Smelly McUgly":37dxmljf said:
After having Pete Carroll be so successful here, I would say that SF should try to find a coach on his second go-round to see what he learned from his first time out. Someone like Gary Kubiak, who I think could maximize the return on Colin Kaepernick, would be a good idea IMO.
Carroll attributes his own downfall in New England in part to a front office that, from the very beginning, "did not agree philosophically on many important fronts" and in part to the uncertainty that was created in the locker room due to speculation about his job status.
"The story around town was focused not on our game but on my job status, " Carroll said. "It was a terrible distraction for the entire team. I can remember stating that the front office needed to make some sort of comment to quiet the rumors that were growing each day, but the Kraft family was on vacation out of the country and couldn't be reached. Finally, on Friday, Robert Kraft made a statement saying my job was secure, but it was too late - the media already had their story, and we had a mounting distraction."
Carroll later discussed how he gathered his team together to inspire them to play freely despite the "storm that encircled the organization." This uncertainty about Carroll's job status lasted just a few days. Now imagine if Jed York had been the owner, allowing the uncertainty to percolate and gain momentum for an entire year.
It's obvious from Jed's comments that he never intended to pay JIm Harbaugh and used the lack of a Super Bowl win as an excuse to create a self-fulfilling prophecy through leaks to the media. My guess is that he now hires someone like his initial Mike Singletary hire, a popular and likeable position coach within the organization who knows absolutely nothing about what it takes to manage all elements of a franchise (i.e. someone like Jim Tomsula).
Harbaugh was the obvious choice in 2011 because he was coaching down the road and everyone wanted him. It was the sort of obvious hire that an ego-driven child like Jed York would never appreciate. Eventually, a tiger -or petulant child- always shows its stripes.
