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The fact that the front office has been quiet over the last few weeks is a good thing. If the silence continues over the next 2 weeks and the Bears continue to get embarrassed like I think they will then we are going to be in for some major changes in the offseason.
Ownership has not endorsed Emery and Trestman since the bye week. If there was ever a time to do so they would have been doing it by now. The team is mailing it in because the players might feel like their future coaches are not here. The way you calm those feelings and get the players trying their hardest and focusing on the job at hand is an endorsement from ownership/GM. If the front office knew Trestman was safe they would have said so already, yet it's awfully quiet. I think this spells likely doom for Trestman.
Now what about Emery? I think Emery could potentially be doomed as well. Again ownership has failed to give Emery an endorsement since the bye week. GM's don't always get this like the HC does but there is other supporting evidence as to why Emery could be a goner. First off why has no change been made to Trestman's staff? Not even a well deserved Tucker mid season firing. If ownership knew Emery was their man they would have authorized him to fix this coaching mess and Emery would have lowered the boom and removed Tucker by force during the bye week in order to try to improve the defense and save his ass. I speculate that Emery may have wanted to but ownership told him no and to turn things around with what he has. How else can you explain no mid season firings on this sinking ship? If this is the case and with the second half of the season unfolding the way it has, Emery could likely be fucked.
I think ownership is watching the Harbaugh situation closely. I would not be surprised if they have reached out to Jim and gauged his interest in the job. If Harbaugh is the man then Emery is toast. Rather then a scenario where the GM and coach are canned and the new GM is hired first and he selects a coach, with Harbaugh I could see ownership making him the HC and letting him have say in the GM selection, much like Fisher in St Louis.
To all the folks that say we would have to give up much needed draft picks to secure Harbaugh I say not so fast. No team including the Raiders would trade for Harbaugh without Harbaugh agreeing to coach there and signing an extension. Harbaugh holds the cards where he will land. If for instance the Raiders, Jets, and Bears all express interest and he wants to only go to Chicago he could tell the other teams to fuck off, they would refuse to trade for him, and Niners will fire him. Niners are not going to extend him and they are only trying to drum up trade interest to try to get something for him. Again, Harbaugh really holds the cards here.
Ownership has not endorsed Emery and Trestman since the bye week. If there was ever a time to do so they would have been doing it by now. The team is mailing it in because the players might feel like their future coaches are not here. The way you calm those feelings and get the players trying their hardest and focusing on the job at hand is an endorsement from ownership/GM. If the front office knew Trestman was safe they would have said so already, yet it's awfully quiet. I think this spells likely doom for Trestman.
Now what about Emery? I think Emery could potentially be doomed as well. Again ownership has failed to give Emery an endorsement since the bye week. GM's don't always get this like the HC does but there is other supporting evidence as to why Emery could be a goner. First off why has no change been made to Trestman's staff? Not even a well deserved Tucker mid season firing. If ownership knew Emery was their man they would have authorized him to fix this coaching mess and Emery would have lowered the boom and removed Tucker by force during the bye week in order to try to improve the defense and save his ass. I speculate that Emery may have wanted to but ownership told him no and to turn things around with what he has. How else can you explain no mid season firings on this sinking ship? If this is the case and with the second half of the season unfolding the way it has, Emery could likely be fucked.
I think ownership is watching the Harbaugh situation closely. I would not be surprised if they have reached out to Jim and gauged his interest in the job. If Harbaugh is the man then Emery is toast. Rather then a scenario where the GM and coach are canned and the new GM is hired first and he selects a coach, with Harbaugh I could see ownership making him the HC and letting him have say in the GM selection, much like Fisher in St Louis.
To all the folks that say we would have to give up much needed draft picks to secure Harbaugh I say not so fast. No team including the Raiders would trade for Harbaugh without Harbaugh agreeing to coach there and signing an extension. Harbaugh holds the cards where he will land. If for instance the Raiders, Jets, and Bears all express interest and he wants to only go to Chicago he could tell the other teams to fuck off, they would refuse to trade for him, and Niners will fire him. Niners are not going to extend him and they are only trying to drum up trade interest to try to get something for him. Again, Harbaugh really holds the cards here.
