49ers GM John Lynch opens up on Brian Griese’s departure

When Brian Griese agreed to hitch the 49ers’ teaching workers for the 2022 season, he gave head coach Kyle Shanahan a three-year dedication.

Griese’s profile because the crew’s quarterbacks coach rose in these three years, particularly for elevating Brock Purdy from Mr. Irrelevant standing to franchise QB, and his efficiency even landed him on the Jets’ head teaching candidates checklist this offseason.

But, in a stunner, Griese turned down an interview supply from the Jets after which walked away from his function in San Francisco.

Finally, household triumphed over soccer.

“When he dedicated, type of an outside-the-box factor that Kyle had all the time considered Griese, man, he’d be an ideal coach and he approached him,” 49ers normal supervisor John Lynch stated Wednesday on the NFL Scouting Mix in Indianapolis. “I believe Griese was in a unique world and he had given it some thought on the entrance finish and on the time he gave us a three-year dedication. He’s a really principled man … household and sure different issues. I don’t wish to converse for Brian, however different issues have been pulling at him and respect that he made a tricky resolution however one he thought was finest for him and his household.”

The soccer vs. household debate is one Griese had battled throughout his time with the 49ers, with the previous 11-year NFL quarterback debating whether or not to name it quits after the 2022 season.

Griese’s household resided in Denver at the moment, per the San Francisco Chronicle.

“It’s not the best factor on the planet to be away from them,” Griese instructed the outlet in June 2023.

Griese finally made good on these three years, however he’s now taking a break, whereas it stays to be seen if it’s momentary or for good.

Lynch didn’t shut down the concept of a reunion sooner or later, ought to Griese wish to get again into the teaching ranks.

That the Jets had him on their checklist confirmed Griese’s standing as a rising assistant, which probably might have led to a coordinator function within the close to future.

Mick Lombardi will change Griese for the upcoming season after serving as a senior offensive assistant.

“We had good conversations. It’s all good,” Lynch stated. “It was only a household resolution that he made.”

If Griese is finished with teaching, it’s doable he might look into commentating once more after serving as an analyst for “Monday Night time Soccer” for the 2020 and ’21 seasons.

A 3rd-round choose of the Broncos in 1998, Griese received a Tremendous Bowl that season and in addition performed for the Dolphins, Buccaneers and Bears in his profession.