Not necessarily a new topic - but if you can pick one guy to fill each position, who do you want?
Curious to see where people are looking in the early going.
Are you looking for someone with prior experience... or do you want to roll the dice on a younger guy again?
I've seen Mike Smith's name thrown out there - I wouldn't hate that. I don't think Saban is realistic. I still see some Bill Cowher calls. I don't see that, either.
NE assistants make me nervous - McDaniels would be the one guy I MIGHT consider. Hard pass on Matt Patricia.
The GM call is a lot harder right now.
Who are your picks and why?
Plus Bill O'Brien has had success as a head coach without having a legit NFL QB, which is nearly impossible in today's NFL. With Watson he was likely going to make the playoffs a 3rd year in a row.
I am a fan of O'Brien too. That team was onto something with Watson in the pilot seat.
O'Brien stitched together playoff teams with some putrid QB play the last few years. If McNair lets him go, we should be all over that...
Patricia doesn't have Brady on his side of the ball, but he does have Bill. I always felt like Bill was kind of the real DC there. I don't know how much input he has, exactly, but I do assume it's a good bit.
I hear people say the same thing about the OC (that Belichick is the real OC) and GM (which he is).
It was Belichick who made the call to go for it on 4th and 12 in the SB and 4th and 2 in Indy at his own 25 yard line.
but IMO the people who say that don't really read about how much goes into the Patriots game planning.
They're one of the few NFL teams who actually game plans each week, differently for each opponent.
past two weeks the Patriots rushed for 190+ yards each game. first time that has happened in 20 years.
no way, IMO, Belichick can be THAT involved in game planning/scheming, etc. while handling all the other shit a head coach has to handle.
IMO that's sort of like saying any head coach is also the OC/DC (depending on their background) rather than the actual OC/DC.
He'd probably never leave NE, but he still considers the Giants "home," and he doesn't really have anything more to achieve in NE. If he wanted a new challenge back where it all started, this would be the time. Before Brady retires on him.
And then I'd tell him: "You might as well come. I'm raiding your staff, anyway . . ."
I know. Pipe dream.
If there's one franchise worth mining for FO talent, it's Baltimore. They've been competitive for 2 decades with mediocre QB play thanks to their ability to pick and develop talent.
I believe TC was a BIG part of the OL decline hanging on to guys like DD and Snee too long.
maybe that's changed or maybe the Giants job is that enticing so he changes his mind, but from what I recall in prior years that's been the case.
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Patricia doesn't have Brady on his side of the ball, but he does have Bill. I always felt like Bill was kind of the real DC there. I don't know how much input he has, exactly, but I do assume it's a good bit.
I hear people say the same thing about the OC (that Belichick is the real OC) and GM (which he is).
It was Belichick who made the call to go for it on 4th and 12 in the SB and 4th and 2 in Indy at his own 25 yard line.
but IMO the people who say that don't really read about how much goes into the Patriots game planning.
They're one of the few NFL teams who actually game plans each week, differently for each opponent.
past two weeks the Patriots rushed for 190+ yards each game. first time that has happened in 20 years.
no way, IMO, Belichick can be THAT involved in game planning/scheming, etc. while handling all the other shit a head coach has to handle.
IMO that's sort of like saying any head coach is also the OC/DC (depending on their background) rather than the actual OC/DC.
I'm not going to pretend that I read in detail about how they game plan each week. I just know that Bill has a stelar defensive background (as every NYG fan is aware) and it would surprise me if Patricia was running that unit without a good deal of input from Bill. How much input? I couldn't tell you. I'd just be wary about how much credit I actually gave Patricia for that unit - which has given up a ton of yardage this year anyway.
I believe TC was a BIG part of the OL decline hanging on to guys like DD and Snee too long.
No, no, no, you don't understand - all of the good personnel moves were the genius Tom Coughlin. All of the bad ones were the fault of that fool Jerry Reach.
No, and he lives next to his parents, just had a baby, is in the city where he grew up, and is very happy where he is.
He's not going anywhere.
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Has Jim Harbaugh expressed any desire to leave UM or even CFB in general? I haven't seen anything like that.
No, and he lives next to his parents, just had a baby, is in the city where he grew up, and is very happy where he is.
He's not going anywhere.
That's what I thought.
I'd love to have John but the Ravens would be dumb to part ways with him.
As for HC, I agree I would stay away from NE assistants. I would like a former HC, but how many successful former HC are realistically available and interested?
I said it half jokingly. No one is coming in and running a flexbone spread option. I would just love to see it.
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He is now clearly a "NY Giants" guy, has experience, and the players and management like him.
Maybe as a formality - but there's really no reason to think he deserves the job.
Yeah, I concur. I love Spags, but Francessa just said it on his show. You can't hire a guy from within when the team itself was a failure.
When has that ever worked?? (saying that off the top of my head)..........
Correction 99/1. :)
Paul Johnson is a massive, MASSIVE prick.
For the GM job I would like John Dorsey brought in as president of football operations with Eliot Wolf as the GM. Dorsey could work with Wolf and mentor the young GM. If not Wolf then Dorsey should be given the job as he did an excellent job building KC's roster. He put an emphasis on both lines.