Today I was sold on our 2013 head coach

[Hootie]

assuming we get the #1 pick

and his name is

Kyle Shanahan.

That is my dream hire.

Shanahan and GSIII

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by SNR

Let's say Ken Whisenhunt gets fired and KC hires Ray Horton. There's your new OC.

Bowm. Done.

I don't see Whisenhunt taking a job like that, not working FOR Horton as a first-time HC. Especially if Cowher gets back into coaching.

[Hootie]

I don't think Alex Smith goes into Foxboro and wins that game last night...

I'm sorry.

You can game plan for Alex Smith...there really is no game plan, at least yet, for Kaepernick.

I truly think anyone who thinks Harbaugh made a mistake benching Smith for Kaepernick is just flat wrong.

But everyone is entitled to their own opinions =)

[Frankie]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

Kyle Shanahan is one of the few OCs in the NFL who understands where the game is going. He knows which college concepts work in the NFL. His performance as an OC this year is very impressive to me.

What has changed this year for them?

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Capt Tasty Cheeks

I don't think Alex Smith goes into Foxboro and wins that game last night...

I'm sorry.

You can game plan for Alex Smith...there really is no game plan, at least yet, for Kaepernick.

I truly think anyone who thinks Harbaugh made a mistake benching Smith for Kaepernick is just flat wrong.

But everyone is entitled to their own opinions =)

Alex Smith was playing as well as anyone in football when he went down. He's a very good QB.

The Niners D absolutely savaged NE for the first half of that game. Would they have jumped out to a 31-3 lead with Smith at the helm? Probably not, but I don't think they'd have ever let NE back into the game with him there either.

That probably becomes a 24-10 victory for SF last night with Smith under center. You cannot overstate how much momentum Keapernick gave back to NE.

[TEX]

Originally Posted by Frankie

What has changed this year for them?

Exactly...

[Molitoth]

Alex Smith was playing as well as anyone in football when he went down. He's a very good QB.

Really? REALLY?

He's a game manager man. He has been dogshit the majority of his career. The whole city wanted him OUT until last year when Harbaugh kept him from playing dumb-ball. (See Matt Cassel in 2010).

Harbaugh knows what he has in Alex Smith and decides to play Colin instead... that right there should tell you something. This isn't Romeo Crennel making decisions, it's Harbaugh.


Get a clue, Alex Smith is a mediocre game manager QB who will never ever be in the same category as any Elite QB in this league.

Remember kids: Elite QB's win Superbowls.


Only ****ing slapd*ck morons want to actually TRADE for Alex Smith this offseason. May as well just trot Matt Cassel back on the field if you want Game management, and we don't even have the 49er's level of Defense to play that style of ball.

[ShowtimeSBMVP]

Kent Babb‏@kentbabb

Meant to mention this last week but things got crazy: So during my interviews with Kyle Shanahan, he asked me about KC no fewer than 3 times


Kent Babb‏@kentbabb

How did I like it? What's the city like? What about the organization? I don't know that it means anything, and prob doesn't, but interesting



Kent Babb‏@kentbabb

That said, I don't see Kyle being a HC next year, and certainly not in KC. He'll have his first HC interviews, but he needs 1 more yr here

[Chris Meck]

I still like Jay Gruden.

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by Molitoth

Really? REALLY?

He's a game manager man. He has been dogshit the majority of his career. The whole city wanted him OUT until last year when Harbaugh kept him from playing dumb-ball. (See Matt Cassel in 2010).

Harbaugh knows what he has in Alex Smith and decides to play Colin instead... that right there should tell you something. This isn't Romeo Crennel making decisions, it's Harbaugh.


Get a clue, Alex Smith is a mediocre game manager QB who will never ever be in the same category as any Elite QB in this league.

Remember kids: Elite QB's win Superbowls.


Only ****ing slapd*ck morons want to actually TRADE for Alex Smith this offseason. May as well just trot Matt Cassel back on the field if you want Game management, and we don't even have the 49er's level of Defense to play that style of ball.

Umm... I don't think that's what he's saying.

You might want to calm down.

[keg in kc]

I wonder if they plan to do what they did with Haley, but have it be a young coach as an understudy under a vet (like Gruden or Cowher), taking over after a couple of years.

(Hope not - it needs to be a young coach with vet coordinators).

[mcaj22]

Originally Posted by SNR

Let's say Ken Whisenhunt gets fired and KC hires Ray Horton. There's your new OC.

Bowm. Done.

i think the Whis goes back to Pittsburgh

[mcaj22]

i hope to god we dont get Rat JR

they are running a Pistol/Run N Shoot gadget offense in Washington for RG3 and everyone knows it will take NFL teams a season to gameplan and adjust to changing trends, just like the wildcat. Nobody expects that stupid pistol formation right now where he can hand it off to Alfred Morris on some zone blocked hole or take it around the end and throw a quick pass. It will be figured out sooner than later. No thanks

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by mcaj22

i think the Whis goes back to Pittsburgh

That's only if the rumors about Haley coaching again are true.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by SNR

That's only if the rumors about Haley coaching again are true.

The issue in Arizona isn't the head coach or the coaching staff. It's lack of offensive talent on the offensive line, QB and running back position. I'm not sure if there was a better HC in the league last year. How he got that team to 8-8 with that crappy display of QBing was mind bottling.

They'd be foolish to fire him but then again, we're talking about the Cardinals. They essentially fired Gene Stallings, too.

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by Frankie

What has changed this year for them?

Originally Posted by TEX

Exactly...

Obviously, RGIII is a tremendous rookie. He has certain skills that previous Redskins QBs haven't had. So maybe Kyle couldn't open things up until this year.

But saying that RGIII is the reason Kyle's schemes look good is incredibly reductive. Watch a few Washington games from this season. RGIII is being put into a position to succeed because of Kyle's versatile, inventive schemes.