49ers Coaching Staff: Team Denies Permission For Ed Donatell To Talk With Bucs
by David Fucillo on Feb 11, 2012 12:00 PM PST
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PrintThe San Francisco 49ers strong season naturally leads to other teams attempting to poach coaches and front office personnel to help improve their own situations. The NFL Network reported earlier today that defensive backs coach Ed Donatell was denied permission to interview for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive coordinator under new head coach Greg Schiano. Teams cannot deny a coach a chance to interview for a head coach job, but they can deny the opportunity to interview for any other sort of coaching ladder promotion.
I have always found this practice curious in part because of any concern that an assistant coach might grow to resent it. I would hope most coaches are professional enough to understand what's going on with it, but I could see it being a frustrating part of the coaching process. After all, if things go south with the secondary, Donatell could be on the hook and find himself back at square one if he were fired. It just makes for an interesting dynamic.
In somewhat related news, the St. Louis Rams have apparently narrowed down their GM list to Vikings player personnel director George Paton and Falcons player personnel director Les Snead. This means 49ers player personnel director Tom Gamble has been eliminated from consideration. The 49ers front office has done great work, and with Trent Baalke signing a three year contract extension the unit will stick together for a little while longer.
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Very interesting! Could there be a hidden message here?
That is, that the team expects to make significant changes in the defensive backfield and want consistent coaching between those players remaining and the new guys? Just a thought.
I like Gamble and am happy that he won’t be leaving … especially to join the Rams.
by 49erFanSince1950 on Feb 11, 2012 12:16 PM PST reply actions
maybe it is the huge improvement the secondary made this year
goldson and rogers making the pro bowl and brown stepping up
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by HUNGRY HUNTER on Feb 11, 2012 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
I think this has more to with the Bucs than anything else
This is the third time a coach has been denied an interview for a Bucs coordinator position. Weird, weird situation. Apparently the Bucs organization is universally reviled.
Too late in the offseason
They were the last to hire their coach. It’s too late in the coaching carousel to try and replace a position coach.
by hammystyle on Feb 11, 2012 1:52 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
You want our secondary coach?
No.
Why?
Because [site decorum] you, that’s why.
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by Ougadas on Feb 11, 2012 2:08 PM PST reply actions 4 recs
Good!
i would like at least one more year for all the coaches and staff to be in tact.
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I don't like the idea of denying it from the point of view that, well, we're getting in the way of a person moving up the ladder.
But I also don’t know if Donatell was even interested, etc. I wouldn’t be surprised if many of these denials stem from said people not being interested in the job.
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Good point
Tampa has been that quiet spot in the woods where coaching careers wander off to and die.
Every time Jamie Dukes says something enlightening and informative about football Jerry Rice and I mount up on our flying grizzly bears and claim pirate treasure from the moon. That's how often it happens.
What I was thinking too
Perhaps Donatell had zero interest and instead of publicly stating such, the 49ers just denied the Rams request as a whole.
by Andrew Davidson on Feb 11, 2012 4:24 PM PST reply actions
The NFL is a weird place for coaches and players.
you have one good season and then you’re wanted by everyone else.
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by Kittles on Feb 11, 2012 4:42 PM PST via Android app reply actions
We are almost out of the clearing of loosing anyone...
I think it will be a huge + if we keep these coaches together another year..
"You have to reinvent yourself each year, ... What helped us was that there was some turnover each year." Bill Walsh...
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