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4 minutes ago, Samppson said:

I'd be fine with Johnson, MacDonald, Eviro, Slowik, Canales, Callahan etc, but I can't get on board with Raheem Morris. Just seems like such an underwhelming hire, already was a HC and failed, his biggest selling point is who he could bring with him (Didnt we just see that experiment?) I dont want a HC who can bring stars with him, I want the HC to be the main draw. His unit in LA isn't even that good, its just middle of the pack.

16 of the last 23 Super Bowl winners were coached by a retread coach. We desperately need a culture builder, and Raheem is known to be the ultimate architect. He wasn’t even bad with the Bucs and the Falcons immediately got better when he became their interim. Name one player on the Rams defense that’s not Aaron Donald

1 minute ago, hepcat said:

I don't see Slowik on the second round of interviews yet. 

Interesting to see Evero and Raheem Morris go into second round interview since both are defensive specialist although both have some coaching experience on offense as well. 

Tbf doesn’t sound like Slowik has scheduled a second with anyone yet

Once we have interviewed Raheem and Canales we should be Rooney Rule compliant 

Raheem getting a second interview per Schefter

Tennessee interviewing Brown in person and are now compliant with the RR. Me thinks they have their guy and want to move quick

3 minutes ago, mwa78 said:

Didn’t I just read earlier that teams have to wait till after the championship round to do that? Or was that just in person?

It was a virtual interview. Johnson now can’t accept any more interviews until after next week.

1 minute ago, Steelo said:

I still wouldn’t panic if that’s what transpires. Gets a job filled and out of the way. Get Seattle settled and then it’s a 3 way race between us, Atlanta, and Washington and I still like the odds of landing someone good

Totally agree. We definitely seemed overeager to make a hire last year. We need to be patient this time

Basically, it seems like the Titans could be positioning themselves to make a hire this week. And we could lose out on Callahan while waiting for others. But honestly I’m fine with that. I’m not even sure he’s one of my five favorite candidates right now (Johnson, Slowik, Canales, Morris, Macdonald)

1 hour ago, Evil Hurney said:

I don't think they've satisfied the Rooney Rule. So he should be able to take another interview while the Titans work on that.

Interestingly enough, it was just announced they interviewed Shaw tonight in person. That’s at least 1 RR interview right there. I simply have a hard time believing David Shaw is in serious contention for an NFL HC job right now. Titans could be eager to make a hire this week and maybe it’s Callahan. Puts us in a precarious spot since I assume we’re waiting out on Johnson.

1 minute ago, Jaxel said:

They got antsy last year and ended up with Reich. Don't see that happening this year.

Yep, Reich was named HC on the 24th. Safe to say the search this year will go longer. And it should. Finding out who gets a second interview will at least help us narrow down the prospective candidates some.

3 minutes ago, Samppson said:

I wonder when the first hire will happen, feels like Johnson might hold up the whole thing.

I feel like some teams know they have no real shot at Johnson. Maybe all of them sans Washington. I feel like at least 1-2 of these vacancies get filled this week.

In a vacuum, I wouldn’t hate hiring Evero as HC and I wouldn’t mind making Morgan as GM.

But I will be pretty angry if that’s how both jobs go down. We need at least one prominent voice from the outside coming in.

Perhaps Evero is to knock out a Roooney Rule requirement, but interesting he's getting another look in Seattle also.

I at least hope we get more information soon regarding second interviews. Interesting to remember last year Gannon and Steichen got hired like the day after the Super Bowl. So if the Ravens make a run to the Super Bowl which they're favored to do, and we end up targeting one of their coordinators an official announcement won't be made until mid February. Which is fine, I really hope we're in no rush to hire a coach just to hire one.

First candidate we’ve heard of getting a second interview right?

Callahan getting a second interview per Peliserro

And if we had just taken CJ, no one is calling it the worst trade of all time. The process wasn’t even bad, the selection was. Right now at least. Bryce could still turn it around but I think it’s less than a 5% chance he ever ends up being as good as CJ.

19 minutes ago, Mage said:

And it has never made much sense.  Tepper has a lot of problems, but I don't think he's forcing players onto us.

If the scouts/GM/HC were adamant CJ Stroud was the guy to take, we would have taken Stroud.

I think Tepper put a lot of pressure on the org to go out and get a QB.  But I very much doubt he was telling them they had to take Bryce.

Again, this is the right take.

https://x.com/adamschefter/status/1749084784402317346?s=46&t=xpgkpbdmCQHLrpIYBMrHOw
 

I really hope we learn early this week who we hope to bring in for in person interviews. Also it doesn’t matter how long I wait I can never get the tweet to embed. I saw the mod PSA and everything 

48 minutes ago, Steelo said:

Scott was obsessed with Bryce. I remember his presser gushing over Bryce’s performance in the SEC championship 2 years before we were able to draft him. You’re not convincing me he’s not the underlying factor for drafting Bryce. Probably had a stack of papers with some analytic mumbo-jumbo to seal the deal with Tepp

This is correct. Acting like Tepper sent in this choice is ignoring MOUNTAINS of evidence that Bryce was almost a unanimous choice between the FO/coaches. This was reported by some of the most reputable, reliable journalists in the sport. The only coach I think preferred CJ is McCown. Everyone else wanted Bryce.

9 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

 

Brown is interesting to me. Think I’d prefer him to Halaby

24 minutes ago, Solaris said:

This gets at why I think this job could be somewhat more attractive than popular thought. Young was a pretty popular prospect and I doubt we’ve reached a point where confident (read: narcissistic) coaches think they can’t make it work with him. But even if it doesn’t work out then the next coach likely gets another swing at it in the draft (unless they mail it in like Reich). On the other hand choosing a team like Washington and struggling with a Maye or Williams means that coach likely won’t get another shot at it. That and knowing Tepper will not be outbid makes me think Carolina is in a somewhat stronger position than some want to think or admit.

So much about the value of our job hinges on Tepper.

But if you truly think he’s going to change his approach our job isn’t uniquely bad. You get to build a roster more or less from the ground up. For example, if the Eagles fire Sirianni good fuging luck to whoever inherits that team. An aging roster with ownership that expects immediate results.

https://x.com/jourdanrodrigue/status/1748392203972706662?s=46&t=xpgkpbdmCQHLrpIYBMrHOw
 

Raheem Morris could be exactly what we need. I hope he gets a real shot at this.

2 minutes ago, CPF4LIFE said:

If bryce cant be fixed under the Shanahan philosophy then there is no hope. And i mean that. It should be immediate improvement. 

I hope the entire interview committee is telling all these prospective candidates that we're obviously giving Bryce all of 2024. But without improvement we can start looking for replacements as early as 2025. If we're pitching this job that it's Bryce or bust I'm staying far away. And I'm someone that hasn't been near as critical of Bryce as most of this board has, I still have hope for him. But we need to see improvement next year.