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Potential Head Coaches, who do you want?

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HardKnockTexan

Rookie
Jim Fassel
Dan Reeves
Brad Childress - Andy Reids right hand man on offense.
Al Saunders - Worked under Mike Martz and Dick Vermeil
Mike Heimerdinger - Worked under Jeff Fisher and Mike Shanahan
Steve Fairchild - O-Coordinator for St. Louis under Martz.
Maurice Carthon - Played and worked under Parcells.
Sean Payton - QB Coach, Worked under Fassel and Parcells.
Rod Marinelli - worked under Dungy and Gruden
Tod Cotrell - Worked with marvin lewis and john fox
Greg Blache - known to be a motivator, very firey personality and coaching style.
Jim Johnson - Pilly D Coordinator.
Kirk Ferentz - Iowa head coach. Worked under Belichick and Billick.
Bob Stoops - OU head coach.
Ralph Friegden - Maryland head coach, O-Coordinator with the 94 Chargers. (went to the superbowl)
Jeff Tedford - Cal head coach, QB coach and great game-planner.
Chan Gailey - Georgia Tech head coach. Cowboys head coach (post Switzer era)
Frank Beamer - Virginia Tech head coach. A special teams stickler.
June Jones - Hawaii head coach. Coached Atlanta to the playoffs. Great QB coach.
Pete Carroll - USC head coach... we can all dream right?
 
I thought about Jim Johnson last night. No other reason than Philly always has a good D. I dont know much else about him.
 
what about monte kiffen the d. coordinator from tampa bay...or norm chow the o. coordinator from tennessee?
 
keyfro said:
what about monte kiffen the d. coordinator from tampa bay...or norm chow the o. coordinator from tennessee?
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I dont know anything about Monte Kiffen. I'm pretty sure Norm Chow will be with Tenn atleast for a little while.
 
:embarrass

I would have to go with the Great Ray Charles. Hell, he could atleast have seen what needs to be done better than the current management and coaching staff.
 
Jim Fassel - took the gaints to the big show. Had the leadership to take away the play calling from the OC when not happy with calls.

Pete Carrol - NFL record not great but he is a good coach and look at other coaches that it took awhile to take that next step (Belichick). It would be great if we could keep Capers as DC.
 
Jim Fassel is a real possibility. While the Ravens Offense sucks, he doesnt have the skill positions to make his system work.

I would be happy with anyone exceot Capers really. Preferably someone who runs a tight shift and wont take **** from players or assistant coaches. Need a leader, not a note taker...
 
I want to see someone who is hard nosed. Someone that doesnt take it easy on the players. I want the players to FEAR the coach. No easy offseason days. No easy preseason days. Full pads all out. A coach that will head butt the players with helmets on. We need passion and desire!
 
MIGHTYTEX said:
How about we talk Jimmy Johnson into leaving FOX and become our coach?
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Jimmy Johnson just doesnt feel right to me. Maybe its because he was a cowgirl or maybe it was because he was bad in Miami... I just dont want to see this guy on our sideline.
 
From CNNSI:

Three names that are now officially on everyone's coaching hot-seat list: Minnesota's Mike Tice, who may not make it out of October, Houston's Dom Capers and the Texans' equally beleaguered offensive coordinator, Chris Palmer.


One Down, One to Go....
 
Jeff Fisher, if possible.

Houston Oiler player, currently has a bad team with no superstar QB to take over the reins for McNair, and is tough as nails and doesn't let his team have any doubts during any bad circumstances.

He can do it. Just not sure if the contract situation allows it.

Jimmy Johnson is the sexy pick right now. He did well with a Cowboys team that resembles our team: Bad o line, but great QB/RB/WR trio.

We just need all those Herschel Walker picks, and JJ could do the job.
 
That Kiffin guy is pretty impressive.
Bob Stoops? not bad. He's doing a great job at OU.
Jimmy Johnson? Someone touched on that a few posts up that he was able to make the QB, WR, and RB shine despite a lack luster O-line. Aside from visiting w/ Katrina evacuees at the Astrodome alongside McNair... I wonder why else he was in town :hmmm:

There are some pretty good coaches in there based on the short descriptions - well except for Chain Gailey. He was still a puppet in my mind at Dallas.

Jeff Fisher? That would be awesome.
 
AlexVanderpool said:
HELL YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hey, love the avatar. lol

Jimmy Johnson? It would be good to see him come in for next season and coach a win against the Cowboys - mainly to rub it in Jerry's face. :D
 
AlexVanderpool said:
HELL YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hell no!!!!!!!!!!! Do you remeber how badly the Dolphins underachieved under Jimmy? Remember the absolute beating JAX put on them during the playoffs? Jimmy was a great coach, but in a different era; ie the one right befoer the salary cap, the one where you could cut a third round draft pick in week two, and not suffer significantlyon depth.

My choices would be:
Grey
Kubiak
Johnson (the one in Philly)
Heimerdinger
Fisher
Childress
and
Frank Beamer
 
Hoth-Boy said:
Hell no!!!!!!!!!!! Do you remeber how badly the Dolphins underachieved under Jimmy? Remember the absolute beating JAX put on them during the playoffs? Jimmy was a great coach, but in a different era; ie the one right befoer the salary cap, the one where you could cut a third round draft pick in week two, and not suffer significantlyon depth.

My choices would be:
Grey
Kubiak
Johnson (the one in Philly)
Heimerdinger
Fisher
Childress
and
Frank Beamer
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I agree with the Hell No part. :evilb:

Don't know Grey :confused:

But I like Kubiak!!!!! :texflag:
 
Hoth-Boy said:
Hell no!!!!!!!!!!! Do you remeber how badly the Dolphins underachieved under Jimmy?
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I thought that Jimmy coached well during his time with Miami. He was stuck with an aged Marino and he did make the playoffs his first year. He got Zack Thomas and I thought his teams played with a lot of heart. Which is way better than anything we have now. Heck if McNair could convince Jimmy to come back and coach the Texans and Jimmy came with it 100%. I would take him in a minute. He is from the old school ways, like Parcells. Results and effort mean a lot with him.
 
Hoth-Boy said:
Hell no!!!!!!!!!!! Do you remeber how badly the Dolphins underachieved under Jimmy? Remember the absolute beating JAX put on them during the playoffs? Jimmy was a great coach, but in a different era; ie the one right befoer the salary cap, the one where you could cut a third round draft pick in week two, and not suffer significantlyon depth.
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Don't make the mistake of confusing Jimmy Johnson's problems in Miami with his being out of touch and from a "different era". This isn't Chuck Noll, Tom Landry, or Don Shula we're talking about. Johnson didn't coach 20 or so years and lose touch with the players. Johnson went to Miami where Dan Marino was the sacred cow who couldn't be pushed aside (but needed to go much like Favre today).

If he'd been given the kind of freedom to build that he had in Dallas I believe Jimmy Johnson could have been successfull long-term. His lack of interest in coaching in the NFL stems I think from the bad experience he had in Miami. Who would want to go through that again? For a coach to get it done he needs absolute authority over his team.
 
Hervoyel said:
Don't make the mistake of confusing Jimmy Johnson's problems in Miami with his being out of touch and from a "different era". This isn't Chuck Noll, Tom Landry, or Don Shula we're talking about. Johnson didn't coach 20 or so years and lose touch with the players. Johnson went to Miami where Dan Marino was the sacred cow who couldn't be pushed aside (but needed to go much like Favre today).

If he'd been given the kind of freedom to build that he had in Dallas I believe Jimmy Johnson could have been successfull long-term. His lack of interest in coaching in the NFL stems I think from the bad experience he had in Miami. Who would want to go through that again? For a coach to get it done he needs absolute authority over his team.
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Sorry but I believe the Salary cap has chnaged the NFL on all levels, from Fo to coaching to players; and I don't feel that Jimmy could be a succesful coach in the salary cap era. Jimmy was known for damn near cutting rookies during games which dosn't work now due to the increased value fo rookies (ie lower salary cap figures). I also don't think that Jimmy and Cass could work together, and I'm not ready to run Cass out of town yet.

Could I be wrong? Sure. But as of right now there are several choices I like more then Jimmy.

And besides Jimmy ain't leavingthe booth, and why should he? Man is living the good life right now; why would he want to go back to 80+ hour work weeks.
 
gpshafer_1976 said:
Jeff Fisher, if possible.

Jimmy Johnson is the sexy pick right now. He did well with a Cowboys team that resembles our team: Bad o line, but great QB/RB/WR trio.

We just need all those Herschel Walker picks, and JJ could do the job.
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David is no Troy Aikman.

Davis is no Emmitt.

AJ is comparable to Irvin.

There will never be another trade like the Herschel trade. That was a fleecing.
 
I'm not a big believer in firing a head coach in the beginning of a season. Let him go until the end of the season. If the results aren't what are expected then replace him. If you fire Capers now, who are you going to replace him with? Unless I'm mistaken, you can't hire someone on another coaching staff until AFTER the season ends. Even if you could hire them, they won't be able to coach the team until AFTER the season anyways. Why limit the selection to out-of-work coaches or someone from our staff?

That said...if Mike Tice gets fired I'd take him first, then Kubiak and maybe Gray.
 
I am very intrested in the Jimmy Johnson vein thats developing...I belive that his top strenght was finding the top players to draft and really he just put those athletes in position to maximize their strengths. If JJ comes in then Casserly may or may not stick around...could be good, could be bad. Bottom line is that the standards the team are held to would significantly increase which is a good thing. As far as JJ not doing well in MIA, consider this, he did not have the blockbuster Hershel Walker deal to accrue draft picks so team construction took longer...he did however build one of the elite defenses over the last several years with the pieces that he brought in.

That being said Kubiak sounds pretty good...an Aggie that has a lot of skill working with QBs and WRs (go figure!). Not a bad deal and worth to check out.

I still think that Sam Wyche would be the most intriguing pick-up. If he has overcome his health problems he could be a significant impact as a coach again. I would seriously consider recruiting him as the O-Coordinator. Having a QB developer of his stature working with Carr would probably bring some significant results.
 
Bum Phillips maybe Jerry Glanville, Hell how bout the ball boy, Maybe then we could bring Moon back, get a second receiver with Drew Hill or Ernest Givens, Replace Buch with Chris Dishman and get Ray Childress off tv. Get Al Smith and Sean Jones for linebackers. The oline could be saved by Mike Munchak and Bruce Mathews.
 
NativeJPR said:
Gary Kubiak :texflag:
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I am with you - Gary K should have gotten the job over Dom to begin with - I am sick of retreads (ie JJ) - Lets get a fiery you coach with a solid pedigree who has some local connections to reinvigorate the fan base
 
Tedford, Stoops, or Jones


Tedford
Pros: worked with carr, good qb coach
Cons: most of his qb's have done nothing in the pros, dont know about D


Stoops
Pros: Wins. Unafraid to air it out
Cons: Dont know


Jones
Pros: Huge offense, look what he did with a 5-7 reciever and timmy chang.
Cons: cant win big game, dont know about d
 
i don't want stoops here...he might now how to win but that's only when he has the best athletes...look at what he's doing now...nada...i just don't think there is a college coach right now that can make the transition to the pros...jimmy johnson isn't leaving the fox...our best bets right now are monte kiffen, jim johnson, al saunders, jim bates, and norm chow
 
i would like to see Dick Labeau be our head coach because of what he has done for the steelers defense since he been back in pittsburg is amazing and maybe he can do the same for us because his defenses know how to get to the quarterbacks we all seen the game sunday :texflag:
 
fingers5 said:
Lets get a fiery you coach with a solid pedigree who has some local connections to reinvigorate the fan base
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I could careless if the coach is stoic like Tom Landry or animated like John Madden. There is only one way to correctly "reinvigorate" the fan base ---- WIN GAMES.

A local favorite with ties to UT or A&M might generate an inital delight from the fans but so what. What we need is a coach that will get us a SB win.
 
HoustonFan said:
Jimmy Johnson? Someone touched on that a few posts up that he was able to make the QB, WR, and RB shine despite a lack luster O-line. Aside from visiting w/ Katrina evacuees at the Astrodome alongside McNair... I wonder why else he was in town :hmmm:

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I like the Jimmy Johnson idea. This would facilitate the long overdue firing of Capers as well as Casserly. I think we'd be a playoff contender by LAST year if JJ had been here and not Capers/Casserly.

However, the stuff about shining "despite a lack luster O-line" is nonsense. When the Cowboys were whipping tail under the JJ's they had Stepnoski at center and Eric Williams at tackle; both pro-bowlers. Even Nate "look at those sweatmarks" Nooten was twice the player (no pun intended) the Texans have ever had on the line. Later during their glory years they added all-everything left tackle Larry Allen. When JJ had success he had a dominant o-line. No worse than top-5.
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LCROD said:
Bucs gave him an outrageous contract to stay and run the D. There was a big push a few years ago to give a HC job, Bucs squashed that real quick.
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I'm with the other people who would like to see Kiffen as a coach. If they don't want to let the guy end up as a HC, that's just like saying that he could be good at it but you don't want him to be coaching against you.
 
I like the ideas of Kiffen and Jim Bates (look what he did with the Dolphins last year when he took over, and his defenses in Miami were always good) but how about Mike Trgovac (Panthers D-con)? I know he's not got that much experience even as a co-ordinator, but he's got to be doing something right there - especially when you bear in mind that he was previously the D-line coach, responsible for bringing through Peppers and Jenkins.
 
Switch to a 4-3 defense and get Monte Kiffen..I like the sound of that. (For those who say we dont have the personel for a 4-3.. we dont have the personel for a 3-4 either.. but I like our Dlinemen better than our LBs right now.. so lets put 4 of them on the field)


The Ravens are 0-2 right now and the Bengals are 2-0. Brian Billick may be looking for a job by the end of the season.

Billick would be #1 on my list.... buuuuuuut.. then again.. how much of the Raven's success can be attributed to Billick? and how much to Ray Lewis?
 
Buzz said:
I'm with the other people who would like to see Kiffen as a coach. If they don't want to let the guy end up as a HC, that's just like saying that he could be good at it but you don't want him to be coaching against you.
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When he took the cash and chose to stay in TB, it showed me that he wasnt interested in being a HC. Rather have the paycheck and not all the responsibilites. But that man can coach some D.
 
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