Even earlier than San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan turned the topic of some attention-grabbing commerce rumors throughout this previous common season, some prompt his historical past of postseason heartbreaks confirmed he would by no means lead the franchise to the kind of success the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs have loved underneath Andy Reid.
For a chunk printed on Tuesday, an unnamed former Tremendous Bowl-winning New England Patriots assistant spoke with The Athletic’s Jeff Howe about Shanahan’s repute and whether or not the 49ers ought to think about altering instructions sooner slightly than later.
“Throughout the coaches within the league, nobody thinks any much less of Kyle Shanahan. It’s ludicrous to assume they need to eliminate him,” the assistant defined. “Reid had these identical criticisms early in his profession, and now he’s clearly within the dialog for greatest coach ever. Kyle Shanahan’s criticisms are that he’s misplaced a few Tremendous Bowls? OK, are you aware how laborious it’s to get to the Tremendous Bowl?”
Reid famously guided the Philadelphia Eagles to only one Tremendous Bowl look, a sport they misplaced, from 1999 till he was fired following the 2012 marketing campaign. The next offseason, he shortly discovered a job with the Chiefs and has since helped flip the franchise right into a dynasty with three Tremendous Bowl titles.
Kansas Metropolis may quickly grow to be the primary staff in NFL historical past to three-peat as Tremendous Bowl champions.
In the meantime, the 49ers have lost two Tremendous Bowl video games and a pair of convention title clashes underneath Shanahan since February 2020. Extra not too long ago, San Francisco couldn’t overcome a noteworthy injury crisis throughout this previous common season, and the membership completed with a document of 6-11.
The 49ers’ window to win a championship might have closed even earlier than the franchise locks quarterback Brock Purdy down through what’s going to probably be an costly contract extension. However, the previous Patriots assistant thinks 49ers followers ought to be glad about who they’ve operating their beloved membership.
“If you happen to throw rocks at Kyle Shanahan and wish him fired, he’s going to have a job in 30 seconds. Reid, it was that he couldn’t win the massive one, and now he’s on the verge of profitable three in a row. Kyle goes to be teaching for a very long time,” the assistant continued. “He’s going to have one other chapter in his profession the place he’s going for 3 (Tremendous Bowls) in a row.”
49ers normal supervisor John Lynch essentially scoffed on the concept of presumably buying and selling Shanahan again in December, and Shanahan seems happy to remain put for what may grow to be no less than considerably of a roster restructuring over the following a number of months. With that mentioned, it is attainable Shanahan may discover his choices if the 49ers endure a second-straight shedding season underneath his watch.
