Shanahan's a good coach. A very good system that is quarterback friendly. Does a good job of scheming receivers open. His problem is when the game is tight in the 4th quarter. He seems to go into a shell. Doesn't want to push the envelope. Plays to safe. Trying not to lose it. Or on the flip side when he should be playing safe he tries to be too aggressive.
Could it be because he was traumatized by the 25 point blown lead in the Superbowl as the Falcons playcaller? That was when he shoulda been more conservative and ran the ball. But he pushed the envelope too much. Does he have PTSD from that loss? Can't seem to make the right call?
I think rat boy is damaged goods. He still runs a good system which is why a QB like Purdy can put up elite numbers. In other words, rat boy could win with a very average QB because the system allows you to plug in players.
I did read some months back however, that Shanny's blind spot might be in not paying for an elite Oline, save for LT. And that one reason might be why the whiners are unable to close the deal in big games.
When rat boy took over the whiners, he still had PTSD from the Atlanta SB collapse, so he was obsessed with milking every second from the clock in the second half. Then he moved onto other minutia and in the end, he's been coach of some of the biggest collapses in NFL history. The OC in Atlanta's 25 point lead debacle with about 17 minutes left in the game.
In both super bowls against the Chefs, he blew double digit leads in the 4th quarter and in the NFCCG against the Rams, he holds the record for the biggest lead blown in the 4th quarter (10 points).
In my own opinion, it's because he never bothered to get a truly elite QB like Stafford. Look at the Ram's 2 SB wins, we had Warner who is in the HOF and Stafford, who is bound for the HOF. In the whiner's history, they won super bowls with Montana and Young, both of whom are in the HOF. Rat boy had Garapollo and Purdy in his two losses. If Rat boy had Stafford and that defense, they'd probably have 7 Lombardi trophies by now. But thank God they didn't get Stafford and the Rams did.