Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
We have a lot of openings in the NFL and coaches are retiring, leaving, parting ways with long time tenures in the NFL including Belichick and Carroll both over the ages of 70.
Belichick is already being spoken about as potentially having suitors. I don't remember anyone wanting to interview Don Shula when he was forced to step away from the Miami Dolphins
A couple seasons ago when LVR and Chicago were hiring, I remember rolling my eyes a lot and there were other hirings in the last couple seasons that make no sense.
There are still coaches hanging on by the skin of their teeth that could possibly lose their position when teams suddenly see who is available
We have Belichick walking the streets, Mike Vrabel who did make it to the AFCC with QB-Ryan Tannehill and he's now available, and while I don't have a direct link I have heard rumors about McVay in Los Angeles even though they are still in the Playoffs. Is there a team that has an opening that McVay would prefer to coach? It seems like many things could be in motion in the coming days.
-First off, I think it's mistake to bring in most hot shot 1 trick ponies at OC or DC. Some do have the ability to understand both sides of the ball but many of these head coaches cannot lead one side or the other and it shows. For example, Mike McDaniel would not be able to huddle the defense up and rally the troops for anything meaningful, in fact the DC-Fangio just sits up in the box removed from McDaniel and this is a problem.
Why is that a problem? When a head coach is only good on one side of the football, I feel it limits what a team can achieve. I think most teams would be better served to hire an experienced head coach that has done more than just whisper in the QBs ear or calls in plays that are actually designed and fed to him from the Head Coach's playbook...and these are the types of candidates that NFL owners continue to hire, the flavor of the week/month/season and they try desperately to catch lightning in a bottle.
-Another thing to watch for on most of these hirings is WHO is being interviewed. I will again pick on Mike McDaniel and point out that he was not very high on the list of candidates initially. Most should know it was Sean Payton and Stephen Ross ended up getting docked a 1st and 3rd for tampering, Brady was part of that debacle as well but Miami wanted Sean Payton even when he was still with the Saints and likely would have traded a draft pick if they had to in order to get him. All of this Payton-Brady stuff came out in the Brian Flores lawsuit.
The larger point is keep an eye on who is getting hired or interviewed. I see fans try so hard to get behind coaches they know darn well are going to be walked out in 2-3 years. Why these owners are unable to hire great coaches is something the fans of these teams should be questioning and yelling about loudly when they see the owners showing their faces. How do you get owner's attention? Stop buying season tickets, apparently Panthers fans are getting the message, that stadium was looking pretty empty for a team that had just gotten a No 1 overall pick and a hot rookie QB...yeah things didn't exactly work out that way.
Should Tepper Tantrum be allowed to hire a head coach at this point? Maybe that power should rest solely with the GM for a while
Rumors welcome, official hiring links appreciated
Hot takes and emotionally charged posts are encouraged
Belichick is already being spoken about as potentially having suitors. I don't remember anyone wanting to interview Don Shula when he was forced to step away from the Miami Dolphins
A couple seasons ago when LVR and Chicago were hiring, I remember rolling my eyes a lot and there were other hirings in the last couple seasons that make no sense.
There are still coaches hanging on by the skin of their teeth that could possibly lose their position when teams suddenly see who is available
We have Belichick walking the streets, Mike Vrabel who did make it to the AFCC with QB-Ryan Tannehill and he's now available, and while I don't have a direct link I have heard rumors about McVay in Los Angeles even though they are still in the Playoffs. Is there a team that has an opening that McVay would prefer to coach? It seems like many things could be in motion in the coming days.
-First off, I think it's mistake to bring in most hot shot 1 trick ponies at OC or DC. Some do have the ability to understand both sides of the ball but many of these head coaches cannot lead one side or the other and it shows. For example, Mike McDaniel would not be able to huddle the defense up and rally the troops for anything meaningful, in fact the DC-Fangio just sits up in the box removed from McDaniel and this is a problem.
Why is that a problem? When a head coach is only good on one side of the football, I feel it limits what a team can achieve. I think most teams would be better served to hire an experienced head coach that has done more than just whisper in the QBs ear or calls in plays that are actually designed and fed to him from the Head Coach's playbook...and these are the types of candidates that NFL owners continue to hire, the flavor of the week/month/season and they try desperately to catch lightning in a bottle.
-Another thing to watch for on most of these hirings is WHO is being interviewed. I will again pick on Mike McDaniel and point out that he was not very high on the list of candidates initially. Most should know it was Sean Payton and Stephen Ross ended up getting docked a 1st and 3rd for tampering, Brady was part of that debacle as well but Miami wanted Sean Payton even when he was still with the Saints and likely would have traded a draft pick if they had to in order to get him. All of this Payton-Brady stuff came out in the Brian Flores lawsuit.
The larger point is keep an eye on who is getting hired or interviewed. I see fans try so hard to get behind coaches they know darn well are going to be walked out in 2-3 years. Why these owners are unable to hire great coaches is something the fans of these teams should be questioning and yelling about loudly when they see the owners showing their faces. How do you get owner's attention? Stop buying season tickets, apparently Panthers fans are getting the message, that stadium was looking pretty empty for a team that had just gotten a No 1 overall pick and a hot rookie QB...yeah things didn't exactly work out that way.
Should Tepper Tantrum be allowed to hire a head coach at this point? Maybe that power should rest solely with the GM for a while
Rumors welcome, official hiring links appreciated
Hot takes and emotionally charged posts are encouraged
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