Richard Hightower-Chicago Bears Special Teams Coach

Originally posted by Goatie:

Robert Salah should take Hightower to the Jets with him.

No. Kyle should fire him.

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:

Originally posted by Goatie:
Robert Salah should take Hightower to the Jets with him.

No. Kyle should fire him.

The question is..why HASN'T Kyle fired him already.

Originally posted by ComeOnDeberg:

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:

Originally posted by Goatie:
Robert Salah should take Hightower to the Jets with him.

No. Kyle should fire him.

The question is..why HASN'T Kyle fired him already.

No clue, but my guess is that Kyle doesn't pay too much attention to special teams. The guess is likely wrong because as I've stated earlier, they have provided Hightower with players. People may not like drafting a punter in the 4th, but Wish clearly has some ability beyond the standard punter. Hightower doesn't even attempt to use him. Before Mostert broke out as our top back, he was a really good gunner on special teams. By contrast, I think Jim Harbaugh really prioritized special teams. If there is one thing he is better than Kyle at, that's it.

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:

Originally posted by ComeOnDeberg:

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:

Originally posted by Goatie:

Robert Salah should take Hightower to the Jets with him.

No. Kyle should fire him.

The question is..why HASN'T Kyle fired him already.

No clue, but my guess is that Kyle doesn't pay too much attention to special teams. The guess is likely wrong because as I've stated earlier, they have provided Hightower with players. People may not like drafting a punter in the 4th, but Wish clearly has some ability beyond the standard punter. Hightower doesn't even attempt to use him. Before Mostert broke out as our top back, he was a really good gunner on special teams. By contrast, I think Jim Harbaugh really prioritized special teams. If there is one thing he is better than Kyle at, that's it.

Totally agreed.

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:

Originally posted by ComeOnDeberg:

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:

Originally posted by Goatie:

Robert Salah should take Hightower to the Jets with him.

No. Kyle should fire him.

The question is..why HASN'T Kyle fired him already.

No clue, but my guess is that Kyle doesn't pay too much attention to special teams. The guess is likely wrong because as I've stated earlier, they have provided Hightower with players. People may not like drafting a punter in the 4th, but Wish clearly has some ability beyond the standard punter. Hightower doesn't even attempt to use him. Before Mostert broke out as our top back, he was a really good gunner on special teams. By contrast, I think Jim Harbaugh really prioritized special teams. If there is one thing he is better than Kyle at, that's it.

Whats Seely up to these days? Those special teams were elite! (Except Kyle Williams )

Originally posted by gold49digger:

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:

Originally posted by ComeOnDeberg:

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:

Originally posted by Goatie:
Robert Salah should take Hightower to the Jets with him.

No. Kyle should fire him.

The question is..why HASN'T Kyle fired him already.

No clue, but my guess is that Kyle doesn't pay too much attention to special teams. The guess is likely wrong because as I've stated earlier, they have provided Hightower with players. People may not like drafting a punter in the 4th, but Wish clearly has some ability beyond the standard punter. Hightower doesn't even attempt to use him. Before Mostert broke out as our top back, he was a really good gunner on special teams. By contrast, I think Jim Harbaugh really prioritized special teams. If there is one thing he is better than Kyle at, that's it.

Whats Seely up to these days? Those special teams were elite! (Except Kyle Williams )

Seely didn't coach in 2020, but he was with the Texans in 2019. Would love to bring him back. Or pluck some consistently good special teams coach from a college program. Looking his Hightower's bio, he's not going anywhere. I was aware of the low punt return average, but I always looked at that as more of a function of Wish's punts. So the question is, is our return game below average thanks to the returners or are they coached to call fair catches the way they do.

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:

Seely didn't coach in 2020, but he was with the Texans in 2019. Would love to bring him back. Or pluck some consistently good special teams coach from a college program. Looking his Hightower's bio, he's not going anywhere. I was aware of the low punt return average, but I always looked at that as more of a function of Wish's punts. So the question is, is our return game below average thanks to the returners or are they coached to call fair catches the way they do.

Given all of them including River Cracraft fair catches with nobody within 30 yards of him, my guess is they are coached this like a prevent defense.

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
Seely didn't coach in 2020, but he was with the Texans in 2019. Would love to bring him back. Or pluck some consistently good special teams coach from a college program. Looking his Hightower's bio, he's not going anywhere. I was aware of the low punt return average, but I always looked at that as more of a function of Wish's punts. So the question is, is our return game below average thanks to the returners or are they coached to call fair catches the way they do.

Given all of them including River Cracraft fair catches with nobody within 30 yards of him, my guess is they are coached this like a prevent defense.

I'd agree.

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
Seely didn't coach in 2020, but he was with the Texans in 2019. Would love to bring him back. Or pluck some consistently good special teams coach from a college program. Looking his Hightower's bio, he's not going anywhere. I was aware of the low punt return average, but I always looked at that as more of a function of Wish's punts. So the question is, is our return game below average thanks to the returners or are they coached to call fair catches the way they do.

Given all of them including River Cracraft fair catches with nobody within 30 yards of him, my guess is they are coached this like a prevent defense.

I'd agree.

So, as much as many of want this to change.......it will likely stay the same.

Boring but greater heads than me like to coach winning strategies rather than exciting ones.....until we don't win.......wait a minute! Fire this bum.

The hobbit must go.

Originally posted by NCommand:

The hobbit must go.

We don't appreciate how good the 2011 49ers' special teams unit was.

SF added 66 expected points that season (#1) — a 🤯 boost. For comparison, the 2020 49ers lost 52.3 expected points on ST (#30).

That's a 118-point difference over the whole season, or over a TD per game!

— David Lombardi (@LombardiHimself) January 19, 2021

I find it hard to justify keeping him with numbers like that. Is his contract expiring too? We badly need to upgrade. I am one of the many who've absolutely had enough of his terribly subpar performance.

Originally posted by NCommand:

This guy stinks.

First words in this thread still ring true.

Originally posted by TexasGuero49:

Originally posted by NCommand:

This guy stinks.

First words in this thread still ring true.

Fair Catch King

Originally posted by NCommand:
Fair Catch King

I keep coming back to the 49ers finding a return man this offseason. Their average starting field position under Shanahan/Lynch:
'17: 23rd
'18: 32nd
'19: 2nd
'20: 23rd

One of these is unlike the other. It's been what, a decade (Ginn) since the Niners had a reliable return man?

— Niners Nation (@NinersNation) February 17, 2021

Bosa = better field position