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Chatter that the 49ers could part with coach Kyle Shanahan — or even trade him — have always seemed far-fetched. Niners GM John Lynch laughed off the notion in a radio interview Friday with KNBR in San Francisco.
“I sit back, and I try to be focused, but I’ve found the whole discussion on Kyle and some of the stuff rather comical,” he said. “We have won four of the last five division championships. We’ve been in two Super Bowls.
“Look, the standard here is to win championships, and we’ve fallen short of that.