Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
Originally posted by Koldo:
Originally posted by Silky:
This isn't the 80s anymore. There is a salary cap now and it's much harder to win in this league. This isn't an excuse for the blown 10-pt leads, but you cannot let go of a talented coach like Kyle in today's NFL. You see how teams are set-back for years if they make one tiny mistake with their HC hires.
I'd say there's maybe 7/32 coaches that I think are really good in today's NFL. The rest are either average or trash and out of the league in two years. The way organizations ran stuff in the 80s (especially with no salary cap) made it easier on coaches to remain elite for a longer period of time. Mix in Eddie D's shady business dealings and gambling, I wouldn't put it past him that he condoned stuff that Bill Bellichick did in the 2000s. The only difference is that social media, technology, and the boom of the internet got teams caught more often in the 2000s. I love the Niners but I am a realist, Eddie D probably looked for every edge the Niners could get on his way to winning all those SB's.
I miss those days
All you need to do is look at how many teams are looking for new coaches every year. Seven or eight every season. Then look at how many coaches have been with the same team 5 years or more The number is 8 out of 32 teams. Kyle is tied with Sean McVay and Sean McDermott with 7.
Ask yourself if you want to be like we were before Kyle, New coach every yea rr two. That would really help Purdy's development.
this is Florio : "Kyle's already got seven years in, is there going to be a point where… you get so close, so tantalizingly close that many times and it rips your heart out while it's still beating when the season ends, is it going to be good for everyone to just reset at some point."
also:
"My concern, especially with Kyle is he's going to become this generation's Bud Grant potentially. Where, you get there, and you never get through the top," Florio told Maiocco. "And each time he gets back there now, the narrative is going to get louder and louder, that this is your chance and it's just going to be more on him next time."
I think it's a question of can he break thru and win the big one, who knows..
[ Edited by 49erFaithful6 on Mar 6, 2024 at 10:46 AM ]