Fangio is a Capers clone; not sure why some want him here after asking for a Capers fire. Also, not sure he’ll take a job where Capers was fired, he’s loyal like that.
Fangio came into NFL as Saints LB coach under Jim Mora, who brought him from USFL; Capers coached DBs on that staff. Capers left Saints and was DC for Steelers for 3 years. Then Capers was made HC of Carolina and he hired Fangio as DC. 4 years later Capers/Fangio got fired; whereupon Fangio was hired by Mora again, this time as DC, when Mora became Colts HC. After 3 years, Colts GM [Polian] ordered Mora to fire Fangio, Mora refused, so Polian fired the entire staff. Capers then got HC job for Texans and hired Fangio to be his DC again. 4 years later, they both got fired again and the best Fangio could do is oach LBs for Ravens under Billik, then John Harbaugh. After 4 years, Fangio left John Harbaugh in Baltimore to be DC at Stanford for Jim Harbaugh, incidentally Bill Polian’s kid was also hired by Jim Harbaugh. After 1 year, Harbaugh was hired by SF and he brought Fangio over as his DC.
Yes, SF’s D was elite for Fangio’s first 3 years. But, SF D starters only missed 8, 2, 10 games respectively and for only 1 game did Fangio have to resort to one 3rd stringer [who was actually a 2nd stringer on the other side]. Plus, SF spent more on D because they had a cheap QB and a run game that helped the D’s stats. In year 4, Kaepernick got paid, so less money for defense. The D suffered normal injury rates and the D was good but it fell from elite to #10. Then he and Harbaugh got fired.
In Chicago, Fox/Fangio are 0-6 as favorites. No one in history is even close to this record [2nd place goes to Dick Jeuron’s Bears who were 0-4 as favorites]. Fangio obviously played a role here.
Fangio’s Ds have stunk everywhere he went except in SF, though his 2 stints w/ Capers were with expansion teams; the Colts spent most of their coin on the Offense.