49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan elected to fire defensive coordinator Steve Wilks on Tuesday after one season with the club. Shanahan detailed the reasoning for moving on from Wilks during a conference call with reporters on Wednesday - a day after saying in his season-ending press conference that he expected the coaches to be back. "I've been sleeping on this for a few nights and trying to come up with a few tough decisions, but this morning, I relieved Steve Wilks of his duties," Shanahan said, via David Bonilla of 49erswebzone.com. "A really tough decision because it really says nothing about Steve as a man or as a football coach. He's exactly what we wanted as a man. He is a great football coach. But just where we're going and where we're at with our team from a scheme standpoint and things like that, looking through it all throughout the year, through these last few days, I felt pretty strongly that this was a decision that was best for our organization."And even though it was one I didn't want to make, it was something that once I realized that I think a different direction is what's best for our organization, then it's something that I have to do. So let him know this...
Kyle Shanahan on Steve Wilks: It just ended up not being the right fit
Feb 14, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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