By Daniel Bates It wasn’t all bad for Brian Griese after ESPN chose to go in another direction for its “Monday Night Football” crew. The former Pro Bowl QB ended up landing on his feet in San Francisco as the 49ers new quarterbacks coach. Acknowledging that when the network chose to bring on FOX’s Troy Aikman, the writing was essentially on the wall. Explaining via NBC’s Pro Football Talk: I got to a point where I needed a new challenge. That, coupled with the moment where ESPN decided to go in a different direction — I’m not saying they didn’t — but they got a bigger fish. I understand the dy…