Jags’ Coen, 49ers’ Saleh separated amid heated postgame change

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The simmering rigidity over 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh’s comment earlier within the week in regards to the Jaguars “legally stealing alerts” from opponents spilled onto the sector Sunday, as Saleh and Jacksonville coach Liam Coen needed to be separated amid a heated postgame change.

Saleh and Coen, two of the highest candidates for the Jaguars’ head teaching job within the offseason, didn’t initially greet one another at midfield after Jacksonville’s 26-21 win. However after a bit, Coen appeared to circle again towards Saleh because the state of affairs escalated.

The tv broadcast confirmed Saleh exchanging phrases with Jaguars offensive sort out Walker Little and being held again by a Niners workers member, whereas Jaguars middle Robert Hainsey restrained Coen.

In a video by Motion Sports activities Jax, the Jaguars’ official TV station, Coen may be heard saying, “Preserve my title out of your mouth.”

After Saleh and Coen went their separate methods, Coen twice declined to offer particulars when requested in regards to the change.

“Not an enormous deal,” Coen mentioned. “Simply maintain that between us.” When requested a follow-up, Coen mentioned, “We’ll maintain that between us.”

Saleh is usually not out there to reporters after video games, however Niners coach Kyle Shanahan was requested in regards to the state of affairs and if he believed Saleh’s phrases in regards to the sign stealing had been what sparked the back-and-forth with Coen.

Shanahan mentioned he tried to clear issues up Friday, when he mentioned repeatedly that Saleh was complimenting the Jaguars. He didn’t see their postgame change Sunday.

“I do not assume try to be that delicate about it however it’s what it’s,” Shanahan mentioned. “I am not too anxious about it.”

Requested if he was involved that Saleh’s phrases had angered the Jaguars coaches, Shanahan demurred.

“We do not completely care if coaches are pissed off,” Shanahan mentioned. “It has no impact on the sport. I believe Saleh was paying them an enormous praise in what they’re good at doing. It is not unlawful. He mentioned (there’s) nothing unlawful about it. I believe you employ the phrase signal stealing and what the headlines get with these kind of phrases, I believe the notion of that turns into improper.”

Jaguars defensive finish Josh Hines-Allen mentioned he thought Saleh’s feedback might need fired Coen up a bit after the sport ended.

“I am really excited that he form of saved his composure all through the sport,” Hines-Allen mentioned. “After which, on the final minute, ‘Hey, do what you have to do.'”

The one 49ers participant within the space when the Saleh-Coen change occurred was defensive lineman Yetur Gross-Matos, who declined to supply particulars.

“That is between them two,” Gross-Matos mentioned. “I ain’t received nothing to do with it. I do not actually know what was occurring between them.”

Saleh first talked about that the Jaguars are good at sign stealing throughout his weekly Thursday information convention, when he was requested a query in regards to the greatest problem that Coen’s offense presents. He repeatedly mentioned what the Jaguars do is authorized, however provided extra element on Jacksonville’s method.

“They have, legally, a extremely advance sign stealing kind of system the place they at all times discover a approach to put themselves in an advantageous state of affairs,” Saleh mentioned Thursday. “They do an amazing job with it.”

“Undoubtedly you employ the whole lot you may [for motivation] and if they’ll offer you free gas, you are taking it. That is one thing that you simply at all times do, however on the finish of the day you have to go play the sport. That stuff would not actually matter. You have to go deal with enterprise and execute and discover a approach to win the sport, which we did right this moment.”

Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence

Saleh went on to say that different coaches such because the Los Angeles Rams’ Sean McVay and the Minnesota Vikings’ Kevin O’Connell, each of whom both labored with Shanahan beforehand or have labored in Shanahan methods, are good at gleaning data from alerts.

On Friday, Coen declined to handle Saleh’s feedback and as a substitute talked in regards to the 49ers protection.

Coen did, nonetheless, say that making an attempt to determine what an opponent goes to do primarily based on what you are seeing on movie and throughout the sport is simply a part of teaching.

“Now we have form of sometimes by formation, by sport plan, by working actually onerous as a training workers all through the week, making an attempt to get indicators by your formation, movement, shift, pre-snap,” Coen mentioned Friday. “These are the issues that you simply’re making an attempt to do as a coach in the event you’re making an attempt to place your gamers in the very best place to achieve success, whether or not it is attacking man or zone protection along with your formations, motions and ideas.”

Regardless of all the discuss main as much as the sport, the Jaguars received the final snigger Sunday, escaping with a win on the energy of a plus-four turnover margin.

Quarterback Trevor Lawrence did not give a lot credence to all the sign discuss resulting in a win for Jacksonville, however he additionally did not deny it fully.

“Undoubtedly you employ the whole lot you may [for motivation] and if they’ll offer you free gas, you are taking it,” Lawrence mentioned. “That is one thing that you simply at all times do, however on the finish of the day you have to go play the sport. That stuff would not actually matter. You have to go deal with enterprise and execute and discover a approach to win the sport, which we did right this moment.”