Ken Whisenhunt is coming in tomorrow for 2nd interview

[earthsci]

This is the wrong Pittsburgh coach to lust after.

 

[RON_IN_OC]

Smokescreen......

Bill wants the gargoyle.

Dude, if you're going to bash someone, at least spell their name correctly. It's Bidwill.

 

[D-Dogg]

Well let the rumor mill start a'flowin!

I'll start. So, he's here all weekend because the instant the Steelers hire Grimm, we want Ken here for the press conference.

Is his wife coming? (does he have one?)

 

[D-Dogg]

This is the wrong Pittsburgh coach to lust after.

I like both...Grimm is favored, but I'm thinking Pitt will sign him.

 

[RON_IN_OC]

This stance simply mystifies me. Does he want the Steelers job as his first choice? No doubt. If he doesn't get it and comes here, will he be any less dedicated and work less hard to win? Absolutely not.

Just because a candidate does not have YOU at the top of their wish list does not mean he cannot be on top of YOUR wish list. If someone else is hired in Pittsburgh, we offer him the job, and he takes it, I will have no problem that Pittsburgh was his first choice. I mean, why should anyone have a problem with a guy having priorities and going through those priorities to get a job? Sheesh.

If the Cards hire Whis, knowing that Pittsburgh is his 1st love...what happens if the new Pittsburgh coach fails and gets fired in a year, or two...Will the Cards always have to be worrying about Whis leaving?

 

[Pariah]

If the Cards hire Whis, knowing that Pittsburgh is his 1st love...what happens if the new Pittsburgh coach fails and gets fired in a year, or two...Will the Cards always have to be worrying about Whis leaving?

No, because he'll be under contract.

 

[earthsci]

Whisenhunt reminds me too much of the other good ccordinators that came out of Pittsburgh to become mediocre head coaches.

 

[RON_IN_OC]

No, because he'll be under contract.

So was Gruden when he jumped ship from Oakland to Tampa. So was Parcells when he left New England for the Jets...Doesn't stop anyone!

 

[Pariah]

So was Gruden when he jumped ship from Oakland to Tampa. So was Parcells when he left New England for the Jets...Doesn't stop anyone!

Gruden was traded to the Bucs--they didn't have to let him go.

I don't remember what the particulars were with Parcells.

It's not common, and it's not for naught. I'm not worried in the slightest.

Plus, do you know how many coaches the Steelers have had in the past 30 years? Two. Steelers coaches don't go anywhere.

 

[kerouac9]

Who has the list of successful head coaches who served in Pittsburgh under Cowher as coordinator on either side of the ball?

I'll start the list of failures: Dick LeBeau, Mike Mularkey, Dom Capers, Chan Gailey, Jim Haslett,

Here's some of the successes: Marvin Lewis. Has he won a playoff game yet?

Oh, and by the way, here are the successful coaches from the Marty Schottenheimer coaching tree: Bill Cowher, Tony Dungy, Herm Edwards. Thank God we're not really looking at Cam Cameron anymore.

 

[D-Dogg]

Who has the list of successful head coaches who served in Pittsburgh under Cowher as coordinator on either side of the ball?

I'll start the list of failures: Dick LeBeau, Mike Mularkey, Dom Capers, Chan Gailey, Jim Haslett,

Here's some of the successes: Marvin Lewis. Has he won a playoff game yet?

Oh, and by the way, here are the successful coaches from the Marty Schottenheimer coaching tree: Bill Cowher, Tony Dungy, Herm Edwards. Thank God we're not really looking at Cam Cameron anymore.

Wouldn't all Cowher's people be under the Schottenheimer Coaching tree too then? Under Bill?

 

[kerouac9]

But a lot (all?) of those guys never worked for Marty at all. We're choosing (I wish) between a Cowher protoge and a Schottenheimer protoge. Which one does the history suggest?

 

[joeshmo]

I have come to the conclusion that anyone who is interviewed K9 will find every wart possible and hate them even the #1 guy on his list.

 

[joeshmo]

Oh, and by the way, here are the successful coaches from the Marty Schottenheimer coaching tree: Bill Cowher, Tony Dungy, Herm Edwards. Thank God we're not really looking at Cam Cameron anymore.

Herm Edwards?

 

[az jam]

Who has the list of successful head coaches who served in Pittsburgh under Cowher as coordinator on either side of the ball?

I'll start the list of failures: Dick LeBeau, Mike Mularkey, Dom Capers, Chan Gailey, Jim Haslett,

Here's some of the successes: Marvin Lewis. Has he won a playoff game yet?

Oh, and by the way, here are the successful coaches from the Marty Schottenheimer coaching tree: Bill Cowher, Tony Dungy, Herm Edwards. Thank God we're not really looking at Cam Cameron anymore.

And assistant coaches under Denny Green that became HC include Tony Dungy, Brian Billick, and Mike Tice.

 

[D-Dogg]

Chan Gailey

Is he really a failure?

In two years, he compiled an 18-16 record and won a division championship in '98 with a 10-6 record.

In five years at Georgia Tech, Gailey has posted a 37-27 record and taken the team to a bowl appearance in each season.

 

[conraddobler]

What a gigantic cluster.

This smacks totally of Bidwill Sr, Michael in effect got neutered by losing and now even though he got his dad a full stadium and naming rights et al he's out of the loop here because the old man knows a thing or two about picking coaches.

Great googly moogly.

Bill Sr has a personality disorder, in the real business world he'd have failed and faded off to nowhere but in the never never land of the NFL he gets paid hundreds of times what I do, to be a complete moron.

This is just special.

 

[football karma]

just say no to Wisenhunt

He has left the STeeler offense in far worse shape than when he started

He has ruined a good young QB in just one year

He was boring in his press conference

you know, just the usual complaints

 

[Skkorpion]

ESPN just reported the Steelers are interviewing Chan Gailey. Why didn't Steeldog alert us? He says he knows everything about Pittsburgh and Whiz was a lock to be their coach.

 

[Skkorpion]

just say no to Wisenhunt

He has left the STeeler offense in far worse shape than when he started

He has ruined a good young QB in just one year

He was boring in his press conference

you know, just the usual complaints

For the record, I never liked Rothlisberger and you cannot blame anybody on that Pitt staff for Ben's failures. Ben seems to me to be a big dumb galloot who was at the right place at the right time and will never again be better than average.

Pitt won the SB for one reason - they knocked Carson Palmer out of the game on the first possession. Barring that, their run never happens.

I'd rather have Leinart than Ben.

 

[az jam]

The Cardinals on-going search for their next head coach will involve a return visit by Steelers offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt tomorrow. The Pittsburgh assistant initially met with the team last Friday and was one of eight candidates interviewed during the first phase of the search process.

Earlier today the Cardinals met for the second time with Texans assistant and former Packers head coach Mike Sherman. Aside from Whisenhunt and Sherman, Cardinals Vice President of Football Operations Rod Graves has not revealed the other candidates on the team’s short list nor how many names are on it.

Got this official update from the Cards webb page. So we really don't know how many names are on the short list.

 

[CaptTurbo]

The worst of all the choices.

HE is the OC correct? On a team that wins with defense. YAY i couldnt be more not excited.

 

[football karma]

just say no to Wisenhunt

He has left the STeeler offense in far worse shape than when he started

He has ruined a good young QB in just one year

He was boring in his press conference

you know, just the usual complaints

and for what its worth, I was being sarcastic, and I really have no issue with Wisenhunt as a candidate

I am making light of the standard for evaluation which goes something like -- my favorite candidates get the free pass, and my least favorite is held to a Vince Lombardi standard

 

[joeshmo]

He has ruined a good young QB in just one year

Ruined him?

Ben ruined himself by starting off the offseason with a bad bike accident, then has a concusion early in the year.

 

[pinnacle]

I think Michael B blew it in Bill Sr's eyes when Michael hitched his horse to the Dennis Green wagon. I get the feeling Bill Sr. never cared for Green...but this is obviously speculation. So.... Bill Jr. was yapping and running around in daddy's ear saying...."see what a horrible coach Green is....Michael does not know diddley".....so Bill Sr. said..enough...I will pick the darn coach.

The sad thing is...Michael may have gotten it right the 2nd time if he truly was pushing for Cam Cameron...but we may never know...if this is truly what was going on...