Which coach do you think MB&SK like the best? Everyone please respond.
Well, I kind of think that is two questions in one. That is because I really believe that at least Steve Keim are very fascinated with DeFilippo. I thought I read a rumor that Keim has been interested in hiring DeFilippo to the staff for years. That said, I also think that both Keim and Mr. Bidwill are hesitant to gamble on DeFilippo being ready to become a head coach already. If someone like Jim Schwartz, who are also currently employed by the Eagles, would want to bring DeFilippo as his offensive coordinator I believe that would give Schwartz a pretty big advantage in the eyes of Keim and Mr. Bidwill.
My answer to the second part of the question is Pat Shurmur. I think they want to hire him, since I think they want an offensive minded coach that has experience with different units and a track record of building a good offensive squad. My only question would be about his personality and demeanor, as I wrote, but I think that might be where they are willing to compromise. Also, Mr. Bidwill were part of the hiring of Ken Whisenhunt, and he was not that outgoing.
I think Steve Wilks could be an alternative, mainly because I tend to believe it is a bigger deal to the decision makers that he has been an assistant head coach than it seems to be to a lot of fans and media pundits.
My own opinion is that I really want them to hire Matt Patricia. It is actually based solely on a feeling I have that he will be a good leader of groups. I have nothing to back it up, and I know about the history of assistant coaches from New England that becomes head coaches. I just think he will be a very good head coach.
I also want to add in general and not to you specifically, that all of the candidates are lottery tickets in some form. There are reasons why they are not head coaches right now, and since none of us know those reasons we can only guess if they are good or bad. Dan Quinn, Mike Zimmer, Doug Pederson or the likes are not going to suddenly change team and come to Arizona. I guess I am just trying to say that there is no such thing as a perfect candidate, and though it is a fair way of judging a guy, it is not right to dismiss anyone because what others have done in a similar situation. All of these guys have flaws, and if you wanted you could find reasons for not hiring any one of them.
