all the credit Harbaugh gets, it's Fangio's D that became elite immediately in 2011 and was the foundation of the team for all four years. Especially this year when it was missing top talents. And, there's much more money invested in offensive talent.

Gotta also think Fangio returning makes Justin Smith and possibly Gore more likely to come back.

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go get David Shaw from Stanford and make him the OC. Promote Tomsula to DC.

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pretty sure fangio's gonna bounce now since he got leapfrogged. word is dennis allen's in play for the d-coordinator job.

not sure how to feel about this.

fuck jed regardless. oh and paraag marathe.

At least that was the word early on, before they interviewed Fangio twice.

Yeah, not a fan of Fangio leaving. I don't think the players are either.

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>At least that was the word early on, before they interviewed
>Fangio twice.

i think he interviewed once.

the reports this morning said fangio basically said make me the HC, and if not, it better be mike shanahan (LOL)

>Yeah, not a fan of Fangio leaving. I don't think the players
>are either.

yeah i think bowman and a couple others came out publicly and said they wanted vic.

the more i think about it, it seems like this might've been planned by jed/baalks for a long, long time. i remember matt maiacco a year ago, amidst the harbaugh contract extension stuff, said that ownership thought highly of tomsula as a successor. kinda funny that tomsula is the only guy who DIDN'T have an official interview announced.

and yeah, i do believe ownership/baalke planted those locker-room-hates harbaugh stories to advance their plot.

while i love what tomsula's done as a position coach, i can't help but think they hired the candidate who's the most likely to be compliant, thereby the least likely to hurt jed's feelings.

>the more i think about it, it seems like this might've been
>planned by jed/baalks for a long, long time. i remember matt
>maiacco a year ago, amidst the harbaugh contract extension
>stuff, said that ownership thought highly of tomsula as a
>successor. kinda funny that tomsula is the only guy who DIDN'T
>have an official interview announced.
this whole part makes a lot of sense

>and yeah, i do believe ownership/baalke planted those
>locker-room-hates harbaugh stories to advance their plot.
as does this, if we take the part above as true

>while i love what tomsula's done as a position coach, i can't
>help but think they hired the candidate who's the most likely
>to be compliant, thereby the least likely to hurt jed's
>feelings.
you might have been the one to point this out, but since eddie fired walsh numerous times, with policy as the peacemaker, baalke or maathe should have been the one to maintain harmony between harbaugh and jed. i like tomsula, but i'd have preferred to maintain our defensive stability first and foremost with fangio.

it will be really interesting to hear from the first 49er to bolt in free agency to speak on what really went on this past year.

another point: do you think management held against Harbaugh him making the QB move and eventually getting Alex traded away? And for that matter, the players, on how it all went down? I know they managed to be one of the top teams in the league a season and a half beyond it, but you never know how those things creep in when things get bad.

Alex has been... Alex in KC.

Sounds like there was a lot more tension over how poorly young offensive players got developed in the Harbaugh regime. Vance McDonald, LaMichael, Patton, Ellington, Kap (quite possibly his best game was his very first start).

The telegraphed message from York/Baalke seems to be that Harbaugh was great at winning with the pieces he had, but not the guy to build a sustaining long-term success.

Not saying they are right. Or that Tomsula is the guy to do it. But that seems to be the issue, not any specific roster move.

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Only scenario he'd stay as DC is with an offensive-oriented HC who let him (Fangio) run the defense his way.

This would not have been my choice, but it will feel a lot better if they get some really good coordinators. OC is the huge question. Who is going to develop Kap while simultaneously playcalling to the strengths of the offense as a whole?

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Tomsula seems like a great d-line coach, guys who have played for him think highly of him and he's been around the game a long time, but I have no idea what his plan is for the team as a head coach. Being a long time position coach he hasn't really been able to demonstrate any big picture influence.

I had actually talked myself into being excited about Gase as he has a strong reputation as an innovative offensive schemer. I would love to see the 49ers actually start to take advantage of all the rule changes that benefit the passing game instead of building big, plodding, physical teams with no explosive playmakers. (Well, I guess Vernon counts as an explosive playmaker but I've never felt like the 49ers fully utilized his speed at his peak)

Have to wait to see who Tomsula hires as assistants but this hire doesn't really make me excited about the next era of 49ers football.

>Have to wait to see who Tomsula hires as assistants but this
>hire doesn't really make me excited about the next era of
>49ers football.

niner brass is going to "assist" him.

http://tinyurl.com/kqen577

so the only two coaches that are going to be left -- tomsula and rathman -- were there pre-harbaugh.

"this isn't a re-build, this is a re-load" (c) baalke two weeks ago

right.

Hoping he stays.

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maybe headed to buffalo with roman?

So Bowman, Borland, Willis at LB. This works.

Aldon and Lynch become full-time DE? Not sure about this.

This pretty much guarantees Brooks is gone.

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hmmm.......

they realize that the DEFENSE carried this team for four years right?

>hmmm.......
>
>they realize that the DEFENSE carried this team for four years
>right?
>

exactly. moving two out of three career ILB's to the outside? hope it works.

LOL @ anyone still having faith in ownership, a family that's gotten more things wrong than they've gotten right (harbaugh hire). the onus/culpability is on them 100% if this doesn't work out either.

you should've heard all the levi's SBL ticket holders flooding the airwaves yesterday.

tomsula basically needs to go 11-5 and make the playoffs in two years MAX, and it ain't even his fault.

Ditching the over-designed late 90s uniforms.

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yeah i wasn't a big fan of the home red jersey, but thought the road whites were cool -- still got my gore one from '07....

doesn't come out of the closet much anymore, in accordance with a personal moratorium on wearing jerseys in public past age 35.

Fangio, Donatell, and Leavitt seem like the coaches who were confirmed to be let go. I haven't heard/read anything solid about Solari. Hopefully he stays to be offensive coordinator.

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Chris Foerster coming back. (He was OL coach for us in 2008-9).

Interesting Geep Chryst is staying, who I thought of as a "Harbaugh guy" and also someone whose achievements--developing Kap--we can observe pretty directly. Maybe Kap wanted him back?

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And though he's not particularly media-trained (as evidenced by yesterday's presser), the players like and respect the guy, which will go a long way.

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>This is re-calibration.

it was almost all good just a wk ago.

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i'm with this as long as he'd know his role and be committed to sticking around for a while.



On Friday, we shared the news that Kyle Shanahan has turned down an opportunity to interview for the offensive coordinator job with the 49ers.

There wasn’t a specific reason given for that decision, but it seems the 49ers may wind up with a Shanahan on their coaching staff anyway.

Dianna Marie Russini of NBC4 in Washington reported the news on Shanahan and she’s now reporting that Mike Shanahan is “in play” for the offensive coordinator job on Jim Tomsula’s staff. Matt Maiocco of CSNBayArea.com has heard the same, although he reports only that Shanahan could take a job on the coaching staff.

Shanahan was the 49ers offensive coordinator from 1992 to 1994, working with Steve Young and winning a Super Bowl before heading to Denver as a head coach.

It would be quite an unexpected development for the elder Shanahan to return to the NFL as an assistant coach at 62 after three head coaching stints, but it would give Colin Kaepernick an experienced guide as he tries to rebound from a rough 2014 season while also beefing up the experience around Tomsula as he embarks on his first permanent head coaching gig.

Head coach with two rings wants to return to being a coordinator for a first-time head coach and a franchise that's got huge red flags?

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"Huge red flags" is putting waaaay too much on it. Yes, the ownership are a bunch of dicks, but this was one 0.500 season after three straight seasons of making the conference finals. We're getting back most of the important talent next year. Baalke might not have gotten along with Harbaugh last season, but he's still very good at drafting talent. Tomsula is an unknown as a head coach, but just because he was like a deer in headlights during his first presser doesn't mean he won't be able to coach.

Things are uncertain now, but it's not like we're on a one-way road headed back to the days of the mid-'00s.

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I really like Tomsula and hope he rises to the occasion. Every first-time head coach is a gamble. He feels like a big gamble, but we'll find out.

I just think it's unlikely someone like Shanahan would want to return to being a coordinator. Relatively rare. Also didn't think Harbaugh would return to college (also rare), but he did. So who knows.

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