(Potential) Top 2026 HC Candidates

[Cavscout]

Great...now do a list for GM's!

[kungfoodude]

34 minutes ago, Cavscout said:

Great...now do a list for GM's!

No, no, no. You do that AFTER hiring a head coach. You know, the way all successful franchises do!

[NAS]

Give me Flores or Salah, this team needs an identity change 

[NAS]

34 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

No, no, no. You do that AFTER hiring a head coach. You know, the way all successful franchises do!

I agree if Canales goes Morgan has to also, they should be considered a package deal. Let the new GM pick his coach by himself!

[kungfoodude]

27 minutes ago, NAS said:

I agree if Canales goes Morgan has to also, they should be considered a package deal. Let the new GM pick his coach by himself!

I am not sure Tepper will ever cede that. 

[csx]

Morgan did hire Canales as they worked together in Seattle 

[kungfoodude]

6 minutes ago, csx said:

Morgan did hire Canales as they worked together in Seattle 

Technically this is true. Fitterer was fired on Jan. 8th, Dan was hired on Jan. 22 and Dave was hired on Jan. 24. 

Dan was the guy for the entire interview process during that cycle, more than likely.

 

[CarolinaLivin]

2 hours ago, Cavscout said:

Great...now do a list for GM's!

Ill do one monday if that’s what is wanted. I just want to paint the picture of who is rising and available this cycle.

[SOJA]

great write up OP but this confirms but my suspicions that there are a TON of names on that list that either don't excite me or straight up terrify me

Of all the options listed. Flores, Minter and maybe maybe Morton get me excited

we've tried the college HC, we've tried the retread HC, we've tried the upcoming offensive mind. All of these can work but we've simply picked three bad options

What we haven't tried is a culture setting CEO type like Dan Campbell. I believe Brian Flores can be that. He will need a good staff around him on offense but at minimum guys will play hard for him. 

The best success we've had under tepper was with Wilks, it wasn't always pretty but guys played hard and we were competitive. The same can not be said for any other stretch under him 

[SOJA]

The other option is to be patient and wait and see if a good HC gets canned from his current team. No way Minnesota fires KOC but let's say they have ANOTHER bad season next year. Maybe we could trade for him. I doubt it but at this point I really want someone with a proven track record of success. 

[jb2288]

Would love Monken or Brady and the promise he can use our 1st on a QB 

[Cpt slay a ho]

Kingsbury, Flores, or Saleh 

[mrcompletely11]

16 minutes ago, Cpt slay a ho said:

Kingsbury, Flores, or Saleh 

Flores or Salah would work

[toldozer]

3 hours ago, SOJA said:

great write up OP but this confirms but my suspicions that there are a TON of names on that list that either don't excite me or straight up terrify me

Of all the options listed. Flores, Minter and maybe maybe Morton get me excited

we've tried the college HC, we've tried the retread HC, we've tried the upcoming offensive mind. All of these can work but we've simply picked three bad options

What we haven't tried is a culture setting CEO type like Dan Campbell. I believe Brian Flores can be that. He will need a good staff around him on offense but at minimum guys will play hard for him. 

The best success we've had under tepper was with Wilks, it wasn't always pretty but guys played hard and we were competitive. The same can not be said for any other stretch under him 

To be fair we had the culture setter and Tepper meddled and made him run a defense that wasn't his mo then fired him when it didn't work. Then had another one as an interim and let him walk when he didn't like the plan of giving up the farm to draft a QB and preferred sticking with darnold