Chances the 49ers are done?

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by O.city

Maybe that system is just the perfect fit, personel and coaching.

It's the same as baseball, man: cost-controlled talent. Eventually, the butcher's bill will come due, and unless they can keep churning out PBers with their first three picks, that defense will decline.

What happens when Iupati wants $60 million and Aldon almost $100?

[O.city]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

It's the same as baseball, man: cost-controlled talent. Eventually, the butcher's bill will come due, and unless they can keep churning out PBers with their first three picks, that defense will decline.

What happens when Iupati wants $60 million and Aldon almost $100?

I agree. I was meaning more in terms of the coaching fits IE the DC, DL etc.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by O.city

I agree. I was meaning more in terms of the coaching fits IE the DC, DL etc.

Coaches do far more to destroy talent than the alchemy they're lauded for. Give the guys a fundamental base, stop the Greg Robinson shit, and have them attack.

They have the best 3-4 end in football this side of JJ Watt.

If you were to pick the top five LBers in the NFL, the 49ers have three of them, and Ahmad Brooks is a damned good pass rusher in his own right.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Coaches do far more to destroy talent than the alchemy they're lauded for. Give the guys a fundamental base, stop the Greg Robinson shit, and have them attack.

They have the best 3-4 end in football this side of JJ Watt.

If you were to pick the top five LBers in the NFL, the 49ers have three of them, and Ahmad Brooks is a damned good pass rusher in his own right.

I don't know. I used to think that, but I think coaching is far more important than given credit for sometimes.

I think it's more about matching talent with the right coaching, which is what the 9ers defense seems to be.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by O.city

I don't know. I used to think that, but I think coaching is far more important than given credit for sometimes.

I think it's more about matching talent with the right coaching, which is what the 9ers defense seems to be.

I agree. You've got fundamentals coaches who make average players look pretty good. Marty's one of those. You have coaches like Jimmy Johnson and Phil Jackson, who were tremendous motivators (and took an extremely psychological approach to doing it). You've got coaches like Andy Reid, who players just love playing for.

It's not hard to see how important coaching is when you compare even an average coached team to a great coached team. And it's not just X's and O's. It's effort, it's not being sloppy, and it's consistency.