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Makes sense and is why Cable dropped out.
Why would Kyle NOT take the job, it is the only one left now. If he wants to seize the opportunity, now is the time.....as long as he gets his GM.
Hopefully this doesn't spook the GM candidates...we're kind of going cart before the horse on the original plan for letting a GM hire his head coach. We shall see I guess.
Seems like they have abandoned that strategy awhile ago.
Yeap...there were so many candidates for both positions that their plan became muddled in my eyes. Looks like they have their guy now (HC)...but have to wait to offer the job which could be 3 weeks. Maybe they will turn their focus on the GM spot now...just glad it wasn't Cable though.
Me too brother. Cable would have been a disaster.
Pretty sure they met with Cable out of respect, but they were really there to work on those GM candidates.
That, and to pick at a brain of a fellow NFC West team and get their input on our own talent.
Considering the many alternatives, I'd consider that duo a late Christmas gift, and that Jed is lucky that the 49ers carry a lot of good history on its side. Still not a done deal, so.....
if Shanahan becomes HC and he is paired either Wolf or Guntehurst, the fan base will be on board and very happy. But look down the road for 3-4 years, say this pair doesn't get the team off the ground? The SAME fan base will be calling Jed an idiot for signing these same two guys.
I have a different take. I think the fans that really don't like Jed are not going to change their opinions because of these hires. In fact, I haven't seen the vitriol stop yet. Only winning is going to quiet that crowd down. I don't think the fans are going to rip the Shanahan hire whether it works out or not. Fans ripped him for Tomsula because it was evident from the start it was a bad hire. I don't see fans ripping him for Kelly as I do for keeping Baalke around too long
As long as York fades into the shadows after the hire...I think the fans will back the decisions. He's horrible in front of the media and comes off as a smarmy silver spooned shitbag. His inexperience got WAY in front of him after the Harbaugh debacle and he followed Baalkes word too often. That little equation equals the fans disdain for the man. Whether he likes it or not, he needs to realize that he needs to be the owner that sits in the box and goes to work every other day. Not talking...just shut up you sound stupid when you talk.
But if you think about it, he has hardly been public, hardly been in the media. when it comes to hiring and firing, he has no choice but to be. But otherwise he stays in the shadows.
I'm not defending him 100%, because as Owner chit comes with the territory. But lets at least blame him for things he REALLY does. He is not a meddling Owner (football things), nothing close to what Snyder used to do, Al Davis, and Jerry Jones. Jerry Jones sits the war room and makes the call, does Jed even sit in the war room?