Wait, when? When Josh was HC of the Colts for 6 hours?
If he thought he should be promoted over McDaniels, then I guess that’s an admirable amount of confidence.
2020 Coaching Carousel: #AnyoneButMcDaniels
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If he thought he should be promoted over McDaniels, then I guess that’s an admirable amount of confidence.
Did Snyder sell the team? Seriously though as to some of the thought that Rivera goes to Washington, wouldn't he be better off in NY? Same division, better QB prospect with a decent group of receivers and a running back who should have more good years ahead of him. Some work to do on the O line and defense, but the Giants seem to be a more fixable (and stable) franchise than Washington.
Interesting candidate for the Pats to “McDaniel” for the playoffs.
Totally unrelated - how does one change their vote on season ending poll?
If I were Rhule I'd be very wary of taking a job under Gettleman. Rhule's reputation is that of an innovator, happy to glean knowledge from progressive high school and college coaches. Gettleman is stuck in a mid-nineties NFL mindset and still thinks the way to win is pounding the ball on the ground and stacking the middle of the defense. He doesn't understand value picks in the draft, would never dream of ever trading down if there's a player available that he likes, and literally scoffs at any type of analytics.
Gettleman is also likely to do anything to save his job this season; it's easy to see him mortgaging the future just to get to 7-9 and calling it a success. I mean, this is a man who traded a 3rd and 5th round pick for pending free agent and perennial underachiever Leonard Williams when the team was 2-6.
Gettleman is also likely to do anything to save his job this season; it's easy to see him mortgaging the future just to get to 7-9 and calling it a success. I mean, this is a man who traded a 3rd and 5th round pick for pending free agent and perennial underachiever Leonard Williams when the team was 2-6.
McDaniels or Greg Roman is a tough decision for Cleveland, assuming it comes down to that. Roman seems more like an innovator, having had success at the collegiate and pro levels with QBs like Luck and Jackson.
They fired Chad O'Shea to bring in Chan Gailey???
View: https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1211981315970674688
View: https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1211981315970674688
That makes no sense. McDaniels has been OC for a long time and wasn't going anywhere. Did O'Shea feel like they should have fired McDaniels to make HIM the OC?
That could make sense, though. Use Fitz to hold the line while whatever future QB they draft develops for a year. Combine that with a more experienced offensive coach to help take that side of the ball off of Flores' plate, and they might be set up for a decent transition year before going for it in Year 3.
View: https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1212026217903403013
This is even more WTF to me than the O'Shea firing
This is even more WTF to me than the O'Shea firing
No way CLE is #2 given its current owner and the things written about him. See this for example: https://dawgpounddaily.com/2019/12/31/cleveland-browns-need-let-grown-ups-conduct-coaching-search/
For any coaching candidate with a future, seems like CAR would be the place they could actually coach, followed by NYG if they can get rid of Gettlemen or at least have final authority. DAL, CLE, and WAS should be avoided even if they can negotiate "total control" because what makes anyone think that ownership of these three teams will be able to keep to themselves?
Have to be believe the reign of terror that Coughlin oversaw with fining everyone poisoned the locker room enough that Kahn is giving them a mulligan.
This move for Kahn is all about his boy getting more power/control. This is great news for the rest of the AFC.
Caldwell is way beyond “a“ mulligan. Tony Khan and Caldwell should be quite a combo.
Why is everyone killing Caldwell and Marrone? Is Caldwell who insisted on Bortles? I thought Jax had some good players.
I don’t have a problem with Marrone. Against the grain, I thought he would be good in Jax. He was as he almost made the SB. Have to see how much he can get back from the Coughlin fuckery.
I don’t have a problem with Marrone. Against the grain, I thought he would be good in Jax. He was as he almost made the SB. Have to see how much he can get back from the Coughlin fuckery.
Caldwell has been GM for 7 years, with Coughlin over him for the past 3 years. Besides Bortles, Caldwell also owns the Julius Thomas signing, and he stuck with Gus Bradley a year too long. He’s had more than his share of bad luck (Joeckel, Fowler, et al.), but I think the Jaguars would benefit from new leadership. If I owned the club, Caldwell isn’t the guy I’d choose to make the four 1st-round selections the Jaguars have in the next two drafts.
I’m more ambivalent on the decision to keep Marrone. The team quit on him two years in a row, but we now know that Coughlin’s hypocritical behavior made it impossible to maintain any sort of positive culture. Having made the decision not to clean house completely, I understand the desire to see what Marrone can do with a non-toxic front office. That said, if I were calling the shots I would have cleaned house completely, including Marrone; there’s a lot to be said for a fresh start.
Caldwell's been here 7 years (6 of them have ended with double-digit losses) and he picked Bortles and did the Gus Bradley coaching search with one of the prerequisites having to work with Blaine Gabbert as part of the equation. He's also missed on a dump truck full of top ten draft picks.
Shad paid $750-million for a team now worth $2-billion, he's already winning.
It may have turned, but TC hired Doug as HC. Mike Smith was the only other person being considered.
Shad and the team blamed everything on Gus and now it is TC's turn to shoulder the blame as he keeps his band together again.
Shad paid $750-million for a team now worth $2-billion, he's already winning.
It may have turned, but TC hired Doug as HC. Mike Smith was the only other person being considered.
Shad and the team blamed everything on Gus and now it is TC's turn to shoulder the blame as he keeps his band together again.
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I don't really get the Ron Rivera love. Out of 9 seasons, he's been above .500 three of them. Del Rio? His teams have had bottom 20 defenses more often than top 10. The Skins will go 6-10 and maybe work their way up to an 8-8 team in a few years, then everyone will remember that neither of these guys is particularly good or young, and they'll be in the search for some new names.
I don't disagree with any of the questions about Rivera or Del Rio. But Washington is a pretty ugly situation to walk into, so you simply aren't getting any top-tier candidates anymore. Jay Gruden was a lot less proven than Rivera is, and previously they hired Jim Zorn who was a total joke. Even good coaches (Shanahan, Gibbs) can't succeed in Snyder-land and I think Rivera and Del Rio are as good as you can hope for until Snyder is gone.
did we hear what Snyder offered that Ron couldn't refuse? was it anywhere comparable to the Jon Gruden special?
Total control. Rivera wasn’t getting that anywhere else. No 10-year deal, though.
The Lions and Patricia cleaned house. Fired strength coach and assistant strength coach, special-teams coordinator, defensive backs coach, linebackers coach and tight ends coach.
As expected, Bears fire OC Mark Helfrich along with o-line, TE, and special teams assistant coaches. They kept QB coach Dave Ragone for some reason. Trubisky’s season was seemingly an extended cry for better coaching.
Since Nagy has always called the plays, the question becomes if he relinquishes that authority - or is forced to - in order to attract the OC they want.
Since Nagy has always called the plays, the question becomes if he relinquishes that authority - or is forced to - in order to attract the OC they want.
Marrone without Coughlin did pretty well in Buffalo and the players seem to still like him.
The rest of your point aside, I think Shanahan has to prove more than just one meteoric year before we anoint him. Let's remember the terms people were speaking of Sean McVay in this time last year, and the bloom has somewhat come off his rose just one year later. Adam Gase was once talked about glowingly (but prematurely) as well, and many others too.
Shanahan may yet be a good coach, and he's got a data point in his favor, but it's still too early to draw conclusions. Let's see see him build a culture that sustains something first.
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It sounds like DePodesta is going to have a bigger role in CLE, which apparently is a turn-off for McDaniels. Podesta reportedly works for the Browns from LaJolla, which seems more appropriate for a consultant rather than a COO. I really wonder what he's done that so impresses Haslam.
https://weei.radio.com/blogs/ryan-hannable/why-josh-mcdaniels-might-not-want-cleveland-job
https://weei.radio.com/blogs/ryan-hannable/why-josh-mcdaniels-might-not-want-cleveland-job
According to a league source, the Giants have been granted permission to speak with McDaniels, the Patriots offensive coordinator, and Judge, the club’s special teams coordinator and wide receivers coach, about their head coaching vacancy.
Additionally, the Browns and Panthers were given the OK to speak with McDaniels about their head coaching vacancy.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/patriots/2020/01/01/patriots-give-permission-giants-interview-josh-mcdaniels-joe-judge/u4HNDGvnSIi2W9y2d7qEBJ/story.html
Additionally, the Browns and Panthers were given the OK to speak with McDaniels about their head coaching vacancy.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/patriots/2020/01/01/patriots-give-permission-giants-interview-josh-mcdaniels-joe-judge/u4HNDGvnSIi2W9y2d7qEBJ/story.html
I'm pretty sure he"s talking about Shanahan's father who won 2 Super Bowls with Broncos and was not very successful in Washington. 2 Super Bowl wins is kinda successful in my book
Yes, he’s the only Shanahan who was a head coach for Washington.
I do agree with Instaface separate from my original post that it’s too early to annoy Kyle as a great coach yet, but the early returns are quite positive there