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  • January 10, 2016 at 9:18 pm #36953
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    49ers, Hue Jackson could soon be a match

    http://www.sfgate.com/49ers/article/49ers-Hue-Jackson-could-soon-be-a-match-6749684.php

    The 49ers’ latest head-coach interview could be their last.

    The team met with Bengals offensive coordinator Hue Jackson in Cincinnati for five hours Sunday about their head-coach vacancy and a hiring could be imminent, NFL Network reported. After his meeting with the 49ers, Jackson began interviewing with the Browns.

    There was a question of when Jackson could be hired with Cincinnati in the playoffs, but that was erased when the Bengals lost to the Steelers 18-16 Saturday night in a wild-card-round game.

    The 49ers know Jackson well after he interviewed for their head-coach opening in 2011 before they hired Jim Harbaugh. Jackson and general manager Trent Baalke were also in Washington from 2001 through ’03. Jackson was an assistant coach and Baalke was a scout.

    The 49ers are hoping their next hire has previous head-coaching experience and can assist an offense that scored the fewest points (238) in the NFL since 2012, ranked 31st in yards and allowed the second-most sacks. The 49ers haven’t ranked among the NFL’s top 10 in points or yards since 2003, and three of their past four head coaches — Jim Tomsula, Mike Singletary and Mike Nolan — have been defensive-minded.

    In his second season as the Bengals’ offensive coordinator this past season, Cincinnati ranked seventh in points, 15th in total offense and quarterback Andy Dalton had a career-best 106.2 passer rating.

    Jackson, an offensive coordinator for five of his 15 seasons in the NFL, went 8-8 with the Raiders in 2011 in his only season as a head coach. That remains Oakland’s best record since 2002. Still, Jackson was fired after Oakland lost four of its final five games and he blasted his players after a season-ending loss to the Chargers that cost them a playoff berth.

    Jackson was hired by Raiders owner Al Davis, who died four games into Jackson’s lone season as a head coach, and he did little to cultivate a relationship with his Davis’ son, Mark, after the younger Davis took over the team, sources have said. That proved to be part of his undoing with the Raiders. Mark Davis hired general manager Reggie McKenzie after the 2011 season, and McKenzie replaced Jackson with Dennis Allen.

    However, former Raiders executive Amy Trask, now a CBS analyst, said Jackson had strong relationships inside the organization. Jackson’s coaching staff was selected by Al Davis and Jackson assumed general-manager duties after Davis’ death. In that role, Jackson made trades for quarterback Carson Palmer and linebacker Aaron Curry that didn’t benefit the Raideres.
    On Sunday, Trask was asked what she has told teams who inquire about Jackson.

    “I talk about how collaboratively Hue worked with everyone in the organization,” Trask said on CBS. “And I speak to them about the challenges under which Hue labored, many of which were not apparent to the public. I would love to see what Hue Jackson can do as a head coach if he is allowed to pick his own assistant-coaching staff.”

    If hired, Jackson would become the only person to serve as head coach of both the 49ers and Raiders.

    January 11, 2016 at 7:05 pm #36992
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    49ers get permission to speak with Tom Coughlin

    http://www.theredzone.org/BlogDescription/tabid/61/EntryId/54175/49ers-get-permission-to-speak-with-Tom-Coughlin/Default.aspx

    In one of the more surprising storylines of the offseason,69-year-old former Giants head coach Tom Coughlin will meet with the 49ers this week for their head coaching vacancy, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports via Conor Orr of NFL.com.

    Fox Sports first reported the news. The Giants gave permission to both clubs, as Coughlin still has a year remaining on his contract.

    Bruce Arians, Pete Carroll — and really Coughlin himself — helped break down the coaching age barrier over the last few years, and Coughlin most certainly still has passion to coach. He stepped down from the Giants job last week, but only in name. The Giants wanted to move on after more than a decade and two Super Bowls, and Coughlin was more than excited to address his future during an inspiring press conference.

    While the Eagles job may be more of an information-gathering session, the 49ers job shows that Coughlin is a very serious candidate. As Jed York and general manager Trent Baalke scramble to pick up the pieces from a year ago, an organized disciplinarian like Coughlin may be the way to go. Coughlin’s personnel experience is also underrated among head coaches, and he might be able to aid Baalke in retooling a roster that lost so many of its stars.

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