Jason La Canfora discusses his report that Jed York may have control taken away
Dec 12, 2016 at 4:07 PM
•
Jason La Canfora of
CBS Sports joined Gary & Larry on
KNBR today to expand on his report that Jed York's parents, Denise and John York, will be taking "a more hands-on approach with the team" as they determine how to reposition the franchise. That new involvement may result in the ousting of their son Jed, general manager Trent Baalke, or even head coach Chip Kelly. It may also involve the hiring of former 49ers, Broncos, and Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan in an undetermined role -- possibly as general manager.
La Canfora stated that, besides more fan discord, there has been nothing new since his report from Sunday morning. "When talking to other people around the league this morning, I continue to hear -- while they haven't reached total final conclusions -- I continue to hear more and more thought being given to bringing in someone else to run football operations other than Trent Baalke and empowering that person with the ability to make recommendations about whether or not the coaching staff should stay."
La Canfora was asked what Denise and John would do that their son has not done. "They would extensively hire someone to actually run the football operations on a day-to-day basis," La Canfora said. "There would be someone there, whether it's Mike Shanahan or whomever, who may then themselves decide I should be the coach and executive vice president of football operations," he answered. "But at the very least, there would be someone there, a football man, atop the entire personnel pyramid, who would essentially be a team president / head of football ops, who would be making the day-to-day decisions on the way things operate."
"[Jed York] would be out," La Canfora continued. "He wouldn't be involved in football operations. I mean you can get cute with titles. You can do whatever you think you have to do. But the premise would be, the top of the pyramid would be this person they bring in, to effectively be running the football operation."
La Canfora went on to state that, if this were to happen, Jed would no longer be the face of 49ers football. Someone else would take his place in that role.
There has been a lot of speculation that, should Mike Shanahan be brought in as the general manager, his son Kyle might be brought in as the new head coach.
"Wherever Mike was to end up – and I'm not assuming he definitely does get something – I think his best shot to get something would be San Francisco, but that's not a guarantee. I don't see them as a package deal. There's a lot of people who have advised Kyle, people he respects, in the coaching community, people who have been in the league a long time, even some at the ownership level who have advised that the best move for him was to cut his own path. To sort of be his own man and work somewhere where he's the head coach and not reporting to his dad.
"The plan in Washington was for Mike would do it for three or four years and turn it over to Kyle, but that whole thing got so toxic, Kyle had to break free and spend time with the Browns. And then, obviously, he's done a heck of a job with the Falcons. So I think Kyle will be interviewing for head coaching job, but there would be no shortage of people advising Kyle, 'Don't just hop back in the saddle with your dad.' He needs to kind of break free from some of the cries of nepotism that haunted him in his career."
La Canfora went on to say that Mike Shanahan is desperately trying to get into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. "He's trying to find avenues to pad his resume and to not have the last stop be as ugly as it was in Washington with literally fighting a proxy war with the owner through the media and fighting the quarterback," said La Canfora.
La Canfora believes that if Shanahan were in control in San Francisco, he would expect a lot of talk about going after New England Patriots backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo.
You can
listen to the entire interview, which also discusses Shanahan's run in Washington, on
KNBR.
(h/t to our friend Kevin Jones of KNBR for doing most of the heavy lifting in this story)
Related News
LISTEN
Facebook Comments
More San Francisco 49ers News
Is 49ers QB Trey Lance getting better? And is it because of his new teacher? One expert shares his thoughts
Sometimes who is teaching is as important as what is being taught
Earlier this week, when the San Francisco 49ers opened up an OTAs session to the media, most of the eyes, in person and online, were on third-year quarterback Trey Lance's new delivery. Lance, of course, had been working with QB guru, Jeff Christensen, and thanks to some leaked footage of Lance throwing with Kansas City Chiefs quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, along with a very well-timed piece by Matt Barrows in The Athletic, there was plenty of
Have the 49ers anointed Brock Purdy too soon?
As the sun rose over the horizon, fans of the San Francisco 49ers came from all over, with great anticipation, as General Manager, John Lynch, slowly trudged his way upon the hill, disappearing into the fog for just a moment, and reappearing with Kyle Shanahan, to proclaim Brock Purdy the heir to the 49ers' QB throne. (Cue the "Circle of Life" track!)
Alright, so it wasn't exactly like that. But the 49ers' brass has made it a point this offseason to ensure everyone knows Purdy is the team's starting quarterback, once he's healthy. And while it may have lacked the drama of a scene from The Lion King, the declaration was just as impactful. (You know, if we could have had Lynch look out over the kingdom, and then hold young Purdy up in front of the team's cheering
This PFF stat should have QBs worried about facing the 49ers
By Rohan Chakravarthi
May 28
The San Francisco 49ers have compiled one of the NFL's best rosters, hence their overall success over the last four seasons, which includes a Super Bowl appearance and three trips to the NFC Championship.
A big portion of that success? The developed talent along the defensive line, which has been the core of the team ever since head coach Kyle Shanahan took over in 2017.
After a down, but still fairly strong year from the defensive line in 2022, San Francisco added defensive tackle Javon Hargrave, who had 11 sacks on the Philadelphia Eagles in 2022, to bolster the interior alongside Arik Armstead.
Hargrave joins defensive end Nick Bosa, who led the team with 18.5 sacks en route to winning the Defensive Player of the Year award in
ESPN: 49ers have 'no choice' in Nick Bosa contract negotiations
Nick Bosa isn't stressing over his contract negotiations. Why should he? The pass rusher has built an impressive resume since the San Francisco 49ers made him the No. 2 overall pick in 2019.
Bosa's nine sacks in 2019 helped him earn NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year honors. His 2020 campaign was cut short by an ACL injury, but it wasn't enough to slow down the talented defensive end. Bosa led the 49ers with 15.5 sacks the next season.
Bosa racked up a league-leading 18.5 sacks last season on his way to being named NFL Defensive Player of the Year. The 49ers bought themselves some time by exercising the 25-year-old's fifth-year option, ensuring he remains with the team through the upcoming season. Ideally, though, the Niners would like to get a long-term deal done,
