Did the Patriots try to sabotage McDaniels?

[GoobyPls]

I think owners don’t like that stunt McDaniels pulled with Indy 

[1of10Charnatives]

3 minutes ago, GoobyPls said:

I think owners don’t like that stunt McDaniels pulled with Indy 

Possible, but with the Eric Reid signing, Tepper has already demonstrated a willingness to thumb his nose at his collective peers. He might have been leery of it, he might not have cared at all.  I'll tell you one thing that matters to me is how every time I look at Matt Rhule, how incredibly not Josh McDaniels he is.

[NanuqoftheNorth]

31 minutes ago, 1of10Charnatives said:

I'll tell you one thing that matters to me is how every time I look at Matt Rhule, how incredibly not Josh McDaniels he is.

This.

The two men have completely different vibes going on, night and day.

Rhule is the sort of boss most people would love to work for, McDaniels, not so much.

[GRWatcher]

Much has been said, in this thread as well, about Tepper's so-called informed, logical, methodical, measured decision making. He has to be that person because he's a billionaire, right? I don't see him that way at all. Yes, he's always fully informed. And, yes, he's logical. But he's also willing to follow what just feels right and just make that decision, d@mn it. He has a set of brass balls on his desk, right? Why? Because he follows his gut against all odds at times and keeps coming out a winner. He had Rhul's full resume. I'm sure he had already talked with people who know and worked with Rhul. He knew Rhul's coaching philosophy. He had more than enough time to get that much done. What he needed to know was whether Rhul was pushed to that philosophy by others or did he truly believe and fully embrace what he coached. He got his answer at a dining room table in Waco. And we now have the head coach Tepper has been searching for.

[GRWatcher]

Besides, with the shenanigans McDaniels pulled last year and allowing the Patriots to pull his strings for years concerning head coaching interviews, well, that begs the question: what kind of man is Josh McDaniels?

[King K. Rhule]

3 hours ago, Toomers said:

  I didn’t have a preference except anyone but him. Not really my place anyhow. This is a long term decision and I’m gone if Cam goes. I thought Rhule was as good as any, but all had their strong points. The only comment I ever made was “If Im Tepper, I make sure I sit down with Matt Rhule”. I never imagined it would happen. 

   It did seem.a little “rushed”. But who knows how long he’s been his choice. Ask me again in May and I might have a different point of view....lol. 
 

   I know Rhule was probably the choice of 1% of the fan base up until he was announced. 

Can you do us all a favor and go ahead and be a Steelers fan? Big Alabama steeler fan right? your a joke

[Ivan The Awesome]

Thanks to them we dodged a bullet. 

[Moo Daeng]

2 hours ago, GRWatcher said:

Besides, with the shenanigans McDaniels pulled last year and allowing the Patriots to pull his strings for years concerning head coaching interviews, well, that begs the question: what kind of man is Josh McDaniels?

A rich one. He is the highest paid coordinator by a lot.

[GRWatcher]

36 minutes ago, Moo Daeng said:

A rich one. He is the highest paid coordinator by a lot.

I'm not impressed.

[Gesualdo]

2 hours ago, King K. Rhule said:

Can you do us all a favor and go ahead and be a Steelers fan? Big Alabama steeler fan right? your a joke

He's actually really interesting. As far as I can gather, dude is a middle-aged guy who's got a successful business and a family.

And he's got thousands of posts - often very insightful re: football - on a fan board for a team he admittedly doesn't give a damn about, all because he's a superfan of the QB who played for his college team.

But he generally stays out of conversations about said QB, because of his bias on the matter.

That's a f*cking monastic level of objectivity. You've got to hand it to him.

[Mr. Scot]

7 hours ago, NanuqoftheNorth said:

The two men have completely different vibes going on, night and day.

Rhule is the sort of boss most people would love to work for, McDaniels, not so much.

Don't know about that. A lot of people who actually do work with McDaniels like him a lot. Their legendary OL Coach said he wouldn't have come out of retirement if it weren't for him.

I'm honestly less concerned about that though than I am about winning.

We've already had one guy who was super nice but didn't win enough games. I'd be really disappointed if Rhule turns out to be the same thing.

[PantherOnTheProwl1523]

Now we all know that drunken bum Kraft was manipulating everything to throw McDaniels out there on a hook only to screw any team over that even tried to sign him to any deal and not let him go. It is The Patriots Way.

[LUUUUUKE]

12 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

I'll admit, even if we still ultimately settled on Rhule, I do wish we had at least interviewed McDaniels.

I'd feel a lot better about the process if we had explored all the available options.

For what?

 

mcDaniels has done great w/Pats but he demolished a very competitive Broncos team while there. Then went running back to Daddy when it all blew the F up.

 

McCarthy on the other hand has a SB on his resumè. Likely the most qualified coach on the market for several reasons, and we interviewed him twice. Let him walk out of the building and go sign with Dallas. 
 

we did our diligence and got our guy. McDaniels was just gonna play the field anyways and likely leave everybody hanging.

im glad we didn’t wait and I’m glad we got Rhule!

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, LUUUUUKE said:

For what?

mcDaniels has done great w/Pats but he demolished a very competitive Broncos team while there. Then went running back to Daddy when it all blew the F up.

McCarthy on the other hand has a SB on his resumè. Likely the most qualified coach on the market for several reasons, and we interviewed him twice. Let him walk out of the building and go sign with Dallas.

we did our diligence and got our guy. McDaniels was just gonna play the field anyways and likely leave everybody hanging.

im glad we didn’t wait and I’m glad we got Rhule!

Our due diligence got us Matt Paradis too.

I certainly hope this turns out to be a good decision, but I don't have a lot of trust in the people who made it.