I must say this: I am not in favor of calling for Shanny's job. He should NOT be fired. Regardless, he is still a top 3 or top 5 coach. Also, Purdy earned QB1. I like how they handled Purdy. They rightly cleared the deck for him, as they should have. And while I'm NOT a fan of Darnold and feel that we'll never win with him, I'm a bigger 49er fan more than I dislike Darnold.
However, the problem is that they didn't handle Lance that same way. They held onto Jimmy G. when they should have cut bate with him to clear the deck for Lance. For many fans this was the beginning of the mismanagement (well, for me it was drafting Lance in first place). You can't spend that kind of draft capital for a QB, but NOT clear the deck for him, then subject him to a "competition" (that God and the world could see really wasn't a real a competition the minute Darnold was signed) with a known bust, and expect the situation to NOT go left, as it has. Bringing in Darnold and Brandon Allen (who was
never gonna be anything worse that QB3) spelled the end for Lance, no matter how good Lance looked. Fans plainly saw this, but yet was told Darnold separated himself 10 days ago (
) despite of multiple reports from multiple people who were at camp and practices that saw the two with their own eyes, and what the fans saw with their own eyes in preseason games. Now, the fan-base is split all due to how Shanny has managed Lance. (I have to be honest, I have never seen the fan-base this divided, and it's not good.) The only way to this gets fixed is if Shanny wins the SB.
Look, most critics understand why Brock was named the starter. But fans (in particular the national fan-base) aren't buying that it was a real competition. Shanny's mind was made up at the end of last season and this is evidenced by bringing in Darnold and Allen. Fans (at least the national fan-base) aren't buying that Shanny was committed to Lance post-injury. If he was, he would have never subjected him to any competition, because there was simply no need to. So the fact that there was a "competition" signaled that that he was done with Lance, so he really had no shot. Reports are that they have been shopping him all year, but we're supposed to believe there was an honest "competition"? So fans definitely aren't buying what's being sold from Shanny and the local press corps.
Now we're at a point that if you
don't think that Shanny now
must win a SB within his contract period after this, then you aren't dealing in reality. The heat is on Shanny now. Like it or not, right or wrong, Shanny MUST produce SB number 6 in this SB window, or I can't see him not getting fired, or at the very least not given another contract with the 49ers. Because now, Shanny himself has removed all excuses for failure. Winning is the only deodorant that'll make this mess smell good.
[ Edited by 9ersLiferInChicago on Aug 24, 2023 at 2:06 PM ]
well TL will be leaving with at least $20 million so that should make him feel better
