After expressing enough interest in the 49ers vacant Offensive coordinator position to interview twice, Scott Linehan announced today that he is going to Detroit instead. There have been rumors circulating that he was headed to the 49ers even before they offered him the job last Friday. This was until he officially declined the job offer on the 18th. Here we are less than a week later looking at a man who chose an 0-16 team, the worst in NFL history.
SO why did this happen? According to Linehan himself it was his desire to keep his family in St.Louis but around the Bay area some people were concerned that it showed that no one wanted to come in and coach for the York's. While I am still certain that the York's are looked at as a distasteful joke, it did not seem to affect his decision. As bad as the Niners have performed under the hexed York family, they have not been as bad as the lions. Just ask JT if you need confirmation. He looked like Kurt Warner against them in the beginning of the season.
No one likes getting turned down but Mike Singletary seems unfazed and is staying resolute. He vows to remain faithful to his promise of finding the right guy and not just a quick fix. The only problem is that the NFL OC field is awfully thin this year and now the search is including collegiate coaches. I personally look at college football as a contorted surrealism of NFL football. NFL coaches generally do great if they move down to the collegiate level but rarely does it work in reverse. Then again all we're talking about is a coordinator job not HC/GM. I still believe Singletary will find the right person because of his determination. After all Linehan is no Walsh and even Martz had more success with the Rams...
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