Well, it’s getting time for the annual NFL coaching carousel and Black Monday.
Not a coaching move, but a couple of the Redskins blogs are reporting that Bruce Allen is out in football operations. That’s really good news, but I’m still waiting for better confirmation.
It would be better if Dan Snyder was out of ownership operations. The Washington Football Team doesn’t really register on my “I give a shit about this team” radar, but he has demolished everything that franchise once stood for.
On another note, Mike McCarthy, of Green Bay infamy, has now met twice with the Carolina Panthers. Wherever he ends up (unless in Chicago or Minnesota), I wish him the best of luck. He really was a fantastic coach, but time, loyalty, and familiarity took their toll. It takes a truly incredible coach to spend a dozen years in one place and continue to do as well at the end as they did at the start.
Looks like Ron Rivera to the Redskins.
Kitchens out in Cleveland.
Cowboys fans have been yelling for Urban Meyer for weeks now.
Garrett will be gone for sure. Meyer has expressed some interest.
ESPN reporting that Shurmur is out in NY.
Rivera might to to the Giants , it’s a better job than Washington in fact I think almost any job is better than Washington due to the owner
The Redskins blogs are all saying that Rivera is a done deal now that Allen is completely out. But, weirder things have happened.
Rivera had to know other jobs would open up so he would be dumb to take the DC job too soon
They’ve been screeching for Garrett’s head since about Halloween.
I don’t think the Cowboys will get Urban Meyer; no good coach in their right mind is going to go be a head coach for Jerry Jones and give up that much autonomy, unless they’re not really that in demand and they NEED the Cowboys job.
What happened to the Marvin Lewis rumors? He’d be a perfect fit with his experience in dealing with shitty ownership and instilling a deep sense of mediocrity.
I agree many coaches don’t want to work for Jerry Jones. They might end up with a DC or OC from another NFL team. Or maybe a college coach who wants a shot at the NFL
Meyer currently isn’t coaching, so he is a possibility at least.
I can’t see Lincoln Riley (reportedly somebody Jerry Jones really wants) giving up one of the cushiest positions in college football for the Cowboys job.
Kind of the same story with Nick Saban or David Shaw or any of a number of college coaches. Going from a top college program to a questionable NFL HC job is a step down these days.
Sure, but Urban Meyer isn’t coaching by his own choice; he could announce his candidacy for college football again, and probably have his pick of programs looking for new coaches. Or pro teams probably. There’s no reason for him to deliberately deal with Jerry Jones’ BS.
I agree - I can’t see the best Power 5 college coaches thinking that a move to a lackluster NFL team with a meddling owner is a upward move. What I can see is a good, but not yet great college HC thinking that a move to the pros would be a net positive, even if they have to deal with Jerry Jones. Someone like a Matt Rhule, for example, might see moving to the Cowboys (or any other NFL team) as a net positive versus coaching at Baylor.
If his team severely under-performing (at least based on pre-season hype) and him recently stating that “I don’t care” about his job security, surely losing to the in-state division rival who came in with the worst record in the league had to be the last straw for Browns management.
Agreed – head coaches at big-time BCS programs are effectively czars, and even if the NFL is, in theory, a higher-level job, nearly all NFL head coaches have far less power over their programs than college coaches do.
yes but NFL coaches don’t have to recruit 12 months of the year. they even get vacations in the summer. Also college coaches have to spend a lot of time kissing up to the big boosters, not just the GM and owner. A lot of college (head and assistants) guys go to the NFL just to avoid recruiting. Once they are in the NFL not many go back to college as long as a NFL team will hire them.
Coaching at either level involves some truly ridiculous work hours, though as former player Ross Tucker pointed outin this SI article a few years ago, at least the NFL coaches do get about four weeks off prior to training camp, as you note.
But, at least for head coaches, a number of successful college coaches went to the NFL briefly, weren’t successful, and then went back to college, which they clearly liked better. Some examples: Nick Saban (coached the Dolphins for two unhappy years before going to Alabama), Lou Holtz (one miserable season in '76 coaching the Jets), and Bobby Petrino (quit as Falcons coach after 13 games, to go back to the college game).
Steve Spurrier was also a disaster for the Redskins. Very few coaches can succeed at the top college level as well as the NFL. It’s a completely different game and mindset.
Thank you! He was the other example I was trying to think of.
On the other hand you’ve got Jim Harbaugh who was more successful at the pro level then college but seems very happy staying at college.