Steve Young almost lost for words trying to describe the 2024 49ers season

[@SueDamron]

Steve is the ABSOLUTE BEST!! He truly understands!! I love him and his perspective!! Genius!! He’s such a leader!!! I would love to hear from him more!! I actually literally searched for his name to find this interview! I need to hear Steve’s words to keep any kind of hope!! Steve Young is a leader and I wish the 49er team could hear him too!! Steve? Could you coach them?? I’d follow your lead, in a heartbeat, and I’m just a 73 old lady!! I see your amazing leadership skill!!

[@kfw9257]

This is how a head coach should be talking to his team at a moment like this. "You want to be great? Start acting like it."

[@kevinalan2028]

Our coach just says “pack it in boys, we’re not that good this year” Smh

[@JesusResendiz_]

Thats because young was around real coaches and different era

[@SSSMOR.]

I think the grit went away when we kept losing coordinators Kyle didn't give the team grit our defensive and offensive coordinators did

[@mrob5210]

You win the game in the trenches, our offensive line continuously has struggled the last two years.

[@JuliusBostick-q8q]

Steve speaking the truth

[@jobturkey7418]

It went wrong when two players kids died and 13 starters who happen to be pro bowlers all got season ending injuries. For the love of god just tank. We lost two starting rb’s the same game

[@ChiliCheeseDawgz]

Honestly it all started in the off-szn w the Aiyuk dispute n Trent holdouts

[@lilbosstony]

@@ChiliCheeseDawgzfr

[@1017jb]

It all started when Kyle didn’t know the rules to overtime and we lost the Super Bowl

[@johnmondragon8805]

It started when all you fans said pay Brock 60 mill a season he’s a top 5 QB when he’s MAYBE in the top 20

[@blindthief]

Not really. Purdy, Aiyuk, and Deebo are/were not playing like elites. Aiyuk played the first 7 games or whatever and looked average. Deebo has been awful. And Purdy isn't too bad but very average this season. They're just a bad team this year and injuries isn't the only reason why.

[@TonyBologna23]

Steve, be the Niners Coach already!! Please 🙏🏻

[@Dayton808]

That be awesome

[@spindragon]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@Stittsy1963]

At least as the QB coach and then work his way up!

[@Dayton808]

@@TonyBologna23 I would always think that Joe Montana would be a great QB coach as well

[@ryanjesse4159]

I dont see steve as the solution. Is he a healer?

[@RetroGaming_07]

Steve young has always been a voice of reason when it comes to the niners. It really sucks that the niners are having a rough season due to injuries, off season drama, kyles bad coaching ect. Main guys having tragedies in thier family's ect. It just all ads up and the niners will be lucky if they can still make a wildcard spot but I doubt that will happen because a lot of guys are already on injuried reserve. The niners just need to regroup and try to get back on track this sunday against the bears.

[@bigwaidave4865]

Spent emotionally. The last three years, two Super Bowl losses has taken its toll. It’s over for this group.

[@ninerfanmitch5157]

No it’s not. They’ll be fine when healthy.

[@deciuswtasby]

Steve is talking about culture and leadership. Emotion does come and go, but the “standard” is supposed to be the standard. Kyle is not holding himself or his coaching to the “standard” they built. He doesn’t seem to believe in himself and all his ideology is crumbling before him. You build football teams from the trenches out….he hasn’t done that and when your “scheme deficiency erasers” are hurt or gone…..it all crumbles Turn the keys over to Purdy to see who he really is and let go over the ego. Put an emphasis on special teams and defensive players who can make plays, not just in name. Why is cowing not getting touches on screens or quick plays to use his speed? We are either gonna see Kyle step it up, or the team won’t win another game this year

[@jordanflores5687]

Steve really didn't know what to say

[@obimaul1]

My man Steve young was a warrior

[@KingDeeba]

im an east coast fan and i've watched every game for years, even when it's late.........this was the first game in a very very long time that i just decided not to turn on because i can't stand to see us lose the way we do

[@01swainco]

When a few players hold out, get massive contracts- then relax and go on cruise control - why should the low pay guys bust their nuts? 5 or 6 guys gobble up the money the rest are left with a big divide through this team After Bosa got his money did his sacks and hurries improve? DEBO got a bag did he improve? AIYUK broke CMC broke Trent stopped going hard.. It's frustrating

[@MartinSicairos]

Yes, you are so right about players performance after they get the huge contract.. Very few exceptions.. Really Sad 🙁😡 Niners should know that.🤷🏻‍♂️

[@thesentinelsfootballchanne3212]

@4:47 that is a leader of men.

[@thinhlucero4268]

It can’t be gone , we have to find it

[@clickman443]

Might find it next season. Too many things have happened this year. A reset and fresh draft picks is what the team needs.

[@bnsuave]

Steve at a loss for words haha

[@danieljordan9004]

You know I agree with most of what Steve said, but I do wonder when 2 of your grittier player’s, Trent Williams and Mooney Ward are missing time because of losing a child puts a big asterisk on this team. It’s one thing to miss games because of an injury, it’s a completely different story when you’re missing time because of losing a child. A lot of people are going to lose the will to fight when that happens to you or a teammate you care about.

[@jordanflores5687]

Everything puts an asterisk on this season when the packers were talking a bunch of ish after beating us talking about they didn't have their qb for 3 weeks it pissed me off y'all ain't goin thru anything this team is goin thru right now no team in the league is

[@deciuswtasby]

Trent and Ward are liabilities. Both are shells of themselves

[@Keith-cl3th]

Steve sounded like he always sounds to me, he’s rarely very fluid in his speak. He paused a few times searching for the right words, but nothing I haven’t heard before from him. I think most people are at a lost for words regarding this season. It happens.

[@ENRG-ed1wt]

I don’t know why no one is covering the amount of the trauma this team has experienced as a whole. The amount of tragedy this team has gone through has a direct impact on physical performance.

[@johnmondragon8805]

A bills player died on the field for 3 minutes and they are doing just fine stop with the excuses. Talent overcomes all.

[@designatedsmoker5113]

STEVE YOUNG FOR OC!!!

[@ryanjesse4159]

??? THere is a major difference between, player, coach and scheme. He is a player, not the scheme.

[@designatedsmoker5113]

@ coach chooses the player and the scheme, are you saying players can’t be coaches? Because that’s very untrue is so…

[@ryanjesse4159]

@@designatedsmoker5113 Do you really think Dan Campbell could run up a scheme as well as Kyle? Steve would be his own demise by wanting too much control without a solid way to implement the scheme. You realize that Steve Young won a super bowl under mike shanahan, what system do you think steve would use?

[@designatedsmoker5113]

@@ryanjesse4159 Campbell is a defensive coach. Kyle was never an nfl player 🤷🏾‍♂️ demeco is a great coach but also defensive. I think Steve could give Kyle a better understanding of what it’s like out on the field at the least. And Kyle’s scheme obviously isn’t working anymore, his coaching tree has expanded into the NFL so far that everybody is running some type of Shannahan scheme now, and we are the only team who seems like it just isn’t working anymore! Weird isn’t it?

[@ryanjesse4159]

@@designatedsmoker5113 That's a narrative you bought from headlines. Obviously you've never played a down football in your life or watched film. Not Kyle's fault people arent where they should be. Schematically, SO many times he calls the right play but people don't do their jobs. For example, that guy we paid 30 million a year to catch a ball, cannot even do that. Imagine if you could get paid millions of dollars to not do your job. I wonder why we give athletes a pass but not anyone else including the coach. Listen to yourself.

[@RDSports5]

Look, I love Steve, and I usually agree and enjoy his takes, but not this one, not this season. Forget the five HUNDRED injuries we've had this season to our best players and best complimentary players as well, the reason you can't question the level of play of the current guys is because there have been personal tragedies time and again this year, starting obviously with Ricky Pearsall getting shot in the chest in broad daylight the week before the season, to Moonie losing his little girl and same for Trent losing his newborn baby. All these things matter. Last year, I'm sure there were some things that happened behind the scenes too that we never heard about, but obviously it wasn't to THIS extreme. To me, we were in a tough spot mentally back in April and May when there were clues that BA's new contract was gonna drag out. That hurt a lot more than the team was letting on and the media and fans wanted to accept, but it did. It hurt because not only was BA not getting in football shape and trying to make a legitimate run to back up a great last season, but it hurt Brock not having his top weapon to throw to in practice (Is it any wonder why he has such a great rapport with Jauan this season?? He was the only constant, not named Deebo, that he had at WR. Remember, Ricky had nagging hamstring injuries during camp too and missed a lot of practices then. Then, you couple these issues with a DL that lost both Armstead and Hargrave, who were the guys that helped you most in stopping the run/taking on double teams, which freed up your LBs, CBs, and safeties to help tackle in run support. Maliek Collins and Jordan Elliott clearly aren't Armstead and Hargrave, so that was a much bigger issue than originally reported. We needed a big, fast, talented pass rusher to bookend with Bosa after last season, but never addressed that properly in FA/draft. Leonard Floyd is an okay rotational rusher, but he's not somebody teams have to gameplan against, and this season has proven that. To me, that might've been a bigger misstep by John and Kyle than not addressing the interior of the DL. It also hasn't helped matters much that Kinlaw and Drake Jackson were both busts recently, and again, never replaced with other picks that were at least solid contributors in the last few draft classes at those positions Lastly, the OL wasn't great at pass protection LAST year, so I don't know why it's any shock that they aren't great THIS year at that. Difference last year was that CMC and all the other weapons stayed relatively healthy and pushed this offense to scoring 30 a game on average, so it was easier to mask it's deficiencies. I thought the super bowl though showed a glimpse of when you need to sub guys in due to injury, the talent drop off was significant, and that was addressed with just one player in Dominic Puni. Now, Puni has been great, very good rookie season, but he's just one man, and he doesnt play C, RT, and now LG as well, since Banks didnt play well and you're going to lose him in free agency. I'd put ALL of these reasons above Steve's point about not having enough "grit". Need talent and confidence to be gritty, and the 49ers have had very little of that this season. All that said, I hope the guys keep battling out there for these final 5 games, and we'll address these issues in the offseason when we can have the space to do it properly

[@thesentinelsfootballchanne3212]

"We're gonna kill em." -Mike Shanahan to Steve Young the day of Super Bowl 29. They say talent skips a generation. Turns out, grit does too.

[@jamesmorgan9990]

I think after another Superbowl lost the 9ers lost there edge and started hiring losing Coaches and players wasn't motivated anymore..

[@edconaway4729]

I think playing deep into the playoff year after year and going to the Super Bowl and losing when they could have won, is just difficult to come back from mentally and physically. Hopefully they can regroup, get healthy, add new players and make a run next year.

[@travLee7]

We dont have the players.

[@deciuswtasby]

Not true….dont have the “coaching”

[@johnmondragon8805]

You have one of the best coaches in the NFL go watch him win elsewhere. Purdy on the other hand…

[@ninerfanmitch5157]

Oh god. This whole damn team is hurt. Come on Steve. First off, Warner is playing hurt which obviously means they haven’t given up. You can’t sit here and wear the damn team though. These guys will be fine next year. The seasons over. Get over it people.

[@strawberryreacts9585]

These takes are getting more ridiculous as the season goes on. 49ers aren't trading Shanahan and if they do, its going to be for more than a 3rd rd pick.

[@mikekenney1947]

I’m compelled toward Steve Young’s perspective. That’s a working definition of leadership. Complacent leadership results in supremacy of individuality. This is most evident at contract time. It also changes in context over time. The 2024 myth was that the 49ers had great leadership. The reality was that the organization had opted for energy and vibe over focus, and that includes all the coaching. A lot of injury, but the sense is that there is also a lot of excuses. Steve knows. Fight off the creep on both sides of the ball.

[@joshuajeter]

You’ve gotta get Steve on the show, Brad.

[@ChristopherDillman]

5:00 - Therein lies the rub. Only the great Steve Young can pin point it. Players are now overpaid, they're last place in their division, and there is no drive to push back. Kyle is not that kind of motivator. He's been blessed with great talent on both sides of the ball since day one. He's had two bites at the apple, and no rings to show for it. He's done. Steve Young needs to meet again with his investor friends from Oracle, Seagate, SF tech et al, and buy the 9ers from the Yorks. It's the only way. Till then, it will continue to be the 'bro network' with Jed, Kyle, Deebo, Kittle, MAGA hat, and Trent. #GoNiners

[@808jonnysmith]

The only Super Bowl that Steve Young won was on a niner team that was ridicuously stacked. If he was playing qb on this injured team, maybe they would have 1 more win.

[@johnmondragon8805]

Nobody will be taking about Brock Purdy in 30 years. Steve was a star.

[@808jonnysmith]

@johnmondragon8805 Didn't say he wasn't. But even he couldn't save this team.

[@kevinbrennan-ji1so]

The problem with Young is he’s always struggled mentally with coping to stressful scenarios. It’s why he had such difficulty coming through in the clutch against Dallas and why, when he finally broke through in 94’, it was such a relief to him and weight off hsi back. Of course, that team was so overloaded with talent and playmakers that it was hard for him to screw that one up. And the Cowboys shooting themselves in the foot that first quarter of the Championship game sure helped his psyche.

[@ninerfanmitch5157]

Thank you

[@kristopherhenggeler2708]

To bad it's 2024 not 1994 players are not as tough as the used to be not evening close it's all about money now sad!😊

[@alejandrocampos6862]

Im praying and hoping McCaffrey will heal, strengthen and explode next year

[@kironafly6605]

Steve Young is exposing the 49ers Achilles tendon (pun intended). The Niners these past years played team ball and behaved that way. With all the injuries amongst different teams, Offense, Defense & Special… cohesion & grittiness has been lost. Chicago is an opportunity to regain some self respect as a team.

[@richardguevara9486]

I my opinion, Jed York giving Kyle an extension was the worst decision Jed has made.

[@808jonnysmith]

When a team has this many injuries to key players there is absolutely nothing you can do about it. If there was a way, then why pay these guys 10's of millions each?

[@tonyfoster7210]

Very low pride for the Niner standard

[@GoldTau-s5j]

We’re back to the dark years . . .

[@Chris-jl7wj]

every 10 years stg

[@helladankseedco.2411]

The Singletary and Tomsula eras 2.0?....ugh.

[@_heffe_]

Where’d it go wrong? Injuries. Playing 6 seasons over the course of 5. Snowball effect of losing and it getting into their mental.

[@TheCheapNomad]

It went wrong hiring Shanahan over McVay.

[@mikemulberry2296]

Well If Kyle doesn’t have a plan it’s over !!! He has yet to make a adjustment on offense !!! You to make a decision ! Not middle of the road !! Who and what are you going to ride to the finish line ! It’s all on Kyle

[@blackfreud9048]

It’s the coaches job to rally them up! He ain’t doing that.

[@fleetwoodsac]

Lol@ 10:55

[@JoyP1998]

What was that?? 😂

[@Loknath009]

Kyle hasn’t been great every week indeed, he has been quite bad constantly for a couple of weeks though. He doesn’t adapt to the players left and that has been one of our greatest problems.

[@tjPennings]

Kyle needs to stop interacting with his play sheet and start interacting with the players.

[@Dayton808]

Hire Steve young or Joe Montana for QB coach there history should speak volume! What have Kyle done?

[@michaela5811]

Last time I saw the real 49ers was at Sofi early 3rd quarter. Havent seen the real 49ers since.

[@binalip1669]

2nd half NFCGG nothings clicked since

[@svilar88]

Who is liking it ??

[@efrenwilliams9118]

Lol. Where was Steve Young's grit for his two years in the USFL and two years in Tampa Bay. Talks like he's an expert on winning football. Without all the free agent signings in 94 he doesn't get to the SB. He was consistently outplayed in the playoffs by Aikman, Favre and even Chandler.

[@alejandrocampos6862]

Its tough t to face the truth but Kyle has made my stomach turn in the last couple of games with goofy plays.

[@Werockn]

a fan of steve young but i dont need his opinions just because this a different era we dont have jerry rice and players his had

[@Gordo1732]

This season is cooked. Kyle took this team as far as he can. It’s not blasphemous to think about a change up top.

[@haviswilliams7374]

Notice he said stars the kettle he didn't say Brock

[@kroq93er]

I said trade away B.A. I said trade CMC last season. Should've could've.

[@Redpoppy80]

I think that Lynch and Kyle are consumed by a desperation after losing the SB and they are desperate to run it back and win like we all know they should have. But we can't. We had one chance and we lost, it is not fair and the game was likely rigged but no one is going to cry for us, real men can cry about the back breaking losses but if you do cry then you MUST... Move on afterwards, we have not moved on, we are still trying to run it back. Giving Aiyuk that extension when he was not due for it because he wanted to throw a tantrum and then REWARDING that tanturm did NOTHING to help the team, it only hurt the team. The injuries and everything that has gone wrong this season is mostly out of our control but Kyle refuses to adapt to the league getting his book. Kyle needs to relearn fundy's again while the team retools for a year or two.

[@ninerfanmitch5157]

Deebo is the only one done on this team. We have no one to create separation. wtf do you want Brock to do with no receivers creating separation and an o line playing like complete crap.

[@ThomasT-h8o]

Hire Steve

[@lionheart082766]

I'll make one statement on your channel. It would be interesting and credible to put Young or Montana as an OC for SF, but would Shanahan allow for that advice and strategy? The OL can play better, but for example, Colton McKivitz is not a starting RG and doesn't play like it. They have no backup for him, which in my and a lot of others is insane. Why because he is not a starter. If you want to put some fire up his ass to protect the pass rush or even execute blocking, I would say to him plainly, if you do not perform your back on the practice squad. Shanahan and his playbook may be coaching style may be in the top ten, but I think he is naive if he thinks his OL and DL is performing properly. Young is correct in saying they have lost the fight and just going through the motions that Shanahan is putting forward. Bill Belichick and Andy Reid style coaches would never let this happen or correct it right away. What is confusing is that Shanahan comes from the same pedigree as Reid. The DL has two jobs, prevent scoring and limit time to the opposing team.

[@finnessejets4231]

This photo classic btw

[@michaellaskey7209]

What makes people give opinions?

[@kroq93er]

Brock is the only one playing well everyone else is awful.

[@soulblack621]

Steve knows the window is closed..and he's starting to become skeptical of the franchise QB.

[@johnmondragon8805]

Brock ain’t a franchise QB

[@michaeldubin8220]

Steve young is an apologist and cheerleader for Kyle shanahan. It shanahans fault this team gas no grit. Fire his ass!

[@baybrad4159]

It's just a down year. Anyone could see it coming after that Super Bowl

[@cliffordyamasaki6169]

Look who steves coach was,thats why hes partial to kyle.only 2 sb winning coach not in hof and will never be

[@cliffordyamasaki6169]

What qb had a 9 game losing streak in usfl.kettle calling pot black.his knowledge is like his speaking,discombobulated

[@johnmondragon8805]

Bro bringing up the USFL lol. Steve is a legend 30 years after he retired Brock is a below average QB right now. Watch the games there are better backups in the NFL

[@comingforya690]

Madden curse

[@cliffordyamasaki6169]

Hey stribisnes look over here

[@Leeski916]

Steve didn’t really say shit😂

[@cliffordyamasaki6169]

What does he know.undeserving of hof.career backup,one sb with all pro all star team.pure stat man.high IQ but not too smart.

[@johnmondragon8805]

You seem very bright.

[@haviswilliams7374]

SEASON IS OVER

[@jasmymakemeyen666]

Like Steve says...BP's aura presence just ain't hardcore on your face enough

[@mikekenney1947]

Nope. Really not it. Little guy scrambling up from “irrevelance” to MVP consideration is pretty gritty. Losing your blockers, your receivers, and injuring your arm is more likely the issue. Still, the recovery has to start with Purdy.

[@brucemackenzie4952]

Steve with all due respect you are so wrong on Brock. He has no Oline playing in the snow no Trent come on. Brock has won games on his back this year or kept us in games with his scrambling and tenacity. Also total inability to run the ball. Defense horrible cuts our chances to have plays,

[@bymanymeansmedia]

😂😂

[@Leeski916]

He’s a hof quarterback I’m sure he knows more than you 😂

[@johnmondragon8805]

Brock is trash. This dude will not be the starter at the end of next season guaranteed