Are we allowed to keep Vic Fangio?

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:
to be only offered/keep a DC position is a slap in the face to Fangio..The only way he stays is a HC job...unless we hire a big name long in the game HC..which im uneasy with since they have fallen off in the years gone by

Exactly how is it a slap in the face? He has had a shaky career at best up until this point as a coach. He's had some great years...and he's had some really bad ones, he ended up costing Mora his job in Indy. He was relegated to being a defensive assistant before Harbaugh hired him at Stanford.


If he stays with the 49ers, he has a steady gig with a very talented roster. Nobody owes him a head coaching position.


Pittsburgh went from Bill Cowher to Mike Tomlin without giving Dick LeBeau the time of day pretty much, and that was AFTER they won the Superbowl.....he's still with the team even though Tomlin is literally like half his age.

Lebeau was too old jump into a HC position..and probably turned it down

to hire an unknown/New for HC is a slap in the face when Fangio can run the show himself

Originally posted by krizay:
Reading this thread is exactly why I would go unconventional if I was in charge. Pay fangio to be defensive head coach and pay him more money. Then pay an offensive minded guy to be the offensive head coach.

Then figure out how to make it work.

Messing up a top 10 defense because our offense sucks and we want to jettison our coach would be a mistake.

Just as it may be uneasy to find a head coach who is forced to keep a DC he may not want. Assuming fangio would stay after being passed up.

Originally posted by Afrikan:
https://www.49erswebzone.com/articles/156266-allbright-vic-fangio-meets-49ers-might-consult-2022/

Might sign with the team.

But a few things can happen...

Ryans takes a job next year, and Vic takes over defense..

Ryans and Vic both get jobs next year as HC somewhere else...

Or the unthinkable, Vic falls in love working with Ryans...and decides to join him on a new team as DC..lol.

Originally posted by Hitman49:
wonder where he will end up....

Arizona??