Official Fire Matt LaFleur Thread

[Cheesehead Craig]

I'm wondering what happens when the team faces adversity, be it injury, a losing streak, even an off-season scandal. For whatever problems the previous regime had, they were very good until the end days of recovering from those types of problems.
On the field, they haven't even lost two games in a row. MLF is still untried whereas M3 was a pretty steady hand.

Although I'm extremely pleased with this season, the jury is still out on this coaching staff until we have more time to evaluate.

PS: A Super Bowl win extends the honeymoon period by quite a bit.

If MiLF never loses 2 games in a row, I'll consider him a successful coach.

[run pMc]

If MiLF never loses 2 games in a row, I'll consider him a successful coach.

Well, counting his 14-4 start, he'd be over .500. He compares well to the other coaches hired last year. I thought Kingsbury would flop but might have something in AZ in a few years. Flores has done wonderpass s with the mess he inherited in MIA. Adam Gase is a horrible HC IMO. Zac Taylor? Pass. Gruden's been ok, but they have Waller and Jacobs on offense and no defense.

He's done enough to get to Year 3. Can the offense take a step forward and drastically improve next year? (Defense needs some help too.)

[texaspackerbacker]

The one in that bunch I would have bet on to be a success was Kingsbury - not from knowing anything about his coaching style, but from his radical pass first way of doing things.

LaFleur - as I've said so many times - did so well by subordinating his ego and his run-first preference to doing things based on the talent or lack of it he had - namely the GOAT QB and a very mediocre O Line. Luck in the form of lack of injuries among other things also helped.

Most of those other guys floundering is just evidence of the general idiocy of media pukes who built them up.

[Joemailman]

If MiLF never loses 2 games in a row, I'll consider him a successful coach.

Pressure is on.

[Teamcheez1]

Interesting that LaFleur is not immediately committing to having Pettine remain as the defensive coordinator....

[Cheesehead Craig]

Interesting that LaFleur is not immediately committing to having Pettine remain as the defensive coordinator....

That's what happens when your team gets run over for almost 300 yds and it's your ass on the line if that continues.

[call_me_ishmael]

Matty really had a good press conference. He has gotten SO much better with the press in the first year. Still not M3 good, but good enough. It surely doesn't sound like Pettine is coming back. It surely sounds like Matty wants more roster turnover as well.

[call_me_ishmael]

One thing I've noticed this off-season is that more and more teams are making coach and GM peers, or having the GM report-ish or subordinate to the coach. Maybe for all of our second guessing, we were wrong and Mark Murphy got it right. I know I, for one, was skeptical.

[MadScientist]

Interesting that LaFleur is not immediately committing to having Pettine remain as the defensive coordinator....

That's what happens when your team gets run over for almost 300 yds and it's your ass on the line if that continues.

He was definitely pissed about the play of the defense. Also Pettine wasn't a MFL hire, he was a holdover from M3. One thing that sticks in the back of my mind is that Pettine said his scheme was a stop the pass first scheme. It looks like he failed to adjust properly to the opponent. IMO they should keep Pettine. The defense has made big strides over where they were a few years ago. Scoring defense cracked the top 10 for the first time since 2010. They have work to do, but I am not sure a new DC would make a marked improvement.

[pbmax]

He was definitely pissed about the play of the defense. Also Pettine wasn't a MFL hire, he was a holdover from M3. One thing that sticks in the back of my mind is that Pettine said his scheme was a stop the pass first scheme. It looks like he failed to adjust properly to the opponent. IMO they should keep Pettine. The defense has made big strides over where they were a few years ago. Scoring defense cracked the top 10 for the first time since 2010. They have work to do, but I am not sure a new DC would make a marked improvement.

Even the scoring improvement had its downsides. They allowed a large number of big plays. And they struggled versus the run for a good portion of the year.

They were also 18th in yardage against, though its hard to say which rank will hold more true in the future.

Football Outsiders had them at 15th overall. Very average, which was a definite step up.

The Flower is going to Murphy with his recommendations. Which is one potential problem with Captain Silo; he really needs to hear what Gut thinks about the talent on the defense and whether he thinks it should be better.

[RashanGary]

Taylor Lewan (see his twitter feed)

Was talking about lafleur. Said he's the smartest guy in any room. Said he gets football on a whole other level. His nickname was hammer cock lefleur cuz he was so unsuspecting but they had to come up with a beast name that fits his unsuspecting frame.

[RashanGary]

I'm sure his wife appreciates the huge cock.

But the other important relationship in his work life, AR, its starting to make sense that they get along so well. Both cerebral guys. Good fit.

[Upnorth]

The offical fire of head coach thread has no postings for 6 months. Another uncounted victim of the corona virus

[bobblehead]

He was definitely pissed about the play of the defense. Also Pettine wasn't a MFL hire, he was a holdover from M3. One thing that sticks in the back of my mind is that Pettine said his scheme was a stop the pass first scheme. It looks like he failed to adjust properly to the opponent. IMO they should keep Pettine. The defense has made big strides over where they were a few years ago. Scoring defense cracked the top 10 for the first time since 2010. They have work to do, but I am not sure a new DC would make a marked improvement.

The 49ers simply did what I begged fat mike to do. Take what the D willingly gives you.

[bobblehead]

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Victim of MiLFs success.