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SAN FRANCISCO - Several of the San Francisco 49ers have said they are hopeful their new head coach is a lot like the old one, Jim Harbaugh.The players have expressed confidence in a couple of familiar faces in the building who could become San Franciscos new head coach.Whether CEO Jed York and general manager Trent Baalke decide to promote from within is the big question: Defensive co-ordinator Vic Fangio and defensive line coach Jim Tomsula are considered the best bets to be considered for promotions from the current coaching staff.Hes going to have to have pretty much everything that Jim Harbaugh had, tight end Vernon Davis said. Because he was good, he was really good.Fangio — who joined the 49ers with Harbaugh from Stanford in 2011 and led one of the NFLs top defences — interviewed last week. But theres been no confirmation that Tomsula has had a formal sit down with team executives, who are through their second week of a coaching search they initially said would likely last seven to 10 days.Weve just got to wait and see, left guard Mike Iupati said. Similar to Harbaugh, I really love Harbaugh. Whatever coach comes, I wish him the best of luck and see where he takes the team.If Fangio is hired, he is expected to consider Kyle Shanahan for his offensive co-ordinator after Shanahan parted ways with the Browns this week.I would like to see Vic Fangio here, linebacker NaVorro Bowman said. Whether thats head coach or (defensive co-ordinator), I would like to see him here.The Washington Redskins were denied permission to interview Fangio for their defensive co-ordinator vacancy, a person with knowledge of the request said Friday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because those dealings between teams arent made public.Fangio adapted this past season with a new-look defence given the injuries of star linebackers Bowman and Patrick Willis, and the nine-game suspension of linebacker Aldon Smith to start the year.Fangio has worked for a number of NFL teams during his long career, from the Saints to the Panthers, Ravens, Colts and Texans.While the 49ers, who finished 8-8 and missed the playoffs for the first time in four years, need to fix plenty on the offensive side of the ball, they believe defensive coaches Fangio and Tomsula could make that happen with the right supporting cast around them.Were comfortable with those guys, left tackle Joe Staley said. I have a lot of respect for what they do. All that stuff is going to take care of itself.Other candidates who were at least considered and some of whom have interviewed: Seahawks defensive co-ordinator Dan Quinn, Denver offensive co-ordinator Adam Gase, former Raiders, Broncos and Redskins coach Mike Shanahan, Patriots offensive co-ordinator Josh McDaniels and Cardinals defensive co-ordinator Todd Bowles, who was scheduled to interview by weeks end.I really honestly dont think we need a full overhaul. I dont think we need to make drastic changes, Staley said. There are things we need to change as far as mentality, accountability, different things like that. But as far as an overall scheme and huge change, blowing up the place, that doesnt need to happen. Weve got the talent and the guys in the locker room to get it done.Also Friday, the Niners announced they have signed linebacker Shayne Skov to a reserve/future contract. 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Brooks was the 28th player selected in the 1995 NFL draft and teamed with Tampa Bays other first-round pick that year -- Hall of Famer Warren Sapp -- to form the foundation of a dominant defence that helped transform a struggling franchise once jokingly called the "Yucs" into a perennial playoff contender. "If Warren was the heart of our defence, then todays inductee, Derrick Brooks, was the soul that propelled us to our world championship in 2002," Bucs co-chairman Bryan Glazer said. "On any given Sunday, Derrick easily was the best athlete on the field," Glazer added. "There was no tight end he could not cover, no quarterback he could not chase down for a sack and no running back he could not tackle in the open field." Brooks, wholl enter the pro football Hall of Fame in August, joins Lee Roy Selmon, John McKay, Jimmie Giles, Paul Gruber and Sapp in having his name displayed in the Ring of Honor, which was created in 2009 at Raymond James Stadium.dddddddddddd Selmon, elected to the Hall of Fame in 1995, and Sapp, enshrined in Canton a year ago, are the only other players to have their jerseys retired by the Buccaneers. The 11-time Pro Bowl selection recalled Tuesday how when Tony Dungy arrived in Tampa in 1996 -- Brooks second pro season -- the former Bucs coach challenged him and Sapp to become the best players they could be by striving to do for Tampa Bay what eventual Hall of Famers Joe Greene and Jack Ham did for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1970s. "We took it to heart," Brooks said, adding that someone had suggested to him that the Bucs decision to induct him into the Ring of Honor was one of "worst-kept" secrets in town because it comes the same year he joined Sapp as a first-ballot Hall of Famer. "I dont look at it that way. As I told Mr. Glazer, you dont take anything for granted. You dont make any assumptions," Brooks said. "Today is a very important day in my life. To have my number retired is extremely special, too." Brooks didnt miss a game in 14 pro seasons, ending his career with a stretch of 208 consecutive regular-season starts, tied for the 10th-longest streak in NFL history, His 10 consecutive Pro Bowl berths from 1997 to 2007 tied for the second-longest by a linebacker in league history. ' ' '