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Stunner: Patriots OC Josh McDaniels has decided NOT to accept Colts HC job and will remain with New England, sources told ESPN.
Confirms that Belichick is either going to resign, or has notified Kraft that 2018 will be it for him when his contract ends.
Good move by the Pats - they clearly did not want to lose both coordinators and BB within a 1 year period. Colts also benefit from this - clearly McDaniels was not really into the job, so why hire a guy who is not fully invested.
Capt. Andrew Luck (@CaptAndrewLuck)
2/6/18, 8:00 PM
Dearest mother
I write with most distressful news. The men have been hoodwinked. The deserter McDaniels is on the lamb, likely headed toward New England, my best scouts report. Was this a ploy to merely spy? We shall never know. Irritating.
Andrew
He better have something in writing that says he's assured the NE job when Bill finishes up because no one else is going to want to interview him anytime soon.
Just never seemed that the Giants and McDaniels ever made it clear there was a match. Aside from the obligatory interview - it just didn't feel like either was pining for the other.
I really want to know what he offered him to stay?? It really sounds like McDaniels wanted to take the job but Kraft and BB knew this would be detrimental to the offense and must of offered a boat load of money & incentives??
He better have something in writing that says he's assured the NE job when Bill finishes up because no one else is going to want to interview him anytime soon.
Yea - he pretty much punted any chance to be seriously considered by anyone else for a HC job.
Mike Reiss
Source close to situation says clarity on Bill Belichick's status in New England (Belichick is locked in to coach Patriots in 2018) and stability for family among top factors for Josh McDaniels' sudden change.
I really want to know what he offered him to stay?? It really sounds like McDaniels wanted to take the job but Kraft and BB knew this would be detrimental to the offense and must of offered a boat load of money & incentives??
Kraft is a total scumbag. A month after his wife died, he was seen publicly running around with some 25 year old model.
RE: I also wonder if Kraft upped his retention offer
Id love to see BB walk away at this point leaving Kraft, McDaniels and Brady (at 40+ years old) to try to pull this thing together with no defense, possibly no Gronk and an overall very underwhelming roster.
You'd figure Belichick either retires this offseason or next. I don't see McDaniels wanting to sit around for two years. Too many other things can happen. Plus now with what he did to Indy the rest of the league sees him as an immature punk who has learned nothing from his tenure in Denver. Where else would he go? Who'd trust him? Can he even trust Belichick that he will walk away when he says he will?
McDaniels better have something ironclad in writing
Wow. Dick move for sure by Kraft. Why would a guy turn down a HC job offer? Also after he decided to take the job and news conference was scheduled for Wednesday?? smh.
Wow. Dick move for sure by Kraft. Why would a guy turn down a HC job offer? Also after he decided to take the job and news conference was scheduled for Wednesday?? smh.
Indy hired some assistant coaches too. I'm sure McDaniels had input on those hires...
No doubt in my mind Kraft had a large hand in this.
I hadn't quite realized how slimy he was until I watched the Two Bill's 30 for 30.
Kraft is a fucking snake.
This. One of the biggest takeaways I had from The Two Bills, and I said so on the thread the night it airs, was how much I dislike Bob Kraft because he's such an oily bastard
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Former Cowboys asst HC/LB coach Matt Eberflus already has signed to become Colts defensive coordinator and former Illinois D-line coach Mike Phair has signed to become Indys D-line coach - and both will stay with Colts, whoever the HC is, per source
this is pretty much the thing that a lot of BBI was griping over happening to the Giants when every day a new 'top candidate' was named, but on a whole other level.
That said he ain't the first guy to do something like this including the Two Bills, Billy Donovan and Rollie Massimino. Didn't damage any of their careers as far as I know.
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Former Cowboys asst HC/LB coach Matt Eberflus already has signed to become Colts defensive coordinator and former Illinois D-line coach Mike Phair has signed to become Indys D-line coach - and both will stay with Colts, whoever the HC is, per source
Jesus Christ. Eberflus is just gonna have to become HC and get a new DC. What else can they do? Jeff Fisher? John Fox? Who is going to want to work with and rely on random guys?
The Colts hiring jeff fisher would be such a colts move
Are you going to make keeping them a condition of taking the job? How many candidates will shy away if they can't pick their own staff?
Probably, unless the assistants want to bail which is possible. As they say, there's only 32 of these jobs in the world so hard to turn down. Plus, teams have dictated assistant coaches before though usually because the guy's been there and they really like him. Billick having to retain Lewis when he took over the Ravens is one I recall. I'm sure there have been others. In fact I'd be shocked if Al Davis and Jerry Jones didn't dictate certain assistants for some of their HC hires.
I think the team has the right to release coaches from their contracts
Mike Reiss
Source close to situation says clarity on Bill Belichick's status in New England (Belichick is locked in to coach Patriots in 2018) and stability for family among top factors for Josh McDaniels' sudden change.
So Belichick staying was a factor? He doesn't want to take over for him? I'm confused.
Mike Reiss
Source close to situation says clarity on Bill Belichick's status in New England (Belichick is locked in to coach Patriots in 2018) and stability for family among top factors for Josh McDaniels' sudden change.
So Belichick staying was a factor? He doesn't want to take over for him? I'm confused.
He DOES want to take over for him, and Kraft probably gave him a promise and a timeline for that happening. Key word there is 'clarity'.
Mike Reiss
Source close to situation says clarity on Bill Belichick's status in New England (Belichick is locked in to coach Patriots in 2018) and stability for family among top factors for Josh McDaniels' sudden change.
So Belichick staying was a factor? He doesn't want to take over for him? I'm confused.
Family stability is a key reason why he decided to stay in NE and with 4 kids and the impact it had on them when he took the Denver and St. Louis jobs, I can get the reason why he decided to stay. Not to mention it is Indiana and a crappy team. perhaps Kraft assured him verbally that he will be Grumpy Lobster Boat Captains successor when the time comes for him to retire.
Colts spent an hour on the phone with McDaniels working on staff and sending slips in for potential assistant coaches hires. Stunning
8:01 PM - Feb 6, 2018
Oh, and who would want to go to Indy now after this (unless Indy fires assistants they just hired?) Thank G-d this clown didn't get the Giants job!!!
Good move by the Pats - they clearly did not want to lose both coordinators and BB within a 1 year period. Colts also benefit from this - clearly McDaniels was not really into the job, so why hire a guy who is not fully invested.
2/6/18, 8:00 PM
Dearest mother
I write with most distressful news. The men have been hoodwinked. The deserter McDaniels is on the lamb, likely headed toward New England, my best scouts report. Was this a ploy to merely spy? We shall never know. Irritating.
Andrew
Just never seemed that the Giants and McDaniels ever made it clear there was a match. Aside from the obligatory interview - it just didn't feel like either was pining for the other.
Colts spent an hour on the phone with McDaniels working on staff and sending slips in for potential assistant coaches hires. Stunning
8:01 PM - Feb 6, 2018
Patriots are a dick organization. From the top down.
Yea - he pretty much punted any chance to be seriously considered by anyone else for a HC job.
Source close to situation says clarity on Bill Belichick's status in New England (Belichick is locked in to coach Patriots in 2018) and stability for family among top factors for Josh McDaniels' sudden change.
Kraft is a total scumbag. A month after his wife died, he was seen publicly running around with some 25 year old model.
There are several reports on twitter that this is absolutely a big part of this
I hadn't quite realized how slimy he was until I watched the Two Bill's 30 for 30.
Kraft is a fucking snake.
Id love to see BB walk away at this point leaving Kraft, McDaniels and Brady (at 40+ years old) to try to pull this thing together with no defense, possibly no Gronk and an overall very underwhelming roster.
McDaniels better have something ironclad in writing
I hadn't quite realized how slimy he was until I watched the Two Bill's 30 for 30.
Kraft is a fucking snake.
He may be a "fucking snake," but I'd trade his record for John Mara's any day of the week.
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No doubt in my mind Kraft had a large hand in this.
I hadn't quite realized how slimy he was until I watched the Two Bill's 30 for 30.
Kraft is a fucking snake.
He may be a "fucking snake," but I'd trade his record for John Mara's any day of the week.
Kraft and Mara aren't GM's, coaches, or players. Kraft would be nothing without Belichick.
Indy hired some assistant coaches too. I'm sure McDaniels had input on those hires...
I hadn't quite realized how slimy he was until I watched the Two Bill's 30 for 30.
Kraft is a fucking snake.
This. One of the biggest takeaways I had from The Two Bills, and I said so on the thread the night it airs, was how much I dislike Bob Kraft because he's such an oily bastard
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Former Cowboys asst HC/LB coach Matt Eberflus already has signed to become Colts defensive coordinator and former Illinois D-line coach Mike Phair has signed to become Indys D-line coach - and both will stay with Colts, whoever the HC is, per source
Glad he "turned down" the Giants job...
LOL
He'll get the Patriots job, then watch as life around him crumbles without Belichick and Brady, and Kraft re-learns what losing feels like.
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That said he ain't the first guy to do something like this including the Two Bills, Billy Donovan and Rollie Massimino. Didn't damage any of their careers as far as I know.
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Former Cowboys asst HC/LB coach Matt Eberflus already has signed to become Colts defensive coordinator and former Illinois D-line coach Mike Phair has signed to become Indys D-line coach - and both will stay with Colts, whoever the HC is, per source
Jesus Christ. Eberflus is just gonna have to become HC and get a new DC. What else can they do? Jeff Fisher? John Fox? Who is going to want to work with and rely on random guys?
Probably, unless the assistants want to bail which is possible. As they say, there's only 32 of these jobs in the world so hard to turn down. Plus, teams have dictated assistant coaches before though usually because the guy's been there and they really like him. Billick having to retain Lewis when he took over the Ravens is one I recall. I'm sure there have been others. In fact I'd be shocked if Al Davis and Jerry Jones didn't dictate certain assistants for some of their HC hires.
Source close to situation says clarity on Bill Belichick's status in New England (Belichick is locked in to coach Patriots in 2018) and stability for family among top factors for Josh McDaniels' sudden change.
So Belichick staying was a factor? He doesn't want to take over for him? I'm confused.
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Mike Reiss
Source close to situation says clarity on Bill Belichick's status in New England (Belichick is locked in to coach Patriots in 2018) and stability for family among top factors for Josh McDaniels' sudden change.
So Belichick staying was a factor? He doesn't want to take over for him? I'm confused.
He DOES want to take over for him, and Kraft probably gave him a promise and a timeline for that happening. Key word there is 'clarity'.
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Mike Reiss
Source close to situation says clarity on Bill Belichick's status in New England (Belichick is locked in to coach Patriots in 2018) and stability for family among top factors for Josh McDaniels' sudden change.
So Belichick staying was a factor? He doesn't want to take over for him? I'm confused.
Kraft also increased his salary as OC.