Black Monday - 2024

[PDXChris]

Adam Schefter (@adamschefter) on Threads

A change in San Francisco: Steve Wilks is out as the 49ers defensive coordinator.

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[RON_IN_OC]

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[ajcardfan]

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Honestly think he is being scapegoated here.

 

[BurqueCardFan]

Honestly think he is being scapegoated here.

Lol. Just like he was scapegoated when he was here, right?
Sometimes, they are just bad coaches. Even with the couple of down years we have had in 22/23, it never felt as bad as it was that one year with Wilks.

 

[ajcardfan]

Lol. Just like he was scapegoated when he was here, right?
Sometimes, they are just bad coaches. Even with the couple of down years we have had in 22/23, it never felt as bad as it was that one year with Wilks.

No, I don't equate the two situations at all. Head coaching and coordinating are different gigs. I was glad he was fired here.

In this situation, he took the fall. It's not like he made all these terrible calls and decisions and made it easy on the Chiefs to rally. Personally, I would say Shanahan had a worse game coaching. But he's not going down.

But, whatever. I don't really care.

 

[Crimson Warrior]

No, I don't equate the two situations at all. Head coaching and coordinating are different gigs. I was glad he was fired here.

In this situation, he took the fall. It's not like he made all these terrible calls and decisions and made it easy on the Chiefs to rally. Personally, I would say Shanahan had a worse game coaching. But he's not going down.

But, whatever. I don't really care.

Wilks defense held the Chefs to 19 in regulation! That has to be good enough! A fine job by SW in my opinion.

Love the instability for the whiners though. Need more. Need them to have a big time super bowl hangover.

 

[BurqueCardFan]

No, I don't equate the two situations at all. Head coaching and coordinating are different gigs. I was glad he was fired here.

In this situation, he took the fall. It's not like he made all these terrible calls and decisions and made it easy on the Chiefs to rally. Personally, I would say Shanahan had a worse game coaching. But he's not going down.

But, whatever. I don't really care.

The 9ers lucked out all post season. They should have lost to both GB and Det. The 49er defense was horrible against Detroit for the first half. I have no idea what Detroit was doing on offense in the second half but that game should have been a blow out. Detroit had like 150 rushing yards in 1st half and then stopped running. I don't think it had anything to do with Wilks making adjustments. The Lions just blew it.

 

[daves]

Honestly think he is being scapegoated here.

Not at all. The 49ers D did a great job in the first half of the Super Bowl; not so much in the 2nd half and OT. But overall this season, the 49ers D took a big step back. As The Athletic writes:

The 49ers simply regressed too much defensively under Wilks. They’d ranked No. 1 EPA per play in 2022 under Ryans before dropping to No. 12 this season. Their run defense took the most severe tumble, from No. 2 to No. 26. This wasn’t acceptable to Shanahan, especially since the 49ers maintained most of their key personnel between seasons and even added star defensive tackle Javon Hargrave.

Even more than that... I think it was just a matter of Wilks & Shanahan not being on the same page / communicating well (cf. Shanahan ordering Wilks out of the booth and into the sideline around mid season) and Wilks' defensive philosophy and coaching skills not fitting in with the 49ers' personnel.

 

[Vacard]

Greenlaw’s freak injury changed the defense in the second half. Wasnt Wilk’s fault and he had to improvise.

 

[Vacard]

Shanny overruling Wilks in one play sealed the deal. So disrespectful

 

[Garthshort]

Lol. Just like he was scapegoated when he was here, right?
Sometimes, they are just bad coaches. Even with the couple of down years we have had in 22/23, it never felt as bad as it was that one year with Wilks.

You could have at least mentioned Rosen.

 

[phillycard]

Honestly think he is being scapegoated here.

I agree. All was good when they were at times running roughshod over most of the league this year and looking pretty good defensively while doing it. I'm not a Wilks fan in the least but I feel bad for him this time around and how he got tossed out in Carolina.

 

[RON_IN_OC]

La Canfora pulling no punches.

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[Dback Jon]

La Canfora pulling no punches.

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And he's right.

 

[football karma]

Shanny overruling Wilks in one play sealed the deal. So disrespectful

caught my attention that Shanny burned a TO because he didnt like the call on D

 

[Crimson Warrior]

Shanny overruling Wilks in one play sealed the deal. So disrespectful

Hope no DC that's any good will want to coach with Shanahan! Hope they get a 75-year-old retread!

And this is exactly why we wanted SF to lose! We need them to fall apart at the seams!

 

[RON_IN_OC]

caught my attention that Shanny burned a TO because he didnt like the call on D

And the Chiefs converted.

 

[Chopper0080]

Not at all. The 49ers D did a great job in the first half of the Super Bowl; not so much in the 2nd half and OT. But overall this season, the 49ers D took a big step back. As The Athletic writes:

Even more than that... I think it was just a matter of Wilks & Shanahan not being on the same page / communicating well (cf. Shanahan ordering Wilks out of the booth and into the sideline around mid season) and Wilks' defensive philosophy and coaching skills not fitting in with the 49ers' personnel.

This is it. Sometimes it is just not the right fit regardless of the results. Wilks seems to rub some people the wrong way so this shouldn't be a shock.

 

[Chopper0080]

La Canfora pulling no punches.

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Dumb take by Jason.

 

[Chopper0080]

Shanny overruling Wilks in one play sealed the deal. So disrespectful

And yet people complained that Kliff didn't do it enough here. Nothing disrespectful about it.

 

[RON_IN_OC]

And yet people complained that Kliff didn't do it enough here. Nothing disrespectful about it.

Not disrespectful necessarily however when changing the play to what you want doesn't work it's a little disingenuous to them blame the defensive coach...at least IMO it is.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

You could have at least mentioned Rosen.

Hey, Rosen swept the Niners that season and beat the Packers in Green Bay which got their head coach fired.

Hard to say he didn't accomplish anything in this league.

 

[Garthshort]

Hey, Rosen swept the Niners that season and beat the Packers in Green Bay which got their head coach fired.

Hard to say he didn't accomplish anything in this league.

Well at least you could have said that he got Wilks fired.

 

[Chopper0080]

Not disrespectful necessarily however when changing the play to what you want doesn't work it's a little disingenuous to them blame the defensive coach...at least IMO it is.

Are there quotes of Shanahan blaming the Super Bowl loss on Wilks?

 

[ajcardfan]

Are there quotes of Shanahan blaming the Super Bowl loss on Wilks?

It's lot of assuming as usual. Like, if the 49ers had won, then Wilks would not have been fired.