OT - Lovie Wasn't TB's First Choice, Wanted Cowher Or Gruden

[Milton Waddams]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/chi-report-lovie-buccaneers-20140106,0,2721515.story

CBSSports.com reports: Before hiring former Bears coach Lovie Smith, the Buccaneers made a run at Jon Gruden and Bill Cowher, but both former Super Bowl-winning coaches said they had no plans to leave their broadcasting jobs.

Former Buccaneers coach Tony Dungy is considered a possible target for an upper-management position.

 

[ijustposthere]

Trying pretty hard to re-live the glory days Tampa?

 

[iueyedoc]

LOL at the Dungy thing. If true Lovie and Dungy will waste half of each day telling each other how great they are.

 

[airtime143]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/chi-report-lovie-buccaneers-20140106,0,2721515.story

CBSSports.com reports: Before hiring former Bears coach Lovie Smith, the Buccaneers made a run at Jon Gruden and Bill Cowher, but both former Super Bowl-winning coaches said they had no plans to leave their broadcasting jobs.

Former Buccaneers coach Tony Dungy is considered a possible target for an upper-management position.

HA- Tampa going after Gruden is like calling your Ex for a booty call at 2 a.m. ..... Seems brilliant and might be fun for a little while but it will eventually turn in to a mess when your head clears.

 

[DaaBears]

You guys are sickly out of control. Anybody that is conscious knows that teams every year needing coaches have tried to get Cowher and Gruden back coaching, unsuccessfully, especially Cowher.

 

[modo]

Bears didn't afaik when they went after trestman...

 

[Mitchapalooza]

Took Cowher like 15 years to win a Superbowl. Why's everyone love him so much

Sent from Cuba

 

[BearsFan51]

Everyone everywhere is making a run at Gruden and Cowher and neither one is coming back.

 

[winterwarz]

Took Cowher like 15 years to win a Superbowl. Why's everyone love him so much

Sent from Cuba

He yells and snarls and has the fire.

 

[remydat]

LOL at the Dungy thing. If true Lovie and Dungy will waste half of each day telling each other how great they are.

Does friendship make you uncomfortable?

 

[iueyedoc]

Former Buccaneers coach Tony Dungy is considered a possible target for an upper-management position.

Could there be a worse potential hire?
Hiring an analyst that has been out of the league for years with no management experience to be the "GM", is this the Matt Millen story? Then throw on top of that he is a former defensive minded coach with near identical ideology as Lovie's. Where will any valuable offensive player assessment come from? Everyone standing around agreeing with each other with no original input is a recipe for disaster. This would be a horrible move for Lovie when trying to enhance his chance to succeed, IMO.

 

[optimus prime]

Took Cowher like 15 years to win a Superbowl. Why's everyone love him so much

Sent from Cuba

do you understand how difficult winning a sb is? there are great coaches who have never won one

 

[iueyedoc]

He yells and snarls and has the fire.

more like he puts out fires when he snarls and yells with he frothing saliva.

 

[iueyedoc]

Does friendship make you uncomfortable?

When hiring employees, especially when one is suppose to critically evaluate the other, it does.

 

[BearsFan51]

Could there be a worse potential hire?
Hiring an analyst that has been out of the league for years with no management experience to be the "GM", is this the Matt Millen story? Then throw on top of that he is a former defensive minded coach with near identical ideology as Lovie's. Where will any valuable offensive player assessment come from? Everyone standing around agreeing with each other with no original input is a recipe for disaster. This would be a horrible move for Lovie when trying to enhance his chance to succeed, IMO.

That's been the recipe for every NFL coach/front office situation since the league's inception. This news is nothing new it's a classic example of how the good old boy network works. It's why Marinelli is coaching with Kiffin, Marinelli coached with Lovie, Kromer is coaching with Trestman, the NFL is the worst who you know not what you know work situation in the country.

It doesn't matter if he's a competent coach or a competent scout all that matters is they worked with the guy who will be their boss.

 

[Camden Cutler]

lovie only got hired because of the rooney rule

 

[JDB_219]

do you understand how difficult winning a sb is? there are great coaches who have never won one

It sort of undermines his greatness that Tomlin came in and got another one plus an appearance so fast. Big Ben.

 

[DaaBears]

The non-stop taking shots at Lovie by some is understandable, only to the degree that posters are showing their immaturity as he was our former head coach for 9 years. The mocking of Bill Cowher and his abilities on the other hand show a complete lack of knowledge of football.

 

[DaaBears]

lovie only got hired because of the rooney rule

Nobody gets hired because of the Rooney Rule, people potentially get interviewed because of it.

 

[BNB]

Took Cowher like 15 years to win a Superbowl. Why's everyone love him so much

Sent from Cuba

The Steelers under Cowher were always pretty competitive and won games despite pretty shit QB play up until Big Ben. Before Ben, he never really had a good QB. Once he got one, he won the SB two years later.