Potential 2024 NFL Head Coach Candidates - Running IGT

[bamainatlanta]

I read somewhere online that the locker room did not take well to Nate Davis checking out during mini camp. That his mom being sick was not well accepted as an excuse to miss all training camp.

 

[onebud34]

I read somewhere online that the locker room did not take well to Nate Davis checking out during mini camp. That his mom being sick was not well accepted as an excuse to miss all training camp.

Nate should've motored and moved between training camp and his Mom

 

[4THQUARTERCLUTCHLER]

If u keep Fields Brian Johnson without a doubt

If we keep field's it won't matter he is broken can't read a defense or make quick decisions and no amount of coaching will fix that but agree its time to clean house. I'm sure poles will be retained but most of his decisions are pretty questionable at this point as well.

 

[ZOMBIE@CTESPN]

Harbaugh

 

[Les Grossman]

Honestly who knows?

pretty much EVERYONE (on these boards anyway) thought MIA hiring Mike McDaniel was a joke bc they missed out on the big names and had to settle for what's left in the coaching carousel. McDaniel is also kind of a goober. He was also only the OC for the 49ers for year prior to MIA. Turns out he's pretty awesome as a coach and now he's got a great season DC on his team which is hard to do for young first time coaches.

 

[Chicago Staleys]

Anything coming out of the Eagles organization, I’ll take it!

 

[pseudonym]

Harbaugh

Turn it over to him and let him call the shots. **** it. Why not? Poles may be the only one that survives this purge, and he probably only gets one more shot.

 

[Bigfoot]

Dorsey shown he can work with young QBs in Newton and Allen. Newton fell off a cliff once Dorsey left.

 

[Montucky]

At this point I would take Dan Quinn or Jason Garrett to come in and stabilize the patient while hopefully attracting quality assistants and coordinators. Its not ideal, but within the realm of what is realistic its probably the best you can hope for. John Fox brought in Adam Gase and Vic Fangio.

I'd also trust somebody like Quinn or Garrett with their staffs to come in and really identify what parts of this roster are salvageable. Its unlikey that there is zero talent anywhere on this roster, but good luck figuring out who can actually make it in the league amidst all this nonsense.

Jim Harbaugh simply won't happen, if for no other reason than he is what must happen. The Bears will purposefully avoid him because that means admitting the fans have been right for the last ten years that we've been clamoring for him.

 

[Hawkeye OG]

At this point I would take Dan Quinn or Jason Garrett to come in and stabilize the patient while hopefully attracting quality assistants and coordinators. Its not ideal, but within the realm of what is realistic its probably the best you can hope for. John Fox brought in Adam Gase and Vic Fangio.

I'd also trust somebody like Quinn or Garrett with their staffs to come in and really identify what parts of this roster are salvageable. Its unlikey that there is zero talent anywhere on this roster, but good luck figuring out who can actually make it in the league amidst all this nonsense.

Jim Harbaugh simply won't happen, if for no other reason than he is what must happen. The Bears will purposefully avoid him because that means admitting the fans have been right for the last ten years that we've been clamoring for him.

I get what you're saying with a re-tread type option such as Quinn. And honestly, he might be at the top of the list as far as previous HC's go. My caveat to that - most likely these guys can 'stabilize' the team, but are going to be mediocre at best. Hovering around 6, 7, 8 wins is football hell in the NFL. Not really good enough for the playoffs and stuck picking in the middle of the draft every year. So, to acquire that game changer type talent, you have to give up draft capital and this has repeatedly fucked the Bears the past 5 years.

I mean, if you're going to be bad you might as well be really fucking bad. And when you are as incompetent as the Bears you just hope and pray they luck into a generational talent. So, if they take a flyer on a younger guy and he doesn't pan out its likely to be an epic failure (Nagy, Flus) and you at least have high draft picks.

 

[Montucky]

I get what you're saying with a re-tread type option such as Quinn. And honestly, he might be at the top of the list as far as previous HC's go. My caveat to that - most likely these guys can 'stabilize' the team, but are going to be mediocre at best. Hovering around 6, 7, 8 wins is football hell in the NFL. Not really good enough for the playoffs and stuck picking in the middle of the draft every year. So, to acquire that game changer type talent, you have to give up draft capital and this has repeatedly fucked the Bears the past 5 years.

I mean, if you're going to be bad you might as well be really fucking bad. And when you are as incompetent as the Bears you just hope and pray they luck into a generational talent. So, if they take a flyer on a younger guy and he doesn't pan out its likely to be an epic failure (Nagy, Flus) and you at least have high draft picks.

At this point I think if you don't accept, at least on an interim basis, being cylically competitive as an on-average .500 team you are risking falling into a hole where the Bears fail to sniff the playoffs for twenty years. Right now there is just a shred of enough success in the not-too-distant past to get somebody in here who can create a new floor of about six or seven wins. Another year or two like this? You will only get the worst of the worst candidates desperately taking any job they can. At that point you are rolling the dice until you get snake eyes, and that can take decades.

Its not worth the high draft picks to risk that. Bears picked first overall last year, look what good that did them. I understand where you're coming from here but you are on the verge of falling off a cliff if you're the Bears. Call these guys, humble yourself before them and let them get you back to respectability and maybe in a couple years playoff contention.

 

[Montucky]

I'm legitimately saying this and chosing my words carefully here, particularly considering this whole Alan Williams situation which is boiling under the surface like Mt. St. Helens.

This is a scary moment for the Bears. You don't want to be the antelope that falls out of the pack and gets eaten by lions, just ask the Detroit Lions how that feels. Being bad one or two years is fine, but being almost completely bereft of talent the year after you had first overall and a bunch of cap money with seemingly no way out is how you stay there for years.

Luck is not a viable strategy. You've got about the same chance of Andrew Luck coming to save you as you do with lady luck. Get good fundamentally with competent professional coaches while they still feel like Chicago is worth their time. Get to safety and respectability before its too late.

 

[dabears70]

Mike LaFleur, brother of Packers HC Matt LaFleur of course, has a pretty good resume with much of it coming with working under Kyle Shanahan in Atlanta and San Fran. He went to the Jets with Robert Saleh and things obviously didn't go well for the offense there but hard to do with Zack Wilson as your starting QB. He's now the OC for S.McVay with the Rams.

 

[RiDLer80]

Ben Johnson + a greybeard DC
Jim Harbaugh
Lincoln Riley + Caleb Williams (he'll also need a greybeard DC)

 

[Hawkeye OG]

Mike LaFleur, brother of Packers HC Matt LaFleur of course, has a pretty good resume with much of it coming with working under Kyle Shanahan in Atlanta and San Fran. He went to the Jets with Robert Saleh and things obviously didn't go well for the offense there but hard to do with Zack Wilson as your starting QB. He's now the OC for S.McVay with the Rams.

I saw his name on a few articles bet didn't mention him because I couldn't even think about how annoying the media would be in a LaFleur vs. LaFleur matchup every time the Bears played the Packers. And the Bears would ultimately end up with the worse LaFleur.

 

[One Team]

Mike Norvell from Florida State is a coach I have watched have good success as a head coach at Memphis and now Florida State. Don't think he has NFL experience, however he has shown he can put together quality staffs and put players in the NFL Draft. He's in his 4th season at FSU, and has really helped bring that program back to the upper echelon's of CF.

 

[onebud34]

They should've hired Ryans when they had the chance. Another fumble/takeaway

 

[dabears70]

Mike Norvell from Florida State is a coach I have watched have good success as a head coach at Memphis and now Florida State. Don't think he has NFL experience, however he has shown he can put together quality staffs and put players in the NFL Draft. He's in his 4th season at FSU, and has really helped bring that program back to the upper echelon's of CF.

Whoa whoa whoa now, you stay away from our HC. My Noles finally got back to being respected so we need to keep Norvell around for a while.

 

[MadOne 77]

I would target an older veteran OC/ Head Coach. Someone that could help a young QB and is familiar with running a team. Todd Hayley Bill O'Brian or Mike McCoy might be good options. Maybey a Ken Whisenhunt??
I think Obrian or Haley would be good for a rookie QB.

 

[bearsfan1977]

My choice would be Sarkisian. Doubtful he’d leave Texas, but his offense would be perfect for Fields (and Caleb Williams). RPO/play-action with mesh concepts built in.

He’s been an excellent play-caller for years. His issue was the booze. I can assume (and hope) he’s gotten through that since it’s been awhile and he’s landed top gigs since.

I would give him the HC spot, he would call plays, and hire an established vet DC.