49ers to name Jim Tomsula coach (sources)

[Auggie]

After eight known external interviews, including a second sitdown with one candidate, the San Francisco 49ers are prepared to stay in house.

Jim Tomsula, who has been the Niners' defensive line coach since 2007, is set to be promoted to succeed Jim Harbaugh, according to ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. Tomsula, who was the interim head coach at the end of 2010 after Mike Singletary was fired, led the team to a win in its final game of the season.

In tabbing a popular locker room figure in Tomsula, though, the Niners figure to lose defensive coordinator Vic Fangio, who interviewed for the job on Dec. 30. The Niners' defense was its strength in an up-and-down 8-8 season last year, ranking fifth in the league in total defense.

And there are questions about who Tomsula brings in to replace offensive coordinator Greg Roman, who left for the Buffalo Bills. Because the Niners' offense tried to reinvent itself last year from a ground-and-pound attack to more of a spread passing offense, the next O.C. will seemingly have to make better use of the personnel at their disposal.

MORE: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/12168370/jim-tomsula-promoted-san-francisco-49ers-head-coach

From the S.F. Chronicle:

Tomsula is well-respected by his players and is viewed as one of the top position coaches in the league. All-Pro defensive tackle Justin Smith has labeled him one of the best coaches he’s had in his 14-year career. Under Tomsula’s tutelage, a host of former undrafted free agents have carved out NFL careers. That group includes the 49ers’ Tony Jerod-Eddie and Ian Williams, and Seattle’s Demarcus Dobbs and Will Tukuafu.http://www.sfgate.com/49ers/article/Report-Tomsula-is-49ers-choice-6015673.php

My take: GM Trent Baalke wanted a coach who would be okay with Baalke calling most the shots.

[KamaAina]

1. Who?

[Auggie]

2. You know, the young guy ... the one York and Baalke can boss around ...

... not cause any trouble ... take the blame if they fuck up ...

that guy.

[KamaAina]

3. Oh goody.

Any chance Jack Del Rio can turn the Raiders around?

[Auggie]

5. If he signs Marc Trestman as offensive-coordinator,

(as reported by the Chronicle) ...

NO!

No fucking way.

Marc Trestman? Seriously?



Trestman is interviewing with Cleveland too. Trestman has failed EVERYWHERE!

The stupid ...

[JonLP24]

6. I remember Trestman as QB coach & offensive coordinator with the Cardinals

1998 was a really good year for him though I don't know if it was him or Jake Plummer (or Tobin) saving him but this was a good play

Cardinals offensive coordinator Marc Trestman had planned the bootleg for third down until Tobin "suggested" it be tried on second down, since the Eagles might be looking for it on third. Trestman also told Plummer not to tell the rest of the offense he was keeping the ball on the play.

Everything clicked. The Eagles' corners and safeties overpursued on the fake and Plummer was almost gone.

"If I had any speed, I score," Plummer said. "Good play-calling by coach. Sometimes they don't sell the fake as hard when they know I'm keeping it. But they didn't even know. They sold it and I was able to gain good yardage."

http://articles.philly.com/1999-09-13/sports/25485954_1_jake-plummer-eagles-stun

He did win a Grey Cup but CFL is very different than NFL.

[Auggie]

9. He had successful plays in San Francisco too,

but that didn't make him a winner. By the end of the 1996 season he was unceremoniously kicked-out when Eddie DeBartolo, asked by reporters as to Trestman's status, tersely said "He's gone."

49ers players on offense didn't like him.

[JonLP24]

10. I meant a season

I was trying to locate that article where Jake Plummer performed a similar magic trick against the Eagles on a game winning TD throw on 4th down with but that game was in 2001, the year Trestman went to Oakland which got in the way

I meant to say 1998 was a successful season, they went to Divisional round where they lost to the 15-1 Vikings after practically shutting Dallas out in the hole in the roof, it was going ask if it was Trestman or Plummer bailing him out because Plummer won a lot of games that way in '98. nearly after victory was a comeback victory and including loses such as 35-28 vs Dallas was 28-7 at halftime.

On edit - it got in the way of what I was trying to do basically

[KamaAina]

8. That'll never work

they'll keep punting on third down.

[JonLP24]

4. They certainly should be on the same page

The Jets had a GM & coach who didn't see eye-to-eye and they both got fired. Can't work if there is a disconnect. GM made some blunders like trading Revis, letting Cromartie go, failing to snag a CB on the market, etc but he made a few solid moves as well.

I don't know if it is that, you'd know more than me but it is a good sign to see he is well-respected by his players. They'll play hard, respect his decisions, and sounds like he is a good coach (whether that translates to HC remains to be seen).

[El Supremo]

7. How do you pronounce his name?

Is he European?

From Wiki: Tomsula was an assistant for several years in NFL Europe. He was the defensive line coach for the England Monarchs in 1998 and for the Scottish Claymores from 1999 to 2003. Then in 2004, he became the defensive coordinator for the Berlin Thunder a position he held for the 2004 and 2005 seasons. In 2006 he became the head coach of Rhein Fire in 2006.