Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
Originally posted by CMIO:
Oh Im sure we could go back and find a lot of guys on every roster that certain coaches thought was "the one", only to have it backfire. Or did we forget the AJ Jenkins pick ?
With that said, lets keep in mind that Holmgren took 2 quarterbacks to the SB...both were not superstars coming out of college. He groomed both Favre and Hasselback into contending quarterbacks, and of course we know his track record with the 49ers.
I don't think the game has passed him by at all. There's no evidence of that whatsoever. Just conjecture by fans who don't want him.
That he's been out of coaching for the better part of a decade is a good sign. That he had a terrible stint in Cleveland as a personnel guy was an even bigger one. It has passed him by, the problem is that he's still struggling to acknowledge it.
He was coach of Seattle in 2008. Thats 6 years removed. You guys want to round it to a decade because it fits the "old man" agenda.
BTW, that old man took Seattle to a SB less than 10 years ago....more recently than Mike Shanahan, and more times than Kubiak (both guys I support as Harb replacements).