im not argueing how bad or good he is.....im just stating FACT that no coach will come into that franchise and turn it around as quickly as many of you think....as bad as nolan might or might not be it doesnt change the fact that going to the next coach who may or may not be a slight step up isnt going to change the fact that niners dont have a QB, or WRs to throw to.....a high draft pick TE that hasnt panned out....a secondary who might be "talented" bunch but gets beat deep...
Fire Mike Nolan.
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The Titans don't have a QB or WRs to throw to. Their defense is not the most talented. Why are they succeeding then?
And the secondary gets beat deep because the QB has all day to throw. Look at any good secondary and you'll see a front 7 that gets pressure on the QB. The Niners get pressure when they blitz. The defense looks good when they have been aggressive this season, so tell me why they're always in prevent mode and never bother to blitz. Who's fault is that? The players? If it works when they do it, why wouldn't you continue doing it? If you're a competent coach you do what works. That's not Mike Nolan. If Nolan got a hold of the Titans' defense they most definitely would NOT be 5-0 since the D is what's winning games for you guys. His soft approach would have your DBs getting roasted too.
Bring in a coach that adjusts to the damn team he's playing and you'll see a completely different team. You act like this team just has a bunch of garbage players but if you watch the games like you claim you do you'd see they can be a good team. Schemes are way more important than you think they are. That's why I find it hard to believe you played football.
And the secondary gets beat deep because the QB has all day to throw. Look at any good secondary and you'll see a front 7 that gets pressure on the QB. The Niners get pressure when they blitz. The defense looks good when they have been aggressive this season, so tell me why they're always in prevent mode and never bother to blitz. Who's fault is that? The players? If it works when they do it, why wouldn't you continue doing it? If you're a competent coach you do what works. That's not Mike Nolan. If Nolan got a hold of the Titans' defense they most definitely would NOT be 5-0 since the D is what's winning games for you guys. His soft approach would have your DBs getting roasted too.
Bring in a coach that adjusts to the damn team he's playing and you'll see a completely different team. You act like this team just has a bunch of garbage players but if you watch the games like you claim you do you'd see they can be a good team. Schemes are way more important than you think they are. That's why I find it hard to believe you played football.
how could u say that the titans D is no that talented? id say their front 4 is the most talented in all of football......their LB core is one of the best....saftey duo maybe the most underrated in all the NFL......finn is a beast and harper is servicable
id say titans d is more talented, quicker, younger then most in the nfl......
id say titans d is more talented, quicker, younger then most in the nfl......
how could you or anyone HONESTLY make an assumption of what another team could do with another coach...with Jim we were 31st and went to 5th..and we stayed in in the top 5 this year.....people were calling for his ass because of the "horrible" job he was doing and then everyone wanted him to be cordinator of the year after last year....
49ers' Nolan doesn't plan to make changes
http://www.sacbee.com/sf49ers/story/1311635.html
SANTA CLARA – Mike Nolan said Monday that he had no big moves in store to jolt the 49ers out of their three-game losing streak.
When the 49ers were struggling in 2006, Nolan curtailed the play-calling powers of then defensive coordinator Billy Davis, who was let go at the end of the season.
In 2007 he brought in Ted Tollner to assist then-offensive coordinator Jim Hostler, who also was fired at the end of the year. Nolan, however, insisted the situation was not as bleak this season. The difference, he said, is that the 49ers actually have had a chance to win.
"It's not as if we've been blown out the last three weeks," he said. "Last year we weren't in games at this time when things like that occurred. Two years prior to that we weren't in the games like this. … If there's anything that's disappointing in these last three weeks, it's that these are games that we felt that we should have won."
One of the biggest questions after Sunday's 40-26 loss to Philadelphia is why offensive coordinator Mike Martz abandoned a running game that had the Eagles' defense staggering in the third quarter. The 49ers handed the ball to Frank Gore just twice, had one first down and finished with minus-2 yards in the final quarter.
Nolan said that the Eagles were only rushing four linemen at the time and the 49ers felt they would have success passing the ball. Entering the game, the plan was to keep the Eagles off balance with a mix of running and passing plays.
"Hindsight is always 20-20," Nolan said. "Looking back on it, it may have been better (to run). But at the same time, we felt we had the pass. We also had, sticking with our game plan, we felt we had them off balance."
Quarterback J.T. O'Sullivan said there was a long list of things that went wrong against Philadelphia, including problems converting on third down and an inability to score touchdowns in the red zone.
O'Sullivan had two fourth-quarter interceptions, one in which he threw into thick coverage in the middle of the field, and another when defensive end Juqua Parker intercepted a quick slant and returned the ball for a touchdown.
O'Sullivan said Monday he was intending to hit Arnaz Battle on the play.
"I should have thrown it to Josh (Morgan) or whoever was playing outside. I think it was Josh," he said.
The 49ers also continue to have problems on defense.
They failed to sack quarterback Donovan McNabb on Sunday, and allowed the Eagles to pick up critical first downs in the second half.
Still, Nolan – who has a large role in constructing the weekly game plans – said he had no plans of reducing defensive coordinator Greg Manusky's play-calling ability.
"There are not a whole lot of calls that I would have changed," Nolan said. "But at the same time, I kind of think like Greg. We're kind of looking for where we can get better. Where is it – where can we also do our part to assist our players?"
The 49ers' next game is against the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants in East Rutherford, N.J., where they were handed a brutal 33-15 loss last year. If the losing streak continues, Nolan certainly will start fielding more questions about his own job status.
On Monday, he said he hadn't had any conversations with John or Jed York on the subject.
Said Nolan: "I have not had any conversations whatsoever about anything other than just trying to win games."
http://www.sacbee.com/sf49ers/story/1311635.html
SANTA CLARA – Mike Nolan said Monday that he had no big moves in store to jolt the 49ers out of their three-game losing streak.
When the 49ers were struggling in 2006, Nolan curtailed the play-calling powers of then defensive coordinator Billy Davis, who was let go at the end of the season.
In 2007 he brought in Ted Tollner to assist then-offensive coordinator Jim Hostler, who also was fired at the end of the year. Nolan, however, insisted the situation was not as bleak this season. The difference, he said, is that the 49ers actually have had a chance to win.
"It's not as if we've been blown out the last three weeks," he said. "Last year we weren't in games at this time when things like that occurred. Two years prior to that we weren't in the games like this. … If there's anything that's disappointing in these last three weeks, it's that these are games that we felt that we should have won."
One of the biggest questions after Sunday's 40-26 loss to Philadelphia is why offensive coordinator Mike Martz abandoned a running game that had the Eagles' defense staggering in the third quarter. The 49ers handed the ball to Frank Gore just twice, had one first down and finished with minus-2 yards in the final quarter.
Nolan said that the Eagles were only rushing four linemen at the time and the 49ers felt they would have success passing the ball. Entering the game, the plan was to keep the Eagles off balance with a mix of running and passing plays.
"Hindsight is always 20-20," Nolan said. "Looking back on it, it may have been better (to run). But at the same time, we felt we had the pass. We also had, sticking with our game plan, we felt we had them off balance."
Quarterback J.T. O'Sullivan said there was a long list of things that went wrong against Philadelphia, including problems converting on third down and an inability to score touchdowns in the red zone.
O'Sullivan had two fourth-quarter interceptions, one in which he threw into thick coverage in the middle of the field, and another when defensive end Juqua Parker intercepted a quick slant and returned the ball for a touchdown.
O'Sullivan said Monday he was intending to hit Arnaz Battle on the play.
"I should have thrown it to Josh (Morgan) or whoever was playing outside. I think it was Josh," he said.
The 49ers also continue to have problems on defense.
They failed to sack quarterback Donovan McNabb on Sunday, and allowed the Eagles to pick up critical first downs in the second half.
Still, Nolan – who has a large role in constructing the weekly game plans – said he had no plans of reducing defensive coordinator Greg Manusky's play-calling ability.
"There are not a whole lot of calls that I would have changed," Nolan said. "But at the same time, I kind of think like Greg. We're kind of looking for where we can get better. Where is it – where can we also do our part to assist our players?"
The 49ers' next game is against the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants in East Rutherford, N.J., where they were handed a brutal 33-15 loss last year. If the losing streak continues, Nolan certainly will start fielding more questions about his own job status.
On Monday, he said he hadn't had any conversations with John or Jed York on the subject.
Said Nolan: "I have not had any conversations whatsoever about anything other than just trying to win games."
Will Nolan Ever Take Responsibility?
http://cohn.pressdemocrat.com/default.asp?item=2271290
Mike Nolan always has an excuse.
It's like some kind of mental block with the guy. He never takes responsibility for anything. Sure, he says he takes responsibility -- all sports people say that but they don't mean it. It's either he had his headset off or the play call was brilliant but the players screwed up or he didn't know the rule or the officials incorrectly charged him with a timeout or the Niners' record is a still-hopeful 2-4 and there are plenty of winnable games out there -- really? -- or when writers really pin him down in press conferences he commences to babble, to speak some language that sounds like English but isn't.
As reader Gary in Santa Rosa pointed out the coach is supposed to know the rules backward and forward. You get the feeling Nolan gets confused at crucial times, it's like a door slams shut in his brain. And he is incapable of changing his behavior. That's the other part of never taking responsibility -- because you never do anything wrong you don't have to change.
I like Nolan as a guy. I really do. But I think he gets between himself and winning. And if he ultimately fails, as seems likely, you wonder what John York was thinking about when he hired Nolan. You wonder about this franchise. Who's going to take responsibility for it?
http://cohn.pressdemocrat.com/default.asp?item=2271290
Mike Nolan always has an excuse.
It's like some kind of mental block with the guy. He never takes responsibility for anything. Sure, he says he takes responsibility -- all sports people say that but they don't mean it. It's either he had his headset off or the play call was brilliant but the players screwed up or he didn't know the rule or the officials incorrectly charged him with a timeout or the Niners' record is a still-hopeful 2-4 and there are plenty of winnable games out there -- really? -- or when writers really pin him down in press conferences he commences to babble, to speak some language that sounds like English but isn't.
As reader Gary in Santa Rosa pointed out the coach is supposed to know the rules backward and forward. You get the feeling Nolan gets confused at crucial times, it's like a door slams shut in his brain. And he is incapable of changing his behavior. That's the other part of never taking responsibility -- because you never do anything wrong you don't have to change.
I like Nolan as a guy. I really do. But I think he gets between himself and winning. And if he ultimately fails, as seems likely, you wonder what John York was thinking about when he hired Nolan. You wonder about this franchise. Who's going to take responsibility for it?