Coach - Steve Wilks thread

Originally posted by SashRoxx-1:

Originally posted by 9erson3:
Is this the best hire? I really need to read up. Why only one year stint at Browns 2019? I need to go look up their defensive ranking that year. Carolina top five both years he was DC?

After Demeco a little nervous. I wish Vic came over. I do but welcome! Don't mess up.

BUT Vic Fangio is a 3-4 guy not a 4-3...Makes a difference.

SCREW the Fange!!

We don't have the personnel to run his 3-4 and we're running out of time trying to get out of Shanny's Yearly 2nd Place Trophy.

Understands the game. 10% more blitzes than Demeco isint much.

He's got that part. No worries there.

Who were sack leaders under his past dc jobs?

Originally posted by JJmeyer:
Who were sack leaders under his past dc jobs?

Well, Google is a friend but last year I believe it was Brian Burns. Going to be a higher number in his new job!

He's supposedly a DB guy, I'm hoping to see what he can do with our Dbs.

Originally posted by DRCHOWDER:
He's supposedly a DB guy, I'm hoping to see what he can do with our Dbs.

Maybe, not having them play 10 yards off every receiver.

Originally posted by mayo49:

Originally posted by DRCHOWDER:
He's supposedly a DB guy, I'm hoping to see what he can do with our Dbs.

Maybe, not having them play 10 yards off every receiver.

He appears to be polar opposite to what the 49ers did last year.

The 49ers cover passing windows by bracketing over the top with DBs and underneath with LBers and sometimes safeties, but they cover an area quiet often....

From what I have seen, Wilks zones are tight and they cover the player.

I saw a quote somewhere that he said we don't cover "grass", something the 49ers did a lot of last season.

So I expect you will get your wish.

For the record, I think Wilks is going to take risks. He has guys undercut routs a fair bit, someone is going to get burned eventually, but I do think 3rd and 7 is going to be safer under Wilks.

Originally posted by Dshearn:

Originally posted by mayo49:

Originally posted by DRCHOWDER:
He's supposedly a DB guy, I'm hoping to see what he can do with our Dbs.

Maybe, not having them play 10 yards off every receiver.

He appears to be polar opposite to what the 49ers did last year.

The 49ers cover passing windows by bracketing over the top with DBs and underneath with LBers and sometimes safeties, but they cover an area quiet often....

From what I have seen, Wilks zones are tight and they cover the player.

I saw a quote somewhere that he said we don't cover "grass", something the 49ers did a lot of last season.

So I expect you will get your wish.

For the record, I think Wilks is going to take risks. He has guys undercut routs a fair bit, someone is going to get burned eventually, but I do think 3rd and 7 is going to be safer under Wilks.

I hope he'll try to convince the management to grab another seasoned CB via free agency.. I just feel that he's more of that man to man type of guy which would allow our front 7 to be more free..

Originally posted by English:

Originally posted by JJmeyer:
Who were sack leaders under his past dc jobs?

Well, Google is a friend but last year I believe it was Brian Burns. Going to be a higher number in his new job!

He wasn't DC last year. He was DB coach and then interim HC.

Originally posted by 9moon:
I hope he'll try to convince the management to grab another seasoned CB via free agency.. I just feel that he's more of that man to man type of guy which would allow our front 7 to be more free..

Where did you get that feeling from? Wilks loves zone coverage with a single high safety and that is what he has predominantly run at every single stop.

Maybe we'll get a true center field safety and let huf run wild

Originally posted by crusher49er:
Maybe we'll get a true center field safety and let huf run wild

J Ward?

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
Where did you get that feeling from? Wilks loves zone coverage with a single high safety and that is what he has predominantly run at every single stop.

Does that mean we might be able to retain Ward since he'll be happy focusing on safety mostly?

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Originally posted by 9moon:
I hope he'll try to convince the management to grab another seasoned CB via free agency.. I just feel that he's more of that man to man type of guy which would allow our front 7 to be more free..

Where did you get that feeling from? Wilks loves zone coverage with a single high safety and that is what he has predominantly run at every single stop.

HOW many times did you watch Carolina games last year ?

Originally posted by 9moon:
HOW many times did you watch Carolina games last year ?

Well Wilks wasn't the DC for Carolina last year, Phil Snow was. But I've seem quite a few games where he was the HC with the Cards or DC previously with Carolina as well as when he was DC with Missouri. He runs heavy zone coverage, I'd say just about as much as Ryans so that won't be changing.