Nolan fired, Singletary hired
 

just reported on espn

:cuss:

my fast is faster than your fast....or something

Singletary is not going to walk the sidelines in a suit.

lol....Berman: "I'm disgusted"

they're taking it personally

How many posts until someone says we should hire him?

It'll be interesting to see how Singletary does.

My general philosophy is that I don't like coaches who got there through family connections (e.g., Nolan), and I question whether being a good player makes one a good coach. Singletary seems to be a guy with some smarts, though.

I'm shocked it hasn't happened already.

That's the only reason I started a thread - figured someone would take the bait.

You have to admit, he'd be a massive improvement. Of course, that's pretty much true of anybody with a brain stem.

No wait for next week; Niners can Nolan now

FOXSports' Jay Glazer reports that the 49ers have decided not to wait for their Week 9 bye to fire Mike Nolan. Nolan is out as head coach effective immediately.
The Niners let the news leak out a week before they planned to take action, which would have made the entire week and next Sunday's game against Seattle a circus. Assistant head coach/linebackers Mike Singletary has agreed to step in. Nolan took over in '05 with the organization in shambles. He is a good football coach, but didn't get results after a promising 7-9 2006 campaign. His record ended up at 18-37 in four seasons. Nolan is certain to find work in 2009, probably as a defensive coordinator. Oct. 20 - 7:54 pm et
Source: FOXSports.com

You gotta wonder how much of this is due to the epic setbacks that were Alex Smith and Vernon Davis. I think he's a decent coach, and if they had made better decisions there, he could still have his job.

So if we shit can Gunther.....is Nolan worth a look as the DC?

I think Davis still has a chance to be very good in the right place. He is hardly used. He does have some bad habits but those can be "unteached".

He needs to be axed to learnt a few new habits?

Those 2 were just bad picks...

Davis can't figure out how to play football for his life...hell of an athelete though. Smith has bust all over him, i still think Davis has a chance.

and yet Herm still has a job...

Lol bay area is 0-2 on head coaches now.

Oh hell YES!!

:banghead::banghead::banghead:

It's pretty much pointless to get rid of herm now, wait till the offseason, they have their replacement on their staff, we don't.

If you are axing me I say yepper.

Might as well bring in Jim Mora.ROFL

I don't understand teams firing their coaches in mid season. I bet the Lambs are regretting it by now.

Jr. or Sr. ? Jr. is already in line for the HC job in Seattle. Sr.? Uh, no thanks. (although ANYONE we would bring in out of the organization would appear to be an improvement)

I dont think any 1 person can help this team anytime soon.They have to do a complete ulnoad and rebuild.Its not a diesel engine in need of a power pack.

Perhaps,

I used to think that canning him now would be pointless, but at the very least it would send a message to that players that losing in this fashion wont be tolerated.

Nolan is an awful HC.

He's constantly trying to play a 3-4 when he doesn't have the players to play it. Patrick Willis is the best defensive player in the NFL, and is better suited to play a 4-3.

My brother is a 49ers fan, and literally did a dance he was so happy tonight that Nolan was canned.

I don't think they have his replacement on staff.

I think Mike Holmgren is going to take over as GM/HC next year.

But at the same time, do you want to play for somebody who you don't believe in anymore?

Heck, the whole board is almost unanimous that the team has quit on this coaching staff?

As a Maryland Terrapin fan, I hope you are correct. The guy could be a real play maker if he learns his position.

I wonder how he'd do on defense? 6'3", 250......just sayin' is all.

because the new coach gets the rest of the year to evaluate the players before the draft and FA instead of wasting the offseason.

Oh i agree.

It would not hurt me one bit if Herm was canned tonight.

and yes, the team has quit on him. LenDale (Cheeseburger) White outran the entire Chiefs defense. ROFL

Team quit when Brodie went down. All hope was gone then.

FWIW, the name Greg Manusky should ring a bell to some of the old-timers here.

He's currently the interm DC for the 49ers.

I only wish they'd keep a microphone on Mike Singletary at all times on the sidelines... it would be interesting to to hear "motivation" in action.

I'm not sure I'd want a dude that likes to grab player's balls as a coach!

Is he going to get called for a bullshit holding penalty on their first field goal?

yet Herm and Carl remain gamefully employed.

which time? Brodie has been down more than redrums mom.