I hope he didn't think he missed some sort of deadline...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/06/SPDI154P48.DTL
So far, there has been very little other than speculation coming from Santa Clara - and really no names have given me any hope that they will do a better job than Mike Martz did.
Singletary has spoken to the hearts of 49ers fans, trying to dismiss that he is a "three yards and a cloud of dust" coach and especially when saying he wants to mirror the offense of beloved Bill Walsh.
The one coach Singletary has mentioned wanting to talk to, Tom Rathman, brings back more fond championship memories, but figures to be a risky pick for OC and may not even be let go by Al Davis.
But everything else seems to contradict that open minded balanced team. Singletary wants a team that can "impose its will," on other teams, being able to run the ball when the other team knows its coming.
THAT sounds like a Mike Nolan, "tackle #69 is eligible," unimaginative type offense to me...
Matt Barrows has some interesting thoughts on the position, including throwing Scott Linehan's name into the hat
http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/49ers/
I really like the idea of bringing Rathman back to coach the RBs (Frank Gore would probably love him) and be the OC in waiting, taking on a bigger role with the offense and the philosophy, so that when we eventually lose the man ahead of him, we have a replacement ready to step in.
At this point, I really don't have a candidate I'm endorsing for the job, mainly because we don't know who is being considered. All I know is this is Singletary's single most important decision of his short head coaching career. The right move could catapult them into contention, the wrong move could make the offense look like i did when Norv Turner left (yikes)!
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