Speaking as a big time San Francisco 49ers fan, I feel rejuvenated the the Niners' finally parted with the ex-Head Coach Mike Nolan.

He had the right mindset coming into the job. 

He wanted to place a quarterback into the system, strengthen the offensive line, running game, create a strong defense, and have high charactor football players who love the game and would give a 110% every play (not to mention caring way too much about his self-image and how he was perceived by others).

Sounds great, huh?

It sure does, but it took him over three years to do those things and some of them he did not accomplish. And once he got there he had no idea what to do from there on out.

He had no idea about the offensive side of the ball. No idea on how to manage players and coaches as individuals. No idea on player evaluation (I would say he got lucky with Frank Gore and Patrick Willis was a no brain-er). No idea about coach evaluations. No idea how to run the front office. No idea about clock management. No idea on how to adjust his team from week-to-week and certainly not from half-to-half. No idea about how to evaluate his team.

The termination of the coach should have been done after year two.

Okay, I'm done with that and will try never to write (or hopefully) talk about that coach again. 

Now lets get to the future.

Who should (or might) be the next head coach?

Mike Singletary is the #1 candidate as of now.

If he can turn things around and win 5 of the remaining 9 games on the schedule I think he will be a lock to be the head coach.

Singletary definitely can make players play harder, tougher, and more emotional, but can he make them play smarter, better, and as one?

I'm not sure. With him were getting almost the same thing as we did with the ex-coach. The same person he has learned from. He's a coach who is inspirational, defensive minded and knows nothing about the offense or improving the team on the field. 

Singletary, I'm sure is a great guy, and would be a good coach but I'm not sure this team is right for him. They've just had a coach just like him for over three-years not to mention it was his boss, mentor, and close friend. 

Pete Carroll

Every high profile team looks towards Carroll. I think he'll do great in San Francisco, but he'll want total control which might be a good thing. Hell, if they gave it to the ex-coach they should have no problem giving it to him, right?

The right dollar amount and power and he'll come, the only thing is whether he can translate a NFL team to great as he's done in college.

Mike Homgren

Holmgren is one of my favorite candidates. Ever since the Niners went away from the Bill Walsh tree we have suffered. Now it's time to get back to it.

The thing with Holmgren is that he told his family that he would take a year off from football. Which I think he will. Unless his family urges him to come to San Francisco. If they don't, maybe he'll come in as the General Manager. Which I think is less time consuming and strenuous from being the head coach. If that happens I'm sure he'll want to bring a coach that he's familiar with. That might be an option. 

Marty Schottheimer

Where has Marty been?

Schottheimer is one of my all-time favorite coaches. Every team he has been with has been winners. Remember when the Chiefs were contenders? That was Marty. Remember when the Chargers were serious contenders for the Super Bowl? That was Marty. Sure he has trouble in the playoffs and making it to the Super Bowl, but if the Niners could just be a contender at this point the fan base would be ecstatic.

Bill Cower

Cower is another one of my all-time favorites. Cower reportedly loves his job as a analysist for CBS. So I think very few things would bring him to San Francisco. However, If Cower was to be the head coach I think the team would instantly become a playoff contender before he ever put on the red and gold on, on the practice field. His intensity, knowledge, aggressiveness, clock management, among other attributes would make the team better instantly.

There will be other potential candidates, maybe some from college and some NFL coordinators but with any unproven there will be a great amount of risk and the fans after five-years-plus of experimenting deserve better.

If the choice was mine this is the order in which I would decide.

#1. Bill Cower

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