The coaching carousel

[X-Clown]

43 minutes ago, electro's horse said:

Absolutely a Top Ten Anime Betrayals moment 

I bet Brady was the choice all along. The didn’t exactly cast a wide net 

 

[ForJimmy]

4 minutes ago, X-Clown said:

It was 5, (4 of them by Allen)…but who’s counting?

Joe Brady has some incriminating pictures of Pegula....

[tukafan21]

2 hours ago, frankw said:

I have to imagine there were very few outside candidates legitimately considering the position. Everybody around the NFL saw that press conference and how they talked about McDermott.

I think Joe Brady is a good offensive mind but who knows if he will be successful as a head coach. But now that he and everyone else knows what the bar for success is in the eyes of Bills ownership I think he's in over his head. I'll be surprised if he is as or more successful than McDermott was in the postseason.

The press conference was ugly and would make any coach a little concerned about working for said owner.

But HC jobs for the team with the best QB in the league in the middle of his prime don't come around too often.  I think every candidate would be able to look past the owner in this situation to get a chance at having Allen's prime years to chase a ring.

I still think if they lose in the first round and thus fired McDermott a week earlier, Harbaugh very likely would have been their next HC, but this all happened after he was already lined up with the Giants.

[tukafan21]

2 hours ago, carpanfan96 said:

That's what happens when you let your QB in on the hiring process. 

 

Edit to add. 

 

Beane isn't going to say no to this, he has full control over the roster now. It's his show now and if it fails he can blame Allen because he was in on the decision making 

Not when said QB is Josh Allen, it would be like when Andy Reid retires in the next few years and KC making the hire without involving Mahomes in the discussion at all.

When you have a QB like they, they 100% should be involved in the discussions to make sure there is alignment and the QB/HC will mesh well together.  I'm sure they didn't just let him make the decision as that would be dumb, but it would be even dumber to have not involved him in the process at all.

[GoobyPls]

Jets might hire Reich, he hasn’t had a good offense in years.

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

2 hours ago, tukafan21 said:

Not when said QB is Josh Allen, it would be like when Andy Reid retires in the next few years and KC making the hire without involving Mahomes in the discussion at all.

When you have a QB like they, they 100% should be involved in the discussions to make sure there is alignment and the QB/HC will mesh well together.  I'm sure they didn't just let him make the decision as that would be dumb, but it would be even dumber to have not involved him in the process at all.

Wasn’t Bryce involved in getting Canales?

[strato]

4 hours ago, Jackie Lee said:

 

I think it was Chris Simms that called this right after the firing. Same scenario as when Tampa fired… I forget, to hire Dirk Kottier who was OC. Because they were afraid they were going to lose Brady to another team hiring him for HC. 
 

Then it is, well if we had to choose, we would choose Brady. 

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

On 1/24/2026 at 2:10 PM, frankw said:

I don't think McCarthy is the worst possible hire they could have made but if he couldn't get it done with multiple teams in the NFC he's doomed in the AFC with a rebuilding Steelers and no viable long term QB.

I can't stand Steelers fans in general but especially the local bandwagon ones around here so this is hilarious.

Yeah, glad to see it happen to them. Hope they go nowhere