Originally posted by Niners816:
Originally posted by Jcool:
Man with all this Mike Holmgren talk. Lets make sure to interview Sam Wyche for the head coaching job! He is only 69, that's not old right! I mean you are all okay with Holmgren being 66. Wayche was Joe Montana's first QB coach with the 49ers! You cant get better then that! As we all know he took Cincinnati to the Superbowl... And almost won it! Boomer Esiason had 3 pro bowl seasons under him! His 64 wins with the Bengals is 2nd best in franchise history! He was a QB coach in 2005 so he hasn't been out of the game that long. The guy knows offense!
Holmgren and wyche are on two totally different levels in terms of success. Wyche's last HC job was 1995, thats a big difference from Holmgren last job in 2008. Everybody keeps throwing out this 1997 as the last time Holmgren was good/relevant. Holmgren was putting forth good offenses thru out most of the 2000's til he retired in '08. Again it's a huge overstatement, in trying to portray him as this geezer that has no clue about "modern" football.
At the end of the day, there's a very VERY low chance Holmgren ends up with the 49ers.
IMO, and some of these guys have to get fired first, the 49ers will look at:
NFL
Sean Payton (if fired)
Rex Ryan (if fired) - However, he will NOT have total control over his coordinator hires
Eric Mangini - with partial staff control
Mike Shanahan
Gary Kubiak - with partial staff control
Hot Name OC's (some of them are already in the posted list)
College
Helfrich
RichRod
Shaw "very outside chance"
Note: the aforementioned coaches were selected with Kaep in mind.
These are my guesses. Now, honestly, I'd say the smart money may be on Mangini. Not saying I agree, I just think that it makes the most sense regarding comfort and consideration.
Before you blast, I'm not saying I agree with any of the proposed. Just doing my best to read tea leaves and someone else's mind.
[ Edited by Geeked on Dec 12, 2014 at 12:49 PM ]