From you. I think I am getting frustrated with the thought of that if you have a problem with offensive coordinators leaving or not working out, then you go out and find a offensive guy for a head coach. It’s painful that it’s an obvious solution, and that the 49ers don’t get it. One point that I’ve read from the blog comments from other sites is that Reeves could be brought in to groom Rathman. Now that I could get on with, especially if they go back a WCO based scheme. I’ve always been a proponent of the run game, and you have to be able to run the ball in today’s game (which is why I was against Martz’s hiring, because he was too pass happy) to be successful. I guess I’m a bit spoiled that the 49ers have had only 2 head coaches prior to Mooch, and that Mooch brought in a good run game as well. I’m also more frustrated that since Mooch’s firing, the 49ers have shown that they really don’t know what the hell they are doing, and that not hiring a offensive coach for HC makes it even more painful.

As far as what I say about the ‘desperation’ thing: I just find it odd that Reeves all of the sudden pops up after Linehan sandbagged them, and this late into the OC search. I don’t know if Reeves is just another candidate, or the guy they are looking for, but it leads me to wonder if Sing is comfortable with the younger coaches, or that maybe Rathman is the OC of the future, and a younger OC wouldn’t give Rathman a shot in the future. If the latter is true, then it looks like a plan. If the former has any meat, the Reeves being in the fold this late also makes sense. Either way, it looks to me that might be some panic in the search, and Reeves out of left field (there wasn’t any speculation of Reeves anywhere until he actually became a candidate) leads me to that conclusion.

My comment on why this looks like a Nolan move: we’re well aware of the Nolan/Reeves connection, and who knows if Nolan has anything to do with Reeves being in SF this week. There was always talk of Nolan wanting to bring in Reeves in some capacity when Nolan was in SF. Nolan would still have a job if he hired Reeves instead of Martz, but IMO, he hired Martz to spite the FO. That’s the only thing that I liked about Martz being in SF, and I was amazed on how dumb Nolan was to make a move like that one. Reeves looks to me like the Turner hire: get a guy to help you out on the short term because you don’t have any experience in that area. Sing already has Manusky, and thank God he didn’t leave, because Sing would be really hosed. I shudder at this thought: what if Sing had to hire both an OC and DC? That leads me to the whole “never being a coordinator” issue, and Reeves would be a guy to help Sing with some OJT, which isn’t what you really want, at least I don’t. I always thought Turner was the better coach out of all of them when he was there. Once he was gone, well, we all know what happened after that.

I guess I should be happy that the 49ers are bringing in a guy who actually has more experience than anybody else throughout the whole Organization (hey Paraag, what are you gonna do when the League goes capless in a couple of years? Hey Jed, if it does go capless, go all Eddie with the team too), and that he could become an asset in the FO later. I just find it unsettling that he comes out of nowhere this late in the search.

Thanks for you reasonable response. I feel a little better now, and the cliff is farther and farther away.