San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan has been one of many NFL’s most profitable head coaches over the previous 5 seasons however remains to be looking for a Tremendous Bowl championship to finish his resume.
Not solely has he not received it, he has been concerned in some fairly epic postseason collapses which have created a reasonably detrimental narrative on his capability in large video games.
He mentioned this week that he is not really worried about that narrative.
“I take care of it the identical method if we win,” Shanahan mentioned. “I rejoice with our group. I rejoice with my household and I transfer on with the remainder of my life, which is being a father or son and training and dealing and doing all that. Narrative, good or unhealthy, is only a narrative … I simply don’t desire regrets. I simply wish to do all the pieces that is sensible to myself, that is sensible for our group. And whenever you try this, that is what I’ve discovered.
“Irrespective of how arduous one thing is or good one thing is, you all the time hold perspective of what it truly is. In order for you your perspective to be another person’s narrative, good luck being joyful in life. Or profitable.”
It’s a good perspective, however Shanahan might be uninterested in being requested about it and is sort of definitely seeking to give folks a cause to cease speaking about it.
Pretty much as good as Shanahan’s groups have been, a few of his large recreation losses have been crushing.
In Tremendous Bowl LIV the 49ers had a 10-point lead with six minutes to play and ended up giving up 21 factors to lose.
Two years later within the NFC Championship Sport, the 49ers went into the fourth quarter with a 10-point lead in Los Angeles solely to permit 13 factors within the last 12 minutes.
He was additionally the offensive coordinator for the Falcons in 2016 after they blew a 28-3 result in the New England Patriots.
He can have an opportunity to vary that narrative on Sunday. If he can beat Patrick Mahomes and knock off the defending Tremendous Bowl champions he can have successfully put that large recreation narrative to mattress.