Rumor from Shanahan's son

[DaWolf]

As a gameday coach, I'd go to war with Shanarat on my sideline any day. It gives us two edges IMO, the guy will do everything in his power to go 4-0 against both Denver and Oakland every year. And he is a solid gameday coach. And if he is truly going to coach here, he's already accepted the fact that he will work WITH Pioli to bring in new players, not tell Pioli who to bring in. That seemed to be his downfall in Denver.

The only thing that would worry me most would be his ability to put together a defense. He needs to hire a solid defensive staff, otherwise we're going to go through the same defensive deficiencies we've seen this decade...

[bowener]

Originally Posted by DaWolf

As a gameday coach, I'd go to war with Shanarat on my sideline any day. It gives us two edges IMO, the guy will do everything in his power to go 4-0 against both Denver and Oakland every year. And he is a solid gameday coach. And if he is truly going to coach here, he's already accepted the fact that he will work WITH Pioli to bring in new players, not tell Pioli who to bring in. That seemed to be his downfall in Denver.

The only thing that would worry me most would be his ability to put together a defense. He needs to hire a solid defensive staff, otherwise we're going to go through the same defensive deficiencies we've seen this decade...

I have a question about this. Is it more likely that Pioli will pick the assistants, or not? Knowing Shanahan's past, I wouldn't be surprised if Pioli let him pick the OC, but not the DC, and just told Shan to turn over control of the D to his DC or something. I dont really know how it works, but I thought that was part of 'total control of the team'.

[BigChiefFan]

Originally Posted by bowener

I have a question about this. Is it more likely that Pioli will pick the assistants, or not? Knowing Shanahan's past, I wouldn't be surprised if Pioli let him pick the OC, but not the DC, and just told Shan to turn over control of the D to his DC or something. I dont really know how it works, but I thought that was part of 'total control of the team'.

They'll find somebody they BOTH AGREE ON.

[FringeNC]

If we hire Shanahan, whether we go to a 3-4 or not will be very interesting. I think we will. I think Pioli will be making most of the personnel decisions on defense, and they will be shared on offense.