WEBVTT - Lynch, Shanahan Discuss Coaching Changes, Offseason Outlook and 2024 Takeaways | Press Pass 0:00:00.640 --> 0:00:06.000 First of all, you know on behalf of Kyle, our 0:00:06.040 --> 0:00:09.640 family is our organization. Just wanted to let the folks 0:00:09.680 --> 0:00:13.720 in LA. I'm a Southern California guy. I know a 0:00:13.720 --> 0:00:16.120 lot of people down there and people who've been directly 0:00:16.160 --> 0:00:18.400 affected already, and I'm sure there's going to be more. 0:00:18.440 --> 0:00:19.920 So our heart's too. 0:00:19.960 --> 0:00:23.440 We've been sitting and you know what we call our 0:00:23.480 --> 0:00:26.280 mind meetings talking about all our players on a close 0:00:26.360 --> 0:00:29.120 out and your mind keeps strifting because man's that's that's 0:00:29.200 --> 0:00:31.000 rough down there. So our thoughts and prayers do go 0:00:31.480 --> 0:00:35.280 to the folks and people of LA and that things 0:00:35.280 --> 0:00:37.479 calm down. So start with that and then we'll open 0:00:37.560 --> 0:00:38.240 up for questions. 0:00:40.560 --> 0:00:43.919 Can you talk about your decision with Nick and kind 0:00:43.920 --> 0:00:46.320 of what the overall plan is now for the defensive 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:47.199 coordinator position. 0:00:48.400 --> 0:00:50.879 Yeah, First of all, it's a real tough decision. I 0:00:50.880 --> 0:00:52.519 love Nick as a person and I love him as 0:00:52.520 --> 0:00:54.720 a coach. Still trying to hope to keep them on 0:00:54.760 --> 0:00:57.800 board and another capacity because he's a guy I don't 0:00:57.800 --> 0:01:00.160 want to lose. But just where we're at really as 0:01:00.160 --> 0:01:02.960 a team, where I think we need to go. Uh, 0:01:03.000 --> 0:01:05.600 there's a lot of big decisions ahead for us and 0:01:07.040 --> 0:01:09.160 as hard as it is for me to come to 0:01:09.200 --> 0:01:11.840 this conclusion, but I feel there's some options out there 0:01:11.840 --> 0:01:14.520 that can end up being a better option in the 0:01:14.560 --> 0:01:17.280 situation that we're in for our team. And when really 0:01:17.319 --> 0:01:20.120 it comes down to that, you know, in the position 0:01:20.160 --> 0:01:22.360 I'm in, regardless of anything else, that's always the stuff 0:01:22.360 --> 0:01:22.960 I gotta go with. 0:01:23.040 --> 0:01:24.039 So it was a real. 0:01:23.920 --> 0:01:26.440 Tough decision for me, and I'm still hoping that we 0:01:26.480 --> 0:01:28.800 can keep a neck here, but I do feel there's 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:31.440 some other avenues that in the long run, will be 0:01:31.440 --> 0:01:32.520 better for the forty nine ers. 0:01:33.520 --> 0:01:36.720 I know candidates for both of those coordinator spots. 0:01:37.120 --> 0:01:42.840 There are candidates, yes, internal one. I'll give Stalei a 0:01:42.920 --> 0:01:44.679 shot just talking to him. You know he's been here. 0:01:45.840 --> 0:01:49.120 There'll be a lot of guys outside the building too. 0:01:49.760 --> 0:01:52.840 Back to back years, you fired your defensive coordinator after 0:01:52.880 --> 0:01:53.320 one year? 0:01:53.960 --> 0:01:55.800 Do you have to go back through the process of 0:01:55.840 --> 0:01:58.280 this house. I know both different situations. 0:01:59.040 --> 0:02:01.200 Were there things that went wrong in the process to 0:02:01.200 --> 0:02:02.520 find these last two guys? 0:02:02.920 --> 0:02:04.760 I don't believe anything went wrong in the process. 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:07.600 I think I'll tell you what it's It's a I 0:02:07.600 --> 0:02:10.200 think more opportunistic or easier process. 0:02:10.560 --> 0:02:11.440 Talking about her. 0:02:11.440 --> 0:02:13.359 Right now and whatever the date is today, it's a 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:15.520 little bit harder in February, which on the last two 0:02:15.520 --> 0:02:18.800 are in. Just you know, being the last team to 0:02:18.800 --> 0:02:22.000 finish last year and before that, being the second to 0:02:22.040 --> 0:02:23.840 last team to finish makes it a lot different. So 0:02:24.639 --> 0:02:27.400 there's more opportunities out there and planning and looking into 0:02:27.440 --> 0:02:27.840 all of them. 0:02:28.280 --> 0:02:31.160 We experience being a defensive corner of being important to 0:02:31.200 --> 0:02:31.800 you this time. 0:02:33.080 --> 0:02:35.000 Yeah, I think some of the stuff that you know, 0:02:35.200 --> 0:02:37.920 just where we're at, you know, some of the decisions 0:02:37.960 --> 0:02:39.320 that we got to make in things like that, I 0:02:39.360 --> 0:02:42.040 think having the experience of going through this before, building 0:02:42.040 --> 0:02:46.280 things before, I think is what is definitely a bonus 0:02:46.280 --> 0:02:46.520 for me. 0:02:46.760 --> 0:02:48.520 It helps me with some stuff. So that's stuff I 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:49.200 will look into. 0:02:49.280 --> 0:02:51.800 But again, you always, regardless, you don't want to put 0:02:51.840 --> 0:02:55.760 just any handcuffs on your decision. You're gonna always try 0:02:55.800 --> 0:02:57.480 to figure out the best one, and so you've got 0:02:57.520 --> 0:03:01.360 ideas going into that. But just being so early, I'm 0:03:01.360 --> 0:03:02.720 gonna have an opportunity to talk to a number of 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:04.840 guys too, so we'll see what that leads us to. 0:03:05.400 --> 0:03:07.440 Lily, you've always kind of stuck to this is who 0:03:07.480 --> 0:03:11.400 we want to be defensively. Is that still the scheme 0:03:11.480 --> 0:03:12.919 you want or are you more open to. 0:03:13.000 --> 0:03:15.120 Potential changest I mean, I love the scheme that we've 0:03:15.160 --> 0:03:15.560 had here. 0:03:15.840 --> 0:03:19.079 I mean I think it's one of the hardest things 0:03:19.080 --> 0:03:20.280 to go to when you got the right guys in 0:03:20.320 --> 0:03:24.160 the right spots. But I do think people adjust the schemes, 0:03:24.200 --> 0:03:25.960 and I think you have to adjust too, depending on 0:03:25.960 --> 0:03:28.280 your personnel, and I think that was a tougher thing 0:03:28.320 --> 0:03:30.280 for us this year. Just going into the season was 0:03:30.320 --> 0:03:33.240 a little bit harder than past seasons, and some of 0:03:33.240 --> 0:03:35.080 the injuries we had I think made a really tough 0:03:35.080 --> 0:03:37.560 for Nick, and I thought he got better trying to 0:03:37.600 --> 0:03:40.520 adjust and do different things. But I do think that's 0:03:40.560 --> 0:03:44.240 something that definitely, I'm not saying you got to change schemes, 0:03:44.960 --> 0:03:49.880 but you have to have the ability, the the history 0:03:51.080 --> 0:03:53.480 and the knowledge of how to change some stuff up 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:54.840 when you're in some certain situations. 0:03:54.840 --> 0:03:56.840 And I think that we do need that more going forward. 0:03:57.560 --> 0:04:00.360 Under consideration for that special teams coordinators. 0:04:01.600 --> 0:04:03.120 Yeah, Nick would be in consideration. 0:04:03.320 --> 0:04:06.040 Yes, he's been let going or hoping to bring him back. 0:04:07.840 --> 0:04:09.320 I just I just told him he's not gonna be 0:04:09.360 --> 0:04:12.160 the defense coordinator. Yeah, So I mean, he's under contract 0:04:12.200 --> 0:04:14.400 still and I'm really hoping that he'll come back, but 0:04:14.480 --> 0:04:16.440 that's got to be something he and his family feel 0:04:16.480 --> 0:04:19.120 good about too. And the exact role that we end 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:22.640 up carving out for him, which I'll work on here 0:04:22.680 --> 0:04:23.360 over the next few. 0:04:23.200 --> 0:04:26.400 Weeks, challenging is that for him to go from being 0:04:26.400 --> 0:04:28.640 the defensive coordinator to being and I'm not saying just 0:04:28.680 --> 0:04:32.000 another assistant, but I'm going being the defensive coordinator to 0:04:32.080 --> 0:04:33.440 moving back into a different role. 0:04:34.279 --> 0:04:36.599 I don't know, I haven't done it before, so it's 0:04:36.640 --> 0:04:39.080 I mean, I'm sure it is a challenge. It has 0:04:39.120 --> 0:04:40.800 to do with is that something that you want to do. 0:04:40.920 --> 0:04:44.159 Is this something you're comfortable with. I know our building 0:04:44.160 --> 0:04:45.960 would be comfortable with it. I know our players would 0:04:45.960 --> 0:04:48.560 be comfortable with it. There's you know, this was a 0:04:48.560 --> 0:04:51.400 tough year, but no, Nick didn't lose any respect or 0:04:51.400 --> 0:04:53.599 anything like that for many of our players or our coaches. 0:04:53.720 --> 0:04:55.840 And I think if you talk to anyone, whether it's 0:04:55.839 --> 0:04:57.440 with you guys in the media or it's just one 0:04:57.440 --> 0:05:00.559 on one, he's got a lot of respect for people 0:05:00.920 --> 0:05:03.760 from people here, and everyone does think he's a good coach. 0:05:03.800 --> 0:05:06.560 You know, I spent his last two days having exit interviews. 0:05:06.560 --> 0:05:09.320 That's been you know, to go through these two days 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:10.880 where all I do is just talk to people and 0:05:10.920 --> 0:05:14.440 you talk to everybody. Lots of good feedback on Nick 0:05:14.480 --> 0:05:16.880 and I think the guys would be real excited it 0:05:16.920 --> 0:05:18.320 if he was here next year. 0:05:18.960 --> 0:05:23.440 Is there any uncertainty about Trent Williams him playing in 0:05:23.480 --> 0:05:24.440 twenty twenty five. 0:05:25.720 --> 0:05:29.520 Uh, Trent, Trent's doing well. He's uh, you know, he's uh. 0:05:29.680 --> 0:05:32.479 He had a bruise in the you know, in the 0:05:32.520 --> 0:05:35.000 ankle joint and it probably took a little longer than 0:05:35.120 --> 0:05:38.280 anyone anticipated, but sometimes that happens. 0:05:37.880 --> 0:05:40.080 And the good news is it's taken a positive turn. 0:05:40.560 --> 0:05:43.920 Trance's Trent's mindset is where where it always is, and 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:49.040 he's still very interested in and being a great player 0:05:49.360 --> 0:05:51.440 that he is, and I think he's still got a 0:05:51.480 --> 0:05:54.960 lot lot left in the tank. So Trance committed as ever, 0:05:55.120 --> 0:05:57.400 and we love having Trent Williams a part of us. 0:05:58.040 --> 0:06:01.960 Mentions out there for the DC's bought also special teams coordinator. 0:06:02.320 --> 0:06:04.080 What are you looking for for both spots? 0:06:05.120 --> 0:06:08.280 I mean, I'm looking for a guy who I think 0:06:08.279 --> 0:06:10.120 will fit with our team the best. I'd like to 0:06:10.160 --> 0:06:11.760 send and talk to you guys about our personnel. I 0:06:11.800 --> 0:06:13.960 want to obviously talk to someone about their plans schrammatically 0:06:13.960 --> 0:06:14.760 and what they like to do. 0:06:14.839 --> 0:06:16.919 But that's all great. What are you planning to do 0:06:16.960 --> 0:06:17.480 with our team? 0:06:17.760 --> 0:06:19.760 And that's what it involves certain people, I mean in 0:06:19.800 --> 0:06:21.279 terms of when they look at what we have, what 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:23.880 they think we need going forward, what we got to 0:06:23.920 --> 0:06:26.640 go get And so it's I want someone that kind 0:06:26.640 --> 0:06:30.080 of messes with what I believe in and but I 0:06:30.080 --> 0:06:32.240 also believe in that you got to fit to come 0:06:32.320 --> 0:06:34.440 up with the best thing possible that fits our situation 0:06:34.560 --> 0:06:37.040 right now. So that'll be talking about our personnel, the roster, 0:06:37.160 --> 0:06:39.000 think a lot of things like that, and what their 0:06:39.040 --> 0:06:39.839 plan would be with it. 0:06:40.960 --> 0:06:43.839 Someone running a different scheme from the past seasons. 0:06:43.920 --> 0:06:45.159 Yeah, don't open anything. 0:06:46.080 --> 0:06:49.840 Brock talk the other day about wanting to get an extension. 0:06:49.320 --> 0:06:50.600 Done as soon as possible. 0:06:50.760 --> 0:06:52.479 All right, do you have that same optimism that it 0:06:52.480 --> 0:06:55.279 can get done by mid April when spring praying, spring 0:06:55.320 --> 0:06:55.880 workout start. 0:06:56.160 --> 0:06:58.680 Well, listen, I think what we know about Brock is 0:06:58.680 --> 0:07:00.800 that he's our guy we've got. You know, we have 0:07:00.920 --> 0:07:04.520 interest in Brock being around here for a long long time. 0:07:05.000 --> 0:07:08.120 He's done so much for our organization. He's won big 0:07:08.160 --> 0:07:13.280 games and you know, had a little tougher task as 0:07:13.320 --> 0:07:14.920 we all did this year with some of the things 0:07:14.960 --> 0:07:16.440 that happened throughout the course of the year. 0:07:16.480 --> 0:07:18.880 We just never could string games where we were all together. 0:07:19.440 --> 0:07:22.120 And through that he continued to lead, he continued to 0:07:22.120 --> 0:07:24.760 play at a high level. So we have every interest 0:07:24.760 --> 0:07:27.920 in him being around, you know, the way this thing goes. 0:07:28.000 --> 0:07:30.840 These these press conferences are necessary, but always kind of 0:07:30.840 --> 0:07:34.080 silly because Kyle's coaching. We spend time together all the 0:07:34.120 --> 0:07:36.760 time and there's big issues that affect the team. 0:07:37.400 --> 0:07:38.720 But he's just getting off coaching. 0:07:38.800 --> 0:07:42.520 He's had his door shut for two days doing exit interviews. 0:07:43.880 --> 0:07:45.560 You know, we were just up but we were talking 0:07:45.560 --> 0:07:46.320 about our players. 0:07:46.360 --> 0:07:49.239 We'll have some time here in uh in the coming 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:52.080 weeks to sit together and put put our whole plan together. 0:07:52.520 --> 0:07:56.520 That's obviously a priority that position, and you know we'll 0:07:56.520 --> 0:07:57.400 give it that attention. 0:07:58.120 --> 0:08:00.480 You guys last sat up there in camp. 0:08:00.480 --> 0:08:02.640 One of the priorities you said was we have to 0:08:02.720 --> 0:08:03.680 have finishers this year. 0:08:04.240 --> 0:08:06.520 And you guys got outscored i think one sixty five 0:08:06.560 --> 0:08:07.040 to eighty eight. 0:08:07.000 --> 0:08:09.120 In the fourth quarter. So what does that tell you 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:09.800 about this team. 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:13.000 What went wrong is a physical staminas at mindset? Is 0:08:13.040 --> 0:08:15.160 it the personnel schemes? What what do you put your 0:08:15.160 --> 0:08:15.480 finger to? 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:18.840 Yeah, I, I you know, you don't want to. You 0:08:18.840 --> 0:08:21.120 don't want to have excuses. A lot of our finishers 0:08:21.120 --> 0:08:23.680 weren't out there, you know. And then on top of it, 0:08:23.720 --> 0:08:26.280 we still had opportunities, We still put ourselves in good 0:08:27.280 --> 0:08:29.040 position and we couldn't get it done. So we have 0:08:29.080 --> 0:08:30.720 to own that as a team. That's why we're six 0:08:30.720 --> 0:08:33.520 and eleven. We have a high standard. We had high expectations. 0:08:33.520 --> 0:08:36.000 We fell short of that, and it's our job to 0:08:36.080 --> 0:08:38.360 fix that. And Uh, I know that Kyle and I 0:08:38.400 --> 0:08:42.040 are are committed as we've ever been to doing just that. 0:08:42.120 --> 0:08:45.560 We don't plan on being in this place. Don't like it. 0:08:45.559 --> 0:08:48.440 It's terrible to sit home and watch something that you 0:08:48.559 --> 0:08:51.960 expect yourself to be in the tournament. And we're going 0:08:52.000 --> 0:08:54.640 to go about the work. Uh, And we're excited about 0:08:54.640 --> 0:08:57.280 the work to do just that. But I do believe 0:08:57.320 --> 0:08:59.720 we have finishers on this team and got to continue 0:08:59.720 --> 0:09:00.360 to add to that. 0:09:00.400 --> 0:09:05.120 We've got to continue infuse youth and good football players 0:09:05.120 --> 0:09:06.200 to this team. And we'll do that. 0:09:07.080 --> 0:09:08.839 A couple of off seasons have had a lot of 0:09:08.920 --> 0:09:12.120 trauma and maybe kel can address this too, and a 0:09:12.160 --> 0:09:14.640 lot of it, you know, there's social media posturing or 0:09:14.880 --> 0:09:15.400 maybe some of. 0:09:15.400 --> 0:09:16.240 It has already begun. 0:09:16.960 --> 0:09:19.559 Just is there any as the organization that you can 0:09:19.600 --> 0:09:23.840 do to kind of mitigate that, calm it down. It 0:09:23.920 --> 0:09:27.400 just seems like it's heated up times in the last 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:28.280 of couple of seasons. 0:09:28.480 --> 0:09:31.320 Yeah, I think every team has a certain measure of that. 0:09:32.080 --> 0:09:33.440 I think we've got to We have a lot of 0:09:33.440 --> 0:09:36.640 good players, you know, and one of the things that 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:38.760 comes with having a lot of good players is it's 0:09:38.760 --> 0:09:41.959 hard to feed everyone, you know, and you've got to 0:09:42.000 --> 0:09:44.120 make tough decisions. And we're certainly at it at a 0:09:44.280 --> 0:09:46.360 point where we've had a five year run with four 0:09:46.440 --> 0:09:51.280 NFC championships, two Super Bowls, and you know, you have 0:09:51.360 --> 0:09:53.960 to go back to the fundamentals of really building a thing. 0:09:55.360 --> 0:09:57.640 The life blood of your organization needs to be strong 0:09:57.720 --> 0:10:00.880 drafts because it gives you young players that you have 0:10:00.920 --> 0:10:03.880 on your contract for and so we I think we 0:10:03.960 --> 0:10:06.839 had multiple I think seven players that were starters off 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:09.439 that draft class. Whether we expect them to be, they did, 0:10:09.840 --> 0:10:13.120 and they gained really valuable experience. I even had free 0:10:13.120 --> 0:10:16.240 agent guys like Evan Anderson who contributed, you know, a lot, 0:10:16.320 --> 0:10:20.760 and so I think we're really excited about this rookie class. 0:10:20.760 --> 0:10:22.800 In that movement, we've got to continue to add to it. 0:10:22.840 --> 0:10:27.120 We have ten probably right now, nine draft choices. We 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:31.920 think we'll have ten with a compick. But you know, 0:10:31.960 --> 0:10:34.040 we need to continue to add to it in that way. 0:10:34.120 --> 0:10:37.240 And you know, I hope we continue to have hard 0:10:37.280 --> 0:10:39.320 decisions because we have a lot of great players. 0:10:39.320 --> 0:10:43.360 Here is the first year the special teams have struggled 0:10:43.360 --> 0:10:46.600 here and wildly noted you don't take a real detailed 0:10:46.600 --> 0:10:47.760 interest in special teams. 0:10:48.080 --> 0:10:49.120 Does that need to change? 0:10:49.160 --> 0:10:51.199 Little con Can you get more involved? 0:10:51.200 --> 0:10:52.640 Do you need to get more involved? 0:10:53.280 --> 0:10:55.160 I mean, what do you mean by I don't take 0:10:55.160 --> 0:10:56.240 interest in special teams? 0:10:56.920 --> 0:10:59.080 You know you're not watching the kicker tryouts. 0:10:58.640 --> 0:11:01.760 And that kind of Let me let me help Kyle there, 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:02.600 I would. 0:11:02.920 --> 0:11:05.040 I would tell you Kyle spends an ordinate amount of 0:11:05.120 --> 0:11:08.240 time with all phases of our team. Special teams is 0:11:08.280 --> 0:11:12.960 extremely important in the way we construct our rosters. We 0:11:13.040 --> 0:11:16.800 can you know, the time is there now and kicking. 0:11:16.960 --> 0:11:19.600 Neither of us are kicking specialists, So we don't sit 0:11:19.679 --> 0:11:22.560 here and profess to know everything about kicking and things 0:11:22.559 --> 0:11:23.199 of that nature. 0:11:23.240 --> 0:11:24.280 But the time issue. 0:11:24.559 --> 0:11:28.240 I'm sorry to interrupt, Kyle, but no, I spend plenty 0:11:28.280 --> 0:11:28.719 of time there. 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:31.319 I just don't be as you guys. Yeah that's it. 0:11:32.240 --> 0:11:35.160 Well you turn it around on me there, But no, 0:11:35.240 --> 0:11:36.720 I just don't be ask you guys with that stuff. 0:11:36.800 --> 0:11:39.440 But to say, like, I mean, we spent some heavy 0:11:39.520 --> 0:11:43.160 draft picks on special teams players, which I think is investment. 0:11:43.200 --> 0:11:45.520 We spent some salary cap on guys. I mean, bringing 0:11:45.559 --> 0:11:49.240 guys like George otom haven't played againstouls here these last 0:11:49.280 --> 0:11:50.880 couple of years. I mean that's bringing back. Those are 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:53.400 special teams decisions. Spend a third round pick on a kicker, 0:11:54.720 --> 0:11:59.160 making special teams changes is why special teams is important 0:11:59.200 --> 0:12:00.720 to me, because if we do work at it, but 0:12:00.840 --> 0:12:03.240 it's you know, it wasn't good enough this year. 0:12:03.320 --> 0:12:05.920 I don't put that just on Brian by any means. 0:12:06.200 --> 0:12:09.560 I mean losing your kicker, losing your punter. When injuries 0:12:09.559 --> 0:12:13.080 do affect the roster, especially offense and defensively, what it 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:15.200 did affect the most was special teams, and I think 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:17.200 that was unfair to Brian in a tough situation to 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:19.559 put him in, But I do think it's an avenue 0:12:19.559 --> 0:12:21.439 we can get better in and you can't change the 0:12:21.480 --> 0:12:24.960 whole thing out, And so Brian ends up being the 0:12:24.960 --> 0:12:27.720 fall guy for that, and I really appreciate him, like 0:12:27.760 --> 0:12:29.480 he did have a real good three years here and 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:31.400 worked his tail off and was very loyal to us, 0:12:31.400 --> 0:12:33.439 and it was a very good coach And he'll bounce 0:12:33.520 --> 0:12:35.640 back on his feet and we'll be going against some soon, 0:12:35.679 --> 0:12:39.760 I'm sure. But no special teams is part of football 0:12:39.760 --> 0:12:41.800 and everything part of football is extremely important to us. 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:44.240 A couple of years ago that you wanted to find 0:12:44.240 --> 0:12:46.440 something to make when it comes to guys that would 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:50.199 just period looking forward, you have some hard decision to 0:12:50.200 --> 0:12:53.000 make when it comes to roster changes and coaching changes. Right, So, 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:55.800 there was some video circulating on the internet from the 0:12:55.800 --> 0:12:58.160 families of a couple of players that would lead some 0:12:58.240 --> 0:13:01.120 people to believe they Drake Greenlaw knows whether or not 0:13:01.160 --> 0:13:03.000 he will be here or not. Have there been any 0:13:03.080 --> 0:13:06.400 conversation where he's been given a dependentive answer of his 0:13:06.480 --> 0:13:07.040 future as. 0:13:06.920 --> 0:13:10.320 At ninety No, we don't even know, guys. This is 0:13:10.840 --> 0:13:12.800 we haven't spent much time together yet. I've had two 0:13:12.840 --> 0:13:15.960 plays with two days with excellent interviews with players and coaches. 0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:20.160 But I mean players don't know either. And that's what's 0:13:20.200 --> 0:13:22.920 hard for players. It's they they're under contracts. They know 0:13:22.960 --> 0:13:25.720 when their contract's going to run up. That's an emotional 0:13:25.720 --> 0:13:28.920 time for players, for their families, for wives, girlfriends, whoever 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:31.320 it is kids, just like it is for coaches. When 0:13:31.720 --> 0:13:34.080 I can't always tell them exactly what their future is 0:13:34.080 --> 0:13:35.520 going to be the day this season ends. 0:13:35.520 --> 0:13:36.920 It's tied to a lot of other people. 0:13:36.960 --> 0:13:40.960 And I know I've been on that side. I know 0:13:41.400 --> 0:13:44.360 wives are texting you all day asking what the deal 0:13:44.440 --> 0:13:46.480 is and they don't believe that you really don't have 0:13:46.520 --> 0:13:48.040 an answer yet. And I know what they look like 0:13:48.080 --> 0:13:49.520 when you walk home through the door and they're like, 0:13:49.520 --> 0:13:50.959 what are we doing with our lives? And you're like, 0:13:51.000 --> 0:13:53.400 I don't really know. There's a lot of things that 0:13:53.440 --> 0:13:56.719 you want to solve so fast for people. That is 0:13:56.760 --> 0:13:59.840 stressful for people sit in our in our chairs, but 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:01.600 you can't solve everything at once. 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:02.880 A lot of things are tied together. 0:14:02.960 --> 0:14:05.240 And when you hear things like that are green law, 0:14:05.280 --> 0:14:07.120 like we're doing everything in the world we can to 0:14:07.200 --> 0:14:10.120 bring green law back and We're not into losing really 0:14:10.120 --> 0:14:13.280 good players who are unbelievable people. So we're going to 0:14:13.320 --> 0:14:15.800 do everything we can to never lose really good players 0:14:15.920 --> 0:14:19.600 or good people. But that's also a very hard challenge, 0:14:19.720 --> 0:14:22.960 very hard, and that's something that you don't just talk 0:14:23.000 --> 0:14:25.280 about in one meeting. There's too many things that connect 0:14:25.280 --> 0:14:29.040 to that draft, free agency, roster years, all that stuff, 0:14:29.080 --> 0:14:31.320 and that takes weeks months to decide. 0:14:31.680 --> 0:14:33.440 And I think the only thing I'd add to that 0:14:33.600 --> 0:14:37.080 the communication with the players what's most important. And I 0:14:37.440 --> 0:14:41.520 know I sat with Dre and always have great discussions 0:14:41.520 --> 0:14:41.760 with Dre. 0:14:41.880 --> 0:14:44.160 I know about his want to be here, and I 0:14:44.200 --> 0:14:45.720 know our want to have him here. 0:14:45.840 --> 0:14:49.520 And like Kyle said, there's realities and there's tough decisions 0:14:49.560 --> 0:14:52.520 and so many factors to all those things. 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:55.240 But believe me, the desire on both sides is there. 0:14:55.800 --> 0:14:59.680 You mentioned a couple of weeks ago that you wanted 0:14:59.720 --> 0:15:02.400 to gonna go ahead. 0:15:03.400 --> 0:15:06.640 You mentioned that the scheme because of personality, it was 0:15:06.640 --> 0:15:08.920 harder on Nick. When you look at the defensive line, 0:15:08.920 --> 0:15:11.120 I think the wide nine is coming to scrutiny. How 0:15:11.200 --> 0:15:14.120 much do you view, especially in the run game, the 0:15:14.160 --> 0:15:17.600 struggles there being being schematic and how much of it 0:15:17.640 --> 0:15:18.160 is personnel. 0:15:18.760 --> 0:15:20.160 I think it's a little bit of both. 0:15:20.360 --> 0:15:23.160 I mean it's I mean, first of all, like I 0:15:23.200 --> 0:15:26.200 don't regardless of injuries or anything like, this year is 0:15:26.240 --> 0:15:29.120 most disappointed to me because regardless of injuries, I feel 0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:31.200 we should have been a playoff team and then you 0:15:31.240 --> 0:15:33.000 never know what happens in there. But when I go 0:15:33.080 --> 0:15:34.840 back to the hardest thing for me this year was 0:15:35.320 --> 0:15:37.880 those three games I've talked to you guys about first 0:15:37.960 --> 0:15:40.640 one versus Arizona, first one, versus LA first one versus 0:15:40.640 --> 0:15:43.760 Arizona second one verse Seattle. I thought we did I 0:15:43.760 --> 0:15:45.520 thought we should have won those games, and we lost 0:15:45.520 --> 0:15:48.120 them at the end, but I thought our own mistakes, 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:51.600 which means we would have been eating too going into 0:15:52.040 --> 0:15:54.920 week eleven. And that was the hardest thing because and 0:15:54.920 --> 0:15:57.600 then we hit some real bad injuries, which we're gonna 0:15:57.600 --> 0:15:59.920 be tough, but that's to me what made it steamroll 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:01.680 where we didn't have a chance to make the playoffs. 0:16:01.720 --> 0:16:04.320 So when I look at that stuff like that's the 0:16:04.320 --> 0:16:06.240 stuff that I feel we've got to mix it fix 0:16:06.280 --> 0:16:09.080 the most. And is that scheme is that personnel? I mean, 0:16:09.120 --> 0:16:12.040 that's that's football. You got to adjust I mean, your 0:16:12.320 --> 0:16:15.640 scheme changes when people are getting hurt, when you can't 0:16:15.640 --> 0:16:16.920 do exactly what you want to do. 0:16:18.640 --> 0:16:20.560 It's happens on offense all the time. 0:16:20.600 --> 0:16:22.920 You guys are going to see I hear it from 0:16:22.960 --> 0:16:25.120 you guys, but I mean the offense looks different when 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:28.080 a different quarterback gets in there, it looks different, when 0:16:28.920 --> 0:16:32.360 Christian McCaffrey gets in there. It looks different all the time. 0:16:32.440 --> 0:16:35.120 And that's how defenses can be too. But you have 0:16:35.160 --> 0:16:37.600 to build it that way so you because it's really 0:16:37.600 --> 0:16:41.480 hard to just change something up and three days of practice. 0:16:42.120 --> 0:16:44.080 You got to have that foundation of how you implement 0:16:44.120 --> 0:16:46.240 it and where you think the season can go. And 0:16:46.280 --> 0:16:48.160 that's what you really truly try to build in the 0:16:48.200 --> 0:16:51.320 off season and then in the training camp. And you know, 0:16:51.400 --> 0:16:54.480 that's something I think will be better at building this offseason, 0:16:54.560 --> 0:16:56.240 having a little bit more time to do it, being 0:16:56.280 --> 0:16:59.000 a little more prepared for it because we saw where 0:16:59.000 --> 0:17:02.120 it went last year. And that starts with getting a 0:17:02.160 --> 0:17:04.480 coordinator in here who can help us map that out. 0:17:04.520 --> 0:17:06.960 And once we do map that out, it goes right 0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:09.480 to free agency and how to make sure we can 0:17:09.520 --> 0:17:13.040 get the best possible situation that we have out of 0:17:13.040 --> 0:17:15.159 the situation that we're in, and then it goes to 0:17:15.200 --> 0:17:17.159 the draft, and when that's over all the guys are 0:17:17.160 --> 0:17:19.480 here and then you get to work the same lines. 0:17:19.840 --> 0:17:21.320 You mentioned a couple of weeks ago that you wanted 0:17:21.320 --> 0:17:23.879 to find the root causes for the down season beyond 0:17:23.880 --> 0:17:26.120