Updated: Singletary Replaces Nolan as 49ers Head Coach

ESPN - 49ers fire coach Nolan, give job to assistant Singletary - NFL (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3654528)

I'm going to edit the thread title. It wasn't Stephen A. that reported this during NFL Live, it was Michael Smith

Another rebuilding year for the 49ers. Owners aren't waiting till the end of the year to hire coaches this year. I think Wade in Dallas is next if he doesn't get things turned around.

what does this mean for our final game??? (am I looking ahead?)

Nolan really caught a tough break. they just dont have any playmakers, and him banking his career on Alex Smith was just terrible.

It doesn't matter who coaches the team. They don't have an NFL QB. If I can sit on my couch and know Alex Smith wasn't going to be an good NFL QB how come SF can't? Sometimes I wonder what these teams are thinking.

I lived in San Francisco and watched this guy coach every Sunday on TV or in person..... I remembered screaming at him for all those years when he ran our defense w/norv at the helm. Nolan's a horrible communicator and has no innovative ideas on the offensive side of the ball. Any coordinator can make the Ravens defense look excellent, but Nolan is a chump and will likely surface as a D-coordinator or go to the college ranks.

Mike Martz should be next.

i wish mike singletary luck there. he'll need it. good dude though. i'd hoped the redskins would interview him when joe left.

This could be another Linehan < Haslett situation. One thing is for sure though, if Singletary can get his players to have the same intensity he used to, they'll be much improved.