Potential Head Coaches, who do you want?

[throwANDREtheBALL]

I'd be happy with any of these guys.

Al Saunders - Offensive Co-ordinator of the KC chiefs

Gary Kubiak - Off. co-ordinator - DEN

Jim Johnson - Def. co-ordinator of the PHI eagles

Gregg Williams - Asst head coach/defense for the Skins

Clancy Pendergast - Def. co-ordinator - ARI - (he gets production from no-names, I'd love to have him on our staff)

Ray Rhodes - Def. co-ordinator - SEA

 

[tiger06]

I'd love to see us run a 4-3 and have Walker and TJ on the inside with Peek and Babin on the outside.

 

[gtexan02]

I saw this quote on ESPN today:

"I know it's not [chic] to consider offensive-line coaches as head-coaching candidates. But some team needs to look at [Steelers line coach] Russ Grimm. It was just a couple years ago that the Steelers had one of the worst rushing years in their history. Look at them now. They take a guy who wasn't even drafted [Willie Parker], put him behind that line and make him a star. Remember, they're starting a whole new right side on the line, and the tackle [Max Starks] is basically a rookie, since he hardly played last year. Grimm has done one hell of a job there."

What a lot of sense this makes! A coach who can create an OL from nothing and is HC material? His number one priority would be protecting carr and this would completely change our offense. Grimm for HC!

 

[DocBar]

I say George Castanza. At least my tears would be from laughing.

 

[Bubbajwp]

HOw about DAVE CAMPo :brickwall

Never say that again. I would rather not have any coaches. Hey theres an iedea lets just let the players play.

 

[Hottoddie]

How about Larry Brown? I hear he's looking for a new challenge & he's been very sucessfull. Oh, wait a minute,....err, wrong sport.

I bet we could get the Johnny Cash wanna' be, Jerry Glanville.

I like the idea of bringing in JJ, but I'd have to give serious consideration to Jerry Gray.

 

[Bubbajwp]

How about Rudy T. I also like Jerry Gray

 

[bigtex77]

Kubiak

 

[Elite]

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?

Tom Moore so he can groom our number one pick Matt LionHeart.

 

[DocBar]

Kubiak

Is Kubiak still calling plays for that offensive juggernaut in Denver???? Kepp him there.

 

[Crank_It_Up]

Jimmy Johnson or Ohio State's head coach, Jim Tressel

 

[OzzO]

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!

Ding!!! When some of the players are out there giving a "half-nether regioned" effort and are not called out for it or don't have respect for the coaches and their system - there's the issue. If the players aren't gonna follow, it doesn't matter who gets replaced.

Find that non-politically correct coach that will have the respect of the players as he demands it, has the focus and expects to win big and not play it close.

... and if I hear of another "movie day" for this team this year.... it better be right after they win the SB, or better not hear it at all. You're there to WORK and earn your paycheck.

 

[cuppacoffee]

If we would have thought about this a year ago (before he signed a contract) Charlie Weis

Charlies doing just fine where he is, thank you very much.

Go IRISH

 

[TexanExile]

Grimm for HC!

Could we please not hire another Steelers coaching alum? I think that's not a tradition I want to start.

The Jim Bates idea is interesting. Bates did a phenomenal job pulling the Dolphins together last year for a couple of wins after they'd been given up for dead. According to "Spank" Goldberg, Even their offensive coordinator was going home at 5 PM every day. Bates is a firebreather who did what he did with Miami's D even though virtually everyone Wannstedt drafted didn't pan out.

I'm still praying that this team snaps out of it and finishes the season with the staff that it has now. Hopefully the message has been sent and no more blood needs to be shed. But even if Capers gets fired, doing it in week 4 or in week 12 isn't going to suddenly make this team a contender. He says he identified the problem and came up with a solution. OK, fine. Now go win.

 

[tsip]

"Pete Carroll - USC head coach... we can all dream right?"

You forgot to mention he was Head Coach of the Patriots

 

[Betro]

No Jimmy Johnson, he can only coach if there are great players around him, and we have decent ones. The real Jim Johnson from Philly or the Bucs D co ordinator probably won't leave since the past couple of years teams have been looking for coaches and they weren't even mentioned. I think they want to stay where they are. I like Jim Bates, Brad Childress, Jim Fassel, I'm not familiar with Kubiak but he seems popular here. How about Belichek, we can trade our entire draft for him. =]

 

[Kaiser Toro]

Jerry Gray. One of the next DCs in line for an HC position. Former All American CB at UT. Native from Lubbock I believe.

 

[scourge]

Brad Childress or Jeff Fisher

 

[Kaiser Toro]

Please no retreads. We need someone fresh who is hungry and brings energy ot the table.

If Fassel comes in, i will discontiue my seats.

 

[grandslam1]

we need a defensive mastermind, perhaps Ray Rhodes or some assistant from Baltimore?

 

[THEFUTURE]

go with Brad Childress, he makes Philly's O go. and we desperately need it. plus he is firm and commands a lot, he will demand near perfection from the texans

 

[Texans Honk]

I would like to see someone like Norm Chow or a Charlie Weiss coaching the Texans.

 

[Huge]

No, no, no no.

I'll tell you who you really need...Greg Davis, offensive coordinator, University of Texas. If you need a resume, just ask Mack Brown. He'll go on and on about all the offensive records they've achieved under Davis' watchful eye.

Please, please hire Greg Davis.

 

[Hervoyel]

2nd: JJ is not a good coach...he had Ainkman, Emmit, and Irvin, and that was the only reason he was a good coach.

I just don't agree with this. You give Aikman, Smith, and Irvin to Jerry Glanville and you're going to get an 8-8 team that other teams play harder just because they hate that smug little monkey in black. Glanville was a bad coach. The argument that Jimmy Johnson is not a good coach is laughable.

 

[WWJD]

Jimmy is a very good coach....but I'm not sure he's interested in coaching again.


I've always been a Jeff Fisher fan. Wonder if he'd be interested in switching teams or if that is even legally possible?

 

[JustBonee]

Head Coach? ..
Someone who is an alumnus of Slippery Rock College. (PA) Rock Mystique churns out brilliant coaches even though it's a small school.

 

[rafterticket]

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.

I understand anyone thinking that in Houston. But you know what? He will sure as h*** tell you how he really feels when you ask him a question. That's one of the things people loved about him.

 

[mexican_texan]

Jim Mora Jr.!

 

[Scottyboy]

I would love Madden to come back and coach us!!! He would be great, good publicty for the city, with the video game and all!! ALso, Maddens contract with ABC is up, so that would be great to get him!!

Come on ALLL, Call for John Madden to coach the Texans!!

 

[Bubbajwp]

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 choose any of the above cant be much worse right.

 

[Huge]

Seriously though, the guy that shold've been here in the first place:

Butch Davis

He's not in Houston already because Casserly wasn't willing to give up GM duties. Given the job he's done so far, that's easily solveable.

 

[HJam72]

He won't come back to coaching, but the thing about JJ that would really interest me is his input in the draft and any trades made. He seems to know talent like nobody's business and we wouldn't be dealing with garbage like Hollings and P-Burnt for example.

 

[Scottyboy]

ESPN Shawn Sawsberry just punked us, and said this team is confused and big talent, but horrible coatches, please someone save is!!!

 

[Bubbajwp]

ESPN Shawn Sawsberry just punked us, and said this team is confused and big talent, but horrible coatches, please someone save is!!!

I saw that to. He was making fun of us for making pendry the O coordinator.

 

[CyberTexan]

I Would like to see a new version of Bum Phillips

Lets see if we can get Wade Phillips

 

[keyfro]

you know right now anyone who can come in and change the attitude of this team would be good...instead of playing not to lose the game how about we get a guy who believes in playing to win and not to lose...worst damn thing i have ever heard a coach said

 

[Wolf]

this is way off the subject. I always wondered why Danny White never moved into the NFL ranks to coach

 

[tsip]

I Would like to see a new version of Bum Phillips

Lets see if we can get Wade Phillips

...yeah, Wade's won everwhere he's been a head coach

 

[HardCoreTxn]

Jeff Fisher would be my first choice for HC, no way Jimmy leaves Fox.

Wade Phillips(HC), Carl Mauck(OC), Mike Singletary(DC)

 

[Errant Hothy]

I've got a new favorite option:

Scott Linehan http://www.miamidolphins.com/lockerroom/coachingstaff/coachingstaff_linehan_s.asp

Yes he's young, but he's worked well with QBs and helped run one of the NFl's most potent O's, Minnesota's for the last three years before moving to Miami this off-season. HIre him and make Hoke the D-coord adnd we might have the best, young caoching staff in the NFL.

 

[TommyS]

FROM PRO FOOTBALL TALK.COM

MCNAIR PLANS FOR POST-DOM HIRE



If/when the Texans fire head coach Dom Capers, word is that owner Bob McNair wants a replacement with NFL head-coaching experience.



But he also wants a guy who is relatively young.



This combination leaves McNair with few options, unless he's interested in 46-year-old David Shula, who primarily has been running daddy's steakhouses since getting run out of Cincinnati.



So it appears that the next coach of the Texans (if indeed there is a "next coach" in 2006) will be a guy who is a head coach right now.



And that means it'll be a coach who is either fired from or who is permitted to leave his current gig. The pool of potential retreads, though, will contain some younger guys who aren't all that enticing (pun intended), including the Meathead and Mike "Meathead II" Mularkey (who could find himself thrown under the Buffalo bus by Tom Donahoe if the Bills fall apart this year).



Based on our discussions with league insiders, the primary candidates for the job likely will be Tennessee's Jeff Fisher and the Saints' Jim Haslett.



Fisher, however, might not be available. Though the Titans generally are expected to stink it up this year, there is a feeling that owner Bud Adams won't hang the blame on his long-time head coach, given the significant offseason roster upheaval that the organization endured. Also, Adams surely is keeping in mind the fact that Fisher wanted to draft cornerback Antrel Rolle with the sixth overall pick, and that it was G.M. Floyd Reese who pushed for Ms. Pacman.



Haslett's contract with the Saints runs through 2006. If the team isn't interested in extending it and he wants to walk, Saints owner Tom Benson might be inclined to let him go to Houston in order to avoid having to pay Haslett's salary. But Benson isn't always of rational mind, and he might decide to keep his hooks in Haz once Benson realizes that someone else might want him.



Either way, the thinking is that McNair will need to make a move on Capers early enough in the 2005 season to permit the interview process to proceed in good faith (i.e., the Rooney rule). Then, if/when Fisher or Haslett become available, McNair will be able to pounce before they end up somewhere else.

 

[Blake]

I say George Castanza. At least my tears would be from laughing.

You mean Art Vandelay?

Ill take him. George, or maybe Denzel Washington as coach Herman Boone who sure as hell can get fired up, and not worry about what player A thinks about coach A.


I do not think that a mid season head coach is a good thing. Let him finish up his disaster season, so the new HC can have an offseason to right the ship before he plays a game.

I want Dom to enjoy every minute of HIS football team, sucking.

 

[WWJD]

David Shula was a big bust as an assistant. If the Texans even consider hiring him for head coach I'd think they'd lost their minds.

Haslett...nope.

If they got Jeff Fisher I'd do the happy dance.

 

[Blake]

Everyone that says Jeff Fisher... Why would Jeff coach the Texans? He is a god in Tenn, and will be their coach for another 10 years.

 

[WWJD]

Regarding Fisher...nobody is saying he would come here or even could but rather the thread asks who would you want.

He's the coach I would want. Young, experienced, good track record, hard nosed.

I can't imagine any situation he couldn't handle with the Texans that he hasn't already seen with the Titans.

And I'm just guessing but I would think Bob McNair would be willing to pay him alot more $$ than Bud would.

 

[Hervoyel]

Bob may want a young head coach with NFL HC experience but often there's a wide gap between what you want and what you get in this world, even for someone as wealthy as Bob McNair.

I doubt these are the only criteria the boss will look at when the time comes to replace Dom. I personally don't think Jeff Fisher will be available and since he's employed at this time by the Tacks I don't any reason to speculate. Back in the day Bud would have already fired him but Bud's gotten calmer over the years. My one regret is that the good people of Nashville will never truly get to see Bud for what he is. He's just too old and comfortable to really screw things up like he used to.

In McNairs place I think I'd see if Jimmy Johnson was interested and discuss it with him. When he said "Thanks but no thanks" (and he would) then I'd start looking at NFL assistants that are doing an outstanding job somewhere and pick the one I thought the most of after interviewing the lot.

 

[tsip]

Regarding Fisher...nobody is saying he would come here or even could but rather the thread asks who would you want.

He's the coach I would want. Young, experienced, good track record, hard nosed.

I can't imagine any situation he couldn't handle with the Texans that he hasn't already seen with the Titans.

And I'm just guessing but I would think Bob McNair would be willing to pay him alot more $$ than Bud would.

...and you can bet he's making a ton of $$ since he also has a vice-president tag by his name

 

[Scottyboy]

WE need Madden, he'll be great!! His contract is up, and would be a great coach! Whos behind me>?

 

[HardKnockTexan]

I was looking through some old threads and found this. It was actually a pretty good read looking through all the pages and seeing who and why everyone thought should be our next Head Coach. I cant believe I didnt put Kubiak on the first list I posted.... ohwell.. show's how much insight I have.

by the way.. i gave + rep to everyone that wanted Kubiak in here... nice call guys!