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https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2026/01/20/mark-fletcher-jr-hits-indiana-player-miami-national-championship-loss/88260363007/ Same old Miami. What a classless bunch of cretins they accumulate.

Please infant jesus. Then throw whatever you need to at mcdermott to bring him back.

It's gonna be interesting the impact this has around the college football world. I mean, for the worst program in power conference D1 football to hire a new coach and immediately win double digit games for the first time in program history then follow it up with an undefeated national championship run in year two... just wow. I don't think even the most delusional rosy outlook folks thought something like that was possible. These blue blood schools are gonna be looking at their programs like this program that has a historical record of only winning about 40% of their games just won a national title and is 27-2 over the past two years simply by hiring the right coach. Every other power conference team is gonna be looking at Indiana like "hey, that could be us if they can do it so can we." I think what Cignetti has done at Indiana has really ramped up the pressure and expectations across the board.

So far

may have missed the thread if there was one if EE does go away, who do we want/get as DC?

I have a hard time picturing McDermott answering to Canales. .

That's how Crazy Old Al Davis sold it for years. A real NFL head coaching job! 1 of 32 in the world!

I think this place is jaded from Fitt's headscratching contracts and decisions, which is fair. Dan has done a good job so far of keeping the FA contracts to 2 years and then a favorable out for the team. I agree, spend a lot of money this FA and do not give up draft picks. We've waited too long in the "rebuild" stage to not take a big swing this upcoming year. If it doesn't work, we can do a reset next offseason and get a lot of our older players off the payroll in 27/28 fairly easily. I hope we spend $70M this offseason while not trading away any draft capital.

McDaniels left without a deal. I’d be surprised if LV didn’t hire EJ today. Time for Tepper to put his money where his mouth is and pay McDermott

Saleh should rent, and not buy something in the Nashville area.

My first reaction was, "As a head coach, this could be a career buster." He must have confidence in the QB--

Yeah the premier job part was pretty funny. But they have that number one pick and it is going to QB. IMO they are gonna follow the script, most likely, and go offensive guy to groom and develop the QB

We were probably 1 pass rusher away from advancing in the playoffs this year.. We also have 1 more cheap year on BY's contract. This is the year to spend. So we need someone.. (please no more Viking players...)

Do we hand out the Division Championship rings after the season or have a ceremony before Game 1 of 2026?

but we won the division this year

Yeah I'd prefer Crosby(28) or Phillips

But a smart organization(recently) like the Lions get rooked by Drew Petzig for a job. And you can everyone in Miami to hire....a sub .500 former Boston College HC??? Worse decisions have already happened this cycle, IMO. And most of these teams looking for HC's aren't known for making wise choices.

I don't think anyone is upset about continuity but one does wonder how much losing we will have to endure to see if that is a winning combo. You also have to wonder if that timeline will eventually be matched with a Bryce contract extension. That is nightmare fuel.

I mean, they should. That's what you're trying to hire - a guy who is going to produce results on the field. Don't get meatballed like old Hurndog. LOL

I think some of that is true but there are also organizations that somehow manage to weather the tide long term because they have competent management and ownership. Steelers, Packers, Ravens, Seahawks, 49ers, etc. Those teams have gone through several cycles of ups and downs but maintained a baseline of success and potential contender status for the overwhelming bulk of those years. That's what you try to aim for. Long term competence and the ability to win, even if you are struggling with aspects of roster construction cycles.

He impressed Pittsburgh and Las Vegas both in first Interviews. I believe he has a better shot at the Pittsburgh job than the LV one.

Well if he comes back, he's signed through 2030 along with Dave Canales. They matched up Evero's contract with Canales. January 2030 for both. Edited to add this, with all the reporting, people missed Dan saying they were aligning their contracts together to end at the same time. (Canales 6 year deal from 2024-2030.)

I also look at his work there and match it up against the planned obsolescence that is part of the NFL as it sits now. Part of what creates parity here is that as a team ascends, the costs of its players go up, the position of its draft picks go down, it's great players age or get injured to often, their assistant coaches get poached for higher positions elsewhere. And even the best of managers can't hold that off forever. Great managers can only play the shell game for so long, covering one hole in the team while another wears through, betting it all on a small cadre of veteran stars, sifting through the diamonds in the rough, hoping for something great. Sometimes they can do it smartly, sometimes they just break and give in to the wrong contract here or there in a desperate attempt to hang onto something. Sometimes the voodoo juju just runs out and they find themselves catching up to that can they've been kicking down the road and they end up in cap hell for a couple of seasons. And sometimes they're just the Jets. And the managers are also at the mercy of the whole coaching deal... great coaches eventually falter -- their schemes become old school, their locker rooms change. It just all wears out over time and that's good for the whole of the league.vReally, did we want the Patriots to have yet another decade of dominance?

By just about every account he is extremely impressive in an interview setting. I don't think he would be getting so many interviews if it was just about ticking a box. I am not saying some aren't trying to hit that bird with a stone too but I think many of these teams do have real interest. One does wonder if his on field results have kept him from getting a few of these.

They've checked that box. No need to go through with a second interview unless they're truly considering him.