I can see that shanahan has many faults (protecting leads, clock management, late game play calling) and micromanages the team, and at the same time, unless it’s belichick, idk who’s out there that immediately makes this squad a contender.
After DeBartolo fired Seifert, he found Mariucci.
We were contenders with Mariucci, we just couldn’t get by Holmgren and the Packers because Holmgren knew everything and everything about how to beat the 49ers west coast offense.
I ain’t worried one bit about replacing Kyle. On a ready to win roster, Ben Johnson or Belichick are solid replacements. Heck I may even promote Kubiak since he’s already with the team. If John Harbaugh fails to deliver with his currently stacked BAL team and they lose in the playoffs again and they somehow fire him, he immediately would be solid candidate. At least John Harbaugh has a Super Bowl W so I’d take him over Kyle at this point. There will be viable options, I’m not worried about that.
The fact he is regressing with the 49ers and that he has seemingly lost the locker room, and the fact that he no longer possesses play calling creativity and opposing defenses have caught up to his offense and are now limiting his offense to field goals …..lets me know all I need to know.
Meanwhile Andy Reid is missing his best running back, his best wide receiver, one of his best pass rushers and yet he is still savvy and creative enough to find ways to win games with backups.
I compare Kyle to Reid and no other coach because it’s the 49ers that have faced the Chiefs more than any other team in the Super Bowl the last 4-5 years so one would think Kyle is on Reid’s level when Kyle has been to three Super Bowls in the last 7,8 years. Shanahan is out of excuses as far as I’m concerned
idk why people are trippin so hard on the audible thing
