Art Stapleton
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If I'm making my predictions:
OL will be either Bill Callahan or Dave DeGuglielmo
TE - we'll see. Kitchens? O'Shea?
Don't think Pepper leaves DC job in XFL
Sounds like Linehan was backup option at OC if Garrett turned them down
Pierce very interesting for LB.
But that's just a wag (wild asses guess) on my part.
But that's just a wag (wild asses guess) on my part.
I'd be curious to know what went down because at one point it looked like he was being groomed for the DC position. Then he bounces around a couple of NFL teams and then is out of the NFL. Weird.
The Late Great Philadelphia DC Jim Johnson is arguably one of the best examples of a coordinator who was content being a coordinator - and there were few better at his position.
Freddie Kitchens makes much more sense, unless he wants to take a year off after the emotional roller coaster he has been on in Cleveland the last two seasons.
Will Hall could be a target for the job with his long running ties to Judge, but he might prefer to run a college offense.
There's no clear Garrett linked candidate, as Mike Pope retired, Doug Nussmeier accepted the QB Coach job under McCarthy, and his first TE coach (his brother) is a college head coach these days.
A couple of outside the box names that I've thought of: Current Titans Defensive Assistant Scott Booker was the TE Coach at Notre Dame for a while and now has an ancillary connection to Patriot World through Vrabel. John McNulty was Rutgers OC the last two years and was the Chargers TE Coach before that. Kevin M. Gilbride just got fired by the Bears but was decent with TE here under McAdoo. Lastly, Morgan Turner has built quite the pipeline of TEs at Stanford and if I was an NFL Head Coach I'd want to know if he'd jump ship after 7 years without getting a promotion out there.
I fully anticipate an underwhelming hire though.
If this is true, let’s hope Rhule also doesn’t want him, but I have a feeling Rhule is getting advice from Coughlin and other NFL people who I’m sure are telling him Callahan is the man for this.
Giants want him - ( New Window )
Turner coached Jim Dray (local kid) at Stanford who went on to have an average NFL career. When Drays NFL playing days were over, he went back to Stanford as an assistant offense coach with Turner.
Last year Freddie Kitchens hired Dray away from Stanford to be an offensive assistant on the Cleveland Browns staff.
Coughlin would have likely had a hand in that, no?
Just saw a flash that Luke Kuechly is open to coaching in the NFL. I know the Giants are putting a premium on experienced coaches but that would be an interesting hire as well. Young, up to date in modern defense and with Rivera going to DC would know his schemes.
WTF was Shurmur thinking when he hired Hunter. That one position alone could have done him in.
Personally I am glad that Flaherty wasn't brought back by Judge. He was fired from Jacksonville, hired by Miami, and then fired by Miami before he started his first season.
Turner coached Jim Dray (local kid) at Stanford who went on to have an average NFL career. When Drays NFL playing days were over, he went back to Stanford as an assistant offense coach with Turner.
Last year Freddie Kitchens hired Dray away from Stanford to be an offensive assistant on the Cleveland Browns staff.
Hmm so there's a ancillary connection there then. It's still probably Kitchens but I would love to see Turner. Maybe Dray gets a coaching role here if Kitchens is TE Coach.
There are reports (Giants Wire) of a 2014 fall out with Garrett. They may or may not have buried the hatchet and that could account for the silence.
WTF was Shurmur thinking when he hired Hunter. That one position alone could have done him in.
I honestly think the beginning of the end for Shurmur was after the 2018 season he announced the coaching staff would remain in place for 2019 with no changes.
It struck me then that there was no self awareness/scouting to identify and improve on the issues from '18 that carried over to '19. Which is exemplifyed the OL.