Shanahan became the first 49ers official to face questions, and he felt obliged to provide answers.(Dude is a saint).Shanahan said York's arrest and ensuing no-contest plea to misdemeanor disorderly conduct and possessing criminal tools charges in a deal with an Ohio prosecutor has no effect on the Bay Area football team.MORE DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT JED YORK'S ARREST IN PROSTITUTION STINGKyle Shanahan and Jed York arrive on the red carpet for the NFL Honors show at Cyrus Northrop Memorial Auditorium at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minn., on Feb.3, 2018.
(IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect)"My view is, as the coach, does it have effect on us as a team?" Shanahan said."And that's what I continue to answer on from a football standpoint.
It has no effect on us.I mean, as far as what we do day to day, what we talk about, it hasn't been mentioned in a meeting today.
It doesn't have to do with what happens on the field."Shanahan, who was involved in a head-on collision in July that affected how much he was on the field early in training camp, doesn't believe that or York's legal trouble will distract the football team in the upcoming season."Well, the one thing that went on yesterday I don't think pertained to our players much," Shanahan said."And if you guys talk about me getting in a car accident, I think that's kind of a joke that people think that's a distraction to our team."So I think it's been training camp as usual."San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan speaks after the 49ers defeated the Houston Texans in an NFL football game in Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, Jan.
2, 2022.(AP Photo/John Hefti)49ERS COACH KYLE SHANAHAN ADMITS HE CAUSED CAR CRASH AFTER TAKING EYES OFF ROAD TO FIND HIS PHONEThis, of course, is a head coach's spin on an uncomfortable situation.
The majority owner of the team spent a day in jail and was splashed across national headlines because, police documents say, he went on a website in Ohio and tried to enlist the services of ...