Man, we are so fortunate to have Greg Manusky!

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:

Originally posted by jreff22:

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
I don't think we will have him long. He will be a HC by next season.

I don't know, not many of the new HC's have been successful and he has a better chance of winning here and taking over for Sing in the future.

Sing won't leave anytime soon unless he gets fired.

Originally posted by SonocoNinerFan:
Link to his interview on KNBR this afternoon . . .

http://www.knbr.com/portals/3/podcasts/razormrt/0831manusky.mp3

Kinda scattershot interview . . . he talked about playing under Dungy in Minnesota and blew smoke up the a$$ of a few players.

He did confirm that there is a competition between Soap & McDonald that isn't decided yet.

Originally posted by AXEGRINDER:

Originally posted by SonocoNinerFan:
Link to his interview on KNBR this afternoon . . .

http://www.knbr.com/portals/3/podcasts/razormrt/0831manusky.mp3

Kinda scattershot interview . . . he talked about playing under Dungy in Minnesota and blew smoke up the a$$ of a few players.

He did confirm that there is a competition between Soap & McDonald that isn't decided yet.

Loved the part about Favre. I lol'd.

btw here's a crazy prediction:

Greg Manusky will be the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys in 2011. If it's between Garrett and Manusky, my money's on Manusky, not that I hope it comes true or anything, just putting it out there.

Originally posted by WINiner:

Originally posted by AXEGRINDER:

Originally posted by SonocoNinerFan:
Link to his interview on KNBR this afternoon . . .

http://www.knbr.com/portals/3/podcasts/razormrt/0831manusky.mp3

Kinda scattershot interview . . . he talked about playing under Dungy in Minnesota and blew smoke up the a$$ of a few players.

He did confirm that there is a competition between Soap & McDonald that isn't decided yet.

Loved the part about Favre. I lol'd.

btw here's a crazy prediction:

Greg Manusky will be the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys in 2011. If it's between Garrett and Manusky, my money's on Manusky, not that I hope it comes true or anything, just putting it out there.

Jones is locked on Garrett. He gave up Spagnolo when Parcells told him "Thats your next head coach"

Jones passed on Shannahan

Jones thinks he's smarter than everyone else

Originally posted by redrathman:

Originally posted by WINiner:

Originally posted by Leathaface:
I think he'll be a HC candidate after this year if our team/D does well.

I personally see Manusky as one of those guys who's always been a coordinator and never really cared to HC, when all is said and done. I may be wrong though. We will see.

I disagree. He's only held the Defensive Coordinator position for three seasons. Prior to that, he was a positions coach for six seasons.

I think he most compares to Jim Schwartz. Schwartz was the Defensive Coordinator in Tennessee for eight seasons before landing a Head Coaching job. Within those eight years Schwartz interviewed for countless Head Coaching jobs. I believe next off season teams will begin to see Manusky as a candidate.

Originally posted by redrathman:

Originally posted by NCommand:
There are still some things I don't like such as playing way off WR's on 3rd and short, we clearly need to work on screen coverage and RB's out of the backfield, prevent-a-win defense when the game is on the line, he still plays a vanilla (predictable schemes) 3-4 at times, etc.

The onus to execute is largely on positional coaches and players. Reading a screen is based on the front seven and how quickly they can read the play as it develops. As the defense is rather aggressive (and not vanilla as you point out), players will tend to bite on such plays. Manusky can't shout at a defensive end to extend his pursuit during the middle of a play.

Originally posted by NCommand:
To me, the thing is he's been hand-cuffed by the ineffectiveness of our OLB's save for all the "third down specialists we've had over the years." I think once we get at least one dominant every down OLB, Manusky can grow even more.

I'd like to think that ranking third in the league in sacks would have appeased fans clamoring for more of a pass rush, but I was mistaken. Every down outside linebackers are a rare commodity in the NFL. Players like Elvis Dumervil and DeMarcus Ware might pile up sacks, but they're also marginal in pass coverage and run support.

Originally posted by NCommand:
He doesn't have to put both OLB's up at the LOS every time (as pseudo DE's). For him to take the next step, he is going to have to learn about/implement more effective blitz schemes (see Jets) b/c we don't have that one dominant OLB. He needs to move these OLB's around, pre snap, rotate between the WILL and SAM (they are "mirror players", etc.).

Manusky has made it a point to emphasize unpredictable formations in his defense. To an end, the 49ers had six players with 4+ sacks last season. Citing the Jets in your own post, New York posted just three players with 4+ sacks, finishing 18th in the league in that category. The Jets succeeded last season largely by the use of a one sided zone coverage scheme. This was accomplished by the presence of Darrelle Revis.

Originally posted by NCommand:
That said, he was able to get sacks more collectively from the rest of the team last year, get some turnovers, make some clutch plays, etc. He FINALLY started using the middle LB's to blitz more - I'd like to see him use the CB's up at the LOS more, being more physical and THEN running more blitzes (ala Spencer).

Get some turnovers? How about 33, which was good for sixth in the NFL. I know your answer to everything is just run more blitzes, but blitzing also comes with a price.

Originally posted by NCommand:
I think he has most of the tools he needs now save for at least one dominant every-down OLB, so THIS is the year he needs to open it up more and bring the blitz from everywhere on the field and where it should come. If he can do that, we have a shot of being one of the best 3-4 defenses out there and consequently, one of the top defenses, period.

He's still learning too...but I like him and hope he takes that next step this year.

You've just repeated everything you said previously, so I will too: 7th in YPP, 6th in First Downs, 6th in Rushing Yards, 6th in TO and 3rd in Sacks. Manusky took a defense that was ranked among the worst in the league in 2006 and has since turned it into a top ten ranked unit.

Originally posted by NCommand:
This year should be ALL about dictating the offense and getting aggressive (no more bend but don't break). We spent WAY too much time on the field as a defense and much of that was b/c we couldn't get off the field on 3rd downs.

Part of running a defense is knowing when to be aggressive. Simply blitzing all day won't solve some of the issues (many of them fabricated) you've brought up. Also, the 49ers ranked 17th in the NFL in DTOP. This was largely based on the ineffectiveness of the offense, which punted a league high 99 times.

As a reminder, the Jets went into the playoffs blitzing all day and gave up 362 yards a game.