Over the weekend, Scott Linehan, the 49ers' preferred choice to coordinate the team's once-proud (read: Not so proud anymore) offense surprised the team by offering the thanks-but-no-thanks. Turning down the job was an eyebrow-raiser -- but not so much as the excuse he offered: "The timing isn't right for me. It's not an easy decision. I do
factor in where I'm going to end up with everyone here at home. ... My family is going to be 2,000 miles away for at least part of the time." Ah, the family.
We recently wrote about how Scott Linehan was just the latest NFL coach to trot out the ridiculous "It's all about my family" excuse to cover up why he really doesn't want/got bounced from a job. You'll recall that Linehan, the former head coach of the St. Louis Rams, flew to San Francisco and engaged in multiple job interviews with the 49ers before being offered the job of coordingating the team's underperforming offense -- before suddenly realizing that he has three young boys and a wife
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