Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
It can go beyond flaws, depending on your view. Like the worst draft investement in team history, during a SB window no less, and near zero ROI. That was likely all him. I don't buy Jed or Lynch calling QB shots. Or having the play sheet as these 10 pt leads disintegrate. Over, and over, and over. I don't care how you slice the DC maneuvers, they sucked. I think he should have empowered Wilks and had him run his scheme, or hire Sorensen a year sooner. So there are most likely rings we left on the table. How about having this team as unprepared for a big moment as any club we have seen over 58 SBs? Can you name any SB moment as unprepared as our OT? The takeaway on that game will forever be they planned for the moment and we didn't, and lost. Now if this is enough to get him on the hot seat or out is subjective to who is making that determination. Some owners are more accepting of missteps than others. I'll say Harbs got canned for much less, Harbs never really made huge mistakes, he just butted heads with ppl in the FO including the bossman.
We've been over your arguments. They aren't good. Why empower a DC with no track record of success to run his scheme instead of ours when ours has produced an elite defense for multiple years? Why did Wilks take the job if he felt hamstrung by constraints the team put on him from the start. This is just a bad excuse for a mediocre at best DC.
You still haven't explained how 'not preparing the team' for the new OT rules had any actual effect on the game. Especially important considering the game played out no differently than it would have under the last set of rules. You're basically relying on conjecture and have no substantive argument for how it hurt the team.
You've also shown an unwillingness to understand the analytics behind the decision to kick/receive and will hang on your feelings and what the Chiefs said they would have done instead.
You do have a point about Kyle and his mismanagement of the QB position and the selection of Trey Lance. He corrected that mistake about as fast as reasonably possible and I'd make the argument we have structural flaws in the FO that prevented us from hiring a dedicated GM and allowed Kyle to dictate the terms of his hiring here. You can thank Jed and Paraag for that, and for the Harbaugh fiasco as well. GM after GM said no thanks to this franchise, and we should be grateful we were able to find a high quality coach willing to come here who has also done a pretty damn good job building out the roster with Lynch and CO.
[ Edited by SmokeyJoe on Mar 29, 2024 at 2:10 PM ]
