Kyle Shanahan vs. Tom Cable for Head Coach Points to Major 49ers Fork in the Road
By Peter Panacy
Tom Cable? Really?
Tom Cable’s interview was surprising. In of itself, it’s not awful. Heck, the Niners are free to interview anyone they’d like, as long as the permissions are there. So why not conduct a large amount of interviews to determine the best fit?
It’s like dating… find out what you like and what you don’t like.
Still, this is the only head coaching interview Cable has received this offseason. That says something. Thirty-one other teams said “no thanks.” Only the Niners said, “OK, let’s see what you’ve got.”
Yet according to Seattle head coach Pete Carroll (h/t Andrew Siciliano of NFL Network), Cable has a legitimate chance to get the job:
Pete Carroll says Tom Cable is waiting to hear from the 49ers. Carroll says he thinks Cable has a "real chance" at the job.
— Andrew Siciliano (@AndrewSiciliano) January 16, 2017
Of course this could be nothing more than mere support for a fellow coach. Who knows how serious Carroll would be.
But Cable’s reputation isn’t something that can be ignored.
Of course, his stint with the Oakland Raiders wasn’t particularly great. Even more problematic though is his violent reputation — breaking the jaw of a Raiders assistant in an altercation, as well as two separate domestic violence allegations from a 2009 report.
And while it isn’t too hard to comb through Twitter and find fan outrage towards the thought of the Niners bringing in Cable, all one needs to do is take Niners Nation’s Stephanie McCarroll’s opinion to heart:
The odds of being falsely accused 3 times of DV is 11x greater than being killed by a meteor. Cable isn't OK w me as a woman or 49ers fan.
— Stephanie McCarroll (@SoCaliSteph) January 16, 2017
Nuff said.