Analyzing the report that the San Francisco 49ers are expected to make an internal hire at defensive coordinator.
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00:00 Combine starts next week. The Niners don't have a defensive coordinator yet
00:03 yet
00:06 But it seems like they could make an announcement
00:09 Maybe at 5 o'clock on Friday. Nothing says I'm
00:14 Proud of what I'm saying and reporting than a 5 o'clock news dump, but hey, they haven't done it yet on Friday
00:21 Let's see what happens if there's an internal hire
00:25 Someone that people really haven't heard of like Nick Sorenson or Daniel Bullocks. Would that be a disappointment?
00:32 Hmm I think that it would be just from the simple fact that these guys were here last year and
00:39 So it's like well these guys were in place
00:43 Why didn't you just hire them in the first place? It never seemed like you really believed in Wilkes
00:48 or them
00:52 Yeah, yeah, yeah, cuz I'm good enough now Daniel Bullock's gonna good to know yes
00:58 Yeah, because here's the thing is that we heard about we heard about the the Wilkes interview we heard about
01:05 Fangio being interviewed
01:08 But did these guys interview last year or were they truly not interested if they weren't interested then, you know
01:13 Maybe it's not that big of a deal
01:14 but what I will say is I think it's the right move regardless of how disappointing it is as
01:21 Soon as in fact as soon as news dropped that Wilkes was fired. I said, there's an obvious choice
01:26 He's in-house and it's Daniel Bullocks. That's the obvious choice. He's somebody that I carry the torch. Yeah, go ahead
01:32 I'm gonna say just real quick
01:34 The reason Steve Wilkes got hired is because the Niners felt that Bullocks wasn't ready or something last year
01:41 Otherwise, they wouldn't have went to Wilkes. So now they're like, you know what psych he is ready
01:46 What a Rolex thought he wasn't ready
01:51 Oh
01:53 And now he is ready what if they're what if he's ready because he - he learned under Wilkes
01:59 Yeah, yeah, that's right and
02:04 Yeah
02:07 Disappointment that's to me like hey if they announce this at five o'clock on a Friday
02:11 That's a tip-off that they're not super juiced about this. They're like hey, oh
02:13 Just you know as you're on the way out for to ski this weekend. I'm gonna get a defensive quarter
02:19 You've never heard of him. He's gonna be great as opposed to you know, Monday at 10 a.m
02:24 Adam Schefter reports that the 49ers have hired
02:27 Bill Belichick
02:31 and Carol
02:32 working side-by-side
02:34 Like a like a Power Ranger Megazord where they come together and they fight the bad guy
02:41 That's what's gonna be like, but that would be a Monday
02:43 Friday 5 o'clock type of deal. So we'll see
02:47 Yeah, yeah Pete Carroll's the pass game coordinator you brought in
02:51 Belichick he's the run game defensive coordinator. That's yeah, you don't want to put too much on his plate because he you know
02:58 No hasn't proven that much. That's true simple for him
03:00 It is funny that you say the five o'clock news dump on Friday though
03:04 Because I was talking to coach today and that's literally what I told him I was like, yeah
03:07 It'll probably happen before Saturday and I go. Oh
03:09 Five o'clock news dump. Hey, that's exactly what they're gonna do. It does seem that way
03:16 It just occurred to me I'm gonna be working a lot this weekend, huh?
03:19 They're gonna name their coach what five o'clock on a Friday. I'll clear that out of my schedule
03:23 You're gonna need to but okay. So why are they doing this? Why are they doing this because it's a disappointment?
03:30 it doesn't mean it's not the right hire and I want to make sure there's a clear distinction because I I
03:35 Really believe that Bullocks was the guy all along and that he is the right hire
03:40 Maybe it's not him. Maybe I'm completely wrong and they call it somebody outside the building
03:45 But that's just the feeling that I got from the beginning. We'll see if it's right
03:48 Yeah, I get the feeling - um, they could also go with the past game coordinator, but it seems like what you want here
03:55 Not necessarily you're not looking for a schematic genius
03:59 Not to say that D'Amico wasn't or solid wasn't those guys are very very smart
04:04 but I think above all else what they got from their players was
04:07 Incredible effort and that's one thing that Steve Wilkes couldn't get from his players on a consistent basis
04:13 I don't know that it's necessarily his fault, but they fired him
04:17 He's gone and to me what you have to address is effort
04:21 It shouldn't be an issue
04:23 But it is and I guess you got to hire someone that the players want to play for and Daniel Bullocks
04:29 Has been around has been on this team longer than Bosa longer than Warner
04:33 Got a respect in here been here since the beginning 2017. He's been here. He was yeah, he played in the NFL
04:39 So he has that experience. He's young. I mean, I don't know his personality
04:44 But you know being behind Salah and D'Amico you got to imagine that there's some fire there
04:48 So yeah, I mean, I think that it is a good hire. It is interesting that that old bricks name came up
04:54 because
04:56 That's the other path right is okay
04:59 Well, let me get somebody that is already under Salah or already under D'Amico Ryan's and go poach them away
05:05 I didn't necessarily think their defensive coordinator and I don't know if that's even possible because the Jets would have to approve it but
05:11 It is an interesting thought to like well that kind of makes sense
05:15 Go go to your ex defensive coordinators and poach someone from them that you trust. Okay, I can get behind that
05:21 And the way I see it too is like when you're looking at all breaker thinking along those lines you're going down the
05:28 Scheme fit road. I don't think this is really about that
05:32 I think this is an older team a veteran team that can kind of coach itself
05:37 They need a coach they want I think they're pretty much picking their coach. That's the way I see
05:44 I could be totally off here, but it seems like
05:46 These guys essentially got Steve Wilkes fired after the Super Bowl. They're like, I
05:50 Don't know it's not working. They're okay
05:54 I think they're probably gonna get the if they really want Daniel Bullocks and they make it known why
05:59 It's a lot like the Raiders saying we want Antonio Pierce now, that's a head coach
06:03 But why are you gonna go against this defense?
06:06 There's a lot of established players if they know what they want
06:09 You're not gonna tell Nick Bosa
06:10 We're bringing in someone and you bring in someone from the outside no matter who he is and Bosa wants Bullocks and everyone wants Bullocks
06:17 Or whoever it is
06:17 You're just repeating the same mistake you made last year and putting the next dude in the same awful position you put Wilkes in you learn
06:24 Nothing, so they're in a tough position
06:26 Nick Bosa better know what he's doing. Essentially. It's up to you. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well, that's the other thing though
06:32 Too is I understand that Bullocks has been here
06:34 But how often does a Nick Bosa or Fred Warner Warner cross paths with them? They're in the DB room
06:40 He's in the room with the DB
06:42 So the DB's can vouch for him and I'm sure that you know in passing you say hi, whatever
06:47 But you're really not it's not like he's coaching hands-on with Nick Bosa and technique and this that's not it
06:54 you know, it's it's a it's a
06:56 Small group but a big area. They don't really cross paths a lot
07:00 You're in your own thing doing your own film and working with your own guys
07:03 So to get you know, and we outside the building isn't necessarily I guess the worst thing in the world
07:08 true because I mean they they didn't
07:11 There was a reason they didn't make Bullocks or whomever from in from on the staff the guy last year
07:18 There must have been a reason that they did that really awkward thing with Steve Wilkes that everyone kind of knew was a bad idea
07:24 from the beginning something about Bullocks made him hesitate because
07:28 Sala had no experience when they hired him D'Amico had no experience when they made in the defensive coordinator. Like they haven't been shy about
07:36 Making novices first-time D coordinators, but they wouldn't do it with Bullocks. They just decided he wasn't ready now. He's ready
07:43 What changed? Oh, he got to learn under Wilkes. Got it. Okay. Well, yeah, that's what's ultimate legacy. Yeah. There you go. Yeah. Yeah
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