They don't need a splash.. Rex was a splash with his outspoken manner. What they need is a good Head Coach that can lead on both sides of the ball and can realistically communicate with the GM and scouts on team needs. Rex is like a candy junky with DL.. if one is there he'll take it, he can't resist.
Put an extra safety on the field. Pace is not a cover guy, he should be going after the QB or setting the edge. What LB has played well this year other than Davis? NONE. Harris is shot, Pace has been fine in a limited role but he's not an every down LB. Coples is like a yo yo, sometimes he's up, sometimes he's down but you never know what they're getting with him. SD had no quality at RB healthy for this game. They should have known that SD was going to nuts with Green, Gates etc. in the short game. The D looked surprised this happened? Why? Everyone on the planet knew this was coming.
Great post. Rex is obsessed with sticking to his base defense in passing situations. He's made mention of that on numerous occasions.. about how he wants the personnel to do it and how he thinks he has it now.. etc. It's proven to be really stupid. The concept itself is stupid. it's not 1980 anymore, players are quicker, offenses are spread out and designed to pick on LBs... There is NO reason for David Harris to be on the field on 3rd downs. Davis can cover the middle of the field. Bring in the extra safety. That 3rd and 17 play was when I mailed it in. I couldn't believe that bullshit.
I want a offensive head coach who can a. pick a Qb and b. Teach a QB... if our d is going to suck anyway there is no point in rex being here, anybody can coach it
Yet Rex continues to not do those guys any favor. He's mixed in a little more zone than in years past but not much. He's still putting these corners one on one on the outside for the most part. He's still jailbreak blitzing. He's still keeping his base D out there on 3rd down. He always put a lot of pressure on his CBs and yet when his CBs are freakin terrible like this year he doesn't adjust much. He should be doing the opposite of what he is doing. The secondary is terrible and this DL is supposed to be good. So see if people can run on them in nickel packages. Blitz less and see if teams can block this DL alone. This would help out your young and terrible corners by putting less pressure on them with extra help on the back end. Mix in more zone coverages. Maybe run a zone blitz or two to try and create a turnover??? It's like he wants to run his defense NO MATTER the personnel. That's how coordinators coach, not HCs.
Was not disagreeing. I questioned last week why Rex he had David Harris on Golden Tate its foolish. I guess I just wanted to point out that the safetys and cornerbacks that would be covering instead of Pace and Harris are not talented enough on the main roster .
Unrealistic,He still the head coach of the 49ers and likely isn't going anywhere.I rather have a proven head coach or a hot OC
I guess you haven't been following the news in San Fran, York and upper management HATE Harbaugh and want him gone, there was even a report that even if he won the Bowl he's gone. This has been reported since at least the Off-season.
Yea I know I don't care about the reports,how are you gonna justify firing the head coach that has turned the franchise around to the fan base?And even if they do fire him he will likely go to Michagan why in the world would he want to come here unless we offered him a crazy amount of money that he couldn't turn down
It is not an issue of strictly winning and losing. The team makes so many fundamental errors indicative of the coaching that the talent isn't an excuse for, not to mention the strategic errors that are clearly on Rex. We haven't had a lead in 3 of 5 games. We struggled against one of the worst teams in the league, which we are also in the discussion for. We are the first team to get shut out this season. We lost to two teams our division rival has already beaten and didn't lead in either game at any point. These are elements that go beyond winning or losing that have to be placed on the coaching. Sure over the course of an entire game the lack of talent will cost you, but there is no point in the game that Rex is strategically is making any difference.
It's not like the Niners weren't a mess when he got there, they were closer than we were on Offense but he has an knack for turning franchises and programs around, if we offered him a boatload of money I wouldn't be mad.
Hasnt Brian Kelly done the same at Notre Dame and Cincinatti? Known for his offenses and hasnt totally had bad defenses (either good coordinators or he doesnt ignore that side of the ball).
Always discount college coaches value the the pro level. In college its all about recruiting, there are very few true innovators in the coaching ranks. Kids hear "ND", "Alabama" etc. and they get starry eyed. Those that can recruit succeed. Your typical athlete can't handle the workload at a place like Stanford. Colleges like Stanford don't set up remedial classes and degrees so they can attract athletes so seeing what Harbaugh did there is, imho, a much better gauge of his coaching ability then some of the other name coaches at established programs.
I've had it with trying to stick undeserving QBs with the franchise tag Let's get a proven QB and run with him for a while
ND doesn't have any recruiting advantage. Their admittance restrictions counter any starry eyed prestige that a recruit may have. You win at ND because of on field coaching not any talent advantage.
