I really like the Seattle move and understand the Pete Carroll firing/departure. The team is going to need a new identity as it's building up after the mini rebuild post Wilson trade. Carrol is 72 and probably going to retire anyways in the next 3-4 years anyways which would be right in the middle of a long term team identity change. With the team potentially drafting a new QB in the next 1-2 years it makes a lot more sense to start the coaching change now while you're in that drafting building process, instead of in 2-3 years when you just got your new assets and are developing them. It wouldn't make sense to draft guys Pete wants on his defense, then hand it over to someone else who then has to make use of a different group of assets than they're used to/want to use. I'm sad to see the way it ended, I'm a big Seahawks fan, love Pete Carroll, and am a fan of defenses so like his style as well. But I can't say that I'm not excited for this move.
@@Megatron2012 oh yeah I agree, tldr Pete Carroll's retirement timeline doesn't align with the teams build path. Mike is good defensively, and the objective right hire. Just sad to see it end poorly since Pete has given this city a damn good run and is an awesome guy.
@@alshoutcasting9101 all the talk he was gonna be in the front office just to say he gonna coach again it's a mess it wasn't like he was losing his touch either but Mike is more than a worthy successor
We all knew he had to go sometime soon, given his age and his track record of good-but-not-great seasons. Still, I’m gonna miss is Football Dad energy.
I'm excited about the Panthers hire. tepper finally realized he sucks at hiring and hired a group with a good track record to help him. I know some Panthers fan sites were complaining they hired too quickly (whatever that means) but I view it as the Panthers picked someone that checked the boxes, comes with a great background and honestly was the best option (they were never going to get Jim h and I think tepper was smart enough to know he couldn't control bill b)
The fact that Ben Johnson ended up staying only makes the Panthers decision to hire "quickly" look better. Otherwise we'd have to panic hire someone, which I have a suspicion might have happened last year given Tepper's alleged affinity for Ben Johnson
@@unc54 I think he got over Ben this year I wonder if the brain trust was like "dude he ain't leaving. move the crap along" Reich seemed ok on paper... gods only know what dysfunctional garbage went on in that building though
Tepper still needs to sell the team though, he's one of the worst owners in the league and is way too involved with personnel. Though I do think hiring Canales was a good choice, which would be his first good choice since he bought the team.
@@DanielleBaum That situation was so bad that it made Reich look like he aged about 15 years in the half season he was our coach. I don't doubt that it had to do with how overly involved Tepper is with making player personnel decisions. If Tepper wants a successful team, he has to learn to let the coaches and gm he hired make the player based decisions.
Man people keep saying they don’t know why the Hawks moved on from Carrol but it should be obvious, he’s a defensive coach who’s had a bottom five defense for nearly a decade, just can’t do that 🤷🏽♂️
I mean Raheem Morris already probably has a better roster now than he did at any point in Tampa. If they get the right QB he could have a lot of success in Atlanta.
@@dmmart42 If you actually watched the falcons, you would know they'd easily have a solid 9 wins if their qb play wasn't so inept. Along with their head coach thinking he was more clever than what he was. I'm not a big Morriss supporter. But the staff and players in the falcons building now are built to actually have some progress, especially if they get a qb that can utilize the weapons on offense and not throw/fumble games away
@@dmmart42yeah bro you’re drunk.. horrible QB with a turnover issue and a head coach who was way in over his head that didn’t utilize his skill players is what derailed this season. This team easily gets 9-10 this season with a solid QB
Very true. Morris did get stuck with the Jon Gruden/Bruce Allen dregs when he got the Bucs. He's got a good roster and organization behind him. So this will be very much on him to succeed or fail
One thing you didn't mention about Canales is that Tepper used Sportsology to help him hire a HC. The last first-time HCs that Sportsology hired were Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay. It doesn't mean anything for Canales but it shows that Sportsology can find good guys to promote to HC.
As a Falcons fan, i know the Falcons are gonna Falcon. Another overrated coach fans pin their hopes on cuz of the confirmation bias. His resume is trash. if he needed the players, what makes anyone think it will happen with this administration?
I got full belief in brian cally as my new coach. Our o line has been crap fir to years and papa cally will help. Zac has came out and said multiple times that brian has had a everything to do with play calling besides actually calling them. I agree with the mid grade until i see results though. Titan up baby
I am a Titans fan, I adore the Callahan hire, now, are there concerns like play calling, 100%, but I like the fact that he reportedly had a very major role in offensive game planing and play design, also, I LOVE his connection with Ran Carthon.
I see what the Titans (i´m a fan of them myself) are trying to do, hiring a coach that worked succesfully and close with QBs so we don´t waste that Will Levis potential. But I dont know if a new HC can fix the loss of many key players over the last 2-3 Seasons and therefore giving up the defensive stability that Vrabel kinda established compared to pre-Vrabel times.
@@TheSmokingScarecrow It's going to be rough. Vrabel had the locker room and a winning record. In addition our poor drafts the last 4 years have us in a bad spot player wise. We need Ran to draft well to compliment the $$$ we spent in the off season and Brian has to develop Will or it will seem like a downgrade through and through. Our secondary is on the up and up it seems, but we also lost Autry, our most productive defensive player last year. It will be a tough as always and we will need to TITAN UP!
@@TheMrVerified I’ll never forgive J-rob for trading AJ brown and drafting that benchwarmer Burks. And I’m saying it now, Tvondre Sweat is giving MAJOR Isaiah Wilson vibes.
To not hide any bias, I say all of this as a Commanders fan. Harbaugh: Jim is basically at the top of the “hot/crazy” scale. He will bring them to relevancy. But he will act fucking batshit crazy while doing it. And he may not elect to stay there long. Morris: I think he will do good things for the Falcons. He is well liked by pretty much every player he’s ever encountered. I think Tampa was a no win situation for him. He was WAAAYYYYY too young and inexperienced and those teams were not set up well. I think he’s had some time to mature and he should do some good in Atlanta. Canales: Im not feeling this one. I don’t think he’s ready to be a head coach. I think this is Tepper knowing he can’t do better. And honestly I think this is the only place he would have gotten a job. Speaking of Tepper. It doesn’t matter who coaches that team; so long as he’s owner they’re doomed. Take it as someone who suffered under Snyder. Canales might breathe some life into Young. But I don’t see that team going anywhere. McDonald: I can see the logic just because he’s as energetic as Carrol was, but you’re going the opposite direction in age. I think he’s gonna love their home field advantage. Quinn: You’re not gonna like my response to this, and I might sound like a homer, but I’ve warmed up to him. Admittedly this is an advantage of following the team. None of the main guys reporting for the team were actually pushing the “Johnson -> Washington” line. None. Only National media people (except for Shefter which should say something). Johnson was A top candidate. But not THE candidate. He, Quinn, McDonald, Glenn, and Weaver were all really well liked. Quinn apparently annihilated the interviews. While Johnson withdrew and McDonald went to Seattle, they were actually quite fine with this. I know that’s hard to imagine. But I can kinda understand why. 1. You might not want to pair a first time head coach with a first time GM and a first time owner. That has all the makings for stuff to blow up. Somebody in the room needs experience. 2. Quinn is not Rivera. Rivera immediately jumped from Carolina to Washington and did not remotely reflect on why he failed at the end in Carolina and just hired mostly people that worked on the same staff in Carolina that failed. The same actions led to the same outcome. Quinn spent three years in Dallas re-establishing his career. He took an absolutely crap Dallas defense and made it top 5 three years straight and led the NFL in takeaways each season. Since we hired him, he’s put together a pretty overall great and diverse staff. Which was a criticism a lot of our fans had about hiring McDonald; how would he do hiring a staff when he’s only ever worked for the Ravens? Rivera also had final say on all player personnel decisions. Quinn had some of that in Atlanta and failed too. Here he will not have that power; it all goes to Adams Peters. I’m sure as a Pats fan, you are aware of how the “Coach is the GM” model doesn’t really work particularly well. Belichick used to be the exception, but towards the end of his time it became clear that he wasn’t particularly good at being a GM; Brady just covered a lot of that up. 3. Until his final year, Quinn was overall really successful in Atlanta. He was not the only reason the Falcons blew that lead. Arguably the biggest culprit for that debacle has managed to take the 49ers to the Super Bowl twice in the last five years. Even after Shanahan left, they still made the playoffs the following year. It’s just unfortunate he never had a great replacement for Shanahan long term and that’s what really did him in especially as his defense started to regress. I’m giving him a chance. He could bomb; but I like what I see so far.
As a fellow Commander fan, I CAN NOT AGREE MORE ABOUT QUINN AND THE SUPER BOWL BLOWN LEAD. First Quinn knows what he did wrong, and is ready to learn from his lows, also as you stated, he's not our gm too lol. And my goodness our staff is looking fantastic. And Kyle did play a huge role in why they blown lead. I live in Florida so to hear someone have a good take about our team is so nice to hear, Thank you.
Any carousel that ends without Carroll is an improvement. Now he can get back to pursuing his true passion of paying for Leinart’s escorts and Bush’s mortgage. 😎🤔
He is going to do just enough to get through the year and commanders are probably just going to wait for Ben Johnson. Quin just seems like a temporary hire just have someone who knows what their doing until Johnson becomes available.
Being completely fair, both Belichick and Vrabel also fill the role of improving the defense. It feels like a rental hire that they know probably won’t work out with an opportunity to earn the long-term job.
Stay cautious. His last year as HC in ATL he took over defensive playcalling and our defense looked awful. Maybe he's learned since then, but be cautious. Lol
@@Chadillac-xq7xk It's sorta funny he actually called the defense his entire time here besides 1 season in 2017. The defensive finishes in all his years of calling plays were 16th, 25th, 25th, 23rd and his 1st 5 games going 0-5 in 2020 he was 32nd. In 2017 the only year have gave up play calling duties to Marquan Manuel the Falcons defense ranked 9th in the league lol. When Coach Rah took over the defense in 2020 after Quinn got fired they finished 11th for the last 11 games or so. As long as Quinn isn't calling the defense for Washington i think he is a good HC. But when he tries to do both things he gets overwhlemed and sucks at defense then.
As a ravens fan and a seahawks fan, I am of mixed opinions on the Mike Mac hire. On the one hand, I despise the seahawks for hiring him, and I wish he had stayed/been the Ravens HC, but as a Seahawks fan, I'm interested to see where it goes, and wish him success.
I still don’t think I’d hire a defensive head coach just because of offensive continuity. Even for a team like the Bills, who got a really good head coach in Sean McDermott, that just means to maximize their franchise QB they’re going to do to constantly be cycling through OCs. Ken Dorsey didn’t work out, and if Joe Brady continues to look better, he’s going to get hired away and then they’re back at square one.
He was actually just the WRs coach when Russ was a rookie. But, he was the QB coach during Russ's second wind in 18-19, his best statistical seasons that made him worthy of that blockbuster trade. Bonus: in addition to Baker, shows he can work with short QBs. As a Panthers fan, I'm very excited.
I’m a Raiders fan and I feel the same way about the AP hire as well as the GM hire. I know AP is a players coach and can rally the team, but as we’ve seen, that doesn’t always equate to wins. I do love listening to him talk and the passion he has for the Raiders is a breath of fresh air, but I’m still nervous. Hopefully all the experience he’s surrounded himself with to help him out, puts wins on his record. I’m crossing my fingers!
Canales is a good hire for Carolina - given how my Colts have done with the Steichen hire, any team that gets a proven young(er) offensive mind gets a thumbs up from me
Hell yeah, that was my only stipulation during the hiring process as someone who wished we got Steichen last year. Having that fresh blood is too good to ignore, not just for football IQ but also for the energy and relatability it brings to a locker room.
Lil extra info on Raheem morris… Mike Tomlin in an interview 2 years ago who worked with Raheem in Tampa said he was the best coach in the league without a head coaching job… now he has one and as u said hiring Zac Robinson as his oc is a good start… I think he’ll end up being this years demeco Ryan’s if they can get a qb with Robinson being their Bobby slowik
Raheem is a great hire for Atlanta, When in Tampa they were bad because the FO stripped all the talent away and in 2020 that team had very little talent . Now he's one of the most respected and loved coaches in the NFL. Sorry but you missed this one by a few miles..
It should also be mentioned that Dirk Koetter was the OC the 2020 year with the Falcons (a team who was already hemorrhaging), who has about as much offensive football prowess as my daughter. His only real success came in Jacksonville as the OC on the back of Maurice Jones Drew.
Pete got fired cause he’s stuck in 2013 and had 1 playoff win in the last 7 seasons. He refused to change his schemes and hire actually qualified coaches for his staff. Instead he promoted people he knew would just go along with what he said.
Sad that Pete is gone, terrified and excited at the same time w/ Mike Mac, happy he got some experience w/ the Leslie Frazier hire, but then added coordinators w/ no experience in the NFL, like Aden Durde and Ryan Grubb. Edit: didn’t know Grubb had two B’s in the name.
Grubb ran one of the best offenses in college the last two years and brought Huff the o line coach with him who is an amazing position coach. The offense is going to be really good and the defense is going to be getting revamped. It's an exciting time for seahawks fans
My thing with AP as the raiders coach, he took a team who hasn’t had a good defense since George Bush’s first term, and immediately created statistically one of the best defenses in the league in about 4 weeks. If the raiders can put it together offensively, which with Luke Getsy you never know, we could see AP become a fantastic hire
The defense was the doing of Patrick Graham. Yes he failed as a HC for the Giants but he has been one of the best defensive minds even through that, and was a competent offense away from getting that team to compete before he was fired (which is why Daboll overachieved originally). This year, a lot of Graham’s guys left NY and the Giants defense sucked for the most part. And now he’s doing the EXACT same thing in LV, and if he manages to churn out a good defense (despite that it’s quite literally Crosby and no one else) he will be a HC in 25
@@kghostthegreat while pg is a great dc, the raiders defense was not good the first half of this year with josh McDaniels as hc, but when AP came in, the defense became great
having a leader of men former player type coach does have its ups and downs for sure. Has the highest upside as a coach with the biggest chance to crash. AP has the chance to be defensive Dan Campbell or to crash and burn and be like David Culley.
@@1958-coke-bottle defenses generally take 1 1/2 szns to truly develop, and the defense playing way above where it honestly should be is nothing new to this season…
It's not super great but their guys who's done decent or good at their job but wasn't bad at it either only one hire was a head scratcher which was hiring the OL coach from the giants they gave up more sacks then us like you sure you want that guy and he had two great young OL to work with we only have cosmi and possibly Ricky Stromberg only a few snaps but those few snaps before he got hurt showed he could be the guy but we'd have to wait and find out
I like raheem morris and he seems so full of energy and ready to get to work and ready to turn this team into a playoff team and we got a great OC to pair along i think we will be good
How about a video on head coaches changes that didn't happen (but probably should have)? Matt Eberflus, Mike McCarthy, Dennis Allen and some maybe's like Mike Tomlin, Sean McDermott and Nick Sirianni. I think some of these are crazy to consider (Tomlin) and some should've been done the day after the season ended (Eberflus, McCarthy).
You talked about how Panther’s new HC coached up Baker and Geno, but failed to mention Brian Callahan coached Peyton Manning and Derek Carr when Derek was looking like a top 10 qb. 😅
I believe that Dan Quinn will be more successful in his second time around. After the fiasco in Atlanta he talked to many players and his old staff asking why he failed. He took those lessons to heart. The staff he's brought in are diverse and successful coaches and teachers. My only worries are the OC and OL coaches. Hopefully, Anthony Lynn will ensure that Kingsbury runs more and puts the QB under center more.
Do you honestly think he's going to talk to the Dallas Defense and ask why he gave up 40+ points to Green Bay? Dan Quinn changes up his entire strategy that he used all season in the most critical part of the season.
Pete’s thing was more of him being stubbornly stuck in his ways of this is how things are done, will be done and there isnt any other way they’re going to be done. The offense severely stepped back from the previous year the team had. The defense was the same crappy defense it had been and when trying something new he refused to give up parts of his scheme so melded it with the new things. Players started checking out and making business decisions trying to avoid hitting, which is a first ive seen under pete so the time to leave was close. Tbh i also checked out half way through the season because there was a long trend through the whole year where it was clear things werent changing and the results were predictable so watching was a of a waste of time. very excited for the new higher and the hawks swinging for the fences, i think they’ve come at it from a very smart standpoint and cant wait.
Hearing a RU-vidr (or anyone) say the Panthers did something good, makes me hold my breath. Been a long long time since the Panthers were and did good, I'm hoping it works, if it doesn't, I may quit watching pro football for my mental health lol Keep Pounding Panther Fam
The new head coach for Seattle and of course Harbaugh in L.A. are the ones I look forward to seeing what happens ... I was 😂😂😂 when Quinn was hired by Commanders but HEY... They could "compete" 🤷🏻
I was so thankful Atlanta didn't hire Bill B that I don't even care how things turn out with the new guy. Any front office with half a brain knows that Bill B is done as a HC. The only reason he still wants to coach is to break Shulu's record. Also thrilled to see Quinn gone from Dallas and to one of their most hated rivals to boot. Given the fact that Dak, Mike and Jerry are still there to effe it all up it's a tiny win but it's still a win.
As a chargers fan, I think I can finally be excited and hopeful for the next season! This… is amazing! I really hope this works out, we have so many good players but have just choked away every game for years.
i'm hopeful for Mayo, always like him as a player, and i hope he does well. I am kinda sad that we didn't even consider Vrabel, because that would have been exciting for me, having grown up with the McGinnest/Phifer/Bruschi/Vrabel lineup
I feel like a lot of people forgot that Eric Bieniemy was on Washington's staff as the OC and could've easily become their Coach if they wanted him to. I know he's 54 but the guy has never had a chance at it even but he coached Patrick Mahomes to 3 Super Bowl appearances and two MVP's. I can't believe he got completely overlooked for that job.
As a Chargers fan, I never guessed that the chargers would get Harbaugh at the beginning of the 2023 season. I thought Staley was still the guy but I was very wrong. Hopefully the chargers will get Marvin Harrison Jr
I remember people speculating that Dallas was going to hire Bellechick, but I never believed Bill would go there... Can you IMAGINE him butting heads with Jerry for control behind the scenes? Even if I thought a team was a good fit for him, he's too used to being the main man behind the curtain. A team would have to be comfortable handing him full control.
I think what helps Raheem this time around is that he has a competent GM in Fontenot and has built a great supporting cast of coaches that have shown they can be successful at the positions they are in.
I forgot about that. I’m not expecting much from this Pats team, but I’m cautiously optimistic about the defense, especially with Gonzo and Red Sleeves coming back.
As a seahawks fan, it wasn't super surprising to see the change in coaching. Writing has been on the wall but pete as been such an amazing coach and energy bring-er. Hate to see him go but love to experience this new era.
The Commanders back up plan if Ben Johnson didn't bite was Mike Macdonald. But Seattle boxed them out there. Both the Seahawks and Commanders were gunning for Johnson/Macdonald. When Johnson chose to stay in Detroit, Washington was unable wrangle Macdonald before Seattle did.
I think that the Jerod Mayo process was better than you think. The reason why Mayo was the written successor to Belichick was because he had other opportunities that he turned down because the Patriots promised him that he'd be the next head coach. If Mayo didn't have that in his contract, he'd already have been gone. The Patriots liked Mayo well enough to put that succession plan into writing. Following through on that was the smart thing to do. All sorts of questions about the stability of the Patriots without Belichick would be swirling around them if it ever got out that Mayo was the written successor and they went with someone else. The Patriots were planning for a future without Belichick, it just came sooner than everyone expected.
Power. Plain and simple. Vrabel and Belichick are gonna want some personnel say and a lot of NFL FO aren’t interested in that. The later is also in his 70s and that’s not exactly ideal for a rebuild; which is what most of these teams need.
I will also say Washington did put a offer in for Mike MacDonald but he chose Seattle. By the time Ben Johnson said no we only had like 3 options and 1 of them passed on us.
While true, the point stands that having your top options be literally the two most sought after candidates in the cycle was dumb-especially if you're only going to excessively (at least publicly) court one, making clear the other is the backup. You don't do that when his phone is ringing off the hook too. I gotta say, it's a fumble that was unbecoming of all the hype Peters had as a GM hire.
@@natem1579 well there weren’t many teams left that still needed a coach by the time he was available and it’s not like he chose a different team he just stayed where he was and if you really want a guy why would you not try everything to get him? Most were saying that Ben and Mike were the top 2 options and we offered to them both and they both declined, he did everything he could to get one of the top candidates it just didn’t work. They still liked Dan Quinn, there were rumors about Dan being the guy before the playoffs started. Adam has still done a fantastic job so far in my book.
I agree that Dan Quinn isn’t the best coaching option. But he isn’t calling any of the plays. I have faith in our coordinators to do that stuff well. Quinn’s job is to be a motivator and attract high-level players to the commanders. He is a very respected and player friendly coach, which gives me hope it might not be all bad.
He’s done nothing but impress me. Had a Gardner Minshew led Colts team on the cusp of the playoffs. I just hope Richardson can stay healthy because I know Steichen can do awesome things with him
Commanders had several options they wanted, but got turned down each time. After Ben Johnson turned them, they called and made an offer to Mike McDonald. He picked Seattle. Their third option was Bobby Slowik, but he went back to Houston too. Dan Quinn was literally a fourth option.
I like the Mayo hire for you guys. He knows the culture in New England well, having been a player and a linebackers coach, and now the head coach for the team. At arguably one of the darkest periods in New Englands history in 2 decades, getting a guy who knows the teams culture is perfect.
Washington is all good with Dan Quinn. Quinn is a great defensive coach, it's hard to let one bad game ignore him good he had the cowboys defense all season.
One month later and we’re really liking the Dan Quinn hire in Washington. He put together the best coaching staff we’ve had in awhile and everything we did in free agency made sense for once. Looking forward to the draft
