Coaching Brainstorm
With the team in a funk, in limbo, in oblivion, in an unescapable abyss, <enter colorful imagry>, I really look at our leadership. I am not 100% sold that Nolan isn't the right guy, but I am 100% sold on the idea that we need to bring in a real football mind. I watch this team and I can't help but think that they are no better than a pee-wee league team. I ask myself: do they even know how to play football??? Do they know how to play today's football???
This thread is not meant to bash Nolan, but rather to suggest potential options of bringing in a great football mind. Who is out there? Who are the underdog/underappreciated coaches?
With the potential departure of Singletary, who could take over our up-and-coming defense? Who can build an offense that will complement said defense? I think some of the more obvious or bigger names are Bill Cowher and Marty Shottenheimer. Who else is out there? Who could we bring in? Who should we bring in?
Let the coaching brainstorming begin...
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Burned bridges be damned.
His benefit could really be as the OC, though. He could bring the West Coast offense back, which may be better suited for Alex Smith. Alex has a very strong arm, but he's only deadly accurate in short-range (but since the injury, even that accuracy has come and gone). The West Coast offense FORCES Alex to go to certain receivers, instead of saying these are their routes, you choose your target. From what I understand, the progressions in a West Coast offense are very "strict." Smith could benefit from that. Not to mention, Mooch worked with Holmgren to help develop Brett Favre, I think. Besides, anyone who could turn Jeff Garcia into a star should be a pretty good QB coach/OC.
The problem with Mooch is that we get the Norv Turner issue. If the 49ers do well after he joins, he's gone for another head coaching job.
In agreement with BawLa, I'm not 100% sure Nolan ISN'T the guy. I'm not ready to give up on him. As I said previously, it's hard to put ALL of the blame this year on him, as he was dealt a VERY sorry hand in terms of the offense. If he chooses to stick with Hostler after the season is over and Hostler hadn't shown SIGNIFICANT improvement, then I'll start making Nolan shoulder more of the blame. Right now, though, I think it's more in the overall execution of the team, and the offensive coordinator (or even Cignetti, the QB coach).
by sfgfan on Nov 13, 2007 9:05 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Agreed and disagreed...
As far as new coaches go, I agree that Mariucci would be a welcome addition to OC. I wasn't real pleased with him as head coach, but if his pride could take a hit, I think he'd make a good OC. I also think Cowher would make an excellent head coach for this team. I think Gore would thrive under him, and I think Cowher's attitude that he brings to the game would really give the Niners a much needed fire.
by UnleashTheGore on Nov 13, 2007 11:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry hand
Cowher would make a good head coach for almost any team (except maybe San Diego, Dallas, and Oakland). I'd strongly doubt he'd come west-ward, though.
by sfgfan on Nov 13, 2007 11:05 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
gotcha
by UnleashTheGore on Nov 13, 2007 11:23 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm with you...
Our defense is quite different now relative to Mariucci's time and a Nolan/Mooch fusion could be great for this team.
I wouldn't be that concerned with losing Mooch if he succeeds here just from the standpoint that we need to take advantage of these years we have with Frank Gore.
by BawLa on Nov 13, 2007 12:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Mooch.
I'm hoping for prolonged success for this team, not just an eruption while we have Frank. Thats why I mentioned Mooch following Turner. If this team is to succeed in the long-term, Smith needs consistency with a good coach, at least for two or three years.
by sfgfan on Nov 13, 2007 1:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You know
But then I look at the offense and I just know this guy is in completely over his head on one side of the ball. Just comlpetely, 100% lost on offense. And we NEED offense....
I like the idea of talking to Mooch, though it wouldn't solve our "run up the middle on second and long" problem. That was a joke. Kind of. Mooch's offense always frustrated me for being conservative at exactly the wrong times, but it was also a dynamic, perfectly capable offense so beggars can't be choosers, right?
But I think about it, and the reality is that we're essentially a year and a half into a COMPLETE rebuild. I say this because Nolan's first year wasn't part of the rebuild. It was the deconstruction. That first year the team was absolutely ripped to its foundation, and then the year after we started building on top of that foundation. One and a half years is practically nothing, and most of that has been spent on the defense. So I'm not sure I can be surprised that the offense sucks.
It means, though, that whoever is coaching this offseason NEEDS to go balls out on the offense.
The problem with replacing Nolan for me is that all of the coaches I'd be interested in are defense first guys. Cowher, I guess, is the most well balanced of them all, but I just have the hardest time believing Cowher might come to town. Outside of those guys you mentioned, I always liked Haslett as a coach (I think he got jobbed in NO, but again - defense). I wouldn't mind Seeing Singletary (of course, who would?). And so on a little like that. No offensive guys, suffice it to say.
I think more than anything, right, I'd like to see a coordinator and some competent position coaches on offense. That I can't think of a good option to take the coordinator position (Mooch aside) is probably more just me not being familiar with the pool of coaches at large.
by howtheyscored on Nov 13, 2007 11:00 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Familiarity
I think this team really needs an offensive coordinator that is like a "head coach" of the offense. Someone who can take complete control (and trust) from Nolan. Norv Turner was one of these guys, and it's the same reason I suggest a guy like Mariucci.
by sfgfan on Nov 13, 2007 11:08 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Mooch...
This defense has more potential and is a couple players away from being a complete defense. We just need a competant enough offense to support/compliment the defense.
by BawLa on Nov 13, 2007 12:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Denny Green
The whole persona is just calm and measured and very hands off, from what I can tell. Our guys, lost and without serious guidance, are going to continue to play like a pee-wee team: uncoordinated and not as a team.
I say Denny Green less as the master of X's and O's, but as a figurehead that can get these guys to start playing together, as a single unit. If we can just get these guys off the ground, the play calling and the strategy will come, especially in regards to our clueless offense and our beleaguered young QB.
Thoughts?
by LA49er on Nov 14, 2007 12:15 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

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