The OC

No - not THAT one. I'm talking about offensive coordinators. The 6 years where The Mikes (Holmgren and Shanahan) were calling plays for the offense saw some of the most explosive offenses in NFL history. Unfortunately since then, we've been stuck with the following cast of clowns:

*A guy who needed tutoring because he had been out of football for 3 years
*A genius, who later as a head coach, decided to kickoff after winning the OT coin toss
*Mooch calling plays for a couple years, which actually went fine
*The Greg Knapp Disaster
*This weirdo - who no one can or should remember under Coach 3-Martini Practice
*Mike McCarthy, who managed to parlay leadership of the worst offense in the NFL into a head coaching gig. Even Donald Trump couldn't spin a turd like that into gold.
*A single season of Norv Turner, the only bona fide OC we've had in the past 12 years.

The new kid in the booth is Jim Hostler. The Niners kept him on to maintain continuity for Alex Smith and to ensure the youngster didn't have to learn a third system in three years. Since this is Hostler's first year as an OC, the fans are going to have to live through growing pains like on Monday night. Hopefully he works the kinks out quicker than most of his predecessors. Step 2 comes tomorrow morning.