Was Singletary the Right Choice as Head Coach?

But in three years, yes? Yes.

Regardless of what Singletary does, the team made the right choice for various reasons.

For one, we get first crack at Coach Sing as a HC, not someone else. If you look at all the great coaches that came from the Bill Walsh system, many of them were very successful. Singletary lost some hype over the last couple seasons, but was once considered the brightest prospect to be a HC, despite his lack of X’s and O’s (or so the debate goes).

If Singletary’s 49ers do not succeed, we atleast had someone that cared about winning running the ship. Sure, Erickson and Nolan always said winning is important, but it never was as evident as it is now with Singletary (all the guys wants to do is win). Erickson was lucky to have a job, and Nolan was pre-occupied with wearing suits, being a defensive mastermind, and never having true command or the fear from players that a HC should instill.

Singletary is a leader, and has always been a leader. He will command his troops to war for victory, and I’m sure if they’d let him, he’d even suit up a few games to roll some heads with Patrick Willis. The fact that Singletary can motivate, while his co-ordinators co-ordinate is a beautiful formula, in my opinion. Singletary has set the guidelines, and the OC and DC can formulate success via schemes/gameplans. If the players fail to execute, Samurai Mike can get up in faces. If the co-ordinators fail to execute, ditto.

…but as a Bay Area resident have developed an interest in the 49ers since Singletary was made HC. At his position, I suspect strong leadership is more important than Xs and Os, for which you can rely on your Offensive and Defensive Coordinators.

Right choice? YES! BEST choice? No. Let’s just hope that Mike Singletary, the coach, is even half as good as Mike Singletary, the player. That should be a bonus enough.

The thing that most impresses me about Sing is his long view of the team. He’s trying right now to establish a persistent way of doing things in this organization. He wants consistency in the 49ers system: something that’s been lacking since Mooch rolled. McCloughan has been talking a lot recently about how the key to developing consistently successful teams is building through the draft and bringing up young players in an established system. Everything Singletary’s done has considered this: particularly Raye (who isn’t going anywhere).

looking at the other coaches that would have been available, I’m not that interested in any of them (except for Cowher, but he wasnt comin here). and that includes a worn out Shanahan. Seriously if the 49ers didnt keep Sing as HC, some other team would have given him a job. And we would be trotting out the Oregon St offensive co-ordinator as our HC.

The biggest problem with hiring Bill Cowher is that he wants almost total control of the operation. Bad idea. Where have we seen that problem before?

Besides, Cowhere as “Great Coach” is somewhat debatable. Somewhat.

He coached 15 years in the most stable franchise in the league. He lost three AFC Championship games at home. It took him 14 years to win the SB. It took Mike Tomlin two.

Does that make Mike Tomlin, in his second years as HC, a Great Coach? He’s off to a great start, but it’s a little premature to call him a great coach.

Bill Cowher, in his 15 year career, proved himeself to be an excellent HC. He was definitely aided in that accomplishment by working for the Rooneys (both in how they “obtain and manage talent”) and in how they show extraordinary patience with their HC (by not giving in to the calls for firing the HC during some lean years).

I have a problem with some people (and I’m not saying you, StriclyFootball . . . because you didn’t) in making Bill Cowher out to be the second coming of Vince Lombardi. He’s NOT.

Everyone has to start somewhere. Give MS 15 years as HC of the Niners and I’m pretty sure he can match Cowher’s ONE SB win.

In two or three years, who knows?

I’ve heard a lot of whining among the punditry around the Bay Area and I don’t see a logical reason for it. No one’s gotten Shanahan, I think he’s getting 20 million to sit around the pool. But even so, Niners ownership had a choice to make at the end of the season and I think it was a good choice. I like what Sing wants to do. How his coaching staff works and how the team performs is the final arbiter, but I like him.

So far. But then that’s how it always is with sports.

Damnit the guy hit the ground running!

I will be the first to admit when he got here, I was like….uh, I don’t know? I especially didn’t agree with how he handled VD. But after stepping back and assessing the situation I realized I was wrong.

The passion that this guy brings to a team is invaluable. He literally gives these players immediate feedback, constructive criticism and praise whether it be in practice, on the field or in a press conference. These guys need to realize that he cares about them and winning on so many levels. In the State of the Franchise address one thing that stood out so much and held so much weight for me was that Coach said “I want these guys to be great players, but first and most of all, I want them to learn to be good men.” You can’t ask anymore from a coach. After hearing that I was sold.

You can take a team with all types of STARS and PROBOWLERS win 16 straight games and lose in the playoffs or you can take a team with not so many stars/probowlers but lots of talent exists and because the believe and work together they win a damn superbowl as a major underdog. The difference is the cohesive unit and the team playing as one. I would so put my money on option two because those are the teams that make it through the season and playoffs to win the championship. People step up when injuries happen and you get the absolute best out of ALL your players whether they are first or second string.

THESE PLAYERS HAVE BOUGHT INTO COACHES SYSTEM AND THEY BELIEVE. As I hope you’ve read there are many players stepping up as leaders and that’s solely because Coach is teaching them how to be men before they become winners and they all understand their role and how much work it is gonna take to get a championship……but they are gonna do it TOGETHER!!!!!

i think the votes were a little on the yes side just a little bit. but i think they made the right choice because of the ay that sing can control the team and i think that having a coach that can lead the team is better than having on that is like gruden and just tells them they suck and tell them what to do.