Sorry for not being around guys, I figured this site had probably died this season along with any hope we had of the 49ers actually being competent. It's awesome to see that it hasn't.
Anyways, obviously this season is over now. They're going to lose in London (or even if they win, it will not be a good performance), and Singletary is getting fired during the bye week. This is Nolan 2.0. So what's next? My proposal:
1. Make Manusky the interim HC, with the explicit caveat that no matter what he does short of winning a superbowl, he's not getting the full-time job next year. We don't need another Singletary disaster. You won a bunch of meaningless games against crappy teams at the end of the year? Good for you. Now we're gonna go hire somebody who knows what the hell they're doing.
2. Draft Andrew Luck. He's going to come out after the year he's had, and he not only looks like the best QB in the draft, he looks like he'd be a very very good pro. And let's be honest, we know the 49ers will most likely be picking in a position to be able to get him.
3. Hire Jim Harbaugh. "OH NO!" I can hear you say "WE NEED A PROVEN WINNER!!". There's something to be said for that, sure. Getting Gruden (who, I would remind you, won with another guys' players, and drove TB straight into the ground afterwards) or Cowher (who, I would remind you, WAS a very successful coach, but was succeeded by somebody who is enjoying the exact same success) would seem to make more sense, but I really doubt either of them would come to a situation with such flux at the QB position.
In fact, I'm pretty sure no established coach would come here right now. Unless they're able to swing a trade for a really good QB (Kolb? Vick? Really? I don't think that's happening. I'm not even sure Kolb is any good), a coach with a winning record isn't going to want to risk humiliation by coming here and failing.
When you think about it, a Luck/Harbaugh combo is beautiful. Harbaugh is an offensive-minded coach who has transformed Stanford in a manner of a couple of years from a doormat to a perennial pac 10 contender. He's hungry. He most likely wants to prove himself at the next level, now that he's proven he can do it in college. And if you bring along his current QB, I'm sure he would love to develop him at the next level as well. Oh yeah- and neither of them would have to move very far, always a plus.
Harbaugh has had success everywhere he's been in his coaching career to this point. I'm sure he'd be itching to prove that he have success in the pros too, and if you bring along a QB that he's already comfortable with, that would just sweeten the deal. I'm telling you, this would turn the team around almost over night. DISCUSS!
