Mr. Scot

He's reportedly the number one candidate. Saw this from one of the Washington beat writers...

Here's the biggest deal to me in all this... They interviewed Ryan Cowden. Ryan Cowden... The guy is a front office rock star with the Titans and loads of people think he's going to make a great GM, plus Rivera should know him from his time here. Heck, I was hoping we'd interview him. But with that said, it's one thing to pass over Ryan Cowden for a guy like Scott Fitterer. Passing on Ryan Cowden to hire Marty Hurney?! Yikes!

I mean, I suppose they could have a chance. They do have some competent front office people like Kyle Smith. Of course, there's speculation that Smith might leave if he gets passed over for the GM job.

Oy... I still remember that first press conference. He sounded like he was gonna be great. I wish that guy would have shown up, because the guy that showed up in his place just wasn't good enough.

Just objectively speaking, "the Jets know something we don't" is probably a statement that should never be spoken.

I'm reminded of the Jets fan that got interviewed on ESPN right after they drafted Ken O'Brien over Dan Marino. His comment was "Obviously the Jets know something we don't".

McDaniels is interviewing for the Eagles job.

Here's a perspective I know you'll love... Brain drain...Yeah, that's it.

The Panthers interview process under Tepper seems like it's interview I candidates until you find one you really like then hire them as soon as possible. Sounds kinda like speed dating.

49ers personnel guy Martin Mayhew got a Rooney Rule interview with us before we made Marty permanent. He got another with Washington last week. If I'm his agent, I probably suggest to him that he decline to interview with teams where Hurney is a candidate.

This sound familiar?

Some defensive coaches love "do it all" quarterbacks because it allows them to concentrate their resources on the defense. It's why Buddy Ryan loved Randall Cunningham. Ryan was one of Rivera's coaching mentors.

He's also the one who's gets to pick who that GM is going to be. Snyder put him in charge of the search process from the start.

Joe Person had a pretty detailed article where he talked to several of the people involved. Darlington was the guy who scouted Newton and became his biggest advocate when some others doubted him.

From the stories I've read behind the scenes, the guy that was most instrumental in the Panthers deciding to draft Cam Newton was Khary Darlington... ...also known as the guy who took a settlement package and signed a non-disclosure agreement after Jerry Richardson used a racial slur on him.

I'd be a lot more concerned about the universe collapsing on itself than the Huddle crashing.

That's great...unless the old band sucked.

The fact they had gone this long and interviewed five other people without getting to him made me think he probably wasn't getting the job. Guess it's happening after all.

The people he had the good interview with aren't in charge of the coaching hire anymore.

Good way to judge how your interview is going if you're brave enough... Tell a joke and everybody laughs? You're good. Tell a joke and nobody laughs? You should probably just pack your stuff up and go. I would add that I agree with you about generic interview questions. Makes me think the person doing the interview has no idea what they're doing. And how are you going to judge whether I have a specific job skill by asking about a time I overcame a conflict?

Possible. The Jaguars just let go of a former Seahawks co-worker in John Idzik. He could be a front office option as well. Idzik's been a general manager before, though from what I've read it sounds like he's better at the cap management side of things than the personnel part (and we've got people for that).

Younger me probably would have done that. Older me appreciates the value of keeping your mouth shut

I wouldn't say "nobody"...

You know I'd forgotten, but Julius Peppers works for the team too. He's not in personnel from what I remember, though.

I think their pursuit of Fitterer kinda mirrors when they went after Rhule. (just a little bit longer and no meatballs involved)