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It’s been nearly a week since 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan made the decision to fire his defensive coordinator, Steve Wilks. The move was made just three days after San Francisco’s 25-22 loss to Kansas City in Super Bowl LVIII.
At the time of the firing, Shanahan was asked if he would look inside or outside the building to replace Wilks.
“We’ll do both,” he said Feb. 14. “We’ve got some good coaches in here. I’m definitely going to look outside also. So there’s a number of things I got to do for the interview process. But this wasn’t an easy decision, so it’s something that I had to really put a lot of time into.”
With Shanahan willing to look outside the building, one name he may consider is Bill Belichick. The 49ers head coach definitely thinks highly of Belichick, and we know that because Shanahan sounded ready to hire him back in January 2019.
As pointed out by Niners Nation, when Shanahan spoke at his end-of-year press conference following the 2018 season, he said he likely wouldn’t be making any coaching changes … unless someone like Belichick became available.
“No, I don’t see myself making any specific changes,” Shanahan said of his coaching staff, before adding an interesting caveat. “I mean, if Bill Belichick became available two weeks from now and said he wants to come here, and I was told I had to let someone go to bring him in, that would probably be a smart decision to do that. I’m not going to ever say that everyone is just totally safe forever.”
Does this mean Shanahan is definitely going to hire Belichick? Of course not, but it does show that the 49ers head coach definitely holds the six-time Super Bowl winner in high regard.
Of course, as Shanahan noted at the time, the 49ers could only hire Belichick if he actually wanted to coach in San Francisco, and right now, it doesn’t seem like anyone knows what Belichick wants to do. One thing he won’t…
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Author : John Breech
Publish date : 2024-02-20 18:11:54
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