{"id":7399,"date":"2025-01-13T10:38:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T10:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=7399"},"modified":"2025-01-13T10:38:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T10:38:43","slug":"brian-schneider-ideal-scapegoat-49ers-failures-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=7399","title":{"rendered":"Brian Schneider is the ideal scapegoat for 49ers&#8217; failures in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7400\" src=\"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01jh0rajzt2bj45nk8qj-300x169.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01jh0rajzt2bj45nk8qj-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01jh0rajzt2bj45nk8qj-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01jh0rajzt2bj45nk8qj-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01jh0rajzt2bj45nk8qj-750x422.webp 750w, https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01jh0rajzt2bj45nk8qj.webp 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>He doesn&#8217;t deserve all the blame for what happened to the San Francisco 49ers in 2024.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">But special teams coordinator Brian Schneider should receive a good deal of it, especially after his unit put forth one of the more embarrassing performances in recent memory over the course of the season.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The day after the Niners concluded the regular season with a disappointing 6-11 record and last-place finish within the NFC West, ESPN&#8217;s Nick Wagoner reported head coach Kyle Shanahan and Co. were relieving Schneider of his duties:<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1876506243986247968&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fninernoise.com%2Fbrian-schneider-ideal-scapegoat-49ers-failures-in-2024-01jh0qf4h15x&amp;sessionId=e462840f746a321a1b15ffa1b486c79c36e88d92&amp;siteScreenName=SFNinerNoise&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1876506243986247968\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Schneider\u00a0originally joined Shanahan&#8217;s staff in 2022\u00a0after a lengthy stint with the Seattle Seahawks. Yet the hope of turning San Francisco&#8217;s special teams unit from a weakness into a strength never truly materialized.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">And, in some ways, he winds up being the perfect scapegoat for the 49ers&#8217; problems over the course of 2024.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Fair or not, Brian Schneider will take plenty of blame for 49ers&#8217; 2024 problems<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Again, there were many pieces to the problem puzzle the Niners boasted. Quarterback Brock Purdy regressed, running back Christian McCaffrey was out for most of the year, the defense was inconsistent and injuries ravaged San Francisco all year long.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">But, few issues stood out more than special teams.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Kyle Posey of Niners Nation summed up just\u00a0how poorly this unit performed\u00a0over the course of 2024:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"border-lightGrey my-f-1\">\n<div class=\"italic text-black text-center font-group-large\">&#8220;The 49ers finished 31st overall in special teams DVOA. They had the second-worst kick return team, fourth-worst field goal and punt units, and fifth-worst kickoff coverage team. The \u201cbest\u201d special teams unit they had was the punt return team. The Niners finished 10th-worst there.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">That doesn&#8217;t even mention the struggles second-year\u00a0kicker Jake Moody went through, which resulted in a field-goal success rate a shade over 70 percent on the year.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Schneider might not have had much direct control over that, but it does highlight the point of how bad special teams was.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">A problem, however, is that special teams fluctuates so much year after year. Generally comprised of backups and bottom-of-the-roster players, it&#8217;s hard to maintain much consistency on special teams given the nature of turnover at these portions of the depth chart.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">That said, Schneider wasn&#8217;t alone in having to deal with this, as 31 other teams experience the same sort of context.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-16\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Therefore, since it&#8217;s hard to pin special teams woes on any single player (Moody notwithstanding), one person has to receive the bulk of blame for the overlooked-but-vital third phase having so many issues.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-17\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">And, if one grants that special teams was the &#8220;worst of the worst&#8221; among San Francisco&#8217;s many issues in 2024, it makes blaming Schneider an easy proposition.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-18\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">He turned into an ideal scapegoat, deserved or not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He doesn&#8217;t deserve all the blame for what happened to the San Francisco 49ers in 2024. 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