San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan knows his players aren't executing properly on the football field. If they were, the team might have more than three wins and fewer than five losses.
When the players spoke to reporters after Sunday's embarrassing 31-17 loss to the Arizona Cardinals, they blamed a lack of execution on their part. That's been their reasoning for the losses for a while now. They believe in the system and the plays being called by their coach. The expectations and the results just aren't matching.
Shanahan doesn't want anyone to misinterpret that, though. He isn't passing the blame to his players. Today, on a conference call with reporters, Shanahan acknowledged that he is just as much to blame as anyone else, if not more. He is the head coach, and the team's lack of execution can be traced back to him.
"A failure of execution starts with me," Shanahan said. "When plays don't work, no matter how it happens, that starts with the coaches. So, there's tons of things I can do better, so don't get misinterpreted by that at all because that's not even close to what I'm staying."
Unless there is a drastic turnaround, Shanahan is likely headed toward his fourth losing season as the 49ers' head coach in five years. Shanahan is the target of much criticism, and he believes it is deserving.
Added Shanahan: "Whether you're running the ball or whether you're throwing the ball, coaching your guys to execute a play starts with coaching, and then that leads to playing. So that goes hand in hand."
The 49ers will try to turn things around next Monday night when they host Sean McVay and the Los Angeles Rams at Levi's Stadium.
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