The San Francisco 49ers’ pursuit of a sixth Lombardi Trophy has been extensive.
Kyle Shanahan and other organisational members are carrying a lot of the responsibility. This time around, they have to get it done.
Finishing the job at hand is crucial, especially with this group of players, the 49ers coach emphasised.
San Francisco has made the NFC Championship game three years in a row, losing the prior two contests before Sunday’s triumph.
The 49ers are in their second Super Bowl in five seasons, and everyone knows what the ultimate goal is. The time is now.
Sure to get it done this year- Kyle Shanahan
“There’s been a lot of good things, but the ultimate goal, we always say it, there’s only one team happy at the end of the year,” Kyle Shanahan said Monday.
“We’re real proud of a lot of things that we’ve accomplished here in the last five years or so. We still want to be that one team that’s happy.
No matter what you accomplish, if you don’t win that Super Bowl, it’s always disappointing.
We’ve felt that, we’ve gotten close and we’re real proud that we’re back in this situation.
But we also know how it feels when you don’t get it done. So we want to go and make sure to get it done this year.”
Shanahan and the 49ers are set for a rematch with the Kansas City Chiefs, last meeting in The Big Game in 2020.
The path to Super Bowl LIV was a bit different for the 49ers however, they won the NFC conference title over the Green Bay Packers handily, 37-20.
Shanahan stated
“I always think when you go through stuff like this it hardens you and prepares you for any situation,”
“You want to be able to go through tons of games and be able to win games any way possible.
I always feel we’re capable of winning a game any way possible, but it just hasn’t gone that way this year totally.
So to get in some games like this, it’s just good experience for our players to go through it and to make sure to see how important it is to go through all four quarters, win or lose, that you’re never out of it.”
Over the last five years, Kyle Shanahan and the 49ers have felt just a few inches away from winning a Super Bowl. With big contracts on the horizon, the group will see likely some changes after this season.
Which is why after so many years of knocking on the door, the goal remains steadfast until the job is done.
Shanahan
“Every year we start, we know that’s our goal,” Shanahan said. “You always know when you have a true chance at that.
“We kind of hit all those goals this year. We just hit our second to last one last night. There’s one left.
Sure We would’ve been disappointed if we didn’t get to this point and we’re going to be disappointed if we don’t finish the job in two weeks…
Hopefully we’ll end it the right way and take a few months off and do the same thing in training camp next year.”