Mike McDaniel and a potential homecoming to the Niners...your thoughts | Page 4

Jan 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM

TD49ers
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Originally posted by DrEll:

Originally posted by 9moon:

Originally posted by DrEll:
I think Saleh takes him to Baltimore with him. Can you imagine McDaniel with Lamar Jackson with Henry and Flowers

Combo just ain't TOUGH ENOUGH for Balty type of Football ... I see both of them side by side w/the FALCONS !!

DOME TEAM !!

If Saleh has a choice between Baltimore or Atlanta I think he chooses Baltimore. For one the ownership will keep him around longer bc they just did that with Harbaugh. Two they are more championship ready. Saleh can help build the defense and if he lucks in with McDaniel then you have a great offensive mind coaching up Lamar and that's a deadly combo.

So why is Saleh a slam dunk for a HC position? He had a few good years of running a stacked defense in SF. I get the injuries but does it feel like our young defense, that he helped shape , is getting better or worse this past season. I just dont see it.

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Jan 9, 2026 at 10:45 AM

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I would think the Lions would throw the brings truck at McDaniels. I think Kubiak will keep his job and MM will go elsewhere

Jan 9, 2026 at 10:46 AM

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I've seen some Eagles boards with their fans screaming to bring McDaniel in as OC. That would terrify me.

Jan 9, 2026 at 10:47 AM

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Originally posted by Cosmo:
I've seen some Eagles boards with their fans screaming to bring McDaniel in as OC. That would terrify me.

Yeap...im in DC and everybody here wants him aswell. Eagles fans want him too. Dude is gonna get paid. Dolphins run game was top knotch

Jan 9, 2026 at 11:46 AM

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Can he fix the run here?

Jan 9, 2026 at 11:48 AM

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Originally posted by Pillbusta:
Can he fix the run here?

He ain't coming here. Too many teams desperate for a young OC that know the Kyle Shanahan system. Buccaneers, Eagles, Lions and all the HC-less teams are all teams I can see him going too.

Jan 9, 2026 at 11:56 AM

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Originally posted by All22:

Originally posted by TD49ers:

Originally posted by glorydayz:
I would bring him back, similar to RS he could help us in the same role he had before he left.

So head coach to running back specialist? Ya no.

If Gus Bradley, Vic Fangio, and Brandon Staley can humble themselves then why can't Mike?

This

if he doesn't want to do it, he wouldn't come. The question was, do we want him not if he would or wouldn't humble himself

Jan 9, 2026 at 11:57 AM

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Originally posted by Hysterikal:
He ain't coming here. Too many teams desperate for a young OC that know the Kyle Shanahan system. Buccaneers, Eagles, Lions and all the HC-less teams are all teams I can see him going too.

I know. But I do remember the run game going off when he was with us

Jan 9, 2026 at 12:44 PM

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Originally posted by Pillbusta:

Originally posted by Hysterikal:
He ain't coming here. Too many teams desperate for a young OC that know the Kyle Shanahan system. Buccaneers, Eagles, Lions and all the HC-less teams are all teams I can see him going too.

I know. But I do remember the run game going off when he was with us

Oh for sure. While CMC is a special hall of fame player. There's something about Achane and Mostert being so fast to the hole that it may only be there for a half a second and they could be gone.

Jan 9, 2026 at 3:18 PM

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yeah get the real genius back in here.

Jan 9, 2026 at 3:53 PM

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Originally posted by DRCHOWDER:
yeah get the real genius back in here.

Xactly!

He can do just like Saleh did in GB (short stint) before he eventually came back to be the DC here

If MM wants it, and if there's an offer just to F around and find out, then who cares... he'll be gone before the 2026 season starts anyway

Jan 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM

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Originally posted by fropwns:

Originally posted by billbird2111:
My thoughts are the 49ers season ended last weekend.

Thank god your thoughts are your own, Bill.

ya what a defeatest attitude

no matter how this season ends they have exceeded my expectations with all these injuries it has been a win season for me

Jan 9, 2026 at 10:00 PM

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Originally posted by DRCHOWDER:
yeah get the real genius back in here.

LOL, how did being a HC work out for the so called "genius"? Anyways, there is no way he comes back here, especially when there are a ton of OC openings out there that will allow him to call plays, something he will never get here as long as Kyle is the HC.

Jan 9, 2026 at 10:28 PM

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The 49ers getting Mike McDaniel in the building to consult with the running game before Sunday pic.twitter.com/SkW9DKUhvW
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Jan 10, 2026 at 6:14 PM

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Originally posted by swoosh6996:

Originally posted by DRCHOWDER:
yeah get the real genius back in here.

LOL, how did being a HC work out for the so called "genius"? Anyways, there is no way he comes back here, especially when there are a ton of OC openings out there that will allow him to call plays, something he will never get here as long as Kyle is the HC.

Kyle let Kubiak call plays.
The only team where the HC isn't on the hot seat and still needs an OC is Philly (maybe ATL if they hire Ubrich). Anywhere else and he's likely to be looking for a job again in a year or two.

Might as well come back home and win a SB