The San Francisco 49ers will make current Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan their next head coach, by all accounts. Shanahan will take over a team that was just awful in 2016, and one in desperate need of offensive help. He’ll take over a team that has been just as big a wreck on the field as it has been in the front office.
Throughout the interview process, it’s been reported that the 49ers were going to pick a head coach and that head coach would help pick the general manager. Personally, I doubt this was the original goal, but once the top candidates for the general manager position declined for various reasons and once Josh McDaniels elected to stick with the New England Patriots, the move made sense.