49ers' character equivalents on HBO's Game of Thrones

49ers’ character equivalents on HBO’s Game of Thrones

BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - APRIL 10: The Iron Throne room can be seen on display at the Game Of Thrones: The Touring Exhibition press launch at Titanic Exhibition Centre on April 10, 2019 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Today sees the debut of the Game of Thrones: The Touring Exhibition which combines costumes, authentic props and majestic settings from all seven seasons of the television series including two never before seen sets, The Winterfell Crypt and Dragon Skull Pit ahead of season eight. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images) /

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GLENDALE, AZ – OCTOBER 01: Head coach Kyle Shanahan of the San Francisco 49ers watches the action during the first half of the NFL game against the Arizona Cardinals at the University of Phoenix Stadium on October 1, 2017 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /

Kyle Shanahan as Robb Stark

The “Young Wolf.”

Perhaps that’s the moniker 49ers fans could have assigned to head coach Kyle Shanahan in the wake of the team’s massive turmoil and dysfunction stemming from the 2016 campaign.

Shanahan is following a similar path as his father, long-time head coach Mike Shanahan, and the two have similar styles, schemes and play designs.

It’s not far removed from Eddard Stark and his son, Robb.

Robb wound up being the King of the North, of course, campaigning against his Lannister enemies in the south of Westeros. Kyle Shanahan, perhaps, will look to be the King of the North…ern California region?

OK, that’s a reach. But with a budding rivalry between the 49ers and Los Angeles Rams, the geographical comparisons make sense.

What makes even more sense is the tactical-planning abilities both Shanahan and Robb Stark display, the former on the offensive side of the gridiron, while Stark managed to best his enemies with far fewer troops, using strategy and scheme over brute strength and numbers.

Let’s just hope Shanahan politely declines any invitations to Red Weddings, accepting only those donning red and gold colors instead.