Coaching /GM Interview Tracker (Cunningham makes second round interviews in Jax)

[DefNextYear]

This doesn’t bother me as much as others. As long as they are there for support to Poles and not overtaking the interview. Hopefully they all learn something that helps us long term.

The Packers do this when they hire a new coach, I’m sure others do as well. It’s just because we always suck that it worries people.

A team that's about to give a guy probably over 50 million dollars, has a handful of people involved in the interviews?!? Can't believe it...

 

[TheEarlofRobin]

A team that's about to give a guy probably over 50 million dollars, has a handful of people involved in the interviews?!? Can't believe it...

Yes, this is definitely normal behavior for hiring an NFL coach!

 

[DefNextYear]

LMAO Karen Murphy like what??

Her role may be to sell him on what they're doing with the stadium rather than be focused on asking him questions.

 

[Les Grossman]

Her role may be to sell him on what they're doing with the stadium rather than be focused on asking him questions.

I'm all for having enough cooks in the kitchen... but she's not a cook here.

 

[DefNextYear]

Yes, this is definitely normal behavior for hiring an NFL coach!

Not sure if you're serious or not... but there usually is a committee of people. Off the top of my head, I already know Brady is part of a committee for the Raiders and the Commanders had a committee last year when they hired Quinn.

 

[DefNextYear]

I'm all for having enough cooks in the kitchen... but she's not a cook here.

Expanding the previously reported team does seem excessive... if reports of them having a presentation ready though, I'm sure some of these people were added to show off some marketing-esq hype video.

 

[hebs]

Draft one? There's this thing called the draft, I know CCS has trouble understanding that.

lol... Yeah... CCS has never seen a QB get drafted to their team before, so they have zero understanding that all other teams are guaranteed to draft a successful quarterback any time they try.

Obviously I was inferring the question, "Would a coach prefer to go to a team with a new promising quarterback already in the fold? Or hope he can get the one he wants (and that works out) in the next draft? Would that not factor into his decision?" You do understand what I'm saying correct?

 

[DanielCCSBears]

Oh man, my biggest "promotion" was a lateral hire that I was only offered because someone owed me a solid. This is a benefit to a small group made of limited circles - when the franchise wants better odds of success, they count on people they know, or bringing in the guy who knows a guy. And when it is my turn to make a recommendation for a job, I have a rolodex to work through. Relationships count a lot when you are weeding through a sea of strangers relying on their reputation. C'est la vie mon frere. We both know it doesn't always work out - look at how the Jets gambled on Rodgers knowing who to put around him to win games, including the coaching staff!

Anyway, to the topic. I don't think we can discount that several of those top HCs also helped make the HoF QBs. Or, at the very least, some of those were "matches made in heaven" (in reference to Sean McVay, who is an excellent playcaller and never pushed a raw QB to their maximum potential - Stafford is the same QB he was in Detroit, and Goff is performing far better now than when he played for McVay). I really think that, in sum, these are all educated guesses at who can do the task - whether it is a QB or an HC, or even the damn punter. And it being an educated guess doesn't mean much, because half of the games come down to whether a kicker made a field goal or not. The Jimmys and Joes have to execute the Xs and Os, and a good program identifies how to maximize their players with good Xs and Os. Kyle Shanahan has a reputation for being that sort of coach (and is another name that my AI search missed completely - for all the excitement and fear around AI, its most remarkable trait is that it is bad at its job faster than I can ever hope to match).

I think it is more accurate to look at the other side of the coin on this one - it may be hard to find the right talent for the job, but it should be easier to rule out guys who clearly don't have it. Applied to Chicago - I think we all understand that Nagy was going to get a HC gig somewhere, and we all had reason to be excited for him to coach the Bears for a while. I think that as long as the coaching hire is someone who has shown some durable success at the NFL level, we should have some confidence that the team is heading in the right direction.

Outside of the three I named before - Vrabel, Johnson and Moore - who are your preferred candidates, and what makes you think they have "it?"

None. This is an awful year to have fired a coach. It's young and hungry versus old and desperate. Vrabel isn't coming here he's going to avoid bad ownership. Vrabel may wind up in Vegas and Johnson in New England.

The Bears probably wind up with Carroll aka potentially John Fox part II.

 

[Mighty Joe Young]

None. This is an awful year to have fired a coach. It's young and hungry versus old and desperate. Vrabel isn't coming here he's going to avoid bad ownership. Vrabel may wind up in Vegas and Johnson in New England.

The Bears probably wind up with Carroll aka potentially John Fox part II.

Ben Johnson could have gone to the Commanders last year, and drafted Drake Maye.

To think he suddenly is thirsting to go to the Patriots to work with Maye is peak stupidity.

 

[nc0gnet0]

Nobody asked that, weirdo.

Would you take all the Super Bowl Wins that CHI has or all the SB wins that DET has? How about that random question?

Ask me in a month. Would you take a SB win that happened recently over a SB win that happened 40 years ago?

 

[DanielCCSBears]

Ben Johnson could have gone to the Commanders last year, and drafted Drake Maye.

To think he suddenly is thirsting to go to the Patriots to work with Maye is peak stupidity.

Why do you want to pick a fight?

Why would any coach wanting to succeed want to work with the McCaskey family?

 

[Rise]

I’ll take my chances that the random lady in on our interviews has better judgement than George McCaskey. She might be the best hope we have.

 

[Anytime23]

Ben Johnson could have gone to the Commanders last year, and drafted Drake Maye.

To think he suddenly is thirsting to go to the Patriots to work with Maye is peak stupidity.

Hey Mr Tape, has it ever occurred to you that showing you can play at the NFL level without having WR or an OL could change someone’s mind about a player?

There’s a reason why everyone loves Drake Maye now after shitting on him throughout the entire draft process.

And maybe he didn’t want to coach in Washington? Did you think of that or did someone on Twitter not give you your opinion on that yet?

 

[Anytime23]

I'm all for having enough cooks in the kitchen... but she's not a cook here.

The bears have dishwashers crafting the menu.

 

[Mighty Joe Young]

Why do you want to pick a fight?

Why would any coach wanting to succeed want to work with the McCaskey family?

Because most ownership are weird dumb fucks with too much money and coaches have a higher opinion of Caleb Williams, Rome Odunze, DJ Moore and Cole Kmet than you do.

 

[Rise]

Because most ownership are weird dumb fucks with too much money and coaches have a higher opinion of Caleb Williams, Rome Odunze, DJ Moore and Cole Kmet than you do.

Nailed it!

 

[Rise]

Glenn does not have an interview scheduled with the Patriots. They just couldn’t stomach talking to a 3rd black person. Racist **** tard team. Hope they get snuffed.

Edit: apparently Glenn declined them because he knows they are full of shit. Now I kind of want to hire him lol.

 

[Anytime23]

Glenn does not have an interview scheduled with the Patriots. They just couldn’t stomach talking to a 3rd black person. Racist **** tard team. Hope they get snuffed.

Edit: apparently Glenn declined them because he knows they are full of shit. Now I kind of want to hire him lol.

You want to hire a bad coach because he declined to interview with another team?

Smart!

 

[TheEarlofRobin]

I'm all for having enough cooks in the kitchen... but she's not a cook here.

Why doesn't Karen Murphy wear a watch?

Because there is a clock on the oven

 

[Salvaged Ship]

Imagine you're a coach who just loves ball.

You roll into an interview with a GM who's been in the league and you talk fondly about scouting strategies, playing schemes, etc., and just generally have a good one-on-one time talking about things you both know about.

Then you move on to another team's interview with 14 people, almost none of whom have been in the league. You talk some ball, but you mostly talk about buzzwords and corporate environment stuff.

Which team you picking?

Agreed, what the hell are all those people involved for? Is the popcorn guy involved, the guy who changes out the urinal cakes in the soldier field pissers? It’s amateurish, dumb