TwistedChief |
03-19-2024 08:05 PM |
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Originally Posted by rfaulk34
(Post 17450628)
The guy came into the league just over a decade ago and took a team that had not won even 9 games in a season for the previous 8 years, to 3 straight NFCCGs and a SB by building a top 5 defense in Pts and Yds all 3 years with a top 10 running game and TO differential. I dislike Hairballs more than i dislike Rats and Coach Ks but they know what they're doing.
The good news is, he tends to grate on people pretty quick. You can get away with that in college with younger kids and the turnover every couple years but that doesn't usually fly in the pros, so you may only need to "worry" about him for about 5 years.
What should be most troubling for AFCW opponents is that he's starting off with a franchise QB in his prime.
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Turning around the 49ers for 4 years isn't a sample size of 4; it's a sample size of 1. No doubt he has the capacity to be a good coach, but there are so many other things that play into that. And it's not clear the Spanos way of managing and spending will work well with what he's trying to accomplish. Nor will the fact that he's older and likely even more set in his ways and confident (arrogant?) in his path than he was previously.
I'm excited to see what Herbert is this year after losing Keenan Allen. And excited to see Harbaugh's guidance especially as his college offense is most notable because it made his QB and WRs look exceptionally average from an NFL perspective (much to their detriment in the upcoming draft).
I once had a long and lively conversation with a slightly inebriated Marshall Faulk at an airport bar who become a much more inebriated Marshall Faulk by the time our conversation concluded. He went on to explain that NFL head coaches didn't add that much value, not even as much as MLB managers in his estimation. This seemed ludicrous, but he's an NFL HOFer and I'm 5'8 and Jewish.
Definitely not afraid of a head coach but certainly interested to see the evolution of the team.
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