49ers Head Coach Kyle Shanahan Thread

Originally posted by 49ers9797:

Kyle deserves COTY if the 49ers make the postseason. What he has done despite the injuries is nothing short of miraculous. His best coaching job to date.

If he does get it he should hand it straight over to Saleh

Originally posted by CharlieSheen:

Originally posted by 49ers9797:
Kyle deserves COTY if the 49ers make the postseason. What he has done despite the injuries is nothing short of miraculous. His best coaching job to date.

If he does get it he should hand it straight over to Saleh

This. The only difference between this year and last year is saleh and the good fortune of facing s**t opposing qbs most of the time. The niners have only two quality wins this year. Rams and seahwaks. Lets be real.

Coty better candidates:

Shane steichen
Mike vrabel
Ben johnson
Mike mcdaniel

Hell.depending on he rest of the year goes:

Brian schottenheimer

Originally posted by JoseCortez:
This. The only difference between this year and last year is saleh and the good fortune of facing s**t opposing qbs most of the time. The niners have only two quality wins this year. Rams and seahwaks. Lets be real.

Coty better candidates:

Shane steichen
Mike vrabel
Ben johnson
Mike mcdaniel

Hell.depending on he rest of the year goes:

Brian schottenheimer

Seattle is playing the same schedule we are except Pittsburgh Minnesota and Washington. So why would McDaniel be considered without a quality win?

Originally posted by 9ers4eva:

Originally posted by JoseCortez:
This. The only difference between this year and last year is saleh and the good fortune of facing s**t opposing qbs most of the time. The niners have only two quality wins this year. Rams and seahwaks. Lets be real.

Coty better candidates:

Shane steichen
Mike vrabel
Ben johnson
Mike mcdaniel

Hell.depending on he rest of the year goes:

Brian schottenheimer

Seattle is playing the same schedule we are except Pittsburgh Minnesota and Washington. So why would McDaniel be considered without a quality win?

They beat the jaguars and texans, two teams the niners lost to. Hes dping it with a shanahan castoff.

Amd their point differential is +120 as opposed to niners +20. Seahwaks have been dominant.

Originally posted by JoseCortez:

Originally posted by 9ers4eva:

Originally posted by JoseCortez:
This. The only difference between this year and last year is saleh and the good fortune of facing s**t opposing qbs most of the time. The niners have only two quality wins this year. Rams and seahwaks. Lets be real.

Coty better candidates:

Shane steichen
Mike vrabel
Ben johnson
Mike mcdaniel

Hell.depending on he rest of the year goes:

Brian schottenheimer

Seattle is playing the same schedule we are except Pittsburgh Minnesota and Washington. So why would McDaniel be considered without a quality win?

They beat the jaguars and texans, two teams the niners lost to. Hes dping it with a shanahan castoff.

Amd their point differential is +120 as opposed to niners +20. Seahwaks have been dominant.

Seahawks have been very healthy while the 49ers are...not.

Details that make a difference.

We beat the Seahawks back when we were healthy. Do you remember that?

Is it possible Kyle was against signing Tom Brady because Brady would have been against running Kyle's system?

Originally posted by JoseCortez:
They beat the jaguars and texans, two teams the niners lost to. Hes dping it with a shanahan castoff.

Amd their point differential is +120 as opposed to niners +20. Seahwaks have been dominant.

Because they have been healthy. Imagine that.

Originally posted by 49ers9797:
Is it possible Kyle was against signing Tom Brady because Brady would have been against running Kyle's system?

It's largely possible.

I've been having lots of ChatGPT convos lately on the Niners (LOL), and while I did not bring up Brady specifically, he had Mahomes as a tier #3 shanahan QB.

Which doesn't mean he's tier #3 good, just tier #3 compatible with Kyle. Brady I wager would be better, but not #1 tier....figure #2 tier.

It really sucks because part of Brady's greatness is improving structure with option routes. It kills me that Kyle is Garry Kasparov with the run game, but refuses to be elite tier in passing concepts.

Possibly a GOAT/2ndGOAT could convince Kyle to merge Brady, but all of this is believable stuff.

Originally posted by JoseCortez:

Originally posted by CharlieSheen:

Originally posted by 49ers9797:
Kyle deserves COTY if the 49ers make the postseason. What he has done despite the injuries is nothing short of miraculous. His best coaching job to date.

If he does get it he should hand it straight over to Saleh

This. The only difference between this year and last year is saleh and the good fortune of facing s**t opposing qbs most of the time. The niners have only two quality wins this year. Rams and seahwaks. Lets be real.

Coty better candidates:

Shane steichen
Mike vrabel
Ben johnson
Mike mcdaniel

Hell.depending on he rest of the year goes:

Brian schottenheimer

Yes cuz Kyle getting production without his best WR out there, missing Kittle and Pearsall for a chunk of games and the QB shuffle happening along with Purdy's injury isn't somehow impressive?

Once again we pick and choose when HCs get credit for things their coordinators do. Defense does well and JC says it's Saleh getting it done. Defense can't hold Mahomes with a lead - Shanahan choked.

I discussed how I felt the Eagles won the SB vs KC while we did not simply because their power OL is a better matchup issue than having the 49er all star position players. Chat totally agreed. I know a lot of us on here agree as well.

It then started to talk about how Kyle can start to build towards such an OL. Then interestingly enough, it discussed how the Niners should add a power back to the lineup and a legit 2nd TE. It suggested Brian Robinson Jr, and had no idea we had him already (it is 100000% somehow stuck on January 2025 roster, bringing up Deebo, Hufanga, Greenlaw, etc. numerous times). So it thought Robinson was an awesome addition (perhaps second best RB we could add besides Henry), and really like Farrell.

The idea is we need to build up our power personnel before/while building that strong OL. So perhaps Kyle has indeed looked to change his offense a bit to reflect what's needed to get over the top.

McVay with his 12 and 13 personnel packages -- Kyle oughta be using these two a lot more for all the same reasons.

I know it's AI and all, but chatgpt says certain things that absolutely wow me. It said "kyle builds an offense around 17 week efficiency, but not one game of violence". A lot of that is true!

The other teams that have beaten KC - Lions (without Chris Jones, ok), Rams, Chargers, now Cowboys....it's not some crazy rocket science. It's applying the right type of scheme to attack Spagnuolo. Perhaps we may not have all those guys yet (or maybe we do). The cliche "it's a game of matchups" couldn't be more true for Spagnuolo.

Spagnuolo is a good DC -- but ChatGPT says against Kyle, he's amazing, because his style really works great against finesse schemes. Spags doesn't like bullyball, but loves going against sophistication.

Not going to call the 2007 Patriots finesse, but his Super Bowl win as DC of the Giants is also telling.

Kyle IMO just needs to tweak this offense a bit more to be more power and less wide zone. Then add a CB1.

Then figure out how to stay somewhat healthy.

Then the Lombardis will come.

The February results may not seem to show it, but Shanahan is easily the smartest head coach in the game. BUT........he has to apply that intellectual ability a bit more wisely to get over the top.

The clown in this thread really said Mike McDaniel deserves COTY over Shanahan I can't lmao

Originally posted by Fanaticofnfl:
The clown in this thread really said Mike McDaniel deserves COTY over Shanahan I can't lmao

Pretty sure he meant Mike Macdonald. It took me a minute too, lol.

This is time... Shnanny will overcome that hurdle (Handshake Boy / Brownies)

Originally posted by SmokeyJoe:
Pretty sure he meant Mike Macdonald. It took me a minute too, lol.

He'd give Brian Daboll coach of year over Shanahan.

Originally posted by JTsBiggestFan:
I discussed how I felt the Eagles won the SB vs KC while we did not simply because their power OL is a better matchup issue than having the 49er all star position players. Chat totally agreed. I know a lot of us on here agree as well.

It then started to talk about how Kyle can start to build towards such an OL. Then interestingly enough, it discussed how the Niners should add a power back to the lineup and a legit 2nd TE. It suggested Brian Robinson Jr, and had no idea we had him already (it is 100000% somehow stuck on January 2025 roster, bringing up Deebo, Hufanga, Greenlaw, etc. numerous times). So it thought Robinson was an awesome addition (perhaps second best RB we could add besides Henry), and really like Farrell.

The idea is we need to build up our power personnel before/while building that strong OL. So perhaps Kyle has indeed looked to change his offense a bit to reflect what's needed to get over the top.

McVay with his 12 and 13 personnel packages -- Kyle oughta be using these two a lot more for all the same reasons.

I know it's AI and all, but chatgpt says certain things that absolutely wow me. It said "kyle builds an offense around 17 week efficiency, but not one game of violence". A lot of that is true!

The other teams that have beaten KC - Lions (without Chris Jones, ok), Rams, Chargers, now Cowboys....it's not some crazy rocket science. It's applying the right type of scheme to attack Spagnuolo. Perhaps we may not have all those guys yet (or maybe we do). The cliche "it's a game of matchups" couldn't be more true for Spagnuolo.

Spagnuolo is a good DC -- but ChatGPT says against Kyle, he's amazing, because his style really works great against finesse schemes. Spags doesn't like bullyball, but loves going against sophistication.

Not going to call the 2007 Patriots finesse, but his Super Bowl win as DC of the Giants is also telling.

Kyle IMO just needs to tweak this offense a bit more to be more power and less wide zone. Then add a CB1.

Then figure out how to stay somewhat healthy.

Then the Lombardis will come.

The February results may not seem to show it, but Shanahan is easily the smartest head coach in the game. BUT........he has to apply that intellectual ability a bit more wisely to get over the top.

They are harder to find, but Id love for us to add big guys who can move. Essentially so when we need to run at will, we can do it. We can also give Brock Jalen Hurts level protection.