SANTA CLARA - Robert Saleh has been through this before so he knows what's coming. And while the natural inclination would be to begin casting an eye on which NFL coaching vacancy would be the best opportunity, for now he'll leave that up to the Wasserman Group. The agency, which includes Bay Area native Doug Hendrickson as vice president, posted on the social media platform X that it is representing Saleh during the upcoming round of coaching musical chairs.
Whatever happened on Sunday doesn't change how I feel. In my heart, I genuinely was trying to give a compliment and I own the fact that I probably used the wrong choice of words, but however you want to word it. I mean, they're really, really good at putting their players in position to be in a successful position. As coaches, we're always chasing leverage.
The 49ers aren't into spoon-feeding their rookies a little at a time. Rather, defensive coordinator Robert Saleh believes in system overload. Just learned a new assignment? Better be ready to junk it and move on to something even more challenging. It's been that way so far for Marques Sigle, a fifth-round draft pick out of Kansas State who appears to have an inside track to be a starting safety Week 1 on the road against the Seattle Seahawks.
