HC Candidate List

[Mr. Scot]

Profile of Shane Steichen, who speaks highly of our old friend Norv Turner...

From the article...

Turner, who was a head coach for three NFL teams and an offensive coordinator for seven, is Steichen’s biggest influencer as a play caller. He helped Steichen break into the NFL in 2011. Steichen has since ascended the coaching ranks and spent seven years on the Chargers’ offensive staff before Eagles coach Nick Sirianni handed him the play-calling duties in the middle of the 2021 season.

“I thought Norv just had an unbelievable feel for the game, calling the game, when to call shots,” Steichen said. “He always said, ‘Shoot, the best games I’ve ever called is when I really am not looking down at the call sheet.’”

If he were the hire, he might call on Scott or Cam Turner to be part of his staff, or look to other Turner connections.

[UNCrules2187]

Steichen has quite a pool of candidates he could draw from for his OC:

Coached with Anthony Lynn (HC) and Pep Hamilton (QB coach) in San Diego - both have been OCs before. Hamilton I'm assuming is out in Houston with the regime change and Lynn is currently AHC/RBs under Shanahan in SF.

Could try to bring Brian Johnson (QB coach) or Kevin Patullo (passing game coordinator)

Could look into bringing Scott Turner on as OC 

Edited January 18, 2023 by UNCrules2187

[therealmjl]

Steichen or bust now for me

[mrcompletely11]

10 hours ago, therealmjl said:

Steichen or bust now for me

He has to be the leader but we still have to interview Kafka 

[Bear Hands]

Digging into the remaining to get excited again (and hopefully not let down haha):

This Mike Kafka has seemingly had a super fast rise out of nowhere, but a recent Athletic article has some great insight to it all; someone else linked this earlier as well:

 https://theathletic.com/4104453/2023/01/19/giants-mike-kafka-nfl-head-coach-candidate/ 

In watching clips of him, he has a very dry, no "extra" style to him whether in pressers, talking about  his coaching & whatnot.  Seems very even keel, straight shooter which is like the exact opposite of Rhule.  It could be something I see Fitt, Tepper, & Morgan digging.     

No particular bravado, just looks engaged and someone who wants to get sh*t done.  I like that.  It doesn't with spectacle and he's not some rah-rah type.  Good early track record.

It would be a big swing at someone with his limited experience but I'm liking what I'm finding. 

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Aside from six months together with the Patriots in 2013, Daboll and Kafka had no history together. When asked recently why he hired Kafka, Daboll said it was because Kafka had good presence in his coordinator interview, handling the room well. He could tell Kafka would be a good teammate. He could also tell Kafka was smart.

“I thought he brought a lot of cool ideas to the table when we’re sitting down, and we started getting into the schematic part of it,” Daboll said.

To do what he did this year for a team with virtually no wide receiver room, a struggling QB in his final year of a rookie deal, a still developing OL, and really only Barkley as the for-sure thing, is impressive.  

It sounds like he was also much more intertwined in Mahomes development than I knew.  I thought he came in after Mahomes was already a star, but it sounds like he had a nice impact on Pat early on.  

Very interesting guy.  Would not be mad one bit, and I can see him impressing.

This is his latest midst the HC interviews.  He seems much more seasoned than some of these other young guys like B Johnson and Moore.  Interesting cat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDSZM7j1GS4&ab_channel=NewYorkGiants

[Waldo]

Steichen or Kafka please. We could win the NFCS with those levels of coaching next year. Neither would need 2 or 3 years to compete and I think both could sneak in as a WC team year 1 at worst. No trade needed. No mega contracts or rediculous conditions like total roster control. Just damn good coaching. 

[Icege]

17 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Profile of Shane Steichen, who speaks highly of our old friend Norv Turner...

From the article...

Turner, who was a head coach for three NFL teams and an offensive coordinator for seven, is Steichen’s biggest influencer as a play caller. He helped Steichen break into the NFL in 2011. Steichen has since ascended the coaching ranks and spent seven years on the Chargers’ offensive staff before Eagles coach Nick Sirianni handed him the play-calling duties in the middle of the 2021 season.

“I thought Norv just had an unbelievable feel for the game, calling the game, when to call shots,” Steichen said. “He always said, ‘Shoot, the best games I’ve ever called is when I really am not looking down at the call sheet.’”

If he were the hire, he might call on Scott or Cam Turner to be part of his staff, or look to other Turner connections.

Worth mentioning also that Cam Turner followed Wilks out to Arizona and was there through this season as well after working himself up to Co-pass game coordinator/QB coach.

Can't help but think that he's part of Wilks' plans for the offense that he had to present to Tepper. He also was here as the assistant WR coach (2015 - 2016) and then the assistant QB coach in 2017.

Edited January 19, 2023 by Icege

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, Icege said:

Worth mentioning also that Cam Turner followed Wilks out to Arizona and was there through this season as well after working himself up to Co-pass game coordinator/QB coach.

Can't help but think that he's part of Wilks' plans for the offense that he had to present to Tepper.

Definitely possible.

Wilks has good ties to the Turner family as well.

[Jay Roosevelt]

Before anyone starts suggesting Wilks as HC with Byron Leftwich as OC...

[mrcompletely11]

2 minutes ago, Jay Roosevelt said:

Before anyone starts suggesting Wilks as HC with Byron Leftwich as OC...

There are some just brutal brutal losses during that season

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, Jay Roosevelt said:

Before anyone starts suggesting Wilks as HC with Byron Leftwich as OC.../cdn-cgi/mirage/a17dbad9fdf239776f4cb06f17394553d8f645a5db7237b85ead849a28c3990d/1280/https://www.carolinahuddle.com/uploads/monthly_2023_01/Screenshot_1.png.658945174b0b0920b039fccb6141a4f0.png

As QB Coach, sure.

[KatsAzz]

2 hours ago, Waldo said:

Steichen or Kafka please. We could win the NFCS with those levels of coaching next year. Neither would need 2 or 3 years to compete and I think both could sneak in as a WC team year 1 at worst. No trade needed. No mega contracts or rediculous conditions like total roster control. Just damn good coaching. 

Not sure who the Panthers will select as HC but hiring either Steichen or Kafka, who are both offensive minded, would certainly be agreeable to me..

[Wolfcop]

14 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

As QB Coach, sure.

I could get on board with this. I have been okay from the beginning with pairing Reich with Wilks. Adding Fangio and Leftwich as QB coach would make that a very strong unit. 

[Mr. Scot]

15 minutes ago, Wolfcop said:

I could get on board with this. I have been okay from the beginning with pairing Reich with Wilks. Adding Fangio and Leftwich as QB coach would make that a very strong unit. 

I would add keeping James Campen and Chris Tabor to that list.