Did Dom Capers have the same personality as Fox/Rivera?

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

I was an elementary student at the time and didn't watch football. I'm just wondering.

[SIGCHI222]

Spent 18 to 20 hours a day working and slept at the stadium.  The honeymoon lasted 2 years.

Personality of a hammer, but had nice hair.

 

 

What was the question?

[Kevin Greene]

Capers runs a 3-4, best defense in the NFL.

[Chaos]

Dom used to stand there on the sideline with his mouth open, way more active than Rivera.

[Sam Mills Fan]

Capers was extremely aggressive on defense. We were the kings of the zone blitz for at least a couple of years, sending 3 of our 4 linebackers to Honolulu as starters in 1996. He had inept offenses too though with weak offensive lines and average playmakers like Kerry Collins, Biakabutuka, Anthony Johnson, Mark Carrier, Willie Green. Did have Wesley Walls and young Muhsin Muhammad though.

 

You would think why doesn't Richardson try offense for a change then? He did and his name was George Seifert. We ran the WCO for a few seasons, nearly to perfection in 1999 and 2000. Problem in those seasons was that we had zero defense and zero running game. But Beuerlein throwing the ball around to Prime Moose and Patrick Jeffers and others (Rocket Ismail maybe?) was a thing of beauty. Seifert's third year was 2001 when we went 1-15 and he basically hasn't been seen or heard fro since. There are rumors he died a few years ago, nobody really knows for sure.

[Mr. Scot]

Capers was borderline OCD (and I'm being generous), very laid back and analytical.  Nothing at all like Fox or Rivera.  Might have borne some resemblance to Seifert.

 

Fox and Rivera aren't honestly as much alike as folks might think.

[Khaki Lackey]

The game was different back then. Solid D and run game could still win championships.

June Jones attempted the spread offense in Atlanta and it was considered a joke.

[IamSoClutch]

The game was different back then. Solid D and run game could still win championships.

June Jones attempted the spread offense in Atlanta and it was considered a joke.

Solid d and a run game STILL wins Championships

[heel31ok]

Capers was extremely aggressive on defense. We were the kings of the zone blitz for at least a couple of years, sending 3 of our 4 linebackers to Honolulu as starters in 1996. He had inept offenses too though with weak offensive lines and average playmakers like Kerry Collins, Biakabutuka, Anthony Johnson, Mark Carrier, Willie Green. Did have Wesley Walls and young Muhsin Muhammad though.

 

You would think why doesn't Richardson try offense for a change then? He did and his name was George Seifert. We ran the WCO for a few seasons, nearly to perfection in 1999 and 2000. Problem in those seasons was that we had zero defense and zero running game. But Beuerlein throwing the ball around to Prime Moose and Patrick Jeffers and others (Rocket Ismail maybe?) was a thing of beauty. Seifert's third year was 2001 when we went 1-15 and he basically hasn't been seen or heard fro since. There are rumors he died a few years ago, nobody really knows for sure.

 

that list of players says Capers got a lot out of the players he had.Biakabutuka was a good talent he just couldn't hold onto the ball.Collins was good until the Romanowski hit, then he got scared.Johnson ran for over a 1,000 yds for the Panthers.

[Marc Anthony]

A Vicoden would be really nice right now...

[Jim Harbaugh]

,,,, 

 

[Jim Harbaugh]

The game was different back then. Solid D and run game could still win championships.

June Jones attempted the spread offense in Atlanta and it was considered a joke.

 

 

Oh you mean like Seattle just last year.

[Khaki Lackey]

Oh you mean like Seattle just last year.

I think you know as well as I do that the QB was not used in the run game in the 90s like it is today.

[gettlemanjack]

You would think why doesn't Richardson try offense for a change then? He did and his name was George Seifert.

Seifert was a defensive guy just like all our other head coaches. He won 3 Super Bowls as DC of the 49ers then 2 more as head coach. Per the San Francisco Chronicle this year:

"(as 49ers head coach) Seifert fueled the team’s success with his defensive schemes ... On the defensive side, Seifert was part of the NFL trend that established situation substitution. It prompted former linebacker Keena Turner to say that what Seifert was doing defensively approached what Bill Walsh did on the offensive side."

there are rumors he died a few years ago, nobody really knows for sure.

lol. but seriously i was curious so looked it up. He lives near Lake Tahoe in Nevada and was recently inducted into the 49ers Hall of Fame

from some recent interviews with him he said:

“I’m fishing, hunting, enjoying the outdoors and playing with my grandchildren – all the stuff you are supposed to do in retirement"

...

"Well, I enjoy having a martini with my wife. Walking my dog Rusty. Watching my grandchildren play sports and am involved in 4-H and going on trips with my buddies and...traveling around. And I do a lot of hunting and fishing. So, I love the outdoors.

...

I usually go to one [49ers] game a year. [49ers co-chairman] Dr. [John] York usually invites me to a game, which is a lot of fun. And then I sit with my dog Rusty and watch games at home, which I enjoy."