Fred Warner: DeMeco Ryans is fully deserving to go on and be a head coach

Posted by Myles Simmons on January 30, 2023, 9:19 AM EST
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Since entering the league in 2018, 49ers linebacker Fred Warner has been coached by DeMeco Ryans.

Ryans was Warner’s position coach for the linebacker’s first three seasons. And since 2021, Ryans has been San Francisco’s defensive coordinator.

But now that run appears to be at an end, with Ryans reportedly the frontrunner to become the next head coach of the Texans.

Warner finally let himself get out of the moment a little bit as the NFC Championship Game was ending.

“I hadn’t thought about it up until this point because, obviously, you think you’re going to win it all,” Warner said, via Angelina Martin of NBCSportsBayArea.com. “But seeing [Ryans] was emotional, it was. It was the first time it kind of hit me, right, that this was the last one with him, and we came into this thing together.

“I owe everything to him. He’s the reason I’m the player I am today. He’s fully deserving to go on and be a head coach. It hit hard today, for sure.”

A two-time, first-team All-Pro, Warner will likely have to get used to a third defensive play-caller in four seasons for 2023.

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4 responses to “Fred Warner: DeMeco Ryans is fully deserving to go on and be a head coach”

  1. It’s a huge pay raise, and he kbows a lot of people in the building, but why anyone would go and work for that organization is beyond me because it’s more than likely that no matter how he performs, Ryans will end up being used by ownership to take the blame after they time and time again do their coaches dirty and then move onto the next. Woah, take the money and run!

  2. rockpiler says:
    January 30, 2023 at 9:24 am
    It’s a huge pay raise, and he kbows a lot of people in the building, but why anyone would go and work for that organization is beyond me because it’s more than likely that no matter how he performs, Ryans will end up being used by ownership to take the blame after they time and time again do their coaches dirty and then move onto the next. Woah, take the money and run!

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    Culley knew he was hired to be fired. He was a 65 yr old, WRs coach, never even a coordinator with no HC interviews, ever. He got his 5 year guaranteed contract which essentially was a golden parachute. It’s now become a bad thing to get paid for 5 years for doing 1 yr of work.

    Lovie Smith : 63 yr old former head coach, out of the NFL for 9 years. He is also getting paid for the next 3 years to not coach.

    It’s hard to characterize these retirement age men, with no other NFL prospects to make this much money, who are still getting paid by the team to this day as being harmed by their employment with the Texans. They could hire me to fire me any day of the week under those terms and I would never work again.

    If they fire Ryans, then you have a case but everyone knew those 2 coaches were placeholders when they were hired.

  3. “I owe everything to him. He’s the reason I’m the player I am today.”
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    So you’re dirty style of play is due to Coach Ryans?

  4. Capers coached the Texans for 4 years, Kubiak for 7 and O’Brien for 7. Obrien left the team with no GM, no draft picks, no cap money and little talent. The Texans weren’t getting a quality HC under those circumstances. Hence – Culley and Smith. As the poster above indicated – both were well compensated and given a job when nobody else in the league was remotely interested in them. They have since righted the ship in terms of draft capital and cap room. They’ve also had a couple decent drafts and have some decent talent to build around. They’re a more attractive proposition now and optics being what they are, they’re not doing another one and done. If things don’t go well it will be the GM on the hot seat. It won’t be the coach.

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