Tomlin was 35 and is the youngest coach to ever win a Superbowl.Jokes aside:
Shula was 33 (when hired in 1963)
Bill Cowher was 35 (in 1992)
Yeah it will be interesting to see what Wade does. He's a 1-gap 3-4 guy through and through and the Rams are built for a 4-3.I'm not sure if that talent is suited to Wade's defense but we'll see. Aaron Donald does not seem a natural fit for it and he's their best player.
There isn't really that much difference between a 1-gap 3-4 and a 4-3 though. A 2-gap 3-4 is pretty different from a 4-3, but nobody 2-gaps a lot anymore.Yeah it will be interesting to see what Wade does. He's a 1-gap 3-4 guy through and through and the Rams are built for a 4-3.
Yeah, the "head coach as playcaller" thing never made a lot of sense to me.Mike McCoy will be OC, so Denver's core staff seems set. I'm fine with these moves even though keeping Wade would have been my preference. I like the concept of Joseph as "leader of men" and then letting the coordinators run plays. Head coaches (especially brand new ones) who are also calling plays on one side make me nervous. That would have been a worry for me with Kyle Shanahan.
In my mind, Irsay is one of the best owners in the NFL
I wonder if BB pulled a Saban and say either take the job with SF and leave or stay here?Maybe Josh will be more focused on getting the offense turned in the right direction after last weeks game,
I seriously doubt that.I wonder if BB pulled a Saban and say either take the job with SF and leave or stay here?
Same here. I think its not that complicated.I seriously doubt that.
After dealing with the likes of Kraft, Belichick (and even Bowlen and a touch of Nick Saban) in his coaching career, McDaniels had to come away from a meeting with Jed f'n York decidedly unimpressed.Pretty likely Jed was too cute with Josh, having Kyle as the hole card; now Kyle will leverage the hell out of this or Jed has f'd it up.
Unless he was going to not do any interviews, he might as well do several. No harm in getting practice and giving him comparison info for his own later use.I was a little surprised McDaniels even took an interview in SF, that's probably the single worst job in the league. (except maybe the Jets).
Also Rob Ryan is interviewing for the Redskins D coordinator job. When will teams learn not to give the keys to a defense to Rob Ryan anymore?
Not an easy search for DC in DC because:This is a Snyder move - has to be. If Gruden can, he tells this guy to F-off. Imagine the season does not start so well and Rob whispers in Snyder's ear "my brother can fix this mess....."
Not an easy search for DC in DC because:
(1) They can't even get interviews with several candidates and were, for example, rebuffed on Vrabel. (It's a misconception that coaches can move to any job that entails a promotion; that is true only if you're talking about HC vacancies).
(2) Gruden has only 2 years left on his contract. Candidates reasonably view that as 1 year if next season does not go well. Here's where the Snyder angst comes into play.
(3) They have some pretty big talent gaps that need to be filled. If not sufficiently addressed, you could be out after a year. See (2).
Agreed.My guess is that someone signaled he is not the lead dog, gave him a chance to decline on his terms.
I'm wondering if McDaniels was waiting out the jobs in Tennessee/Detroit (decent QB situations, both GMs ex-Pats execs) and the circumstances haven't lined up.Schefter is reporting Shanahan to SF. If true, two of the four hot coordinator candidates get a gig, with NE's two staying put. Unless a surprise is unearthened someplace else. (Indy would not be a surprise -- anything seems possible there -- not would it be pleasant.)
Makes sense. Or a situation where he can bring in / be paired with Riddick or Caserio.I'm wondering if McDaniels was waiting out the jobs in Tennessee/Detroit (decent QB situations, both GMs ex-Pats execs) and the circumstances haven't lined up.
I don't get the logic here. If he really wanted to be a head coach more than anything else why would he commit to staying in NE while Detroit and Indy are still up in the air?My guess is that someone signaled he is not the lead dog, gave him a chance to decline on his terms.
The Riddick pairing in SF made sense. Nobody with options is going there as HC w/o iron clad commitments and a strong GM. There are more than a few sad sack tales in the NFL, but nothing more stunning than the criminal dismantling of the Harbaugh 49ers.Makes sense. Or a situation where he can bring in / be paired with Riddick or Caserio.
Im a lot less confident than you are that it was his decision.I'm wondering if McDaniels was waiting out the jobs in Tennessee/Detroit (decent QB situations, both GMs ex-Pats execs) and the circumstances haven't lined up.
Remember when Chip Kelly said he would never leave Oregon? Or when Nick Saban said he had no interest in leaving Miami?I don't get the logic here. If he really wanted to be a head coach more than anything else why would he commit to staying in NE while Detroit and Indy are still up in the air?
I'll guess that he took himself out of the running because he decided he didn't want that job.
I think Yammers points are generally true. And it is a hell of a coincidence that all this happened the same day.Why would an OC ever say they were staying unless they were staying? Who is he trying to reassure? The fans? Brady? Belichick? Or you think he's really really embarrassed to not get this particular job and is sourgraping? I mean, he's declined to interview for jobs before, and previously interviewed for a job in 2014 and took himself out of the running before the hire (Browns) so this isn't all that weird for McDaniels. I think he recognized he fucked up in Denver and is now being incredibly careful and is incredibly ambivalent but I'm basing that on nothing besides my incredible understanding of the human condition.
So Yam was "generally true" but I was "really potent"? I'll take that. Thank you.I think Yammers points are generally true. And it is a hell of a coincidence that all this happened the same day.
But your points are really potent too. If the next MCDaniels HC experience is a high profile failure, he is probably done as a HC in the NFL -- and there is no such thing as a low profile failure in SF. In this respect he and kid Shanahan are not similarly situated.
It is a great city with a great tradition and a great fan base. It's also a very high risk situation and someone in Josh's position should be very disciplined in mitigating that risk, or just walk away.
It's a demotion in a vacuum. What likely is the case is that Houston wanted to reward Vrabel with a raise and a new title. Crennel is getting old and probably didn't want to commit long-term.That's a demotion for Crennel, whatever the title. Assistant HC is a title, not a job description.
Apparently Paraag Marathe is Jed York's right hand man. He has been in the organization since 2001 was team president for 2014 and 2015 until he was reassigned by choice. It sounds like the coach and the GM have to report to Marathe and McD/Riddick weren't having any of that. Good job by those two to not put up with some bean counter that thinks he's a football guy. No wonder that organization is a joke. It coincides with Marathe taking a bigger role in football operations.Paraag Marathe (puh-rawg, muh-RAH-tay) is in his 16th year with the 49ers, and first as Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President of Football Operations. Marathe is also a Managing Partner in the investment entity created by the York Family.On the team side, Marathe reports directly to 49ers CEO Jed York and has a significant role in major strategic decisions for the club as Chief Strategy Officer. He also continues in his long-respected role as the team’s chief contract negotiator and salary cap architect, while overseeing the team’s football analytics department.
Unless the owner is the GM (Jerry Jones, Al Davis, Mike Brown), ultimately every organization features a football guy reporting to a non-football guy.How the hell did Paraag Marathe become Jerry Jones without the equity stake? What a bizarre thing to happen to a professional sports team.