Coaching interview updates

[TheMaulClaw]

What's interesting about the whole Steve Wilks shouldn't be hired because he is a defensive coach thing is this:

The biggest improvement the team saw once Wilks was appointed was on the offensive side of the ball.

[jamos14]

4 minutes ago, TheMaulClaw said:

What's interesting about the whole Steve Wilks shouldn't be hired because he is a defensive coach thing is this:

The biggest improvement the team saw once Wilks was appointed was on the offensive side of the ball.

And the defense got worse.

[Purrnicious]

Are we seriously considering someone from the Belichick coaching tree or is that just to satisfy the rule? I know you can't write off every person who's worked under Bill, but the track record looks waaaaayyyy worse than even Rivera's tree. 

[Sgt Schultz]

11 minutes ago, trueblade said:

Someone has to explain to me why Ryans will have more success than Saleh has up to this point.

The short answer is J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets.

All told, Saleh has probably done about as well as anybody could be expected to up there. 

[Sgt Schultz]

For those interested in Harbaugh, I just saw this:

JUST IN: Report Surfaces About Harbaugh, Michigan Contract Negotiations - Sports Illustrated Michigan Wolverines News, Analysis and More

There could be a lot of gamesmanship in this whole soap opera.

[DJ feed me moore]

3 hours ago, PantherFanInPhilly said:

OK....I have a feeling Ben Johnson is gonna end up being the guy. I have to admit I'm really nervous about him though. Just scared this is gonna turn into all of us looking in the rearview saying "what the fug were they/we thinking? Of course this wasn't gonna work out". 

that was matt rhule

[Ricky Spanish]

I'm wondering if we are bringing Mayo to not only interview, but gauge his interest in getting a DC title. The fact that Belichick did not give him the DC title would allow him to leave to get a DC job as he would not be making a lateral move. 

[TheMaulClaw]

49 minutes ago, jamos14 said:

And the defense got worse.

Well there is no doubt that Al Holcomb shouldn't be DC.  The one thing on Wilks I'm worried about is if he plans on being overly loyal.  I will say that the D looked okay up until that Horne injury.  Obviously there were inconsistencies being ironed out, but let's remember Wilks didn't do the grocery shopping.  While I'm not a fan of Holcomb's schematics, our personnel was chosen to run however Snow's college defense can be described.  I'm okay with Holcomb going back to being a positional coach.  Wilks earned an opportunity to be the HC in my opinion, Holcomb did not earn the opportunity to be DC in my opinion.

So I love to game, and I have a 6 year old daughter.  Sometimes she wants to take a crack at a game that I'm playing, and she will die a ton.  "Oof'd" as the young kids are saying these days.  I take the controller back after a bit and raise the score up a little bit.  That's what Wilks did this year, he had to yank the controller away from someone who sucks at video games mid game, and he brought the K/D ratio back to respectability.  We all know that we would have won the division if Wilks had been the coach the entire year.  He coached long enough this year for us to make an accurate projection.

I've heard someone on here bashing Wilks on here saying "that's why he coached Missouri."  Well here's the truth about that.  Wilks is an NFL coach.  He isn't a college coach.  His failure at Missouri has more to do with recruiting issues then anything schematically (it's tough to recruit at Missouri and compete in the SEC).  That element doesn't exist in the pros.  He is an NFL coach unlike Rhule who is a college coach.  The good news is, we're an NFL team.

I'm unconvinced that any other coach we bring in will show more commitment to the organization then Wilks has.  Wilks is a very good NFL football coach, the man has paid his dues and deserves a legitimate shot not just a tank year hire. 

I did see the players Keep Pounding, even in games we didn't want them too.  We did see the culture change.  Wilks did such a good job that it's hard to even remember Rhule.

I didn't go into this year with any built in loyalty towards Wilks.  When he was hired to be interim I was like everyone else.  I was already thinking about all the potential candidates.  Wilks made me stop and take notice.  Seeing how the players responded to him, made me a believer.  We want to keep Burns?  We want to keep Brown?  Hire Wilks.  Those guys are gone if we don't.

Edited January 12, 2023 by TheMaulClaw

[Bear Hands]

Man, we're up to like 10-11 guys now.  

I quite like both Ryans & Mayo but still prefer some of these OCs.  

[UNCrules2187]

24 minutes ago, Ricky Spanish said:

I'm wondering if we are bringing Mayo to not only interview, but gauge his interest in getting a DC title. The fact that Belichick did not give him the DC title would allow him to leave to get a DC job as he would not be making a lateral move. 

I had the same thought. Read somewhere however that he wants to stay in the Northeast because he doesn't plan on uprooting his family, so think it's more likely that he would only move out of the Northeast for a HC gig rather than a DC gig (or take the Cleveland DC gig over other DC jobs, if offered).

[Samppson]

I do like Wilks, but I agree with a lot of other peoples sentiments here, I feel like Wilks isn't the type of guy to turn around and re-work his staff, especially Holcomb. The way they talk about eachother, just does not feel like Wilks would be willing to let him go, and its kind of a bad start to have to tell a HC who to hire/fire on their staff right at the beginning. I could be on-board with Wilks getting the job, but I'd want to know who he plans to hire for OC/DC before singing off.

[WUnderhill]

18 minutes ago, Bear Hands said:

Man, we're up to like 10-11 guys now.  

I quite like both Ryans & Mayo but still prefer some of these OCs.  

I don’t know if it is common in the NFL to interview that many candidates, but this gives me so little faith in this process. Interviewing that many people for a serious position is poor practice and generally leads to confusion and a higher likelihood of selecting the wrong candidate. And it seems pretty clear they’re not even done yet. They should have easily weeded out several of these candidates before the interview.

[t96]

1 hour ago, PantherMan89 said:

So much for the small list of candidates. 

well that is fuging stupid

[TheCasillas]

1 hour ago, jamos14 said:

And the defense got worse.

Maybe bc he only had like 3  defensive coaches? Wilks was running a professional football team down 6 coaches from the norm. We had Chris Tabor helping coach on both offense and defense.

I want an OC coach too, but blaming Wilks for the defense is like saying a “Ferrari isn’t fast…” when it has 3 flat tires.

Edited January 12, 2023 by TheCasillas