Entries from SFist tagged with 'headcoach'
January 5, 2008
The NFL's 2008 Wild Card Wknd has arrived at the same time as this rainstorm front......
Continue Reading "American Football Spectacular: Wild Card Wknd 2008, "And Then The Rain...""
December 23, 2007
With the perpetual rebuilding process that is the San Francisco 49er franchise, every so often an old part of old successes will cycle back through SF. This Sunday, Gilroy’s second-most-favorite export returns to the Bay Area at the reigns of Chucky Gruden’s particular strain of West Coast Offense. You never should have been run out of town, Jeff....
Continue Reading "American Football Spectacular: Donohue's Deceit, Garcia's Return, And Delicious Garlic"November 25, 2007
Reporting from spa-side in Santa Ana, it's your American Football Spectacular preview of the next rung of pain on the agony ladder that is the 49ers' '07 season....
Continue Reading "American Football Spectacular: One Up, One Down"November 12, 2007
It's been a mighty tough season to be a 49er fan; what with the bevy of broken expectations, the death of Bill Walsh -- and this week -- the passing of former Head Coach Dick Nolan. * San Francisco vs. Seattle Monday, November 12, 2007. 5:30 PM, PST. Week 10 The Battle Of Unnumbered Tears Before the 2007 season started, this week's game was to be the proving point, the crucial matchup where the rising......
Continue Reading "American Football Spectacular: This Test Ended Before You Arrived"October 27, 2007
For both the New Orleans Saints and the 49ers, this season has suuucked. There's no worse feeling in fandom than unmet expectations. And both of the NFL's gold-helmeted teams have seen the bottom drop out of their dreams for the 2007 season....
Continue Reading "American Football Spectacular: All That Glimmers"September 30, 2007
" it comes as no surprise / we're destabilized " * Seattle vs. San Francisco Sunday, September 30, 2007. 1:00 PM, PST. Week 04 The Surpriseless Battle This is it, the game that will tell whether the 49ers can seize the lead in the NFC West by taking down the Seahawks. * Photo of Frank Gore breaking away via the Chron. SF swept the series last year, even as SEA won the division, so you......
Continue Reading "American Football Spectacular: No Surprise"September 14, 2007
All this kafuffle over the Patriot's version of sex, lies, and videotape can only remind us of one thing-- the Greatness of the Raidahs. What other football team is so synonymous with cheating? It's part of their legend, their mystique, their je ne sais quoi. Hell, even Lisa Simpson even knows this. Or, as John Madden put it: "everybody says the Raiders cheat...OK, we cheat. So, what are you going to do about it?" ...
Continue Reading "If the Raiders Ain't Cheatin, They’re Not Trying"September 10, 2007
The glaring problem with the 2007 San Francisco 49ers is that there are two 49er teams: the American football team that Head Coach Nolan II will put on the field of play this year, and the ownership team led by the hapless Dr. York. While Nolan's West Coast Ravens are being hyped as having come to fruition out from the dark days post-Mooch, Dr. York's ineptitude is threatening the sustainability of the Niners franchise to......
Continue Reading "American Football Spectacular: The 2007 49ers, "Nolan's Great Leap Forward""May 2, 2007
It's time for American Football Spectacular's capsule reviews of the 2007 NFL Draft. Adventure, excitement,measureables!...
Continue Reading "American Football Spectacular: Capsulizing the 2007 NFL Draft's First Round"March 2, 2007
Public Relations. The very title is a euphemism for a trade that trades in euphemism. The 49ers experienced something of a Public Relations spasm earlier today....
Continue Reading "American Football Spectacular: San Francisco's Mysterious Disappearing Lilies"February 19, 2007
This morning, ESPN's Len Pasquarelli is reporting that "sources" say that the 49ers' prized offensive coordinator Norv Turner will be the new coach of the San Diego Chargers, to which we say noooooo....
Continue Reading "It's Got to Be the Morning After"February 2, 2007
As goes the adage, defense wins championships. And in the National Football League's 2007 championship game, two masters of the "Cover 2" defensive zone coverage scheme meet: the Colts' Head Coach Tony Dungy, and Da Bearsss' Head Coach Lovie Smith....
Continue Reading "American Football Spectacular: Super Bowl XLI, "From Florida, To Florida""January 23, 2007
When Editor Jon sent a message with the scoop that the Raiders had picked up Kiffin to be the new Head Coach for the Silver And Black, we were excited....
Continue Reading "American Football Spectacular: And A Child Shall Lead Them"January 18, 2007
In our latest episode, we examine the weaknesses that led to the exit of each franchise that was tossed from the playoffs last wknd. Going into last wknd’s action, there were no “complete” teams left – only those who had outweighed their weaknesses enough to advance to the NFL’s Divisional Playoff Round. ...
Continue Reading "American Football Spectacular: Playoff Piñata Poppin’"January 4, 2007
It was announced today that Art Shell would not return as the Raiders head coach in 2007. Fired? Resigned? Stepped down? Stripped of his title? Whatever, it was Al's decision....
Continue Reading "American Football Spectacular: Drink An Art Shell For Art Shell"December 29, 2006
The final week of the National Football League's 2006 regular season is here. It couldn't have come quickly enough for the Raiders....
Continue Reading "American Football Spectacular: The Last Time"December 21, 2006
During the pregame of Thursday's MIN/GB game, NFL.com's Adam Schefter reported that the Raiders will let Head Coach Art Shell go after the end of the season. No source was named to have given this statement....
Continue Reading "American Football Spectacular: Around The World Again On A Boat That Sinks As It Sails"December 16, 2006
The Oakland Raiders' 2006 slog of a season continues this Sunday at the Coliseum with their Week 15 scrap with the St. Louis Rams. Plenty of good tickets still available for the game. Well, there must be tickets, since the NFL is blacking the game out on TV....
Continue Reading "American Football Spectacular: It's Likely You Won't See This But It Will Happen"December 13, 2006
-Baron Davis leads the way to a win over the Sacramento Kings. Apparently, he's not too happy over him being mentioned in all the Iverson rumors. But is even trading for AI a good idea?...
Continue Reading "It's Got to Be the Morning After"December 9, 2006
It doesn't matter that QB Brett Favre is a hero, plays like he loooves the game, is an uncriticizable Maya Angelou-grade national hero -- choosing not to retire and coming for another season to play quarterback for the Packers stunted the Green Bay franchise's growth by a year....
Continue Reading "American Football Spectacular: Fleeing Father Time, The Police, And Derrick Burgess"December 6, 2006
Last Sunday, the 49ers' defense were basically bent into any shape that the New Orleans Saints offense felt like bendin' them into. Want to run? Sure. Want to pass? Sure, as a change of pace. And so it was. And then the game ended....
Continue Reading "American Football Spectacular: All Bendy-Like In NOLA"December 2, 2006
* Houston vs. Oakland Sunday, December 3, 2006. 1:15 PM, PST. Week 13 The Battle Of The Trough After losing four straight games to every team in the AFC West and one franchise that used to be in the division for good measure (@SEA; DEN; @KC; @ SD), the Raiders limp home. In uglier times early on this season before the wins versus ARI and PIT, this Week 13 game against the flailing Houston Texans had been projected as the Raiders' best chance to get a win....
Continue Reading "American Football Spectacular: Dark Homecoming"December 1, 2006
Week 13, and the 49ers go to New Orleans for the first time since Hurricane Katrina. Take this moment to make a donation to a hurricane-related charity. They still need help. The column can wait....
Continue Reading "American Football Spectacular: Nothin' But Gold Helmets In This Game"November 30, 2006
O, those Oakland Raiders. A team so historically shot through with internal strife that we just expect it at this point. It's ordinary. But as of Wednesday, the Raiders' 2006 regular season strife is on some next-level Shakespearean tragedy stuff: At a press conference yesterday, Head Coach Art Shell said that he believes there is someone inside the Raider organization who has been speaking maliciously about the franchise to the news media....
Continue Reading "American Football Spectacular: At Least These Enemies Stay Close, or "Guess Who, OAK Edition""November 29, 2006
Out of the wreckage of last wnkd's wacktacular loss to the San Diego SuperChargers comes the Raiders' decision to demote offensive coordinator Tom Walsh in favor of tight end coach John Shoop....
Continue Reading "American Football Spectacular: Tom Takes The Fall, or, "Shoop Shoop A-Doop""November 26, 2006
Week Twelve of the National Football Season's regular season is here, post-Thanksgiving. Grab some leftovers and plunk down on the couch, here comes this weekend's set of Bay Area American football entertainment....
Continue Reading "American Football Spectacular: Hope And Tragedy"November 4, 2006
The National Football League's Week Nine of the 2006 regular season is upon us here in the Bay Area, as well as the first tinge of wet weather. Curl up on the couch with a mug o' soup and a blanket: it's time for American football....
Continue Reading "American Football Spectacular: Time For Cold Weather American Football"October 13, 2006
Doesn't look good for our two Bay Area teams in this Week Six of the NFL's 2006 regular season. Both the 49ers and the Raiders seem outmatched against the two most powerful squads in the AFC West. Let's take a look. ...
Continue Reading "American Football Spectacular: AFC West Beatings Ahoy!"September 23, 2006
It's Week Three of the National Football League's 2006 regular season. Here's what happening with your Niners and Raiders. ...
Continue Reading "American Football Spectacular: "Return And Repose""September 15, 2006
So, along comes Week Two of the 2006 NFL Regular Season for our Bay Area teams. Here's what to look for, and when. ...
Continue Reading "American Football Spectacular: "I Just Keep Movin' On, Movin' On...""