Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
Originally posted by Dr_Bill_Walsh:
Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
Originally posted by 49erKing:
Originally posted by Montana:
You know what feels good after Victory Monday? Victory Friday
Gawd dam him slobberknocking that gum all confident and smiling in the 3rd quarter. It's funny as f**k because it makes the joy I feel seeing his disappointment in the end so much more gratifying. I'm f**king with you Carroll. FYI, you were my pick for HC over Mariucci back in the day.
Funny thing because he had some really good defenses, but the offense wasn't the same after losing Mike Shanahan and Ricky Watters. Pete wasn't ready however and the New England run shows it.
That wasn't even his defense. He inherited a D that Ray Rhodes totally revamped in 1994, and (minus Deion) was pretty much the same in '95. After '96 when some of those aged vets began retiring (e.g. Ricky Jackson) and salary cap hell began rearing its ugly head (as well as GB beginning its ownage) was when Pete decided to jump ship if the team wasn't gonna promote him (Niners were NOT gonna go with another former DC for HC after firing Seifert….iirc, Mooch was originally supposed to be just the OC and to gain intel from his former days with GB, but Seifert felt threatened by the hire and gave Eddie D and Carmen Policy an ultimatum…they forced him to "resign" instead).
Those defenses were still elite and Carroll was calling the plays. Many think not resigning Deion was a mistake, but our mistake was not resigning Watters. The stuff about Mooch as OC is news to me however.
From a January 1997 sfgate article covering the regime change: