49ers Head Coach Kyle Shanahan Thread

Originally posted by jcs:
Kyle's rosters are Kyle's success and failures. Harbs had to work with whatever Baalke let him have here.

Harbs now has has a national championship to his resume as well as back to back 11 win seasons in LA since coming back and a.695 career win percentage as an nfl HC vs Kyle's at.550

We're giving coaches credit for AAA championships now.

I'll take 9-5 in the games that matter over 5-5

Originally posted by jcs:
Kyle's rosters are Kyle's success and failures. Harbs had to work with whatever Baalke let him have here.

Harbs now has has a national championship to his resume as well as back to back 11 win seasons in LA since coming back and a.695 career win percentage as an nfl HC vs Kyle's at.550

How many playoff wins does Harbaugh have since coming back?

A national championship doesn't move me at all. Bringing that up is laughable. Dennis Erickson had 2 of them, let's bring him back!!

Originally posted by CharlieSheen:

Originally posted by genus49:
This is partly why I have a hard time fans on here acting like Jim Harbaugh is somehow better than Shanahan. At least we can point to issues with Kyle's rosters, deficiencies on the OL or injuries that hurt us from getting over the hump.

Getting to that SB in 2012 with the Ravens being our opponent, I was already celebrating that win in my head. Just insane that not only did we not win that game but that it wasn't even close until the blackout killed the Ravens momentum.

By this logic Belichick can't be better than Kyle because he lost to Foles and the eagles

You have the most disingenuous arguments around here lol.

Belichick's resume in comparison to any HC is a blowout of sorts. But if Bill's only SB appearance was that Eagles game…how do you think that would've been received? Especially since he decided to bench his best DB for that game…

Jim faced his big brother as a HC in a game he was heavily favored to win, with a healthy roster(even if you want to argue how healthy) and dominant at the one thing that Ravens struggled to defend.

If we're talking about coaches choking, that is exactly what Harbaugh did in that game. Now he's finally making the wise decision to get rid of Roman as his OC and bringing in Kyle's guy. We'll see if that helps him get over the top. Which would be somewhat ironic since his specialty was offense…

Originally posted by jcs:
Kyle's rosters are Kyle's success and failures. Harbs had to work with whatever Baalke let him have here.

Harbs now has has a national championship to his resume as well as back to back 11 win seasons in LA since coming back and a.695 career win percentage as an nfl HC vs Kyle's at.550

Re-writing history to fit your narrative.

We know Kap was Jim's guy. We also know there were others but I'm not wasting my getting into all that. Just here to point out you re-writing history to push a false narrative as per usual.

"Great story," began Jack Harbaugh. "After the first day of the draft, (I) called Jim, and I said, 'Jim, who's the quarterback you're gonna take in the second round?' Promised I wouldn't say anything to anyone.

"And he said, 'I'm gonna take Colin Kaepernick. I not only think that he's the best quarterback in the draft, I think he's the very best player in the draft.' So I think that speaks volumes for his talent."

Originally posted by evil:

Originally posted by jcs:
Kyle's rosters are Kyle's success and failures. Harbs had to work with whatever Baalke let him have here.

Harbs now has has a national championship to his resume as well as back to back 11 win seasons in LA since coming back and a.695 career win percentage as an nfl HC vs Kyle's at.550

Re-writing history to fit your narrative.

We know Kap was Jim's guy. We also know there were others but I'm not wasting my getting into all that. Just here to point out you re-writing history to push a false narrative as per usual.

"Great story," began Jack Harbaugh. "After the first day of the draft, (I) called Jim, and I said, 'Jim, who's the quarterback you're gonna take in the second round?' Promised I wouldn't say anything to anyone.

"And he said, 'I'm gonna take Colin Kaepernick. I not only think that he's the best quarterback in the draft, I think he's the very best player in the draft.' So I think that speaks volumes for his talent."

Baalke love the acl guys and ignored Jim's requests for effort players selecting a.j. Jenkins as an example against his wishes. Eventually their hate for one another led to Jed taking sides.

13-6 and knocked out the defending Super Bowl champs with a MASH unit bandaid 🩹 crew.

"Fire him now!!"

Originally posted by Pillbusta:
13-6 and knocked out the defending Super Bowl champs with a MASH unit bandaid 🩹 crew.

"Fire him now!!"

I bet many of the people that say this are mid at best at their own jobs.

Would you guys take Harbaugh and Mike over Kyle?

Originally posted by braap49er:

Mike McDaniel and Jim Harbaugh paired up with the Chargers is gonna be wild ⚡? pic.twitter.com/5O6vBtdy8R

— OurSF49ers (@OurSf49ers) January 21, 2026

Would you guys take Harbaugh and Mike over Kyle?

In a heart beat. Kyle is a great offensive play caller, and while Mike McDaniel isn't as good as Kyle in that department, he's still great at it. Pair him with a guy that understands the nuances of head coaching, and you have the perfect combo. I loved Harbaugh's passion on the sideline.

Originally posted by braap49er:

Mike McDaniel and Jim Harbaugh paired up with the Chargers is gonna be wild ⚡? pic.twitter.com/5O6vBtdy8R

— OurSF49ers (@OurSf49ers) January 21, 2026

Would you guys take Harbaugh and Mike over Kyle?

Are we changing ownership, lol?

Originally posted by braap49er:

Mike McDaniel and Jim Harbaugh paired up with the Chargers is gonna be wild ⚡? pic.twitter.com/5O6vBtdy8R

— OurSF49ers (@OurSf49ers) January 21, 2026

Would you guys take Harbaugh and Mike over Kyle?

I don't know that I could trust Jim to give McDaniel free reign. Feels like it could be like how Kyle was with Pettine in Cleveland.

Originally posted by jcs:

Originally posted by evil:

Originally posted by jcs:
Kyle's rosters are Kyle's success and failures. Harbs had to work with whatever Baalke let him have here.

Harbs now has has a national championship to his resume as well as back to back 11 win seasons in LA since coming back and a.695 career win percentage as an nfl HC vs Kyle's at.550

Re-writing history to fit your narrative.

We know Kap was Jim's guy. We also know there were others but I'm not wasting my getting into all that. Just here to point out you re-writing history to push a false narrative as per usual.

"Great story," began Jack Harbaugh. "After the first day of the draft, (I) called Jim, and I said, 'Jim, who's the quarterback you're gonna take in the second round?' Promised I wouldn't say anything to anyone.

"And he said, 'I'm gonna take Colin Kaepernick. I not only think that he's the best quarterback in the draft, I think he's the very best player in the draft.' So I think that speaks volumes for his talent."

Baalke love the acl guys and ignored Jim's requests for effort players selecting a.j. Jenkins as an example against his wishes. Eventually their hate for one another led to Jed taking sides.

Baalke is responsible for some but so is Jim. He got some of the guys he wanted like CK7 and Vance McDonald. Let's not forget Jim was also responsible for removing Richard Sherman from our draft board.

Originally posted by genus49:
This is partly why I have a hard time fans on here acting like Jim Harbaugh is somehow better than Shanahan. At least we can point to issues with Kyle's rosters, deficiencies on the OL or injuries that hurt us from getting over the hump.

Getting to that SB in 2012 with the Ravens being our opponent, I was already celebrating that win in my head. Just insane that not only did we not win that game but that it wasn't even close until the blackout killed the Ravens momentum.

That Ravens SB still haunts me. We had no business losing that SB. Harbaugh brought the franchise out of darkness and I like him but the coaching completely failed the team. Starting the game with a procedure penalty set the tone of what was in store. Took a 5-0 SB record and started a downward trend.

Originally posted by evil:
Baalke is responsible for some but so is Jim. He got some of the guys he wanted like CK7 and Vance McDonald. Let's not forget Jim was also responsible for removing Richard Sherman from our draft board.

Not signing Doug Baldwin too.

Originally posted by facestabber:

Originally posted by genus49:

This is partly why I have a hard time fans on here acting like Jim Harbaugh is somehow better than Shanahan. At least we can point to issues with Kyle's rosters, deficiencies on the OL or injuries that hurt us from getting over the hump.

Getting to that SB in 2012 with the Ravens being our opponent, I was already celebrating that win in my head. Just insane that not only did we not win that game but that it wasn't even close until the blackout killed the Ravens momentum.

That Ravens SB still haunts me. We had no business losing that SB. Harbaugh brought the franchise out of darkness and I like him but the coaching completely failed the team. Starting the game with a procedure penalty set the tone of what was in store. Took a 5-0 SB record and started a downward trend.

Our Kyle SBs haunt me more. We had no business losing to a team that turned the ball over multiple times each time we played them. We had no business losing when were up by 10 both times. Not knowing the Ot rules and seeing all the confusion from our players during the OT is the most embarrassing thing I've been through as a fan. Kyle turned losing SBs into a trend instead of making the one loss the exception