“Makes Too Much Sense”: 49ers are urged to add the Super Bowl champion coach.
Coach Kyle Shanahan fired Steve Wilks, the 49ers’ defensive coordinator, as if there wasn’t already enough going on as the team recovers from Super Bowl 58 and gets ready for a busy offseason that includes holes to be filled on both the offensive and defensive lines and the presence of an apparently irate Brandon Aiyuk.
However, if they’re searching for a big-timer to succeed him, Pete Carroll, the recently fired coach of the Seahawks, is being mentioned as a plausible candidate. If he accepted the position, he would be returning to his hometown. When Carroll was the 49ers defensive coordinator in 1995 and 1996, San Francisco’s point differential was second and fourth, respectively.
Beat writer Matt Barrows at The Athletic brought up the prospect of a Carroll comeback, saying, “This makes too much sense.” Carroll, who was born in San Francisco, would get to play twice a year against his old team and take on C in the preseason. Furthermore, if Shanahan wants defense continuity? The 49ers’ recent offensive scheme, then, is modeled after Carroll’s aggressive defense scheme from 1995 to 1996 while he was San Francisco’s coordinator.
