Coach - Steve Wilks thread

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Originally posted by JR80Forever:
Yep exactly. Shanahan's success with this team was with a dominating defense. He can't play his style of football without it.

Shanahan needs to realize he messed up and fire Wilks. Promote Kris or Daniel and move on.

And when those guys flop, not only have you lost a DC, you've lost a useful defensive assistant too.

If anyone already on staff was capable of holding the job down and actually wanted it, they'd already have it.

Originally posted by Sanfran_chrisco:

Originally posted by Cisco0623:

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
Standing this guy in a different physical location won't fix things. LOL. Wow. What desperation. Fire immediately. New defensive coordinator. The same garbage calls and scheme from the sideline. No thanks. Richard Sherman was totally roasting this guy. Listen to his interview.

Exactly what I said. I'm reading X rumblings of Kyle meeting with him this week to discuss the sidelines and apparently secondary players are now saying the coverages don't sync with the front 7 scheme like last year.

who's said this? source?

Originally posted by Waterbear:

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Originally posted by JR80Forever:
Yep exactly. Shanahan's success with this team was with a dominating defense. He can't play his style of football without it.

Shanahan needs to realize he messed up and fire Wilks. Promote Kris or Daniel and move on.

And when those guys flop, not only have you lost a DC, you've lost a useful defensive assistant too.

If anyone already on staff was capable of holding the job down and actually wanted it, they'd already have it.

Why would you lose a defensive assistant? They could potentially struggle but return as an assistant, no?

Originally posted by 9ersLiferInChicago:

Originally posted by Kolohe:

Originally posted by 9ersLiferInChicago:


Shanny and Wilks will have a conversation, "Just the two of us". Forcing him out of the booth isn't gonna be enough! Wilks has to go. He's just not a good fit. I initially thought this would be a great hire given Wilks experience as a DC and HC. But clearly this was not a good hire. So before the season is a total loss we need to make a change at DC. I'm hoping Daniel Bullocks or Johnny Holland are elevated (if they want the job). I just don't think we can drop anymore games trying to get Wilks to figure it out. This defense is way too talented to look this bad. To my knowledge the defense is pretty healthy. It shouldn't look this bad.

Wait hold on now, when Wilks was on the field as interim HC for Carolina they went on a 4-2 record. So maybe switching from the booth to the field will be better??

Frankly, I really don't think it will mater much. This is a scheme unfitness issue. Wilks is doing different things in coverage that this defense isn't built for. He's running a MAN for a defense built for zone. Hence, the pass rush isn't matching the coverage. This defense is built front to back. Wilks is coaching and play calling as if the defense is built back to front. And, he's not utilizing the wide 9 as it should be used. Instead of letting his front get after the passer he's running "game" in the most inopportune times. It's why we're getting caught in screens.

So coming down from the booth won't really change much.

Originally posted by DaleGribble:
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Originally posted by mcwoot:

Originally posted by DaleGribble:
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Originally posted by thl408:

Originally posted by mcwoot:

Originally posted by DaleGribble:
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hah, watching the defense give up a 3rd & 9 on a QB draw makes me want to blow my brains out.

Originally posted by Cisco0623:

Originally posted by Sanfran_chrisco:

Originally posted by Cisco0623:

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
Standing this guy in a different physical location won't fix things. LOL. Wow. What desperation. Fire immediately. New defensive coordinator. The same garbage calls and scheme from the sideline. No thanks. Richard Sherman was totally roasting this guy. Listen to his interview.

Exactly what I said. I'm reading X rumblings of Kyle meeting with him this week to discuss the sidelines and apparently secondary players are now saying the coverages don't sync with the front 7 scheme like last year.

who's said this? source?

Just saw on twitter last night. Out of nowhere I was seeing a lot of this chatter pop up. Didn't post any links because you know social media is the devil and it could all be BS, but today we have ex players saying it's scheme. They know the deal. These guys aren't dumb, but they're pros. They will air the frustrations out internally. Kyle will either correct it or go down with the ship.

Originally posted by DaleGribble:
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Originally posted by Bay2Bay9erAllday:

Originally posted by DaleGribble:
Steve Wilks Booth

assassinated our defense

Originally posted by DaleGribble:

Originally posted by Waterbear:

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Originally posted by JR80Forever:
Yep exactly. Shanahan's success with this team was with a dominating defense. He can't play his style of football without it.

Shanahan needs to realize he messed up and fire Wilks. Promote Kris or Daniel and move on.

And when those guys flop, not only have you lost a DC, you've lost a useful defensive assistant too.

If anyone already on staff was capable of holding the job down and actually wanted it, they'd already have it.

Why would you lose a defensive assistant? They could potentially struggle but return as an assistant, no?

I don't see why they couldn't.

Originally posted by mcwoot:

Originally posted by DaleGribble:
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Originally posted by thl408:

Originally posted by mcwoot:

Originally posted by DaleGribble:
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hah, watching the defense give up a 3rd & 9 on a QB draw makes me want to blow my brains out.

Originally posted by 49erKing:

Originally posted by mcwoot:

Originally posted by DaleGribble:
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The man who assassinated the 49ers 2023 SB aspirations