Who is our 2011 HC?

Out your choices, Fisher is the most likely. If he is fired, which I certainly think there is a really good chance, I think Greg Williams is a leading candidate.

 

If Fisher is gone, I don't think it will be a big name guy. I would love to get Harbaugh, but he is going to have so many options, including SF where he pretty much lives now, or Carolina where he can probably bring his QB. I don't think he would come here over either of those places. Cowher has leaked publicly the places he would be interested in, and the Titans were not on the list. Nor was Carolina, but I would think he would at least be somewhat interested in going there being as he lives there. John Fox is no better than Fisher, so I would prefer to keep Fisher before hiring him. Gruden is a possibility, except I think he likes Monday NIght football, so he is only leaving for an ideal job, and being as the Titans are a rebuilding project where the owner might handcuff him with the QB, I dont see anyway he comes here. I think we are looking at a coordinator from somewhere, and I think Greg Williams would be on the short list. His days in Buffalo didn't go well, but Buffalo isn't an easy place to win. With his connections here, and with his recent success, I think he would be a logical, likely, and IMO, good choice.

 

Dg got it right talking about options. There might be 10 head coaching positions available so we can't just hire anybody we want.

The 49ers management will be under huge pressure to get Harbaugh. He is my first choice but he will likely stay in the bay area. He wouldn't even have to move.

I say no to gregg Williams. He has not been affiliated with this team in 10 years and his Bills teams from 2001-2003 were not successful and had no personality.

I'm thinking Brian Billick or John Fox among the name coaches if that is where they want to go.

Remember all these firings free up some quality candidates for OC and DC. Wade Phillips, Marvin Lewis and Mike Singletary would be potential defensive coordinators for us.

 

Why? He hasn't been with this organization in 10 years and tried to gauge us when we were interested in him as our DC.

His best record in 3 years with the Bills was 8-8 and there was no particular tone or philosophy to those teams.

A guy like Billick assuming he has some fire in his belly and wants the job is a far better choice.

 

Gruden would be my first choice, but I believe he goes to San Fran, I also think if we let Fisher go, there is a good chance Dallas goes after him, and if that happens I would love to have Jason Garrett. I think we will hire a coach like him or Rob Ryan, some up and coming coordinator.

 

I actually agree with RT, BB seems very likely to me for some reason

 

With the uncertainties of the CBA, it makes it much less likely that a team will bring in a new HC and pay him a lot of money. Much more likely that they would keep JF one more year or promote someone already on the staff. Anything is possible but paying a new guy a ton of money when he may not even be able to meet with players or install his schemes until September, is less likely this year.