The 49ers hired Robert Saleh as defensive coordinator and gave him a whole lot of cash—that much we knew. What we didn’t know was that the team's CEO was personally involved in getting the check written.
In his recent mailbag with The San Francisco Standard, Tim Kawakami mentioned the Robert Saleh hire from last week, and it turns out the 49ers CEO was more involved with this hire than any other head coach in this era.
One difference this time, I’ve heard: More so than with any other assistant-coach decision of this era, Jed York was personally involved in this move — agreeing to the top-of-the-market salary for Saleh and, at some point, trying to solidify staffing into the future.