49ers Head Coach Kyle Shanahan Thread

People say he's trying to protect Jimmy with all the running, but I say he's protecting the leads we build. He does not f*** around and I don't blame him after the Falcons SB

There's no reason to get cute no matter how big your lead is, and Kyle learned that in the hardest way

Originally posted by LasVegasWally:

Originally posted by SkyZer0:

Originally posted by Shorteous:

Originally posted by SkyZer0:

Okay, why the f**k did Shanahan call a running play before the end of the 1st half with Breida instead of just kneeling?? and OF COURSE, Breida gets hurt. un-f**king believable man.

Maybe, 70 yards away from the end zone with 0:00 on the clock brieda shouldn't try and gain an extra 2 yards. I think, with running backs, it's those extra yards you fight for that account for many unnecessary injuries.

Shanny probably saw the snap as an extra opportunity to set the defense up for a big play in the second half.

there was like 20 seconds ticking down, and i was just baffled we were running. I was like, "why are we running? why? why risk the injury potential??"

and lo and behold, Breida gets f**king swarmed for a loss and gets up limping. unreal. WHYYYYY

Sometimes things like that seem to be so FU--in' stupid.

What doesn't any of the reporters ask that question???

BrieDa could have surrendered, he pushed on.

Thing of beauty

https://mobile.twitter.com/LombardiHimself/status/1189224451746996224

Originally posted by CharlieSheen:

People say he's trying to protect Jimmy with all the running, but I say he's protecting the leads we build. He does not f*** around and I don't blame him after the Falcons SB

There's no reason to get cute no matter how big your lead is, and Kyle learned that in the hardest way

Protecting a lead in a lot of ways is harder than coming back imo. You have to protect against complacency and offensive predictiablity. The other team is fighting to come back and you have a big lead and kind of let down. Also many teams will get predictable offensively and play into the defenses hands. Then next thing you know you're in a close game that should've been a blowout.

Carolina tried it making the score 27-13. But then we immediately marched down the field and put their ass night night for good. That's what championship teams do.

Originally posted by Luckycharms:
Thing of beauty here

mobile.twitter.com/LombardiHimself/status/1189224451746996224

At it's core, the OL is just blocking as if it's a Power play. But the misdirection from Coleman and the eye candy of Deebo on the end around screws up all the box defenders. It's simple, effective, genius.

Kyle will be playing with a full deck against Petine with the Packers soon

Originally posted by NCommand:

You've got that right.

I just think back to this gif and think how far Kyle has come.

Bring back TinyPic.
For the love of god bring back tinypic!!!

It wasn't that bad as the gif made it out to be lol

Petine actually said, 'you know what, I trust you' just before Kyle gave him a smile, as he turned back to Kyle

Originally posted by PhillyNiner:

Legends are made by having the courage to go right when everyone else goes left. This league has been pushing the passing game for so long, it was ripe for a genius run game play designer to come along and tear at its soft underbelly.

Someone on Golic's radio show said that the 49ers have, to this point in the season, the most run plays of any team in the last 30 years. I believe they were quoting Elias on that. I'm sure some of that is our OT situation, but it's clear that Kyle likes to go against the grain too. When almost every team is doing one thing, doing something else is often beneficial.

Originally posted by Garoppolis:

Originally posted by PhillyNiner:

Legends are made by having the courage to go right when everyone else goes left. This league has been pushing the passing game for so long, it was ripe for a genius run game play designer to come along and tear at its soft underbelly.

Someone on Golic's radio show said that the 49ers have, to this point in the season, the most run plays of any team in the last 30 years. I believe they were quoting Elias on that. I'm sure some of that is our OT situation, but it's clear that Kyle likes to go against the grain too. When almost every team is doing one thing, doing something else is often beneficial.

That's also a reflection of the fact that we've had big leads in a lot of games and have been mostly just running out the clock in the 4th quarter a handful of times.

I think it's safe to say that KS is the rebirth of Bill Walsh from an innovation standpoint in play design. 49ers running scheme is gridiron porn!

Originally posted by Garoppolis:

Originally posted by PhillyNiner:
Legends are made by having the courage to go right when everyone else goes left. This league has been pushing the passing game for so long, it was ripe for a genius run game play designer to come along and tear at its soft underbelly.

Someone on Golic's radio show said that the 49ers have, to this point in the season, the most run plays of any team in the last 30 years. I believe they were quoting Elias on that. I'm sure some of that is our OT situation, but it's clear that Kyle likes to go against the grain too. When almost every team is doing one thing, doing something else is often beneficial.

Also, he probably looked at his roster and felt he had a two proven game breakers at RB (Coleman/Breida), each that can make a house call if the blocking is executed and the defense slips. Five OLmen returning from last season, while having questionable talent at WR. Why not gameplan catering to the offensive strength?

Originally posted by thl408:

Originally posted by Garoppolis:

Originally posted by PhillyNiner:

Legends are made by having the courage to go right when everyone else goes left. This league has been pushing the passing game for so long, it was ripe for a genius run game play designer to come along and tear at its soft underbelly.

Someone on Golic's radio show said that the 49ers have, to this point in the season, the most run plays of any team in the last 30 years. I believe they were quoting Elias on that. I'm sure some of that is our OT situation, but it's clear that Kyle likes to go against the grain too. When almost every team is doing one thing, doing something else is often beneficial.

Also, he probably looked at his roster and felt he had a two proven game breakers at RB (Coleman/Breida), each that can make a house call if the blocking is executed and the defense slips. Five OLmen returning from last season, while having questionable talent at WR. Why not gameplan catering to the offensive strength?

Looking back, I think he had this running game in mind all along at the first day he got to the Niners. We just too much into the passing game to realized it. It took a little longer because of personnel changes, and getting all 11 guys to work together through some games to get it going to this level. I don't think it just occurred to him to run the ball at this level going into this year.

Remember in the offseason, he held on to Mike McDaniels the run game coordinator when other team were looking to add McDaniels (Packers?)

Originally posted by thl408:

Originally posted by Garoppolis:

Originally posted by PhillyNiner:

Legends are made by having the courage to go right when everyone else goes left. This league has been pushing the passing game for so long, it was ripe for a genius run game play designer to come along and tear at its soft underbelly.

Someone on Golic's radio show said that the 49ers have, to this point in the season, the most run plays of any team in the last 30 years. I believe they were quoting Elias on that. I'm sure some of that is our OT situation, but it's clear that Kyle likes to go against the grain too. When almost every team is doing one thing, doing something else is often beneficial.

Also, he probably looked at his roster and felt he had a two proven game breakers at RB (Coleman/Breida), each that can make a house call if the blocking is executed and the defense slips. Five OLmen returning from last season, while having questionable talent at WR. Why not gameplan catering to the offensive strength?

That's kinda what he does.....look at 2012 Redskins. It's the only other time he ran more than passed. The wrinkle that year was the pistol formation and RGIII running the read option. Results:

430+ points
6100+ yards
2700+'rush yards (led the NFL)

Originally posted by Luckycharms:
Thing of beauty

https://mobile.twitter.com/LombardiHimself/status/1189224451746996224

Brunskill made that play! He pancaked the DT into Kuechley and drove the LB 15 yards down the field!