Mr. Scot

Summing up the process... - Nine candidates interviewed - Wilks given a shot - No to Sean Payton and several youngsters - We're the first team to make a hire - And we have our first offensive coach in team history Whew Next up: Hiring assistants

And now my wife is pissed...at me

My significant other, who loves Steve Wilks, is now pissed

Aaaaand we're done...

And there we are...

Kinda hard to take quarterbacking talk all that seriously right now. Besides the fact that we don't have a head coach, there's a load of draft prep that hasn't happened yet.

Albright and others have said Payton is pretty much out for us.

Already posted elsewhere... John asks Mike Kaye for inside info on the young interviewees. Kaye mentions that none of them (Steichen included) were especially impressive whereas both Reich and Wilks "presented very well". Hell, it's even been reported that Sean Payton came away from his interview impressed with the Panthers, but it doesn't seem to have been mutual. I know you want to drive this narrative that everybody bailed on the Panthers just so you can talk sh-t, but it's stupid.

Also... Duncan is a really good reporter, but saying "I heard some info" without giving that info is kind of lame

Your regularly scheduled Sean Payton update...

You keep trying to spin this with different guys and you're not fooling anybody. It's boring.

Yeah, that's not what it says.

Hell no to giving up what it would cost to trade for either of those guys (especially Rodgers)

Ellis mentioned hearing they hadn't been especially impressed with Kafka. Dorsey too, but I could see him having an advocate in the building (Morgan).

If it were up to Wilks, I'd expect it to be Holcomb. If it weren't left up to Wilks, I'd pivot back to the question someone else asked: Why would you hire a guy you don't trust to choose his own staff?

The Steelers operated that way forever(drafting and acquiring players to fit established systems) and never had it hurt them.

Being able to win with a staff you didn't choose would actually be a positive.

Under the category of "sh-t you don't wanna hear"... Person responds...

Heh I'd go a step further: Put the two of them in a race where Lett gets a 20 yard head start.

Still don't know. I think that's probably just a question I'm going to leave to whoever the head coach is.

Yeah. Like Mike Kaye said, there's just no way I could see that working.

Good analysis... Wilks is absolutely a leader. I think even his fiercest critics would acknowledge that. My question would be whether he could produce the kind of offensive product you need to be able to compete in today's NFL. Reich? Not The kind of fiery leader that Wilks is, but a guy with a lot better understanding of modern offense. Likely overall better connected as well. That's why he'd be my choice even though I'm a huge fan of Wilks. And just as an aside, it's funny for me to think that I went into this search preferring older coaches but expecting younger ones, and now it appears I might actually get my wish.

I'd never say Belichick isn't smart, but I don't believe he's as smart as he thinks he is. Honestly, I'm not sure anyone in the history of human existence is as smart as Belichick thinks he is

The guy most responsible for ruining Andrew Luck would be Ryan Grigson.