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efin98
01-03-2007, 04:16 PM
Dennis Green is out as coach of the Cardinals.
Jim Mora, Jr. is out as coach of the Falcons.
Nick Saban has fled Miami for Alabama.
Supposedly Tom Coughlin has stayed off his firing as coach of the Giants for another week or longer...
Bill Cower has been mulling retirement...
Any others you suspect will be fired/resign/hired?
redlegsfan21
01-03-2007, 04:56 PM
Mike Shanahan of the Broncos might be on the hot seat for not getting the job done.
ATLFalcons
01-03-2007, 05:18 PM
I can't see Art Shell as the coach of the Raiders next year.
brady_branch
01-03-2007, 06:00 PM
Rex Ryan, currently the Ravens defensive coordinator, will likely get some head coaching offers.
ATLFalcons
01-03-2007, 06:15 PM
Rex Ryan, currently the Ravens defensive coordinator, will likely get some head coaching offers.
What about his twin brother Rob? Rob is the Raiders defensive coordinator, and judging by hirings from the past few years, defensive coordinators are hot commodities as head coaches.
ATLFalcons
01-03-2007, 06:49 PM
Today, the Falcons interviewed Steelers offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt and will interview Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Ron Rivera on Sunday and San Francisco 49ers assistant head coach Mike Singletary next week.
brady_branch
01-03-2007, 07:38 PM
Rex Ryan is the most unsung reason the Ravens are 13-3 and have a first-round bye. He is an amazing defensive coordinator. BTW, when the Raiders get a defense, then Rob Ryan will get a head coaching job.
redlegsfan21
01-03-2007, 07:51 PM
Rex Ryan is the most unsung reason the Ravens are 13-3 and have a first-round bye. He is an amazing defensive coordinator. BTW, when the Raiders get a defense, then Rob Ryan will get a head coaching job.
I thought the Raiders had a defense, just no offense, literally. Remember the quote "Offense wins games, defense wins championships." The first part is most important for the Raiders.
ATLFalcons
01-03-2007, 08:00 PM
Rex Ryan is the most unsung reason the Ravens are 13-3 and have a first-round bye. He is an amazing defensive coordinator. BTW, when the Raiders get a defense, then Rob Ryan will get a head coaching job.
Where do you get your information? The Raiders had the #3 defense in the league this season, Rob Ryan and his defense are the reason the Raiders won two games. (playing Pittsburgh and Arizona helped too ;))
efin98
01-04-2007, 01:05 AM
I'd put John Gruden on the list as well, he's been iffy since winning the Super Bowl with Tony Dungy's guys.
brady_branch
01-04-2007, 02:14 PM
Where do you get your information? The Raiders had the #3 defense in the league this season, Rob Ryan and his defense are the reason the Raiders won two games. (playing Pittsburgh and Arizona helped too ;))
Whoops, I misread your post. I think it was mostly offensive coordinators that were hired as head coaches last year, so I didn't read carefully and assumed that Rob was an offensive coordinator. And I'm semi-dyslexic, so...
Packer Backer
01-04-2007, 09:20 PM
Looks like Cowler is done in Pittsburgh. Gee, sure am going to miss the guy yelling and drooling all over himself.
efin98
01-04-2007, 10:35 PM
Looks like Cowler is done in Pittsburgh. Gee, sure am going to miss the guy yelling and drooling all over himself.
You mean he's the only one who does that still? I thought they all did that :p :D
originally posted by ATLFalcons on Jan. 3
I can't see Art Shell as the coach of the Raiders next year.
Well, you called it. Shell is out.
Here's the link. (http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/sports/16389055.htm)
Art Shell's second stint as coach of the Oakland Raiders ended after just one season, the franchise's worst in more than four decades.
Shell met with owner Al Davis on Thursday, and afterward the team announced that he would not return as coach for the final season of his contract.
"While Art will no longer serve as head coach, he and Mr. Davis have discussed and will continue to discuss opportunities for Art to remain a valued member of the Raider organization," the team said in a statement.
Shell's departure from the sideline marks the third coaching change for Davis in the past four years. Oakland has just a 15-49 record in that span, including a 2-14 mark this season that was the Raiders' worst since 1962.
When Shell was hired to replace Norv Turner last February, he vowed to return the Raiders to their glory days. Instead, Oakland had the league's worst record and set franchise marks for losses and fewest points scored.
ATLFalcons
01-05-2007, 11:16 AM
I just heard on ESPN Radio that the Dolphins will interview former Falcons coach Jim Mora and Georgia Tech head coach Chan Gailey.
efin98
01-05-2007, 04:55 PM
Art Shell's firing makes me hate Al Davis even more than I hated him before.
He set Shell up. He knew Shell wasn't going to win anything this year. His whole righting the wrong by rehiring the guy he never should have fired was a farce.
Shell didn't deserve to be fired. He deserved another year or two before Davis should have fired him.
I've heard word that Parcells could be gone during the off-season...If he stays though, expect members the defensive staff to be pulled apart.
efin98
01-05-2007, 09:51 PM
I've heard word that Parcells could be gone during the off-season...If he stays though, expect members the defensive staff to be pulled apart.
And a certain wide receiver to be looking for new employment.
Packer Backer
01-06-2007, 10:03 AM
Art Shell's firing makes me hate Al Davis even more than I hated him before.
He set Shell up. He knew Shell wasn't going to win anything this year. His whole righting the wrong by rehiring the guy he never should have fired was a farce.
Shell didn't deserve to be fired. He deserved another year or two before Davis should have fired him.
Agree 100%.
You can even take it a step further as far as the QB's are concerned. There was no way Aaron Brooks was going to make it in OAK- especially with ball hog Randy Moss. The entire team needs an overhaul from the top down. Didn't the defense have the fewest take aways of any AFC team?
It's like Davis is purposely destroying the franchise.
efin98
01-06-2007, 01:43 PM
Agree 100%.
You can even take it a step further as far as the QB's are concerned. There was no way Aaron Brooks was going to make it in OAK- especially with ball hog Randy Moss. The entire team needs an overhaul from the top down. Didn't the defense have the fewest take aways of any AFC team?
It's like Davis is purposely destroying the franchise.
Or he was trying to get the #1 pick pick in the draft. It's one thing to try to build a winner and have it fall apart, it's another thing altogether to purposely build a loser to attain the #1 draft pick- that should merit him being overthrown by the team's minority shareholders and kicked out of the league. Those folks need to grow some gutts and stand up to him.
Or he was trying to get the #1 pick pick in the draft. It's one thing to try to build a winner and have it fall apart, it's another thing altogether to purposely build a loser to attain the #1 draft pick- that should merit him being overthrown by the team's minority shareholders and kicked out of the league. Those folks need to grow some gutts and stand up to him.
In a league that prides itself on its competitiveness and parity, an act such as this (if proven to be true) should come with a hefty punisment.
Though, I have heard that Al Davis has lost alot of control on things and has become less hands on as he has gotten older.
efin98
01-07-2007, 01:29 PM
In a league that prides itself on its competitiveness and parity, an act such as this (if proven to be true) should come with a hefty punisment.
Though, I have heard that Al Davis has lost alot of control on things and has become less hands on as he has gotten older.
"less hands on" could simply mean that he has a puppet running some of the meetings while he takes in a game of golf, the man is clearly in full control there.
brady_branch
01-08-2007, 01:26 PM
ESPN is reporting Bobby Petrino will leave the Louisville Cardinals to coach the Atlanta Falcons.
Snake
01-08-2007, 11:09 PM
Agree 100%.
You can even take it a step further as far as the QB's are concerned. There was no way Aaron Brooks was going to make it in OAK- especially with ball hog Randy Moss. The entire team needs an overhaul from the top down. Didn't the defense have the fewest take aways of any AFC team?
It's like Davis is purposely destroying the franchise.
er...nope, they didn't have the fewest take aways of any NFC team. They did give away the ball the most on offense though. They had the #3 overall defense, to include the #1 pass defense in the league. They actually have a solid defense to build a team around, they just have to keep their defense off the field a lot more. It was their anemic offense that really killed them. They had no real QB, a banged up line that may be about average when fully healthy, a starting RB that went out for a good part of the year, and their 2nd string RB isn't really all that good. Not sure how you are going to blame Moss as the reason for Brooks not being able to make it in Oakland. If anything, Moss gave Brooks his best chance to make it, by providing a reliable deep ball threat. Throughout his career, no one has ever called Brooks a great QB to start with, but he does have a strong arm and can launch the ball. He just gets rattled easily and tends to throw to the wrong colored jerseys.
I agree that it seems like Al Davis is getting crazier every year. But anyone who knows anything about Raider football and Al Davis knows that he would never, ever, ruin his team on purpose. That is an idiotic thing to say or to even imply. He has put his whole life into not only the Raider franchise, but the AFL, and then the NFL.
efin98
01-09-2007, 11:18 AM
I agree that it seems like Al Davis is getting crazier every year. But anyone who knows anything about Raider football and Al Davis knows that he would never, ever, ruin his team on purpose. That is an idiotic thing to say or to even imply. He has put his whole life into not only the Raider franchise, but the AFL, and then the NFL.
Was putting his whole life into the NFL before or after he sued the league?
You can speak like a fan, but he isn't a saint. The man knows how to run a team into the ground and how to build a winner. He isn't building a winner.
racosun
01-09-2007, 11:24 AM
Supposedly, the Dolphins' owner flew to Costa Rica to speak with USC coach Pete Carroll while he was on vacation there. If I recall correctly, Carroll wasn't very good in the NFL. I'll bet he can get a team to give him a Brinks truck every week nowadays.
efin98
01-09-2007, 11:40 AM
Supposedly, the Dolphins' owner flew to Costa Rica to speak with USC coach Pete Carroll while he was on vacation there. If I recall correctly, Carroll wasn't very good in the NFL. I'll bet he can get a team to give him a Brinks truck every week nowadays.
He did OK with New England the three years he was here('97-'99) but the team's record went down each year and he wasn't popular with the players, owner, or fans. He stunk with the Jets.
I don't know why he would bother coming back to the pros, his coaching style never worked out. His teams underachieved and the only reason the '97 and '98 New England teams made the playoffs was they were led by great players and not a great coach.
Argonaut Fan
01-09-2007, 02:00 PM
I've heard word that Parcells could be gone during the off-season...I've heard this too. Any thoughts? Personally I think he'll stay another year.
racosun
01-09-2007, 06:38 PM
I agree, I think Parcells will stick around at least one more year, maybe two if they're really close. Also, I think TO will be back with the Cowboys as well, and believe that their relationship isn't as strained and stressful as many would have you think. If either of them want another title, they need each other.
redlegsfan21
01-10-2007, 05:14 PM
Supposedly, the Dolphins' owner flew to Costa Rica to speak with USC coach Pete Carroll while he was on vacation there. If I recall correctly, Carroll wasn't very good in the NFL. I'll bet he can get a team to give him a Brinks truck every week nowadays.
Pete Carroll has a good job in Southern Cal. I never understand why a coach would go from the NCAA to the NFL except for money of course. 1 first round pick or 5 1st round picks? Southern Cal or Miami? (That is actually a very good question) A lot of nationally televisied games or 1 to 3?
Supposedly Tom Coughlin has stayed off his firing as coach of the Giants for another week or longer...
Caughlin has been given one more year with the Giants. He thinks he can make Eli (in turn the rest of the team) better in this coming season.
efin98
01-11-2007, 09:23 PM
Caughlin has been given one more year with the Giants. He thinks he can make Eli (in turn the rest of the team) better in this coming season.
Making the playoffs and nearly winning the game does that for you.
The team chose to reorgnanize the front office instead of axeing him, a better move for them than overspending on a new coach with little/no head coaching experience.
efin98
01-22-2007, 05:17 PM
A few more changes of note:
Parcells has retired as coach of the Cowboys, Atlanta hired Bobby Petrino, Ken Whisenhut hired by the Cardinals, the Steelers hired Mike Tomlin, and Miami hired Cam Cameron as head coach- there goes the Pete Carol rumors.
ATLFalcons
01-22-2007, 05:51 PM
Who will the Cowboys hire?
brady_branch
01-22-2007, 06:21 PM
So, has Tomlin been confirmed?
efin98
01-22-2007, 07:44 PM
So, has Tomlin been confirmed?
Yes (http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/PIT/9947177), but was buried due to the Super Bowl articles and the news of Parcells' retirement.
brady_branch
01-23-2007, 01:54 PM
Ah. Last I heard, one source was saying they would hire Russ Grimm.
ATLFalcons
01-24-2007, 03:48 AM
I've heard the Cowboys will go after Norv Turner and Wade Phillips. In my opinion, Dan Reeves is the perfect fit for this job.
efin98
01-24-2007, 09:11 AM
I've heard the Cowboys will go after Norv Turner and Wade Phillips. In my opinion, Dan Reeves is the perfect fit for this job.
I doubt Reeves will go for it. He is already is going into the Hall of Fame and who has been to the Super Bowl four times(even if he lost) so he doesn't have anything left to prove.
Turner is a great coordinator but he is a loser as a coach, only three winning seasons in his nine years as a head coach with a 1-1 record in his only playoff appearance. If they want to win any team is lucky to have him as a coordinator but foolish to have him as a head coach.
ATLFalcons
02-17-2007, 05:25 PM
Now that Marty is out in San Diego, the Chargers have interviewed 4 candidates. Norv Turner, Rex Ryan, Mike Singletary, and Mike Zimmer have all sat down with the Chargers' managment.
....and Turner becomes the Bolts' head coach.
The Chargers also signed Ted Cottrell to a two-year contract as defensive coordinator, then added Ron Rivera as linebackers coach just hours after the Chicago Bears said he wouldn't be back as their defensive coordinator. Rivera, a linebacker on the Super Bowl champion 1985 Bears, had interviewed for the job that went to Turner.
ATLFalcons
02-20-2007, 10:09 AM
....and Turner becomes the Bolts' head coach.
The Chargers also signed Ted Cottrell to a two-year contract as defensive coordinator, then added Ron Rivera as linebackers coach just hours after the Chicago Bears said he wouldn't be back as their defensive coordinator. Rivera, a linebacker on the Super Bowl champion 1985 Bears, had interviewed for the job that went to Turner.
They'll have a great coaching staff, but will they succeed?
efin98
02-20-2007, 04:32 PM
They'll have a great coaching staff, but will they succeed?
They will win during the regular season again but their lack of experience in the playoffs will come back to haunt them...again.
ATLFalcons
02-20-2007, 04:44 PM
They will win during the regular season again but their lack of experience in the playoffs will come back to haunt them...again.
I think they could've made a better choice than Norv Turner. As you said earlier he only has one playoff win. Dan Reeves was available and he has 11 career playoff wins. I think hiring Turner was ill-advised.
efin98
02-20-2007, 08:45 PM
I think they could've made a better choice than Norv Turner. As you said earlier he only has one playoff win. Dan Reeves was available and he has 11 career playoff wins. I think hiring Turner was ill-advised.
I would have gone after Mike Singletary, at least he would be expected to come back with less wins than Turner and he has experience in big games, especially when it comes to winning them.