Well, the Niners apparently spent 6 hours the other day talking to their DC Vic Fangio in an attempt to understand what he has in mind if he was named head coach. Frankly, I wouldn’t mind seeing Fangio stick around. he has done a very good job with this defense amid a ton of injuries and an ineffective offense on the other side of the ball. Yeah, we’ve beaten that subject into the ground, but here’s what I’m wondering now. If the Niners do decide to go with Fangio (and in my mind, if they are going to hire a defensive coach, they’d go with Fangio since he’s familiar with everyone, and he’s a top defensive coach and they couldn’t get anyone better), who should they get at their OC?
The names that are there are the always-semi-available Rob Chudzinski, He of a ton of teams and jobs, but his work with Cam Newton and the anemic Panther offense back in 2011 was a big turnaround and you’d think he’d fit right in with Colin Kaepernick. Another name that has popped up is Clyde Christensen, he of Fresno City Junior College fame. He’s been in the Colts system as an OC, QB coach, WR Coach, and TE coach for these past 12 years. Some good players have rolled through there, and hes been exposed to some very good offenses.
From the college ranks, you have to wonder if a guy like Tony Franklin in on their radar. He’s Berkeley’s OC, and a guy that has put together very strong passing offenses in Tennessee under Mike Leach, and now here at Cal. No NFL experience however. Another dark horse candidate from the college ranks is Scott Frost, Oregon’s OC. ‘Nuff said there. He worked under Chip Kelly and is still running one of the most high-powered offenses in any sport. No NFL experience as well, but he’s got to be someone who they look at.
You guys got any names?
Forty Niners Forever 
If the refs were going to rail this game for the ‘boys, they wouldn’t have done it that way. Too conspicuous. Inept is more like it, which maybe is just as bad as a fix. The NFL has turned the corner towards its decline. This kind of crap should be reviewable, and even then, it could be garbage. MLB umpiring is far better. As for Donaghy, he was the lone wolf on the take? Yeah, sure he was…
Yeh Snarkk, the only thing Donaghy did wrong was, getting caught.
Stern buried that Donaghy story as fast as he possibly could. The law cooperated and gave Donaghy a break on his plea so that sucker could be wrapped up ASAP with no further leakage, no trial. ESPN did a full court press to NOT dig into that story. No “30 for 30” on that one, can’t bite the hand that feeds you. Donaghy basically alleged that the NBA league office had officials try to fix games, it wasn’t the refs going rogue on their own. Conspiracy theories are not hard to promote…
http://www.thefixisin.net/donaghy.html
Las Vegas Snarkk.
All about the Benjamins…..
Follow the money, you’ll find the rich bastards behind the curtain pulling the strings.
It’s called insulation from prosecution.
Mo’ Money……
A game that is officiated like this can’t be good for retaining fan interest. I would imagine pass int calls will be replayable soon. There will be some who feel they are watching nothing more than WWE. This game might not have been fixed but it is hard to believe there wasn’t some bias.
Jerruh throws big parties Berger.
They do things BIGGER in Big Duh.
Hookers, liquor, you name it, it’s yours, just like those seats at the Jerruh World SB several years back, that got sold but, never saw any butts in them.
He knows the right peeps.
If you’re a high roller, like Jerruh, you buy what you want and, pay your way out of trouble.
Mo’ Money, Mo’ Power.
No Justice, fo’ the Restivus…….
AT&T is everywhere. Naming rights for that air hanger in Dallas. No wonder my phone bill always goes up. All I do are yell BLEEPS at bill collectors into it. I owe you money? BLEEP YOU!
I’m reading that some thought the non PI in the Det-Dal game was a good non call. Some have even tried to sell the fact they see it as a non biased informer by saying they don’t have a dog in the hunt. Those people obviously have a dog in the hunt. How could one not see the blatant push by the LB with his left hand on the WRs right shoulder that didn’t allow him to come back and compete for the ball. That PI was as obvious as it gets.
Berger…Not to mention dumbshit Dez Bryant pleading his BS to the ref for a non call on the field, without his helmet on which it is an automatic 15 yard penalty, except in Dallas, total fix was on.
It’s hard to believe no games are fixed. I don’t think this game was but I do believe we might have encountered a biased ref.
The guys normally referred to as, Homers.
If you’re paid as an Official, know the rules at least.
Moreover, make all plays reviewable if the Officials can’t be trusted to interpret them at game speeds.
Interference is normally interpreted as ‘not playing the ball’.
Clearly the Dallas LB Hitchens wasn’t playing the ball.
If there’s indecision involved with the other members of the Crew, review it.
Don’t just pick up the flag and proceed as if nothing happened.
Faceguarding is not a penalty in the pros, NJ (college, yes). However, pushing the receiver away from the ball with your arm while faceguarding is clearly impeding the receiver’s attempt for the ball. That is a penalty
True RT but, I’ve seen plenty of lesser calls made, mostly on DBs, where TV calls use that term, ‘didn’t turn his head’ as reason for the PI.
Hitchens was guilty enough to get the call in the 1st place, debatable certainly.
Tugging and contact was evident, yet not called for whatever reasons.
Either these guys see it, or they don’t, hard to fathom.
The more important ingredient for me, was the Officiating Crew.
These guys are there for one purpose. Keep the game moving within the Rules.
They came off as incompetent boobs on one the NFLs bigger stages.
There needs to be more scrutiny put on how these Officials get assigned to elimination games for me.
Grading them perhaps on crew reviews, makes more sense to me, than putting guys together that don’t work with each other throughout the regular season.
Bad calls/non-calls hurt every team in this game.
It’s just less acceptable in an elimination game setting.
Detroit played their a$$es off in that game.
Granted, they shot themselves in the face in the 2nd half on more than a few occasions.
But, that particular penalty sequence, screwed momentum and took the wind out their sails in a way.
That guy they call ‘Mo’, swung the ‘Boys way, after that Officiating blunder IMO.
Berger I’ve been picking through the underclassmen entries –
OLB/DE Eli Harold – UVA is headed for the Draft.
Interesting kid, I’ve seen him play a little.
6’4″ 250 / 4.75
Early Grades for RDs 2-3.
High motor kid with the ability to get after the QB.
Someone to add to the watch list.
My biggest point in this officiating debacle is say PI is a penalty that should be reviewable. These penalties can be for 50 yards and often are game changers.
Anybody who says that non-call did not have a big affect on the game is a person who needs to understand how momentum is a big factor in the outcome of games. Anybody who thinks that non call didn’t effect the game does not know football very well.
Detroit still had time to get things in order and win but momentum is a powerful tool in sports. We can never know for sure the outcome if Detroit gets that obvious call but anybody who knows the game well can clearly see that play was most likely the difference in that game. Anybody who thinks otherwise can’t have very good football acumen. They might even border on stupid. If not stupid then maybe just ignorant.
My point is pass interference should be reviewable.
Unca- I think I had a post go to spam?
Not sure why it atè that, bergs, but I released it.
I just got off the phone with a friend who was upset when the Warriors fired their most winning coach in ages last year. He thought it was a terrible mistake to fire Mark Jackson. He was looking at the numbers and could not see the issues at hand, he just saw the wins. He is now acknowledging the move to upgrade the coach was a wise one.
The Warriors situation reminds me of the 49ers situation. A winning coach who has his team playing great defense but not much of a clue on offense causing massive amounts of turnovers by the star point guard. Jackson also had an issue getting along with the front office. Sure sounds like the Harbaugh regime to me.
So the Warriors went out and got a different coach, upgraded the asst coach talent, especially on offense, and upgraded the depth of player talent on the team. Finding the right coach can backfire but the Warriors owners took the chance and look to have gotten the right man for the job.
What Jed is doing is very similar to what Joe Lacob of the Warriors did. It can be risky but obviously the goal is higher than just having a winning record for these two owners. I applaud the guts Jed is showing in the face of much criticism from so called experts like Lowell Cohn and others. BTW, Cohn might be the biggest boob in the Bay Area sports media scene. Lacob faced the same criticism. Hopefully Jed’s results will be as good as Lacob’s. The critics with 20/20 hind sight won’t see the guts, They just know they got their feelings hurt because their popular coach got fired and they need to vent. Then they’ll just say I told you so no matter the results. For me, I know it can backfire, I’m just glad he has such a desire to win and the guts to do something about trying to take the next step. I hope he makes the right moves. This thing could work out great and it could end up as back to the drawing board.
Yeah, I said ghat last year bergs. These calls are too brutal to not review. These newly called illegal hands to the face calls also shouldn’t result in a 1st does if they are going to call them 5 times a game. Illegal contact as well,
Watch those hands, Chuck. They may be illegal.
Woof!
New thread is up.
unca- There is no “comments” icon on your new thread.