49ers Are Anticipated to Recruit Someone From Within at…

It would be ill-advised for the 49ers to make the same error again by signing an outsider and making him into someone he isn’t.

The 49ers are looking far and wide for their next defensive coordinator, and once they find one, they’ll probably promote a current member of their staff.

Michael Silver reports that the 49ers want to choose an inside candidate to the position of defensive coordinator, which makes sense given the outcome of the previous campaign. The 49ers hired Steve Wilks, urged him to study their defensive strategy, forbade him from bringing any of his own assistant coaches with him, then sacked him at the conclusion of the season because they didn’t want to modify their defensive plan and they also didn’t want to promote a coach from their staff.

The 49ers are searching widely for their new defensive coordinator, and they will most likely elevate an existing employee when they find one.

According to Michael Silver, the 49ers are interested in selecting an inside candidate for defensive coordinator, which makes sense considering how the previous campaign ended. When the 49ers hired Steve Wilks, they told him to study their defensive scheme, prohibited him from bringing any of his own assistant coaches along, and at the end of the season, they fired him because they didn’t want to change their defensive strategy or promote a member of their staff.