Originally posted by GoreGoreGore:
Originally posted by DrEll:
Originally posted by SB49er4life:
Originally posted by DrEll:
Of course we should be impressed. Did more in less time frame with a team in rebuild mode.

The 49ers probably win the Super Bowl last year if they're not decimated by injuries. Seattle not only had no serious injuries for any significant amount of time, they also got lucky as f**k that the 49ers were completely gutted by injuries by the end of the year, and lucky again that a fluffed up Patriots team got lucky and played the Bronco's without Bo Nix in the AFC Championship Game.
Mike McDonald is a great coach and has built a damn good team in Seattle, they are among the best in the NFL, but it takes some luck to win Super Bowls and Seattle got every lucky break they could last year.
All I ever hear from everyone, whether it's regarding our SB losses or other teams SB wins, is the word luck. Seattle got lucky they had to face NE. LA got lucky Tartt dropped the INT. KC got lucky with no calls in one SB then got lucky with Dre Greenlaw's injury in the other one. Eagles got lucky that Brock's arm fell off. Seattle got lucky we had all these injuries last year.
luck luck luck luck luck.
good teams make their own luck. We won 5 SBs bc of our performance not bc the losing teams were "unlucky" they didn't have x or y to help them win it.
Let's call a spade a spade. We didn't take advantage of our opportunities to win when we had the chance. We led 2 SBs by 10 pts and couldn't close the opponent out (yea yea we were "unlucky" to face the greatest QB in the history of the world). We could've taken LA out as well but Shanahan shelled up when he was on the opponent's side of the field. And sure Brock's loss was no doubt the ultimate reason why we lost vs the Eagles. But imagine if Shanahan had thrown the red flag on the drive prior on 4th down when Devonta Smith dropped it then got up and rushed his offense to the line to snap it bf Kyle could throw a challenge flag. Sure we were "unlucky" that no replay was available but I'm sure a genius like Kyle Shanahan could have and should have picked up on Smith's body language and said hell with it let's take a chance. Maybe that changes the complexion of the entire game.
Luck ! 
Go to the rams or Seahawks forum already
The whole idea of " you make your own luck" is fine. I can even respect it. The issue is luck IS a factor and in games of the magnitude that we're talking about it can be the difference between winning and losing.
It's why his points have been so bad over the years. The whole idea that Shanahan can't win the big one would be a lot easier to take as realistic had each game not been a play away from going the other way.
That last SB vs the Chiefs is the perfect example of that.
Dre Greenlaw running onto the field and having his achilles go out - what's the Dr's "make your own luck" version here? Walk don't run onto the field?
Feliciano getting injured - should've been tougher
Muffed punt - Luter should've known the ball was going to graze his leg and McCloud should've just jumped on it...even though he claims he would've done it again regardless of what happened.
Burford doing his own thing and not blocking Chris Jones - Kyle should've ran over to every player and reminded them on that play to not go with their gut.
And yes luck comes into play in regards to loose footballs, literally lucky bounce to your guys vs their guys sometimes. The CMC fumble went right to Karlaftis and people had the audacity to give Kittle a hard time after he did his job and blocked Karlaftis away from the play. That ball isn't fumbled or goes in a different direction and it's a non issue.
Want to talk about luck? 49ers put the ball on the ground 2 times in that game. KC recovered both of them. KC put the ball on the ground 5 times. 49ers recovered 1 of them.
Fumble recovery is not some ancient technique you learn. It's about being in the right place at the right time most of the time.
When you have two teams with talented players and excellent coaching - luck does play a factor in swinging games from one direction to the other. It's why using 1 game from the whole season to make your judgement on a coach is ridiculous. Especially when that one game isn't a total breakdown coaching wise where your team didn't have a prayer from the jump.