Kyle Shanahan Emerges From His Father's Shadow

[SirClintonPortis]

Unlike all previous head coaches hired in the first decade, there is no "gap" for the Shanahans to implement a good offense for the modern NFL. Norv had a good O, but he sucked as a head coach. Marty...let's say O wasn't really his specialty. Spurrier played to "hope" that his O would translate to success in the NFL. Gibbs...folks forgot he was human and was out of the game for a long time; and his talent-acquisition philosophy cost the team in the long term. Zorn was all "hope" that he actually had the human capital to do what it takes to be a successful head coach.

Neither of the Shanahans worry me about lacking the knowledge or work ethic to implement a successful offense. The main problem is whether the O has enough talent at certain positions for it(OL, QB. cough...cough) to work all the way up to the Super Bowl.