San Francisco 49ers: A Niner Noise Translation of CEO Jed York Press Conference

Jed York on Hiring a General Manager or Head Coach First

Q: Is it specifically you hire the general manager first or are you looking for both at the same time? Could you hire a coach first? Could you give the coach all the power and have him hire the executive?

Jed York’s answer:

"I think we need to be open and flexible to structure. We need to make sure that the head coach and the general manager know each other, have a good understanding for each other. Doesn’t mean that they had to have worked together in the past, but they have to have a good respect for each other and a good understanding and know that they have similar visions and philosophies on building a football team. And, whatever structure is the best with the people that we’re interviewing is the structure that we’re going to go with."

Translation

We don’t have a set plan in place. In all likelihood, we’ll pick the first guy we think will fit what we want to do and, hopefully, let him lure in someone willing to do what he wants. It doesn’t matter if it’s the general manager first or the head coach.

And I’m going to use keywords like “vision” and “philosophy” to try and convince you all I know what I’m trying to do here.