Analyzing why the San Francisco 49ers need to hire an offensive coor
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00:00 What can Kyle do?
00:02 What can the Niners do about his mistakes?
00:04 >> First thing I think they need to do is be realistic and say, okay,
00:09 you can't fire him, Jed won't.
00:11 You can't hire an offensive.
00:13 Yeah, and Jed's not gonna do that.
00:16 Then offensive coordinator Kyle would flatly refuse.
00:19 So you got one option, it's game manager as an assistant to the coach, and
00:24 that's what Baltimore just did.
00:26 So they gave the Niners an opportunity that they can use and say,
00:30 there's precedent.
00:31 Baltimore just hired this guy as an assistant to John Harbaugh.
00:35 That's something we should do.
00:37 And they need to hold Kyle accountable and say, look, failure carries a price.
00:41 We know that you wanna fly solo, but we can't trust you to do that,
00:45 especially when it comes to the head coaching aspects of the job.
00:48 Now, you look at the overtime rules and you say, all Kyle had to do was,
00:53 it's just like the college rules, call up your buddy Steve Sarkeesian at Texas.
00:58 Hey, Sark, what are the rules?
00:59 What should I do?
01:00 Take it second.
01:01 Okay, thanks, bye.
01:02 Done.
01:03 That's all he had to do.
01:05 Nope.
01:07 You need a game manager.
01:08 You need a second voice.
01:10 You need somebody that addresses those details that Kyle neglects.
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01:17 >> I like it.
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01:22 I like it, but it also feels like kind of not being strong enough with Kyle.
01:29 Like a game manager, sure, is he gonna respect him?
01:32 Like he had an assistant head coach, did Anthony Lynn not have anything to say?
01:35 Like, I'd like to see him.
01:38 >> I heard him.
01:39 >> I want more from Kyle.
01:41 I want more from Kyle.
01:41 I'm not saying fire Kyle, but I want him to have an offensive coordinator.
01:44 It works for Andy Reid.
01:46 To me, Andy Reid is the standard right now.
01:48 >> Andy Reid's humble.
01:49 >> Well, Andy Reid is also the standard.
01:51 >> Jed York should step in, man.
01:53 Hold on.
01:54 You're doing too much.
01:55 You're great at what you do, but
01:57 you shouldn't be trying to do more than Andy Reid.
01:59 He has an offensive coordinator.
02:00 I want you to have an offensive coordinator.
02:02 And I don't know, Mac Nagy's his offensive coordinator.
02:05 Does Nagy call plays or is it Andy Reid?
02:06 I don't know.
02:07 >> It's probably a combination where Reid will say I wanna do this.
02:10 But- >> Yeah.
02:12 >> I think where he can interject.
02:14 Is that what the Niners should do?
02:16 Yes. And the question is-
02:18 >> Will they?
02:18 Probably not.
02:19 But it's like if he could focus more on being a head coach,
02:22 he might know the rules of overtime.
02:24 If he could just focus a little bit more on being a head coach.
02:26 And hiring an offensive coordinator, I think, would solve that.
02:29 >> It would, but will he accept it and will Jed push for it?
02:34 I don't think so.
02:34 >> How about me and you push for it?
02:35 Quality control, right now.
02:36 >> [LAUGH] Absolutely, Grant.
02:39 >> Yours was diplomatic.
02:40 You were like, look, I know Kyle.
02:42 He's not gonna wanna do this.
02:43 But it's like, yeah, but I know Kyle.
02:44 He's not gonna listen to a game manager.
02:46 And I don't know that he would listen to an offensive coordinator.
02:48 But hiring an offensive coordinator would allow Kyle Shanahan
02:52 to be the game manager.
02:54 How about that?
02:55 >> You're absolutely right.
02:57 >> Right? >> I just come back to-
02:59 >> You do it.
03:00 >> Yeah, you make perfect sense, Grant.
03:02 No problem, but Kyle.
03:05 >> How are we gonna sell this to Kyle?
03:06 How are we gonna sell this to Kyle?
03:08 All right, Kyle.
03:08 It's not that you're not good.
03:10 You're great.
03:11 Just let someone else get some.
03:14 I don't know how to sell it to him, but it's what's for the team.
03:17 >> I think you have to sell it to him as, look,
03:19 you're damaging your reputation by not addressing this.
03:22 >> There it is. >> There is coaching aspect.
03:24 If you want to win a ring, if you want your reputation revived,
03:29 you need to accept an offensive coordinator.
03:31 And what you said, that look at the standard in the league, it's Andy Reid.
03:36 Why would we not wanna copy what succeeded?
03:40 Especially when one of the biggest problems for
03:42 this team is the lack of situational play calling and adjustments.
03:47 And that's where Kyle needs to apply his mind that knows offense and
03:54 defense as the actual head coach.
03:56 He would be able to see it better rather than being the umbilical cord of his
04:02 play sheet.
04:03 He's got to see the game and react to it in real time.
04:07 He's not.
04:09 >> Yeah, it just seems like his shortcomings,
04:12 he falls short is mostly as, I just think he's trying to do too much.
04:18 I think he has more on his plate than any coach in the league, more.
04:22 And it's like I appreciate how ambitious you are and how much you and
04:25 how you think you can do everything, but I think you gotta delegate, man.
04:29 You gotta delegate.
04:30 >> He does, he does.
04:31 Well, this should prove it.
04:32 If he's honest with himself, he should realize that.
04:34 And the question is, is he?
04:38 I'm not so sure he is.
04:39 But if that's the issue, it's just look, you've been given everything you've wanted.
04:45 You've gone to two Super Bowls and lost.
04:48 We have to change.
04:50 You have to change.
04:52 And we'll see if Kyle's up to that.
04:53 Now, I know that you've talked about and talked to Belichick.
04:58 The only issue I have with that is he didn't say, okay,
05:01 who's your offensive coordinator?
05:02 And he says, Josh McDaniels or Bill O'Brien.
05:05 He said, thank you very much.
05:06 Hope you enjoyed the chicken.
05:07 [LAUGH] It's just, he's gone.
05:09 You can't do that.
05:11 So I think that they're stuck with Kyle.
05:14 But it might be only for one more year.
05:15 If he loses the team, if they don't get home playoff games,
05:20 then Jed may finally look and say, I don't know.
05:23 And then you've got Robert Sala and Ben Johnson as available candidates.
05:27 Then you take a look.
05:29 So I think that next year is when Jed should act.
05:32 But between now and then,
05:35 you have to do something to address what's going on now.
05:38 >> Yeah, Ben Johnson does seem to be the hot next offensive coach coming up.
05:42 He's not from the Shanahan trees, a little bit different.
05:45 And if you wanna replace Kyle with another offensive coach,
05:48 which it does seem like offensive coaches are the way to go,
05:50 they're harder to get, good ones.
05:51 He'd be one, he'd be the guy.
05:55 >> Right. >> So give Kyle another chance with
05:56 Brock Purdy on the rookie deal.
05:58 And if those two can't get it done, you're going a whole different direction next
06:03 year, though Kyle, maybe you are on the hot seat.
06:07 I mean, maybe this is you coaching for your job.
06:09 I mean, I know you signed an extension, but Niners are rich and
06:13 they're not gonna go through a malaise, a downturn for you.
06:19 As long as you keep them in the NFC Championship game, great.
06:21 But I don't know, man.
06:24 I mean, I've never seen that the team looks a little broken right now.
06:27 We'll see what happens.
06:28 After the last time they lost the Super Bowl, they were 6 and 10.
06:31 >> Right, right.
06:32 >> Yeah.
06:33 >> And a lot of that was injury, and
06:34 part of that is because of how many games you play.
06:37 And you look at this core and you look at how many playoff games they played,
06:40 it's a lot.
06:41 And that's gonna factor into how do they rebound next year?
06:46 It's just, there's a lot of wear and tear.
06:48 >> Yeah, what, have they played 60 games the last three seasons?
06:51 >> Yeah.
06:52 >> Good gracious.
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