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Wilks Fired
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Re: Wilks Fired
Scape goated. F' Shanahan. You can't bring a guy in, micro manage his balls off, then blame him for issues in schemes you made him run.
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Re: Wilks Fired
I don't keep up with pro football but my understanding is the following:
-Wilks was there only one year
-In that year his defense helped the 49er's win the NFC and go to the Super Bowl
Doesn't seem like reasonable grounds for firing to me (not that there has to be one). Did David Tepper purchase the 49er's and we don't know about it?
-Wilks was there only one year
-In that year his defense helped the 49er's win the NFC and go to the Super Bowl
Doesn't seem like reasonable grounds for firing to me (not that there has to be one). Did David Tepper purchase the 49er's and we don't know about it?
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Re: Wilks Fired
I am sorry to see him terminated. Although I am not a 49ers fan or a fan of their coach, it's the NFL and a business. Wilks understands the life. The system run was not what Wilks ran in the past....per the article...it is what it is ...
My larger issue was the Panthers and the handling of Wilks. They were terrible and are terrible, however, he did a decent job on a terrible team... enough..IMO...to get HC job.
My larger issue was the Panthers and the handling of Wilks. They were terrible and are terrible, however, he did a decent job on a terrible team... enough..IMO...to get HC job.
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Re: Wilks Fired
Seems idiotic to me. You make it to the Super Bowl and end up losing in OT to the hottest young QB since Tom Brady...I would keep my coaching staff intact. Also, there were plenty of mistakes to go around. The 49er offense wasn't overly impressive and two huge special teams gaffes is really what cost them the game.
Shanahan's an idiot. I hope another team gives Wilks another shot as a head coach. Wilks has always impressed me and he represents App tremendously well. I regret I've never met him...hope to at some point.
Shanahan's an idiot. I hope another team gives Wilks another shot as a head coach. Wilks has always impressed me and he represents App tremendously well. I regret I've never met him...hope to at some point.
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Re: Wilks Fired
That was the bigger crime! He should've gotten the job, but he's probably lucky that he didn't. Tepper's an effing mess.BambooRdApp wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 8:10 amI am sorry to see him terminated. Although I am not a 49ers fan or a fan of their coach, it's the NFL and a business. Wilks understands the life. The system run was not what Wilks ran in the past....per the article...it is what it is ...
My larger issue was the Panthers and the handling of Wilks. They were terrible and are terrible, however, he did a decent job on a terrible team... enough..IMO...to get HC job.
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Re: Wilks Fired
You also can’t give the ball to Patrick Mahomes for the final drive to win the game. When the 49s took the ball to start overtime they had to get 7. Really poor decision to take the ball first.
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Re: Wilks Fired
100% scapegoated. The reasons I've read that were given for his firing were "he didn't run the same scheme as we've had in years past" and "the defense regressed this year." The defense regressed argument doesn't hold water for me. The 49ers had the 5th best defense over all this year. They were #1 last year, but were #9 the year before. Ok, you dropped from #1, but still being top 10 and being good enough to make the Super Bowl doesn't really seem like a regression.
Is Wilks a jerk or hard to work with or something? Because I can't figure out why he keeps getting fired from jobs where he does a good job.
Is Wilks a jerk or hard to work with or something? Because I can't figure out why he keeps getting fired from jobs where he does a good job.
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Re: Wilks Fired
Also, at the risk of being accused of being "woke" or seeing something that isn't there, it sure is interesting to look at the faces of the head coach, offensive coordinator, and special teams coordinator, and compare those to the defensive coordinator. Juuuuuust sayiiiiin....
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Using the same “logic” could you explain why he got hired?MrCraig wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 9:46 amAlso, at the risk of being accused of being "woke" or seeing something that isn't there, it sure is interesting to look at the faces of the head coach, offensive coordinator, and special teams coordinator, and compare those to the defensive coordinator. Juuuuuust sayiiiiin....
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Re: Wilks Fired
The 49er defense, in at least two games, was called out for not playing hard. I saw some of it that the know-it-all yakkers on the sports talk shows were showing and discussing some time back. This must not have boded well for Steve.
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Re: Wilks Fired
Yeah I’m sure that his 30+ years of experience and decade as an NFL coordinator with one Super Bowl team meant nothing, they were looking for a diversity hire!Mjohn1988 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 11:28 amUsing the same “logic” could you explain why he got hired?MrCraig wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 9:46 amAlso, at the risk of being accused of being "woke" or seeing something that isn't there, it sure is interesting to look at the faces of the head coach, offensive coordinator, and special teams coordinator, and compare those to the defensive coordinator. Juuuuuust sayiiiiin....
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Sound, sound logic.
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Re: Wilks Fired
Not what I was saying at all. It was insinuated that he was fired due to his race. I was just saying if you’re a racist group why would you hire him to start with?BallantyneApp wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 12:21 pmYeah I’m sure that his 30+ years of experience and decade as an NFL coordinator with one Super Bowl team meant nothing, they were looking for a diversity hire!Mjohn1988 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 11:28 amUsing the same “logic” could you explain why he got hired?MrCraig wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 9:46 amAlso, at the risk of being accused of being "woke" or seeing something that isn't there, it sure is interesting to look at the faces of the head coach, offensive coordinator, and special teams coordinator, and compare those to the defensive coordinator. Juuuuuust sayiiiiin....![]()
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Sound, sound logic.
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Re: Wilks Fired
I didn't say it was logical or true. But in a league that has been criticized for a major lack of diversity in the upper ranks of coaching, managing, and ownership, it's not a good look when you fire a black coach after a pretty darn successful season and don't seem to have a really good reason.Mjohn1988 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 11:28 amUsing the same “logic” could you explain why he got hired?MrCraig wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 9:46 amAlso, at the risk of being accused of being "woke" or seeing something that isn't there, it sure is interesting to look at the faces of the head coach, offensive coordinator, and special teams coordinator, and compare those to the defensive coordinator. Juuuuuust sayiiiiin....
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Re: Wilks Fired
So you made a completely unfounded insinuation that people you don’t know from Adams house cat are racist. My question was, if they are racist, as you suggested, why did they hire him in the first place? Wouldn’t it have been easier just to have never hired him?MrCraig wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 2:24 pmI didn't say it was logical or true. But in a league that has been criticized for a major lack of diversity in the upper ranks of coaching, managing, and ownership, it's not a good look when you fire a black coach after a pretty darn successful season and don't seem to have a really good reason.Mjohn1988 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 11:28 amUsing the same “logic” could you explain why he got hired?MrCraig wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 9:46 amAlso, at the risk of being accused of being "woke" or seeing something that isn't there, it sure is interesting to look at the faces of the head coach, offensive coordinator, and special teams coordinator, and compare those to the defensive coordinator. Juuuuuust sayiiiiin....
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