***OFFICIAL head coaching search thread***

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I actually do think Fisher to KC is possible. He seems to make the most sense to me. Don't know how he'd coexist w/Pioli, though.

[Messier]

Pioli has an ego, but he also knows he can't hire unproven again, McDaniels would be too much like Haley part II, and the fail factor is high. He's got to at least create a steady atmosphere with the next hire. Cowher would want to be GM as well as coach. Fisher makes a lot of sense, actually so does Crennel, but the public relation hit on hiring in house would hurt.

[Bewbies]

Our next coach will be Crennel. Stone cold lock. He will be Pioli's yes man.

[Messier]

Originally Posted by Bewbies

Our next coach will be Crennel. Stone cold lock. He will be Pioli's yes man.

What makes you think Crennel's a yes man?

[Bewbies]

Originally Posted by Messier

What makes you think Crennel's a yes man?

Does he strike you as the type to make demands of Pioli?

[Messier]

Originally Posted by Bewbies

Does he strike you as the type to make demands of Pioli?

No, but he doesn't strike me as someone who lets front office people get involved in football decisions either.

[Messier]

Plus I think Crennel would have to go 3-0 the rest of the way (not happening) to get the job.

[CosmicPal]

I know I am in the minority here, but I think firing Haley was a mistake and will only set the team back a few years depending upon the coach we hire. Crennel doesn't bother me and I think he can actually be a good head coach. He did get our defense to play at a high level despite the talent and injuries.

It's a shame to put the blame on Haley considering we lost 2 Pro Bowlers and our starting TE before the end of the first game. And then the last few weeks, we lost our starting QB. We also had to play our 3rd string RB for most of the season.

Head coaching changes usually set a team back a couple of years. The good thing is, whomever the coach is will be handed a young team with good potential. If Charles, Berry, and Moeki return in great condition, we good be a very good team again.

I've always like Crennel and wouldn't be displeased to see what kind of staff he brings in. Fisher would be a great head coach because I've always liked how he was willing to try anything to win a game and often did interesting and surprising plays to catch the opponents off guard. He would also command the respect of the players.

I still think Haley deserved another season to see what he can do with a team that has progressed and wasn't crushed by so many injuries and such a tough schedule. But, this is a league where everyone wants to win NOW and when things go bad, the head coach is the first one to get whacked.

I wish Haley the best of luck.

[Hammock Parties]

How does firing Haley set the team back when Haley hadn't installed anything on offense that was remotely stable? We have no system.

The Broncos fired McDaniels and weren't set back a tick.

[CosmicPal]

Originally Posted by Omega

How does firing Haley set the team back when Haley hadn't installed anything on offense that was remotely stable? We have no system.

In most cases, if not all cases, the new coach wants to install a new system with new assistants that must work with a new playbook and learn the players around them.

That almost always sets a team back a couple of years.

[Messier]

Originally Posted by CosmicPal

In most cases, if not all cases, the new coach wants to install a new system with new assistants that must work with a new playbook and learn the players around them.

That almost always sets a team back a couple of years.

I don't think this is one of those cases.

[CosmicPal]

Originally Posted by Messier

I don't think this is one of those cases.

You don't even know who the new head coach is going to be yet.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by CosmicPal

In most cases, if not all cases, the new coach wants to install a new system with new assistants that must work with a new playbook and learn the players around them.

That almost always sets a team back a couple of years.

Yeah but like I said...who cares if we have to learn a new playbook. What's gonna happen, we'll be 20th on offense? That would be a major improvement.

[AustinChief]

Originally Posted by Omega

Yeah but like I said...who cares if we have to learn a new playbook. What's gonna happen, we'll be 20th on offense? That would be a major improvement.

Of course you could have someone like Jim Harbaugh who takes over with NO OFFSEASON and takes a 6-10 team and turns them into a contender... There are coaches out there who can get things turned around without having to take a step back first...

[Rasputin]

Originally Posted by CosmicPal

In most cases, if not all cases, the new coach wants to install a new system with new assistants that must work with a new playbook and learn the players around them.

That almost always sets a team back a couple of years.

What set this franchise back was Cassel and to continue to play him. Then the Palko thing happend. Haley has done nothing to improve this team for developing players for building up a competitive team that would end up being contigent in the playoffs. It's like Haley was flaunting Palko out there just to diss the fan base, Pioli, & Clark Hunt. No explanation or reasonable thought to what Haley saw in Palko? It was flat out atrocity how he ran buisness. Who cares if the players have to start over? It's what they need & it's what the fans need to start somewhere to catch a rope to pull us out of quick sand.