Head Coach Candidates Interview Schedule Thread

[D-Dogg]

His opinion is that if Wisenhunt got to pick between coaching Leinart or coaching Vick, its Leinart.

I have the same feeling, without any of the proximity to the guy to base my feeling on that the Pitt guy has.

But Whisenhunt's playcalling tends to fit a QB like Leinart better than Big Ben, and definitely better than a gimmick QB who can't throw very well.


That's a good thing to hear, btw...thanks for posting it en fuego.

 

[D-Dogg]

No offense but Wolf talks out of the wrong end so to speak most of the time.

Wolf didn't say it. The Pitt sportswriters did.

 

[Wild Card]

Now, if we find the guy we want and he is on a play-off team, how do we "lock him up" so to speak, since we can't sign him 'til his play-off run? The guys we are looking at are also interviewing in Atlanta and Miami.........

ICF:

... as well as some candidates that haven't yet appeared on the Cardinals' published lists. Other names I've seen connected with the Dolphins' job:

Here's another name to add to the list of high-profile coaches who could land in Miami: Bill Parcells. There's talk in league circles that, if the Fins decide to keep GM Randy Mueller, a Mueller-Parcells pairing could work. Parcells, we're told, has always had a good relationship with Mueller. And there is an increasing belief that Parcells has had all he can take of owner Jerry Jones.

-- profootballtalk.com​

Former Dolphins offensive coordinator Chan Gailey and former Falcons coach Jim Mora will interview for the Miami coaching position as early as today.

-- South Florida Sun-Sentinel​

And, of course, rumors continue to swirl around this guy:

Nick Saban's departure in Miami opens another door for Pete Carroll, who just acknowledged that he needs a special kind of owner to tempt him back into the NFL ranks. Translation: Carroll would've taken the Cardinals job, except the Cardinals are too stupid and too stingy to give full control and a fat paycheck to another head coach, especially when they have to pay Dennis Green $2.5 million to sit on the beach next season.

-- Arizona Republic​

Mike and Rod had better get out the checkbook...

WC

 

[D-Dogg]

ICF:

Translation: Carroll would've taken the Cardinals job, except the Cardinals are too stupid and too stingy to give full control and a fat paycheck to another head coach, especially when they have to pay Dennis Green $2.5 million to sit on the beach next season.

-- Arizona Republic​

Translation: The Repugnant is a terrible newspaper and utter crap when it comes to reporting facts as such, but brilliant at reporting wild conjecture as facts.

 

[football karma]

ICF:

Nick Saban's departure in Miami opens another door for Pete Carroll, who just acknowledged that he needs a special kind of owner to tempt him back into the NFL ranks. Translation: Carroll would've taken the Cardinals job, except the Cardinals are too stupid and too stingy to give full control and a fat paycheck to another head coach, especially when they have to pay Dennis Green $2.5 million to sit on the beach next season.

-- Arizona Republic​

WC

This wasnt an article -- that was out of Bickley's column --

 

[D-Dogg]

Bickley is a hack. And too many take what he says as fact, so I stand by my post.

 

[Gambit]

Translation: The Repugnant is a terrible newspaper and utter crap when it comes to reporting facts as such, but brilliant at reporting wild conjecture as facts.

I think that's every newspaper. Certainly the case with the Houston Comical sports section.

 

[Wild Card]

Translation: The Repugnant is a terrible newspaper and utter crap when it comes to reporting facts as such, but brilliant at reporting wild conjecture as facts.

D-D:

O.K., what's your opinion of the L.A. Times?

NFL coaching fraternity set for major changes
Atlanta and Arizona already have openings. USC's Carroll says he's not going anywhere.
By Sam Farmer, Times Staff Writer
January 3, 2007

In a league where salaries are high and patience is low, coaches usually have about three seasons to turn a franchise around. That's how long Dennis Green had in Arizona before he was fired Monday, leaving with a 16-32 record.

Although USC's Pete Carroll is rumored to be a candidate for that job, one that would reunite him with quarterback Matt Leinart, there are strong indications that the Cardinals won't even make a run at him. Carroll, former coach of the New York Jets and New England Patriots, is believed to want full control of personnel decisions as a condition for returning to the NFL and the Cardinals recently gave a three-year contract extension to their personnel man, Rod Graves, vice president of operations.

Carroll said Tuesday, a day after leading the Trojans to a victory over Michigan in the Rose Bowl game, that neither he nor his agent had had contact with the Cardinals and that he had no intention of leaving USC.

"I just don't picture anything that would be of value to even consider," he said. "Because I don't know how they can structure. They're too top-heavy in the organization and stuff to even create a scenario…. [There] aren't guys that own teams that would create a scenario for a guy like myself that would be interesting, so I don't even consider it … so it's pretty easy for me to hold stance on that."​

Other than Bickley's insulting choice of adjectives in describing team management, this doesn't sound too dissimilar in describing Carroll's reaction to the possibility of a job with the Cardinals. No freakin' way, in other words.

WC

 

[D-Dogg]

Well, one I hate the LA Times but that's for other reasons.

Second, I take Carroll's quote as a reaction to the NFL as a whole, not the cardinals in particular.

And third, he says they had no contact with the cards at all, while Hack Bickley suggests that the Cards could have had Carroll but they were too stingy and stupid to do so.


Basically what Carroll is saying is that it will take heaven and earth to get him in the NFL, no matter who you are...he doesn't like the organizational system of the NFL. "[There] aren't guys that own teams that would create a scenario for a guy like myself that would be interesting, so I don't even consider it … so it's pretty easy for me to hold stance on that. [not leaving usc]"



I see it as pretty different...one says that Carroll is going nowhere and it would be a miracle to get him to leave, and he hasn't talked to the Cards.

The other says the Cards could have had him but they were too stingy and stupid.

 

[lobo]

Even IF Grimm gets the job, there are At least 2 other open jobs he would take before this one.

all speculation...and we will never know the answer, if a guy would take any other job but pitt before this I WOULDN"T want a guy like that...

of the five openings how many rosters would you trade even up right now?? you might make a case for one but no more than that

 

[Russ Smith]

D-D:

O.K., what's your opinion of the L.A. Times?

NFL coaching fraternity set for major changes
Atlanta and Arizona already have openings. USC's Carroll says he's not going anywhere.
By Sam Farmer, Times Staff Writer
January 3, 2007

In a league where salaries are high and patience is low, coaches usually have about three seasons to turn a franchise around. That's how long Dennis Green had in Arizona before he was fired Monday, leaving with a 16-32 record.

Although USC's Pete Carroll is rumored to be a candidate for that job, one that would reunite him with quarterback Matt Leinart, there are strong indications that the Cardinals won't even make a run at him. Carroll, former coach of the New York Jets and New England Patriots, is believed to want full control of personnel decisions as a condition for returning to the NFL and the Cardinals recently gave a three-year contract extension to their personnel man, Rod Graves, vice president of operations.

Carroll said Tuesday, a day after leading the Trojans to a victory over Michigan in the Rose Bowl game, that neither he nor his agent had had contact with the Cardinals and that he had no intention of leaving USC.

"I just don't picture anything that would be of value to even consider," he said. "Because I don't know how they can structure. They're too top-heavy in the organization and stuff to even create a scenario…. [There] aren't guys that own teams that would create a scenario for a guy like myself that would be interesting, so I don't even consider it … so it's pretty easy for me to hold stance on that."​

Other than Bickley's insulting choice of adjectives in describing team management, this doesn't sound too dissimilar in describing Carroll's reaction to the possibility of a job with the Cardinals. No freakin' way, in other words.

WC

Sounds to me like Carroll is saying I don't like the bidwills and they already re hired Graves so it's not a fit for me, not I'd take that job if they'd pay me enough?

Remember what they said during the USC bowl game, that Carroll told them point blank he wasn't interested in the job and hadn't talked to us about the job.

I'm convinced any communication we had with Carroll was us asking about Norm Chow, just a hunch. Carroll doesn't come off to me as being Nick Saban, I don't think he'd just consistently lie about this, if he had any interest I think he'd have pursued it.

Something else I read today, probably here, said that the second the Cards gave Graves a new contract, any chance at PC went out the window because he would want total control.

 

[Sandan]

Question for Skkorp, Ian and Bright Eyes - From Rod's apparent willingness to be more open and communicative, do you get the feeling that the doors to Cardinals HQ will re-open for ASFN staffers now that DG has departed and a new era is about to begin?

I wish but I think it is controlled by the PR guy they hired from the Cowpukes.

 

[D-Dogg]

Interesting article from Pitt paper:

John Bacha has season tickets to Arizona Cardinals games, and he may soon have more reason to root for the team that has become synonymous with futility.

Bacha coached Russ Grimm at Southmoreland High School, and Grimm is one of a handful of candidates that will interview for the head coaching job that became available Monday when Arizona fired Dennis Green.

~snip~

Bacha, whose first season coaching Southmoreland was when Grimm was a sophomore, is so certain his former player will be an NFL head coach that he said, "When it happens, I'm sure he'll coach the same way he played: with everything he had."

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_486915.html



Hey, come on old coach...put in a good word with Grimm, will ya?

 

[Redsz]

wow if that's true Chow is no longer the favorite for the job IMHO.

Indeed, if true, that is a mistake. Rivera is (now) the favourite IMO. Also the fact that the interview went longer than scheduled is an indicator.

 

[D-Dogg]

Unless MJ is saying that because he doesn't like Chow?

MJ is as accurate as a sundial at night, anyway.

 

[Stout]

per MJ:

if Chow gets the job, he would clear the entire coaching staff

Good...he should if he was hired, but he won't be hired, because he wants to clear out the staff. That's what I think, at least.

 

[D-Dogg]

Good...he should if he was hired, but he won't be hired, because he wants to clear out the staff. That's what I think, at least.

That's some catch, that catch 22.

 

[Skkorpion]

Good...he should if he was hired, but he won't be hired, because he wants to clear out the staff. That's what I think, at least.

I have no great positive feelings about any of our interviewees. But, like Jeff Gollin, I want an offensive guru, not a defensive guy. So Norm Chow is at the top of my list, and if he keeps Pendergast, good.

 

[Stout]

I have no great positive feelings about any of our interviewees. But, like Jeff Gollin, I want an offensive guru, not a defensive guy. So Norm Chow is at the top of my list, and if he keeps Pendergast, good.

I honestly can't make up my mind if I want an offensive or a defensive guru. It's a tough call. My one side says offensive, but then we might get the same kind of coaching crap on defense that we've been seeing. The other side says defensive, but then I wonder if we will utilize all of our weapons on offense.

I don't want Pendy kept. There is now a lot of talk about how the DBs weren't coached properly and that's the reason they didn't play well. Unfortunately, it was Pendy's schemes that put them in a position to fail. I cannot stand it, watching CBs play 10 yards off the line. It makes me go crazy, almost as bad as seeing a 3-man pass rush. I like aggressive defense, and I think that's the kind of defense we must have to utilize the personnel we have there. Pendy has more than proven he cannot be aggressive enough. Way to NOT blitz the rook in Denver, Clancy.

 

[D-Dogg]

Pendy has more than proven he cannot be aggressive enough. Way to NOT blitz the rook in Denver, Clancy.

How about not blitzing the hobbled, hurt foot QB in San Diego, who was limping after HANDING THE BALL OFF??

Pendy must go.

 

[conraddobler]

I want the smartest guy of the bunch, in fact I'd like the smartest guy in the NFL. It's not a sure thing but it'd be refreshing to see our team for once be coached in a superior fashion to our opposition.

Chow might be the smartest of the bunch, I don't know but in going over everything for the last few days my new order is:

Chow

Sherman

That's all I think are worth seperating from the pack as of now, I really liked Sherman's interview, I think Rivera would be a disaster simply because he's going to need to tear apart the defense, he dosen't have the athletes he needs to duplicate anything like Chicago's D here.

I guess it depends on how hard Matt lobbys for the guy, if he dosen't lobby much I guess that says the guy isn't all that but I guess we'll see.

 

[ItsInTheCards]

I want the smartest guy of the bunch, in fact I'd like the smartest guy in the NFL. It's not a sure thing but it'd be refreshing to see our team for once be coached in a superior fashion to our opposition.

Chow might be the smartest of the bunch, I don't know but in going over everything for the last few days my new order is:

Chow

Sherman

That's all I think are worth seperating from the pack as of now, I really liked Sherman's interview, I think Rivera would be a disaster simply because he's going to need to tear apart the defense, he dosen't have the athletes he needs to duplicate anything like Chicago's D here.

I guess it depends on how hard Matt lobbys for the guy, if he dosen't lobby much I guess that says the guy isn't all that but I guess we'll see.

I'm for Chow as well....and Adrian Wilson knew him for a brief period as well

with Chow, you're getting a guy who got a Masters at 26, and a doctorate at 33, so he's certainly got the brilliant down

 

[football karma]

I really dont have a problem with any of the candidates -- a list that, for the most part, has been validated by the other teams coaching search.

Mike Sherman is my first choice.

My reasoning is this: As stated by somebody on this board, the Cards cannot screw up this choice. Three more years of losing would turn teams leaders like Wilson and Boldin into dissatisfied vets looking to leave ASAP.

Sherman has been a HC before, so you know what you are getting. Does he have warts? Yes-- but you know those warts (and BTW -- almost every coach in the league has them).

All the other coaches are unknowns at the HC level. For every Eric Mangini there is a Brad Childress--

I like his o-line coach background and the fact that his teams are uber-prepared on Sunday.

I also think that guys who go way up very fast---- Sherman was a position coach prior to the HC job, and then after one year became GM too, all the while winning division championships -- can get the big head. Then being fired and not immediately snapped up by some team gives him the humbling that he probably needed.

Finally -- for a guy whose faults include being too aloof to his players, etc -- that fact that his team gave him a standing O when he was fired tells me that at a minimum, they respected the guy--which is most important.

I guess I am willing to give up some potential upside from a coordinator to get a known quantity in a HC. Dont underestimate who huge a jump it is from a coordinator role to a HC position.

 

[Mitch]

I really dont have a problem with any of the candidates -- a list that, for the most part, has been validated by the other teams coaching search.

Mike Sherman is my first choice.

My reasoning is this: As stated by somebody on this board, the Cards cannot screw up this choice. Three more years of losing would turn teams leaders like Wilson and Boldin into dissatisfied vets looking to leave ASAP.

Sherman has been a HC before, so you know what you are getting. Does he have warts? Yes-- but you know those warts (and BTW -- almost every coach in the league has them).

All the other coaches are unknowns at the HC level. For every Eric Mangini there is a Brad Childress--

I like his o-line coach background and the fact that his teams are uber-prepared on Sunday.

I also think that guys who go way up very fast---- Sherman was a position coach prior to the HC job, and then after one year became GM too, all the while winning division championships -- can get the big head. Then being fired and not immediately snapped up by some team gives him the humbling that he probably needed.

Finally -- for a guy whose faults include being too aloof to his players, etc -- that fact that his team gave him a standing O when he was fired tells me that at a minimum, they respected the guy--which is most important.

I guess I am willing to give up some potential upside from a coordinator to get a known quantity in a HC. Dont underestimate who huge a jump it is from a coordinator role to a HC position.

I with you, en fuego. I think Sherman, because of his experience and past success is the wisest choice, providing his plan for the defense and who the coordinator will be is a very good one.

 

[Renz]

I'm with you, en fuego. I think Sherman, because of his experience and past success is the wisest choice, providing his plan for the defense and who the coordinator will be is a very good one.

I'm leaning towards Sherman now too, for many of the same reasons that en fuego stated. Sherman also seemed to desperately want the job, which is a big plus IMO.

Right now, I'd list my favorites as:

1. Sherman

2. Chow

3. Rivera