49ers Head Coach Kyle Shanahan Thread

Originally posted by Giedi:
I agree, I like his pass first philosophy. I enjoy his offense and I love the way his offense can move the ball. However, his 4rth quarter run game didn't work in the Green Bay and the Patriot playoff games I watched. I'm thinking that may be a weakness in his offensive philosophy, in that he has no man blockers in his arsenal. My thinking is that - just as he has possession, speed, and red zone receivers, he should also have some variety in his offensive line so they can do more things in the 4rth QTR. I know Kyle's base offense really doesn't need overpowering man blockers like Harbaugh's offense did, but once Harbaugh got a lead, he usually kept it because of his power run offense that really overpowered most run defenses. I just don't want to be up 20 to zip in the super bowl and then lose the game.

Originally posted by Ensatsu:

Originally posted by Giedi:

I agree, I like his pass first philosophy. I enjoy his offense and I love the way his offense can move the ball. However, his 4rth quarter run game didn't work in the Green Bay and the Patriot playoff games I watched. I'm thinking that may be a weakness in his offensive philosophy, in that he has no man blockers in his arsenal. My thinking is that - just as he has possession, speed, and red zone receivers, he should also have some variety in his offensive line so they can do more things in the 4rth QTR. I know Kyle's base offense really doesn't need overpowering man blockers like Harbaugh's offense did, but once Harbaugh got a lead, he usually kept it because of his power run offense that really overpowered most run defenses. I just don't want to be up 20 to zip in the super bowl and then lose the game.

It doesn't matter. This offensive line can't run block worth a s**t anyway. Expect a lot of 3rd and longs.

Originally posted by NCommand:

How effing sweet is it to hear from Hoyer talk about how hard Kyle is working on him and the QB's on FUNDAMENTALS. Rookie or seasoned veteran, it never ends.

Originally posted by SmokeCrabtrees:

Originally posted by NCommand:

How effing sweet is it to hear from Hoyer talk about how hard Kyle is working on him and the QB's on FUNDAMENTALS. Rookie or seasoned veteran, it never ends.

Cause staying consistent with your fundamentals makes throwing accurately second nature or atleast improves the %'s at worst.

Shocking news i know

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by SmokeCrabtrees:

Originally posted by NCommand:

How effing sweet is it to hear from Hoyer talk about how hard Kyle is working on him and the QB's on FUNDAMENTALS. Rookie or seasoned veteran, it never ends.

Cause staying consistent with your fundamentals makes throwing accurately second nature or atleast improves the %'s at worst.

Shocking news i know

Who needs fundamentals when you have talent- Kaep

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by SmokeCrabtrees:

Originally posted by NCommand:

How effing sweet is it to hear from Hoyer talk about how hard Kyle is working on him and the QB's on FUNDAMENTALS. Rookie or seasoned veteran, it never ends.

Cause staying consistent with your fundamentals makes throwing accurately second nature or atleast improves the %'s at worst.

Shocking news i know

Who needs fundamentals when you have talent- Kaep

Originally posted by NCommand:

How effing sweet is it to hear from Hoyer talk about how hard Kyle is working on him and the QB's on FUNDAMENTALS. Rookie or seasoned veteran, it never ends.

Originally posted by Giedi:

Originally posted by NCommand:

How effing sweet is it to hear from Hoyer talk about how hard Kyle is working on him and the QB's on FUNDAMENTALS. Rookie or seasoned veteran, it never ends.

Yeah, I never got the feeling that Harbaugh focused on the fundamentals, he was a gifted QB and I think those came naturally to him that he may not have focused on it with his QB's.

Originally posted by SmokeCrabtrees:

Originally posted by Giedi:

Originally posted by NCommand:
How effing sweet is it to hear from Hoyer talk about how hard Kyle is working on him and the QB's on FUNDAMENTALS. Rookie or seasoned veteran, it never ends.

Yeah, I never got the feeling that Harbaugh focused on the fundamentals, he was a gifted QB and I think those came naturally to him that he may not have focused on it with his QB's.

I feel like he did.. But was it enough and did he do everything possible to keep elevating his QBs play? It was working with Alex at one point.

We never know how that one wouldve finished. Though you could say chances were Smith mighta been in the end too limited.

Originally posted by Giedi:

Originally posted by tohara3:

Originally posted by SmokeCrabtrees:

Originally posted by Giedi:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by Giedi:

Originally posted by Willisfn4life:

Originally posted by gold49digger:

what position is she coaching?

She was assisting with the wide receivers. I don't know if that will continue to be her role or not.

Well the WR's did great against KC so whatever the WR coaching staff did hopefully continues. We're in Denver and we'll need some offense in that place.

A home game in Denver?

Yikes, big boo boo there! I guess I'm human! Darn!

I just rewatched Atlanta vs Greenbay NFC championship game, and Kyle handled the Green Bay defense with ease. I'm wondering though, if he'll focus too much on offense during his tenure with the 49ers. Green Bay under McCarthy seems to have developed a one sided ball club. Lots of offense and not much defense. I'm glad Kyle drafted defense first and maybe that's how he'll approach his tenure here. While I love great offenses, I'm a tad worried that - we'll have too much offense and not a lot of defense. We shall see...

Jon Lynch hopefully is helping Saleh behind the scenes.

I don't think John Lynch will let that happen. I'm sure he will make sure the team stays balanced with getting very good defenders thru the draft or FA for this ball club.

Heh, actually I don't really want a balanced team. I want a defense dominated team with a good ball control all weather offense. Right now Kyle's WCO is to pass happy for me, and I don't really see a good 4rth quarter ground game that can put teams away (at least that's what I saw in the two playoff games I saw). Hope that changes, and hope that Kyle develops that ground and pound 4rth quarter run game. On defense, I'd like our defense to dominate like our previous super bowl defenses (except for the 5th super bowl that had more offense). The Atlanta defense, for some reason, disappeared in the super bowl. Maybe injuries, maybe they weren't as good as their statistics say, but down 20+ points and come back to win the game, means that Atlanta defense has something wrong with it, and Kyle wants that defense for the 49ers.

Originally posted by Joecool:

Originally posted by SmokeCrabtrees:

Originally posted by Giedi:

Originally posted by NCommand:

How effing sweet is it to hear from Hoyer talk about how hard Kyle is working on him and the QB's on FUNDAMENTALS. Rookie or seasoned veteran, it never ends.

Yeah, I never got the feeling that Harbaugh focused on the fundamentals, he was a gifted QB and I think those came naturally to him that he may not have focused on it with his QB's.

I feel like he did.. But was it enough and did he do everything possible to keep elevating his QBs play? It was working with Alex at one point.

We never know how that one wouldve finished. Though you could say chances were Smith mighta been in the end too limited.

"I'm not big on mechanics."

Originally posted by pasodoc9er:

"I'm not big on mechanics...or fundamentals for that matter". ...how unfortunate.