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20 sats \ 16 replies \ @grayruby 1 May \ parent \ on: I asked ChatGPT who are the top 5 NFL Head Coaches... Stacker_Sports
You think Dan Campbell is a top 5 coach but not Kyle Shanahan? That's wild. Campbell wasn't even the best coach on his team. That guy now coaches the Bears.
Where is Campbell's ring since your only criteria is Super Bowls.
I’d put Shanahan above Dan Campbell.
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I should be out on Shanahan. The 49ers sucked last year. I have seen them blow 4th quarter leads in two Super Bowls. I should be irrational and say Shanahan sucks. But despite his flaws he is an excellent coach and I am certain almost every franchise would take him over Campbell and Sirianni. If he had a SB he would be top 3 but he doesn’t so he is 5.
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Agree with a Super Bowl, he would get that choking monkey off his back and he shoots up to top 5 for sure, but yeah, we're going to walk away disagreeing about top 5. :) I'm on ChatGPT's side on that one.
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I hear you regarding the super bowls but Shanahan didn’t drop the INT in the end zone in 2020 and didn’t let Chris Jones run free on the most crucial third down of the game. At some point the coach can only do so much. Players need to execute. Again, he deserves criticisms in both those games but players do as well.
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Lol, not trying to be a contrarian and I have a busy work day today, but I'll throw this out there too...when you put together a team, it's more than how fast they can run a 50, or how many pounds they can lift. You evaluate the players holistically, and that includes intangibles like discipline, focus, etc. As a leader, you also have to model the right behaviors, have a high EQ, know how to engage players where they're at, and bring them to where they need to be.
Given the pattern that Shanahan has carried with him...there's something he's doing wrong. Just a hypothesis, but it seems like he's probably too dialed in on getting the right personnel that can run the schemes he wants and isn't paying close enough to intangibles I mentioned earlier.
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Brock Purdy 7th round pick
Juan Jennings 7th round pick
George Kittle 5th round pick
Fred Warner 3rd round pick
Deomodore Lenoir 5th round pick
Dre Greenlaw (just got a boatload of money to be LB1 for the Broncos) 5th round pick
Jordan Mason- undrafted FA (was 3rd in the league in rushing while CMC was out before he got hurt)
Trent Williams- best OT of a generation- would only accept a trade to SF because of Shanahan
Jimmy G- Shanahan made him look like a quality QB
The 49ers have the most unique draft board of any team and are not focused on height, weight, arm length, speed and other underwear olympics measurables. So I don't really get your comment of "it's more than how fast and strong they are". The 49ers have proven probably more than any other team to get the best out of guys who were not obvious picks.
The idea that you think Sirianni, who doesn't even build the roster, is somehow magically reading these players minds and extracting some extreme level of discipline, focus, and execution out of them is quite the stretch. I am not saying he is a bad coach. I am just saying you are giving the guy way too much credit. Not every coach that wins a Super Bowl is automatically great.
My question to you and please answer honestly. If you polled all 32 teams and gave them the blank slate option of Shanahan or Sirianni to coach their team. How many do you think would choose Sirianni?