While his starting quarterback may be on the hot seat after a fourth straight loss, San Francisco Head Coach Mike Nolan could be coaching his team for the final time on Sunday, according to ESPN's Michael Smith. Smith, speaking on NFL Live earlier today, reported that "barring a major change in course," Nolan would be given the heave-ho after Sunday's game with Seattle, and would be replaced by It should be noted, of course, that he didn't mention "if they lose." So, it seems that win, lose or draw, the 49ers could have a different Mike calling the shots next Monday. The 49ers are currently 2-5 -- narrowly out of the NFC's West basement -- while they have compiled an 18-36 record during Nolan's tenure with the team.
Of course, Nolan remains confident in his current job status because, well, it's his job to be confident. From Matt Barrows' blog at the Sacramento Bee:
"I have no choice but to be confident. It's not a choice, it's the way it is. That's my job."Meanwhile, Nolan confirmed today that J.T. O'Sullivan will remain the 49ers quarterback this Sunday because, in Nolan's words, "When we go to practice, we complete a lot of balls."
Now if they could just translate that over to the games.
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10-20-2008 @ 7:04PM
Ankur said...
singletary isn't the defensive coordinator, that's greg manusky. singletary is assistant head coach/defense and LB coach.
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10-20-2008 @ 7:07PM
Adam Gretz said...
Fixed. Sorry about that.
And thanks.
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10-20-2008 @ 7:16PM
Ankur said...
Seriously though, here's to this happening. Nolan's been pretty incompetent and just blames "execution" every time...not exactly great leadership. At least Singletary's supposed to be a baller from everyone who talks about him.
The only concern is that this might lead to Martz leaving at the end of the year, which would suck. He's a great OC, but I don't know if he'll be willing to stay in that role...
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10-20-2008 @ 7:50PM
Eddie said...
I think this contributes more to Mike Singletary leaving than MM. If anything, I could see ownership kicking MS to the curb and promoting Martz.
Anyway, good riddance. Big Mike will do worlds better than loser Nolan, who has dropped the ball more than JTO and is almost singlehandedly responsible for the demise of the promising young Alex Smith.
Speaking of losers, they should train JTO the same way they do the young RB at Pittsburgh: tape a $100 bill to the ball and run practice drills that way. That'll teach him to hold onto the ball!
At least Tony Oh-No has about as many problems in Dallas.
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