Analyzing why the San Francisco 49ers' search for a defensive coordinator is taking so long.
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00:00 Combines coming up and you think you'd like to know who your coordinator is before the combine just so you know
00:04 What kind of scheme you're running unless I?
00:06 Don't know man. What do you think is going on with this defensive coordinator search that's dragging on and on
00:11 You know the longer it goes the more it feels like it's an external
00:15 Higher or that at least they're trying to find an external hire that will fit
00:20 I mean if it was an internal hire you think this would just be done already. They just this is our guy
00:24 We got him here. He is but the longer this goes on it seems like they're trying to find somebody
00:30 Outside the building to take this
00:32 Position I'm not sure exactly what the delay is
00:34 I mean, they don't have to operate on our timeline, but it seems like it's taken a long time
00:39 I think Kawakami tweeted out last
00:41 Week that he thought it was gonna be internal and is gonna be within 24 hours or something like that
00:46 And then today updated and says around the league. They're surprised that it's still continuing to take this long
00:52 But that the focus has been external
00:56 Up into this point. So for me, I thought they're gonna hire somebody within because it gives Kyle Shanahan. I
01:02 Feel like a little bit more control
01:05 But it seems like the longer this is taking that they're looking outside. What do you think? I?
01:11 Mean seems like a good educated guess right? Like you said if they were gonna name Daniel Bullocks a defensive coordinator
01:17 They're really confident about that
01:18 They could have done that last year or they could have done it the the same day
01:22 They fired Steve Wilkes, but they're taking their time which kind of makes you think boy
01:26 Who are you trying to negotiate with?
01:28 Who are you trying to convince to come be the next Steve Wilkes?
01:31 And that would make sense
01:33 Like if they were to hire someone internal that would be Kyle Shanahan sort of looking in the mirror and acknowledging why I messed up
01:39 With Steve Wilkes. I shouldn't have brought in someone from the outside. It was doomed from the beginning like yeah
01:44 I fired Steve but ultimately I put him in a bad position and I'm not gonna do that again
01:48 And that's the kind of honest self-reflection that Kyle Shanahan
01:51 Doesn't really do what he likes to do. Most of the time is double down. Yeah
01:57 Steve I fired Steve Wilkes. It's Steve's fault, but the logic was sound what I wanted to do was
02:05 Would have worked but for whatever reason Steve couldn't do it. So I'm gonna do it again. I'm gonna bring in another
02:10 outsider and
02:13 Again, tell him to run the wide nine and you can't bring any position coaches
02:17 But this time it's gonna work
02:19 Because it's not Steve Wilkes
02:22 fine
02:23 Maybe prove it right
02:24 But the thing is who really wants to be the next Steve Wilkes right like they just saw what you did to him
02:29 What I mean the guy has no power can't bring anyone
02:32 With him. He doesn't get to decide where he calls the plays
02:37 Seems like not the greatest job
02:40 Yeah, you know what's funny too is what I was thinking about is the Niners
02:44 I've been losing a lot of coaches a lot of people have been leaving the building
02:48 So it's almost like you have to start hiring
02:51 Externally because you need to bring more bodies into this building because people are leaving
02:56 They're not coming in and if you keep promoting from within you still got to fill in the boys that they left behind
03:02 So they need to bring some guys in and maybe that's what's going on here. Maybe they're trying to find an external hire
03:08 I
03:09 Thought for sure it was gonna be somebody internal because it seems like that's what would match up with what Kyle wants
03:14 Which is ultimately control
03:16 You know having this thumb over people
03:19 But I feel like at this point because so many people are leaving a year after year
03:24 You're talking two three four coaches are leaving every year either because they get other positions outside or they want to make a lateral move
03:32 Whatever it is
03:34 There's a lot of guys leaving and you got to replace those guys
03:37 You got to bring in new guys. So maybe that's that's what they're doing
03:41 Maybe they're just looking for an external guy and they haven't found that perfect match it
03:46 It just seems like a rough
03:49 Job application like hey, we're looking for the next Steve Wilkes. This is Steve Wilkes package. We're offering the Steve Wilkes package
03:58 It's X amount of money
03:59 You don't get any really creative control over your defense
04:02 Kyle's gonna tell you essentially the basic structure of what to run and what not to run and
04:08 What to call what not to call and if you mess it up
04:11 He's gonna call a timeout and show you up or just fire you after the season. And yeah, I like
04:17 That if the defense takes one tiny step back
04:21 If it gives up 18 and a half points per game next year
04:24 They might fire you if you make it to this wall and hold down the best quarterback in the league for four quarters
04:30 But give up one touchdown drive in the overtime and you lose they might fire you. So who wants that job? Oh
04:35 Nick Bosa, but he doesn't always play that hard anymore. You get to coach Fred Warner, too
04:40 But he even he has effort issues sometimes
04:43 But yeah, I mean who wouldn't want this job. This the standard is really high
04:49 it's like be the number one defense in the NFL or
04:53 We'll probably fire you and embarrass you after the year's over and even if you are the number one defense and we don't win the Super
04:59 Bowl, we're gonna find a way to blame you. Sorry
05:02 Yeah, it's tough. I mean if you're watching you got to be close friends
05:06 I think that's what it's probably gonna be. It's either got to be somebody young and and desperate to get in
05:12 Because they're willing to take that risk or it's got to be somebody close with Kyle
05:16 Yeah, who has that relationship already built and they're not worried about it
05:20 That's a great one because look at the special teams coordinator. It's not like he's doing a good job at all
05:25 But it seems like maybe he and Kyle Shanahan are friends
05:28 So he gets to keep his job whereas Steve Wilkes was I don't know aloof or not
05:32 Trying to be Kyle's friend and it was easy to fire him. So yeah, whoever
05:35 Gets hired your number one job is to make Kyle think you guys are friends
05:40 Yeah, that's your long-term employment strategy, yeah
05:45 Yeah, kind of makes Kyle seem like Michael Scott in that sense
05:49 You're the boss, but people can sort of cozy up to you and become friends and get job security. That's not
05:54 Great if you're a player, that's what you want to do as well. You got to get in the Cabo click
05:59 Debo did that although I just wanted to note. I just wanted to point out that didn't seem like the Cabo click
06:04 Vacation together this offseason. It seemed like the Cabo crew
06:08 was a
06:10 Trio this year. Who is that? She 85 23 44
06:15 That's what I saw in the New York Post usually that's all of them but this year was just those three
06:22 Is that say no Kyle this year? Huh? No Kyle. No Debo. No Trent. No Bosa
06:28 At least from what I saw in the New York Post and there were paparazzi everywhere
06:32 Yeah, yeah, those three look they seem like a good trio
06:36 I feel like they'll be doing that probably in after they retire like they're friends for life, but no Sam
06:43 I didn't see him. That's disappointing. I thought this was winning Sam would be there
06:51 But I mean, where was Kyle?
06:53 I
06:54 Still feel like this team is looking at Kyle sideways and Kyle and the team is trying to do damage control like not Steve Wilks fault
07:00 and everyone understands and everyone has the same story, but it's like
07:03 They know that that team was on the verge of being one of the all-time great teams of all time
07:08 They had everything everyone said it all year juggernaut and then they lost the Super Bowl and they still don't know why
07:15 How do you not look at your coach and be like man?
07:18 You're the guy who loses these Super Bowls over and over and over again, and we don't have this
07:22 You don't have these skeletons in our closet
07:24 Yeah, you know messages wear thin eventually, you know you see it with at all levels high school coaches, you know
07:32 They get guys sometimes if they're a really good player, they'll get them four years
07:35 But after two years players start being like I'm tired. The message is getting old college
07:40 You see the same thing the message is getting old in the NFL
07:43 There's a lot of change up but for certain guys some guys have been here a long time like George Kittle
07:47 Kyle juice check they've heard this thing over and over and over again and the message can be stale if you don't produce the actual results
07:53 That you're talking about. Yeah, absolutely
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