The Best Fits for (Almost) Every Open Coaching Job 

I was wondering why SEA and NE were not mentioned lol

they traded away a top 5 WR and the guy they drafted to replace AJ Brown is not even close to the talent of AJ Brown, it made them one dimensional and forced their hand. the lack of weapons and talent around the team is the reason they lost 18 of their last 24.

They also didnt have much of a QB until Levis and the OLine is terrible. Those are GM problems, not coaching.

I understand what you're both saying and I mostly agree. My point is that the optics of the last couple of seasons look bad. Heck, I've been seeing people online saying the firing was overdue (again I don't agree with those takes, but they're out there)

@@madtomk3318 I completely get it, whether or not any of us agree with it, its worth pointing out the optics of W/L I didn't actually realize his recent record was that bad, so I'm glad you pointed it out.

@@Nick_2ihis buddies and his unwillingness to fire them did him in. Tim Kelly is not an OC, Shane Bowen is not a DC, Craig Aukerman should NEVER have been a ST coach and the BIGGEST FLAW was Frank Piraino the S&C coach who has had top-3 the most injured team in the league three years in a row. Mike covered abunch of that up until he couldn’t any more and when people wanted to make obvious changes he didn’t want to be part of it.

That guy deserves some sort of _medal_ for keeping the lid on the Broncos' frustrations as long as he did. He had basically the same unit that got 70 dropped on this year & he had them as #1, even above the 49ers until they erupted (in week 16 or 17). I mean _how_ did he even do that? & this year the Panthers were #1 against the pass. In both cases he had an offense whose specialty was going 3 & out. So the D had the additional pressure of being on the field most of each game. I have to wonder if he would have stayed in Denver had he known Sean Payton was coming.

Especially since Pete Carroll has won a Natty and a Super Bowl since Jimmy Johnson. Everyone forgets how great Pete Carroll is.

I mean jerod mayo was practically guaranteed anyways so not really worth talking about

Yeah it seems more like a philosophy change more than anything. Titans want to modernize and he likes the way he runs things. Vrabel is a great coach who will get the most of out his players, but his staff is quite the opposite.

I don't disagree necessarily, but counterpoint is always going to be that he overachieved based on the talent he was given. Funny thing is that hard-nosed run run run game planning was what did it for him. Lol. The King will mask deficiencies.

Running and playing defense is good for a budding team. Problem is the Titans offense never really progressed beyond that.

@@williamhermann6635 trading your #1 wideout will do that to you

I too agree with it being an attempt at “modernizing” their offensive approach. However, if that is what the Owner and GM wished for they should have supported that with the right players, which I would argue means not trading away your WR1. This is with the assumption that they made their wishes known to Vrabel, giving him the chance to adapt.

dude you hit the nail on the head!! I said the same thing in my comment! I don’t blame folks for not watching the titans because the titan’s neanderthal coaches have made them completely unwatchable the last two seasons.

I was wondering why more people aren't thinking this. I'm not a titans fan so I don't watch every game but he seems like a very conservative coach with bad time management and terrified of an aggressive offense

@@mactallica9293 I wouldn’t say his time management is bad, at times he’s shown he has elite time management and you could argue that it’s part of his entire scheme every game. However, he can only win games ONE way, now that the league has figured out that that is the case (outside of the Green Bay game last year) he’s stopped winning games. He never adjusted and he never even attempted to win games in different ways. either because his staff didn’t have the capabilities or because his team didn’t have the capability. When the owner tried to solve these issues, Vrabel refused to give any counsel unless he was the one calling all the shots (we have a gm for that) so they let go of him because he refused to help in aid in the progression the team.

@@lancesilvis4085 true I guess I'm holding time management similar to punting or kicking a FG late in the 4th when down. He definitely wants to play 90s football. Run and play field position

The reporting on it all but seems to indicate it’s Harbaugh to the Chargers. And it isn’t coming from the big media names. Personally i think the deal has already been done and the Chargers are just interviewing HCs to get Rooney completed and learn about their team from an outsiders perspective. Other than that, in principle, it’s done based on the reports that have been consistent

That hire will most likely spell Brock Bowers to the Chargers.

@@itsgeorgiejoe Joe alt*

@@PastelitoPapi Alt should be the correct choice, especially with how atrocious their current RT is.

Tepper will get aggressive and throw money at a coach he thinks can be the long-term guy. There is no salary cap for coaches.

At the time of Reich's firing, I would've agreed that it looked like it would've been the worst opportunity. But now that we're seeing Pete Carroll let go and Belichick forced out and Vrabel cut short and Tomlin potentially taking time off and either the eagles or cowboys potentially getting rid of their playoff coaches...the reactions about the panthers are overrated. Good coaches get fired now and Reich wasn't a good coach. There is no job security now. Win or get fired. And if you want to win, you take the job in the easy division. Do you want to play in the NFC West vs the 49ers and Rams each twice a year? Do you want to play in the NFC East vs the Cowboys and Eagles each twice a year? Do you want to play in the AFC West vs. Mahomes and Auto? Or do you want to play in a wide open garbage NFC South?

i knew the gut punch was coming when Brett started with that preface that, as the Texans this year illustrated, it can get better... :(

Brett’s Panthers prediction was ludicrously bad, no offense. Why are we acting like soon to be 1st year HCs are too good for a team? Sometimes it just takes the right guy with a great motivation to spark something within a team (take a look at Demeco and Texans who he used to play for). The Panthers have already cast a wide net of options and it’s already been reported that there was reciprocated interest so I don’t rlly understand the Twitter/X mentality that certain tiers of coaches won’t at least entertain a team. The worst I think we can end up with is Buccaneers OC Dave Canales or Ravens DC Mike Macdonald and those are two very good options. Rams DC Raheem Morris as an honorable mention.

​@@beannheadI think they spell it out pretty simple. A meddling owner and a lack of assets, especially high end draft assets, leads to a not-so-favorable opportunity. Nobody knows if Slowack or Bienemy or Ben Johnson or Canalas are going to be great coaches, but you want to go somewhere where the circumstances are advantageous, the resources are plentiful, you have some control and you have time. Reich certainly didn't have control over the roster if the rumors are true about Bryce Young. Reich was also not given time to develop Young or the talent around for whatever the reasons were. Those are bad looks along on top of the fact that Tepper isn't known for letting his football people make the football moves without his input. The Panthers will have a coach and maybe a good one. It's unlikely that a high profile guy will want to come in. That's what they're saying.

You’re not wrong! We just tired of the same old same old.

Do you hate everyone who makes history? Napoleon didn't include the Prussians in his decision making, even after Tilsit @@MrPerfectWasMurdered

The only person would care about that is racist. I like AP for the job and he will do well there. Everyone needs to stop making everything about race because don’t be surprised when EVERYTHING becomes about race

Yeah I wish this was recorded after the Pete Carroll news

I agree that I would probably move on but what did you bring him in to do? The defense looked great in the back half of the year and that is what you asked him to do. If they get the OC hire right then this could totally work well.

@@mandomerlie1997 he was a bad hire from the beginning

@@mandomerlie1997 You are aware that the OC who was the worst OC in the league for 2 years was hired by Eberflus, right? Also do you remember that he hired a DC who was bad at his job and then had to be fired for stealing lawnmowers from the team, right? Eberflus is a decent DC, but has failed at literally every HC responsibility from timeout management to staff hirings. With the crop of HC candidates we have this year, there is literally 0 reason to keep Eberflus.

@@mandomerlie1997Pair an offensive head coach with a rookie QB.

I agree with all of you. He should be fired. There are reasons to keep him but to me they are not as good as the reasons to get rid of him. Al I’m saying is everyone who hired him is there. They signed up for a mid upside defensive head coach and now he is delivering on that. They have what they signed up for and so I guess they are standing by that mistake. That doesn’t make it any better but to me it is an explanation.

Bill isn’t going anywhere he wouldn’t have final say in roster decisions. He won’t have that in Philly. This is just wishful thinking

​@@Nemesis85040idk if teams feel confident giving him that much power it hasnt worked out these last 4 years

@@Nemesis85040 I think bill just wants to coach and win I feel like the last season will force to make him more flexible especially if he goes to a place where he respects the GM

@@aarongeerdts5405 tbh it really only didn’t work out the last two years. He did a good job getting in player to make the Patriots a playoff team again but once regression hit in the year after that he wasn’t agressive enough to enough to fix the offensive line and add juice to the WR corp

@@nicholaskatsikas4904 wide receiver has always been a blindspot for bill I do think him teaming up with new hot shot gm would be good for him and it show growth since he's been doing it the patriot way for the last 20 something years I love Bill as a coach/player development I just don't think he is a match for gm

That's an "ill modest business slap" in the face to Arthur Smith

No. The players there do Not Want a very top-down work-horse like Vrabel. The *Seahawks* on the other hand might _need_ a guy who doesn't just talk about vision & culture but actually knows something about play-calling. Despite what I just said, Bellichick for ATL. He's hard-assed but doesn't have enough energy any more to mess with the offense so much. _That's where_ I think a hard-ass would be unwelcome. Possibly Hackett as OC, someone a bit loose. ATL has a _TON_ of talent on O, but Smith was playing it both ways, messing around with it while expecting consistent performances from everyone. They just need someone to Call Plays Well & let them do what they do.

You a Saints fan?

@@choosecarefully408idk what Seahawks youve been watching but they are a team that need a agreeable head coach (pete caroll) and someone that can draw up Xs and Os (Ben Johnson) not someone thats gonna boss around or butt heads with their big personalities like Geno, DK, Adams and Woolen. ATLANTA needs a hard nosed run the ball gameplan that can use the play action and deep passes. (Vrable)

Tepper and Easterby on the same team sounds like a punishment not even Satan would unleash on his worst enemy

Because the offense was being ran by Bo Hardegree. Who was a first time play caller and way in over his head. Previous OC Mick Lombardi left with McDumbass

Oh, _MAN!!_ A little human nature here: team owners are business owners. It's likely none of them have Team spirit anywhere in their background. So how would any Team Owner Know what makes a good, winning or even competent coach? So how do they view coaches, players & the hiring processes? When faced with the discomfort of The Unfamiliar, people seek The Familiar without thinking. They view coaches as supervisors for their players that they see as employees. This is why you get the disaster in Philly with Carson Wentz & Josh McD in LV where we only found out how miserable the players were & what was causing losses after the fact: the owners see the tyrannical top-down style of coaching from the perspective of a business-owner oppressing their employees. That = 'Familiar' to them. No Other Criteria enters into consideration. The Brandon Staleys are the rule, not the exception. Team owners do Not Want such relationships. They don't understand them. No one wants what they don't understand. You don't hope your new roommate talks physics in all their free time, do ya?

Pete and everything after happened when this episode was already in the hands of the editors

@@SportsGuru1924 I see thank you 😊

Womp womp

So, mere competence isn't enough? Yeah, a little human nature here: team owners are business owners. It's likely none of them have Team spirit anywhere in their background. So how would any Team Owner Know what makes a good, winning or even competent coach? So how do they view coaches, players & the hiring processes? When faced with the discomfort of The Unfamiliar, people seek The Familiar without thinking. They view coaches as supervisors for their players that they see as employees. This is why you get the disaster in Philly with Carson Wentz & Josh McD in LV where we only found out how miserable the players were & what was causing losses _after_ the fact: the owners see the tyrannical top-down style of coaching from the perspective of a business-owner oppressing their employees. That = 'Familiar' to them. No Other Criteria enters into consideration.

No offense to Raiders fans, but you don't need a great HC. This roster isn't competitive in a Superbowl run sort of way. But AP at least let the locker room have a bit of swagger. It's about cleansing for at least a year until you put in your next 5-year plan.

Lol. He's been in the NFL for 7 years and this was his career high with 50 catches

That would be a great hire but he might not want the job and if that’s his only choice he could just wait. The job is so extremely bad it’s kind of unreal. Bad roster, a qb you can’t move on from and a horrible meddling owner makes this maybe the worst situation in a long time for a coach. I don’t think frank smith would be interested

@@mandomerlie1997 they requested an interview with him. They wouldn't have done that if he wasn't interested. If he takes the interview then that means he's interested in the job

Pete Carroll did it too

@@Mythikron they‘re vacated so technically it doesn‘t count

Texans turned it around in a hurry. Don't lose all hope

@@King_ImmanuelDeMeco Ryans is a great coach with ties too deep for him to want to be HC anywhere else. Unless Luke Kuechly wants to come out of mothballs, we are screwed.

@@parkerdavis7859 True but you gotta realize the position we were in. 2020 BOB traded our best receiver then got fired so we had a interim HC. 2021 Watson has his scandal and we got Davis Mills as our QB. 2022 he's back out there. In 3 YEARS we had 11 total wins! Then Demeco gets hired, and one good free agency and draft later we win 10 games and win a competitive division. It took a miracle to turn it around in 1 year and that's what we got. Don't lose hope if I can happen for the Texans it can happen for anyone lol

​​@@parkerdavis7859might be a good year to explore other sunday hobbies... bad ownership takes time to recover from

Also helped having two top 10 picks and a capable GM, unlike Carolina, who doesn't have a 2024 first and no depth in their roster.

Belichick was still hired when they filmed this... so was Pete. 24 hours too early.

But not when they uploaded. Would’ve liked them to have at least at the start addd a vo or something acknowledging idk

Defensive coaches get fired too. The past 4 years have had all offensive head coaches

They're literally the worst franchise