Who will be the Niners new DC?-Rooney Rule Now Applicable

Originally posted by Monsterniner:
The defense was #1 last season and there was no way it was gonna be #1 again this season so a regression was expected even with Ryans and the players that left were way more important than we initially thougth.

-Ebukam is a better edge setter on base defense than Ferrell.
-Omenihu is a better pass-rusher than Jackson/Gregory/Young.
-Azeez is a way better linebacker than Burks.
-J. Ward playing nickel was ligth years better than all the guys we had there this season.

Still the defense was #3 in points allowed (only 1 pont less per game than the #1 Ravens D) and allowed only 19 points in the Super Bowl.

Wilks was far from perfect (his blitzes were awful) but he wasn't as bad as we might think and he was the best coach of the team in the Super Bowl but now that doesn't matter because he is gone because for some reason the players never had a real conection with him and someone was going to be the scapegoat for the mess in OT.

Originally posted by Monsterniner:

Originally posted by 9ers4eva:
27th on 3rd down. That isn't good

That's why I said than Wilks was far from perfect but Wilks' defense this season and Ryans' defense in 2021 (his first year) have almost the same numbers.

Originally posted by lamontb:

Originally posted by PRIMETIME21:

Originally posted by hondakillerzx:
get Pete Carroll. dude created the defense we've been running

I'm down with vrabel Pete or bill

Yiu might wanna get more realistic

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by Cosmo:

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by GLT49ers:
But it would give shanahan the opportunity to mold his young DC into what he wants

Is the team looking to mold a DC for the future or win a SB next year? It's extremely unlikely that both will occur at the same time.

I mean you need a guy that's gonna run his scheme though….our team is built for kyle's D. So the vet DC needs to have experience doing that as well. If not you're getting another Wilks who's learning on the fly.

Kyle's D? I thought he was an offensive guy. There's enough talent on that side of the ball I think there are different schemes that would work. If they finally get help in the secondary.

NY is right in that this is Kyle's defense. Saleh credited Kyle in helping evolve the original Seattle cover 3 defense into what they began running around 2018 until now.

Kyle started on the defensive side of coaching and then switched to focus on offense. He's one of the rare coaches that can coach both sides of the ball. That's one of the reasons why he gets get compared to Bill Belichick.

Originally posted by CorvaNinerFan:
Johnny Holland gets my vote...knows the defense very well and has earned an opportunity to be the DC. Shanahan's done a good job of promoting coaches to be coordinators or HC's. JH has a ton of respect he's built up since 2017 when he came back to SF. I have no interest in outside coordinators and/or HC's. If you can hire a top candidate from within, you do it, IMHO. It's worked very well for Shanahan & the team in general. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
Johnny Holland is dealing with an incurable blood cancer that requires aggressive treatment for the remainder of his life. It's why he's had to leave the team in the past.

Originally posted by Niners99:
Pete Carroll is an option.

Originally posted by Predator85:
Mike Pettine, Ron Rivera, Jack Del Rio.

Originally posted by Predator85:

Originally posted by lamontb:

Originally posted by PRIMETIME21:

Originally posted by hondakillerzx:
get Pete Carroll. dude created the defense we've been running

I'm down with vrabel Pete or bill

Yiu might wanna get more realistic

Mike Pettine, Ron Rivera, Jack Del Rio.

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by Cosmo:

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by GLT49ers:
But it would give shanahan the opportunity to mold his young DC into what he wants

Is the team looking to mold a DC for the future or win a SB next year? It's extremely unlikely that both will occur at the same time.

I mean you need a guy that's gonna run his scheme though….our team is built for kyle's D. So the vet DC needs to have experience doing that as well. If not you're getting another Wilks who's learning on the fly.

Kyle's D? I thought he was an offensive guy. There's enough talent on that side of the ball I think there are different schemes that would work. If they finally get help in the secondary.

NY is right in that this is Kyle's defense. Saleh credited Kyle in helping evolve the original Seattle cover 3 defense into what they began running around 2018 until now.

Kyle started on the defensive side of coaching and then switched to focus on offense. He's one of the rare coaches that can coach both sides of the ball. That's one of the reasons why he gets compared to Bill Belichick.

Originally posted by Jcool:
When did Kyle coach defense?

Originally posted by Jcool:

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by Cosmo:

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by GLT49ers:
But it would give shanahan the opportunity to mold his young DC into what he wants

Is the team looking to mold a DC for the future or win a SB next year? It's extremely unlikely that both will occur at the same time.

I mean you need a guy that's gonna run his scheme though….our team is built for kyle's D. So the vet DC needs to have experience doing that as well. If not you're getting another Wilks who's learning on the fly.

Kyle's D? I thought he was an offensive guy. There's enough talent on that side of the ball I think there are different schemes that would work. If they finally get help in the secondary.

NY is right in that this is Kyle's defense. Saleh credited Kyle in helping evolve the original Seattle cover 3 defense into what they began running around 2018 until now.

Kyle started on the defensive side of coaching and then switched to focus on offense. He's one of the rare coaches that can coach both sides of the ball. That's one of the reasons why he gets compared to Bill Belichick.

When did Kyle coach defense?