Greg Manusky Approval Rating, Week 16

by David Fucillo on Dec 31, 2009 7:00 AM PST in 49ers Approval Ratings

Greg Manusky remains one of the more popular individuals in the 49ers world, even after a tough loss to the Eagles. Manusky's approval rating last week was 93%, even with a less than inspiring defensive performance. Do folks view that as more an execution issue, as opposed to the play-calling complaints about Jimmy Raye?

Yesterday I tried to focus the discussion on Jimmy Raye's draft needs/wants and how important specific needs were. I thought we'd do the same thing with Greg Manusky today. So, again, if you were Greg Manusky, and McCloughan and Singletary asked you what positions you'd specifically like addressed, what would your response be. This is not a question of players, because given how busy you are as DC, you probably haven't watched a ton of college football, and thus don't know all the big names at many of the positions. Rather, it's a question of simply filling positional holes, and letting football ops figure out the specific guys.

You again want to address what you'd want to be filled with your via the draft versus veterans in free agency. You also will need to rank them in order of importance. Is it more important to find another pass rushing OLB, or has the development of Ahmad Brooks pushed that down the list? The team has a lot of potential in Dashon Goldson, but are you concerned with his big hitting and prefer he move to strong safety, thus creating a need at free safety? And if you do that, does that mean you'd want the team to cut Michael Lewis? There are plenty of questions, so let's see what you consider the answers.

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Goldson...

Is a SS. This team will not have a top passing defense until they get a true FS with range.

Rays in '08.... Desmond Jennings - the breakout continues.....

by youALREADYknow on Dec 31, 2009 7:40 AM PST reply actions

Next year

will really show me a lot. Will Goldson really turn the corner? Can Brooks be a dominant pass rusher and potentially a 3-down LB? Will the secondary (safeties) stop giving up the big plays? Can we get pressure on 1st and 2nd down?

"Vernon is going to be a great tight end one day, but he's got to put the whole package together." - Thanks Sing for echoing this.

by Tre9er on Dec 31, 2009 7:52 AM PST reply actions

Draft

I’m not sure of their names, except for Berry, but I’ve heard we should have a shot at one of the top 3 DB’s in the draft by the time our picks come up. I like the idea of moving Goldson to SS and drafting one of these young guys for FS with one of our first picks and taking a linemen (hopefully a tackle) with our other first-rounder. I haven’t seen enough draft predictions to know who exactly the experts think will be available to us in the middle of the 1st round tho. But I must admit, shoring up our defensive backfield and our line in the first round floats my boat just fine.

by Brave Neander on Dec 31, 2009 8:20 AM PST up reply actions

the top 3 safety prospects

which I think is our biggest need defensively (due to giving up a lot of big plays in the passing game)…are:

Eric Berry S Tenn (no way he’s still there when we pick but said to be the best safety prospect in…maybe forever)
Taylor Mays S USC (huge, bit hitter, fast, not real good in coverage, yet)
DeAndre McDaniel S Clemson (hasn’t declared, says he only will come out if he thinks he’s a 1st rounder. Can hit, shows good ball skills, probably closest to Berry but with less proven coverage skills)

"Vernon is going to be a great tight end one day, but he's got to put the whole package together." - Thanks Sing for echoing this.

by Tre9er on Dec 31, 2009 9:36 AM PST up reply actions

Those sound good

I would have said Javier Arenas too only because he can double as a PR. But he’s on the small side.

Also on top priority picks but on the offensive side did anyone see the Idaho guard last night, Mike Iupati? He’s a monster! Too bad we don’t have as much need at guard as tackle.

by Mangoman on Dec 31, 2009 10:01 AM PST up reply actions

I wouldn’t mind drafting a stud guard with one of our first rounders, my understanding is a tackle translates to the pro game a little faster than a guard tho. If we did draft a guard, that would simply mean that we’d probably have to explore free agency for a tackle. Anybody have any names of free agent tackles coming up this offseason?

by Brave Neander on Dec 31, 2009 10:14 AM PST up reply actions

Iupati

will be late 1st or early second, depending. I like the idea of trading down this year to get Iupati late in the first. Why not take two OL’s in the first round? Don’t you think based on what we were able to accomplish this year that having two upgrades on the O-Line would have taken us to one or two more wins? Plus if we’re trading down we can pick up extra second rounder to use on the next best Safety.

"Vernon is going to be a great tight end one day, but he's got to put the whole package together." - Thanks Sing for echoing this.

by Tre9er on Dec 31, 2009 12:27 PM PST up reply actions

Really good defensive year

Back on subject, as we can see there’s not much to complain about on the D side. Manusky has put together a group of brutes. 4th in TO ratio, 6th in points allowed, 1st in forced fumbles, I love it!

My only hope (and we haven’t heard nary a rumor thank God) is that no one tries to lure Manusky away in the offseason for a look at taking a HC position. In reality I think he’s still a few seasons away from taking that step. I hope he realizes that too.

by Mangoman on Dec 31, 2009 10:25 AM PST reply actions

I think our defenses biggest problem is consistency, but then again, what team doesn’t have that problem? If we can put it together week in and week out for an entire season I truely believe this defense has Ravens-Like potential.

by Brave Neander on Dec 31, 2009 10:32 AM PST up reply actions

he's not a media guy

he’s kinda put off by the media and doesn’t like talking to them. that will hopefully keep him out of any HC discussions. I really hope he develops into a Dick LeBeau or Jim Johnson type who just wants to be the best damn DC he can…not springboard to a HC job.

"Vernon is going to be a great tight end one day, but he's got to put the whole package together." - Thanks Sing for echoing this.

by Tre9er on Dec 31, 2009 12:28 PM PST up reply actions

not likely...

…especially with the annual 3 or 4 HC vacancies in the NFL every year. Without doing in research, it seems like the turnover rate of HC’s in the NFL is higher than ever. That many more opportunities for an owner and GM to take a look at our guy. I think he should be safe this year (at least I hope), but if our D has the same kind of showing next year, if not better, you can bet “The Musk” will be getting at least a few inquiries….p.s.-anybody else wanna throw a vote into the hat for “The Musk” as a nickname? I dig it

by Brave Neander on Dec 31, 2009 1:49 PM PST up reply actions