re: Why did Bill Walsh quit after only 10 years at SF?

TRUTH:

He regretted it.

Read the "Finding the Winning Edge" which you can't find now except for crazy prices.

He had decided to detail his life an coaching philosophy into one book. This was going to be it.

And he did.

He was burnt out.

He thought that last title was so hard to achieve...Niners weren't favorites heading into the playoffs to win it all in 1988 by far.

He was a taskmasker who felt he was losing his grip.

Even most Niners admitted...Bill's mantra had run cold.

It is revisionist history...that it was a stupid retirement at the time.

Even Bill Walsh...as part of that revisionist history...regretted retiring...because they won it so easily the next year....

With the GOAT...team. 1989 Niners.

But the successor doesn't get any credit.

It was very dysfunctional at the end of Walsh's reign in 1988. Maybe they don't win it again with him...IDK...

But it wasn't the owners...it was burnout and repeated messages over 10 years that had become deaf to a team.

The Niners actually welcomed the change.


Bill Walsh deserves all the credit in the world. But he doesn't deserve the credit for 1989 entirely because each year is different...and like all dynasties...he was approaching over-staying his welcome. There's no guarantee they win it again with Walsh.

They barely won it the year before with Walsh...they next year they steamrolled...fresh blood.