The 49ers and Chiefs kicked off Super Bowl opening night on Monday with a bang. Here are a few interesting observations.
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00:00 Let's talk to John Lint. John.
00:02 Thank you very much for speaking to the media the other day after Jed,
00:09 because really Jed's 20 minute interview was ridiculous.
00:15 It was all about Jed.
00:16 Where Jed was when he watched the NFC Championship game.
00:19 Some stories Jed had from the past.
00:21 You came in the next day and really made it about the future,
00:24 the team, the Super Bowl.
00:26 What's important now, which is winning the Super Bowl.
00:29 So I commend you.
00:30 During that 20 minute informal press conference that you gave,
00:35 you mentioned, we talked, you talked about Steve Wilkes and the
00:39 importance of him moving from the booth to the sideline.
00:42 And you said it's really helped the defense make adjustments
00:47 quicker that he's down on the sideline.
00:49 And to that I say, John, really?
00:50 Where were the adjustments in the first half against the Lions?
00:55 They didn't happen until the coaches were together in the locker
00:58 room at halftime.
00:59 So I got to push back on you there, man.
01:01 I mean, it's too late to go back, but I think you did Steve Wilkes
01:04 a real disservice, yanking him out of the coaches booth.
01:07 You brought him down there for what?
01:10 For him to be a rah-rah energy guy?
01:14 It's not who he is.
01:15 He's an intellectual.
01:18 He's thoughtful.
01:19 He's not like Robert Saleh.
01:22 I'm not saying Robert Saleh and D'Amico Ryans aren't thoughtful
01:24 intellectual people, but those are very emotional guys.
01:28 Who run onto the field, chest bump players.
01:31 They're built like linebackers.
01:33 One was a linebacker.
01:34 That's not Steve Wilkes.
01:36 He's a thoughtful DB at heart.
01:40 And bringing him down on the field doesn't necessarily infuse the
01:45 defense with passion and energy.
01:47 I mean, look at how lackadaisical their effort was in the NFC
01:50 Championship game.
01:51 The NFC Championship game, John.
01:53 Right?
01:54 I mean, Wilkes being on the sideline was supposed to fix that, but
01:56 it didn't.
01:58 So all you've really done with Wilkes is give him a worse view.
02:01 In the coach's booth, he could see all 22, clearly.
02:07 Every single player on his defense, he could see clearly.
02:10 Every single player on the offense, he could see clearly.
02:12 Now, he can see like half the field.
02:15 He can see the people who are close to him on his side of the field,
02:19 but the corner who's all the way 50 yards away.
02:21 What can Steve Wilkes really tell that guy?
02:24 Hey, I saw you on that play.
02:26 No, you didn't.
02:27 No, you didn't.
02:29 So really now, Steve Wilkes is in a position where he has a worse
02:37 view of the action than Fred Warner.
02:40 Do Sean Gibson and Fred Warner have a better idea of what's
02:44 happening during the game than Steve Wilkes?
02:47 Because you insisted, John, that Wilkes leave the coach's booth after
02:52 a three-game losing streak that wasn't his fault.
02:54 I mean, there was a five-game winning streak to start the season where
02:57 he was in the booth and the defense was playing great.
03:00 You guys shut down Dallas with Wilkes in the booth.
03:02 You overreacted to a three-game losing streak, blamed him.
03:06 And there has been no improvement on the defensive effort.
03:12 Run defense, still an issue.
03:14 And now you got this guy on the sideline for no reason.
03:17 So, John, maybe trust a coach next time.
03:21 Wilkes has been doing it a long time.
03:23 He says he's better off in the booth, let him stay in the booth.
03:27 I just wanted to point that out.
03:32 The view is way worse on the sideline than it is in the booth.
03:35 Ask Kyle.
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