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Of course we’ll win this. Of course.

And we lose our other starting G. Going great!

73 sucks so much

And people here want to keep Wilks over someone like Harbaugh lmao

Pack up your poo Steve

The Broncos have the 49ers 2023 1st via Miami from the Bradley Chubb trade

Ah well. Really would’ve been pumped with Harbaugh. Not sure how I feel about Wilks. Think I’d rather roll the dice with Steichen, Waldron, or Johnson instead.

• The Panthers-Saints game won’t draw a rating tomorrow, but how Carolina plays could impact the carousel. Interim coach Steve Wilks has done an admirable job, keeping his team in the playoff mix until Week 17, and owner David Tepper is conscious of the climate in his building—the locker room is solidly behind Wilks, who has enabled a reworked coaching staff to build a hard-edged identity behind a punishing run game over the second half of the year. If Wilks stays, it’d have to be with a detailed plan for the offense. The Panthers, after firing Matt Rhule, spent a good amount of time researching young offensive coaches, an indication on where Tepper was leaning with his search. Wilks could bring in someone such as Philadelphia QBs coach Brian Johnson—if he gets the job. I know Carolina people believe a good showing Sunday at New Orleans could well impact Wilks getting that shot. • As for Carolina GM Scott Fitterer, I’ve heard he’s been involved in laying groundwork for finding the next coach, so I think Tepper will keep him (I know he likes him) and his personnel staff, particularly if Wilks is the guy. That one scenario where I think there could be a new GM—if Tepper gets smitten with a coach like he did with Rhule in 2020, and that coach has leverage to push for his own GM. ... • A couple other GM names connected to Harbaugh would be ex-Jaguars, Eagles and 49ers exec Tom Gamble, and Ravens director of football research Scott Cohen (or maybe someone from Baltimore’s personnel department such as Joe Hortiz). So … does Harbaugh leave Michigan? The program is in good shape, and he has a really good team coming back. But NCAA sanctions are looming, and those calls to the Panthers were made, I’m told, because of his curiosity over that job, which says to me he’s really thinking about it. https://www.si.com/nfl/2023/01/07/nfl-coaching-carousel-buzz-rumors-sean-payton-jim-harbaugh

Albert Breer today in his article on the coaching carousel: https://www.si.com/nfl/2023/01/07/nfl-coaching-carousel-buzz-rumors-sean-payton-jim-harbaugh

In the article, Barnwell linked to an old Grantland article from 2015 that showed the record of interim HCs who were then promoted to full time HC: https://grantland.com/the-triangle/nfl-week-8-picks-the-weight-of-the-interim-label/ Coach Year Team Pre-Interim Post-Interim Future Years Future Records Bruce Coslet 1996 Bengals 1-6 7-2 4 14-37 Dave McGinnis 2000 Cardinals 2-5 1-8 3 16-32 Dick LeBeau 2000 Bengals 0-3 4-9 2 8-24 Jason Garrett 2010 Cowboys 1-7 5-3 9 80-64 Jeff Fisher 1994 Oilers 1-9 1-5 16 141-115 Leslie Frazier 2010 Vikings 3-7 3-3 3 18-29-1 Mike Singletary 2008 49ers 2-5 5-4 2 13-18 Mike Tice 2001 Vikings 5-10 0-1 4 32-32 Richard Williamson 1990 Buccaneers 5-8 1-2 1 3-13 Romeo Crennel 2011 Chiefs 5-8 2-1 1 2-14 Tom Cable 2008 Raiders 1-3 4-8 2 13-19 Record 26-71 33-46 340-397-1 Win% 0.268 0.418 0.461 Note that I updated the table to include the full results of Garrett's tenure with Dallas. The only additions to the above since then would be Mike Mularkey in Tennessee and Doug Marrone which would be: Coach Year Team Pre-Interim Post-Interim Future Years Future Records Mike Mularkey 2015 Titans 1-6 2-7 2 18-14 Doug Marrone 2016 Jaguars 2-12 1-1 4 22-42 Record 29-89 36-54 380-453-1 Win% 0.246 0.400 0.456 This is one of the things that gives me pause about hiring Wilks as the full time HC. It just historically hasn't worked well. The only ones that I'd say are decent to good are Fisher and Garrett and neither struck me as great HCs. I actually feel like Wilks would probably be in the same realm as those guys...occasional playoff runs with a bunch of medicore seasons.

Not sure why Harbaugh doesn't fit in with that though. His last season, which was his worst, they were still 7-4 in playoff contention before finishing the year 1-4 to end 8-8. Yeah he wore out his welcome but he still gave them 4 years of prime contention after nearly a decade of losing seasons (prior to Harbaugh's first season in 2011, the 49ers hadn't even had a winning season since 2002). In reality, you're not going to find many teams with long-term coaches if they haven't won a SB. How much longer do you think Bills fans will put up with McDermott if the Bills don't win a SB this year? How long of a leash would Andy Reid be given if the 49ers held onto that 4th quarter SB lead and Reid was 0-2 in SBs with a likely HOF QB?

ESPN+ article, but some interesting nuggets. Here's the order and some snippets: 7. Colts 6. Broncos 5. Cardinals 4. Commanders 3. Texans 2. Saints 1. Panthers https://www.espn.com/nfl/insider/story/_/id/35342127/ranking-nfl-best-worst-potential-head-coach-openings-2023-colts-broncos-panthers

The idea of winning multiple Super Bowls, while in theory should be the goal of any franchise, is frankly a pipe dream. The only franchises who have won more than one SB since the turn of the century are: Ravens - 2 Rams - 2 (although technically speaking the 21st century began 1/1/01, so could argue it's just 1) Bucs - 2 Giants - 2 Pats - 6 (just fuging insane) Steelers - 2 So outside of the Pats, being able to win "multiple" SBs has meant no more than 2 rings. If Harbaugh puts us into SB contention for 4-5 years before flaming out and manages to bring the Carolinas one ring, sign me the fug up.

Not at all lmao. "No one knows the future"? "I expect..."? He could have clearly and unequivocally stated he was returning next season for Michigan, but he left the door pretty open IMO

Maybe I'm missing something, but looks like they have their full complement of 2024 picks? They also recouped a 2023 first rounder from SF via Miami with the Chubb deal. https://www.prosportstransactions.com/football/DraftTrades/Future/Broncos.htm

Per Allbright call was placed to gauge his interest in interviewing:

IMO, I don't think this will be a "bidding war" in the sense that whoever offers the largest contract will land Harbaugh. I believe Harbaugh is hoping this will be his last move and he'll be looking for the right situation rather than the biggest bag. He's been at UM for the past 8 years, I'm assuming he hopes to be at his next stop at least that long, and I can't see him coaching past 70 or so.

The only active NFL head coach with more than one ring is Bill Belichick so not sure why you think that's a slight. Should the Chiefs fire Andy Reid since they only have one ring with a HOF worthy QB? Mike Tomlin won his one ring in 2008 and hasn't been back to the SB since 2010, should the Steelers also get rid of him?

I don't think you can just take at face value the word of people involved though. Matt Rhule himself said he didn't have full roster control when it was quite obvious that he did.

He had a 5-3 playoff record with 3 NFC championship appearances, an NFC title, and a SB appearance in 4 years. His worst NFL regular season record was 8-8. I can understand being skeptical, but no need to make up reasons as to why. BTW his brother has a SB ring as well.

My gut feeling the next Panthers HC is going to be one of Steve Wilks, John Harbaugh, or Frank Reich

Can’t wait for a brand new coaching staff.

This is all on Wilks conservative ass coaching style smh.