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Then bench him. Or don't make him the centerpiece of the offense(literally from his own mouth) in a very winnable game. Canales offensive personnel management is absolutely abysmal. We see it over and over. Corbett starting over Mays at C(or starting at C at all), Chuba over Rico for "reasons", Bryce over anyone for "reasons." It's constant. XL, Coker, Sanders, Horn Jr., Evans, etc, etc. He is an a below average coach with bottom 2-3 personnel evaluation capabilities.

As far as the head coaching goes, both offensive and defensive sides have issues. Offensive guys get too smart for their pants or are too soft. Defensive guys tend to have tougher teams but also become the biggest offensive issue. We lost a SB because of that and Houston is wasting a QB because their HC wants to build the best D instead. It's all one coin with two sides, both have positives and negatives. I want a HC that can see that dynamic and not avoid it like Ron did. Too few teams run in that space and all of them have had or are having success

this is exactly starting to look like the Russell Wilson and Marshawn Lynch drama all over again with Bryce and Rico everyone in the front office wants Bryce to look good and have all the spotlight instead of handing the ball to Rico for a TD

Currently.

Yes. Worse than Seifert. Worse than Rhule. I think Frank was actually better, he just had rookie Bryce and couldn’t do poo with him.

I think a good coach.....basically going into the 49ers game could of coached this team into a 8 or 9 win season when all is said and done. but that good coach, is screwed because Bryce Young is going to be the starting QB in 2026 if that goes down. And in 2026, you maybe don't get the same easy schedule setup for your hide the QB approach. And you are suddently a 4 win team trying to run Rico all game.

When has Canales not been accountable. He's able to say when he messed up doesn't throw players under the bus like Fatt Fhule

Dumb ass Dave Canalas is worse than Matt rhule.

I always look up the ladder in professional sports. The longer problems persist the fault is usually: 1. Ownership 2. Front Office 3. Coaching 4. Players Canales shows himself to be a weak link in this chain of weak links far too often.

I could totally see Cam Newton going to down......on some modern age version of the Cam Newton/Auburn situation. Just make the "thing" something other than pay to play. And make the NFL thing something other than the towel a towel on the head. I mean, that really is the world Cam Newton wants to be living in today.

I like Steve Wilks the man. I was not completely against him as the head coach but at the time I saw it as a lateral move at best given that he was and is realistically another version of Ron Rivera. And there was not another Cam Newton walking through the door. I leaned toward us finally hiring an offensive minded head coach again and directing more resources to that side of the ball. We know Reich didn't work and honestly Tepper played a significant role in that. Canales has been better but he just does not command a locker room. All the talk for the cameras is just that. It's a fugazi. He to me does not appear to be the head coach to create a strong culture for the next decade. He's too timid and indecisive. There is a chance he could still work out if we actually overhaul the QB room but I think our best chance would be to go the route the Seahawks did. They hired a DC from the Ravens and let him create his own staff. In less than 2 full years he's put his stamp on that team. Can we say Dave Canales has put his stamp on this team? What's our identity? Exactly. Bueller???? That's the problem.

As long as Young is QB #1 it's a run first team. Any coach that can't see that isn't a good coach period. Dude literally figured that out with Rico's help and then forgot it a week after Young's ascension to franchise QB agaisnt the only team he plays well agaisnt.

I know this sounds like reaching, but I had the same thought.

Tmac has no plus attributes? Are you on crack?

It seems like the only time he gets heavy with the run is when the QB forces him to. And it should have the other night.

I would rather pay him than Hubbard but I still doubt they cough up enough to keep him and Hubbard. If Rico is smart he eill get paid and pick a contender. It's not mystery. It's been DC's MO since he became an OC. He wants to pass first and it puts him into a corner when he neglects the running game too much. Add in the Young drama and it just looks worse than his usual.

I'm not a Canales supporter. I have no idea what to make of him at all. I'd like to see him for a few games without Bryce or Dalton. I don't know how you call a decent game with either of those 2. The worst starting QB in the NFL over the past 3 years and the guy the guy backing him up. Design a game plan around that poo.

I had been taking a wait and see approach with Canales due to having such a cuck at QB but he lost me on Monday night. That was the worst in game coaching I have seen in a very long time, maybe ever.

You were a Wilks guy right? I was too. There is a difference in attitude between defense and offense. I know there are several excellent offensive minded guys doing a great job it is just a bias I have, that I admit. I grew up a fan of hard nosed ball and great defense.

this is my hope, prove it to Big Tep BY ain't it, so in the off season you can show why you need to move on

There are two truths currently. We need a new QB room beginning with QB1 and we need to take a long hard look at the available head coaching candidates after the season concludes. Both will happen if we are a serious franchise.

I don’t think Canales has a lot of real big support at all. I think his “supporters” are at the most extreme really just luke warm at best with him. but Bryce Young is his QB. Bryce made the John Fox of offensive coaching Frank Reich look unqualified to coach a 8 year old girls rec flag football team.

Well. I think I'm done with the offensive minded head coach experiment. Let's get a hard nosed defensive minded head coach in here and let him hire his own offensive coordinator.

Exactly this. Either by mandate or his own doing, Canales’ job is not trying to win football games, it’s trying to make Bryce look competent, but the 2 are mutually exclusive. One is very doable, the other is completely impossible. I refuse to give him the out that he is just that dumb because nobody is that dumb. I also refuse to believe that Rico didn’t approach him on the sidelines to voice his frustrations, which if so, obviously didn’t get him anywhere.