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Joe Staley lobbied hard for Kyle Shanahan in 2017

The San Francisco 49ers had quite a turnaround over the last few years. This was when they started a nosedive in 2014 during Jim Harbaugh’s final year (due to all the front office drama) and then hit rock bottom with the back-to-back, one-and-done hirings of Jim Tomsula and Chip Kelly. After Kelly’s (and general manager Trent Baalke’s) firing there couldn’t be any more mistakes.

Joe Staley saw it all as the former left tackle for the 49ers. He saw the good of Harbaugh, both being on teams before and after Harbaugh was no longer a head coach.