Coaching /GM Interview Tracker (Liam Coen is a Jag, Pirate Pete is a Raider, Cowboys hired a guy)

[dabears70]

McCarthy, Anthony Weaver and Arthur Smith being announced as the finalists would definitely cause chaos

Fify

 

[dennehy]

Every NFL team does this.

No one thinks the teams are clownshows for this - they think the rule itself is a clownshow and needs to somehow be overhauled.

They don't do it with the timing the Bears did it with, which is the entire point of my post. They waited months and then scrambled, and made it totally obvious they were doing it to satisify the rule.

It doesn't matter what people think of the rule. That again isn't the point.

 

[Luke]

Ben Johnson has to look at his schedule over the next few days? Is this guy serious he thinks he is God’s gift to coaching. Just do your interviews or make a decision.

Raiders board says ' Looks like Ben is supposed to be in for an "in person" interview tomorrow.'
I would expect he signs shortly thereafter.

 

[Rise]

Well we could be the Saints. They have scheduled in person interviews with Mike Kafka and Anthony Weaver for this week.

 

[bearsfan1977]

Ben Johnson has to look at his schedule over the next few days? Is this guy serious he thinks he is God’s gift to coaching. Just do your interviews or make a decision.

That’s what I’ve been saying. People annointing him to Lombardi status and he’s called plays for a few years with a great roster.

I hope he goes to Vegas.

 

[Rise]

Raiders board says ' Looks like Ben is supposed to be in for an "in person" interview tomorrow.'
I would expect he signs shortly thereafter.

Some boomer on a board said it it must be true lol.

 

[bearsfan1977]

Monken, McCarthy or Brady. Any would be a good hire, imo.

 

[dignan]

This beta is so extra.

Had the same thought - definitely feels like a beta trying way too hard to come off as alpha. And canceling an in-person interview via text? Especially when the Commanders' FO execs were literally on a flight to meet him? The smugness is off the charts.

Let the Raiders have him. We will laugh in hindsight as he flounders with Quinn Ewers as his QB1.

 

[Rise]

That’s what I’ve been saying. People annointing him to Lombardi status and he’s called plays for a few years with a great roster.

I hope he goes to Vegas.

He is a horrible decision maker is how I see it. Passing on the Commanders last year, now passing on Bears and Jags this year for what?

So he passed on Daniels (or any QB he wanted), Caleb, Lawrence. Cause he has such a big ego he thinks he can make any QB good and wants power. Well we will see how good he is no doubt about that.

 

[maxhatter]

Every NFL team does this.

No one thinks the teams are clownshows for this - they think the rule itself is a clownshow and needs to somehow be overhauled.

It's always a two-way street. It may be more important for a candidate to get into an interview cycle even though they understand that they don't have a realistic shot at the job. They're looking to get their name out there and get the experience. Many times, teams do this as a favor to the candidate or for the candidate's agent. Yes, it satisfies the Rooney Rule, but the Bears interviewed several minority candidates; it would have been relatively easy for them to get one of them in the building yesterday or today to satisfy the requirement ahead of their expected in-person with Johnson.

 

[bearsfan1977]

He is a horrible decision maker is how I see it. Passing on the Commanders last year, now passing on Bears and Jags this year for what?

So he passed on Daniels (or any QB he wanted), Caleb, Lawrence. Cause he has such a big ego he thinks he can make any QB good and wants power. Well we will see how good he is no doubt about that.

Monken is a bad ass. That’s who I hope they land. I wouldn’t mind McCarthy either. He would bring a level of stupidity this franchise has t had in awhile.

 

[Mighty Joe Young]

It's always a two-way street. It may be more important for a candidate to get into an interview cycle even though they understand that they don't have a realistic shot at the job. They're looking to get their name out there and get the experience. Many times, teams do this as a favor to the candidate or for the candidate's agent. Yes, it satisfies the Rooney Rule, but the Bears interviewed several minority candidates; it would have been relatively easy for them to get one of them in the building yesterday or today to satisfy the requirement ahead of their expected in-person with Johnson.

This is true. It allows coaches who otherwise would not have an opportunity to sit in for a head coaching interview and see what that is like, so that way should it ever actually become something within reach, they already have experience in how it looks, and can be better prepared for those interviews.

 

[Luke]

Some boomer on a board said it it must be true lol.

no, he's a HOF'er with over 15,000 posts.
Boomers don't waste that much time on a message board.

 

[Rise]

no, he's a HOF'er with over 15,000 posts.
Boomers don't waste that much time on a message board.

He is probably just making a good guess. The odds are in his favor. You don’t think a big media guy would have tweeted this if it was locked in already?

 

[dabears70]

Seeing how Kliff was talking about his time in Washington... he's sounding a lot like Ben Johnson last season when he decided to stay in Detroit.


I don't blame him if he did decide to stay for another year. If they are this good right now with a rookie Jayden.... and they have over 100 million to play with this off-season? They could easily be one of the more dominant teams in the NFL for the next 3-4 years.

Why not ride that for a bit before jumping ship?

Crazy how things can change for a team in one offseason when you get a good/great QB and some good coaching. Lets all hope the Bears are next to make those changes.

 

[jsu34]

For me I wouldn’t call it a trigger. I just view it as a pointless interview for the Bears HC search. It’s different if they brought him in to interview him as a positional coach. And that only makes sense if your top candidates wanted George as a positional coach.

Ok, but there's more than just that one pointless interview. Bears are interviewing 17 candidates and people are acting as EG is somehow the next HC.

 

[jsu34]

Announcing an in-person interview with a guy who realistically has no shot at getting the job and that satisfies the Rooney Rule right after Ben Johnson unexpectedly becomes available seems like a clownshow move to me.

I have no problem with them interviewing George, within the context of this very large search. But it's the timing of it, and the idea that they had two months to do this and waited until this time to do so makes them seem woefully unprepared.

Dude was busy also......

 

[ZOMBIE@CTESPN]

Jerry doesn't deal with HCs who don't have any HC experience or don't have a previous relationship with his org. The Dallas beat guys basically said there's no chance or Johnson there.

Kellen Moore if I had to guess.

Did they interview coach slime yet?

 

[dabears70]

That’s what I’ve been saying. People annointing him to Lombardi status and he’s called plays for a few years with a great roster.

I hope he goes to Vegas.

I brought up how he's demanding all this money and he's doing what he's done with the best OL in football and a veteran QB that's already been to a Super Bowl and weapons everywhere on here before the season was even over and caught a ton of CCS shyt for saying that on here.

 

[dennehy]

Dude was busy also......

Was busy for several months and then free right after the Lions lost?

Possible. Again, I don't have any problem with them interviewing George. Just think the timing indicates some disfunction in the front office.