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He'd likely bring fangio and Greg Roman which I'd be happy if things unfolded that way
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I think McDaniels will take over for Bill.
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Not likely to get him, but Bill Cowher.
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it's funny how people are jumping off the Daboll and Joe Brady trains. Personally, I'm still on Roman, Leftwich, Todd Bowles, Kellen Moore(his offense has struggled lately)
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He was in Denver. We he HC at another team? I think he had 1 chance. His own head coach didn't succeed in Cleveland.
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I've said this before, but there are huge red flags around McDaniels:
- Denver was a disaster. He couldn't lead ants to a picnic.
- No NE coordinator has become a successful Head Coach - Before anyone says anything, Vrabel never coached in NE. he was Ohio St, then with the Texans.
- After Indy how can he be trusted? He unofficially was hired, started calling potential coordinator candidates, who quit their jobs only to find out McDaniels wasn't going there anymore. That might be one of the lowest character moves I've ever heard of.
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There are several I would find acceptable but no one really stands out.
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Todd Bowels, McDaniels or Dave Toub
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Here's everything I know plus some things I've heard rumored about McDaniels.
- He wants to be in control of whatever football team he runs, same as Belichick.
- He did indeed shit the bed in Denver with bad decisions and a Napoleon complex
- That said, he was fucking right about Jay Cutler
- When it came to the Colts, it looked bad initially because the Colts GM, Chris Ballard, is on really good terms with a ton of people in the press (by his own design) and initial coverage was what Ballard leaked to his buddies in the media.
- Hub Arkush last month revealed the real reason McDaniels bailed on the Colts, was because in the interview he was promised a certain degree of power over the team, power Ballard promised him in the interview, but when it came time to sign the contract, none of what Ballard promised was in the contract, and when asked to add it, Ballard balked. So McDaniels bounced. Paraphrasing most of this but Hub made it sound like Ballard was pulling some super shady shit.
- Ideally, McDaniels wants control, and also wants his pick of GM in Jeff Ireland to help him get the players he needs, at least as per rumors. How that jives with the Colts the last time, people have speculated that part of what Ballard renegged on was bringing Ireland in and allowing him to assume control of the future drafts.
- During the year when Nagy was ultimately hired, McDaniels was the Bears 2nd favorite choice and he got on really well with George and Ted. The issue at the time was that McDaniels wanted to bring in his own GM, and the Bears were still happy with Pace at that time, hence why they went with Nagy. If McDaniels would have been ok with Pace, he likely would have been their top choice.
The way I see it - clearing out Pace and Nagy clears the way for McDaniels and Ireland. The way all these coordinators are failing, and with New England succeeding in not just one way, but a multitude of different ways, makes McDaniels look more ready than the "hot names".
The 2 issues that will be most pressing are learning if he learned from his Denver stint, and if his hand-picked GM can deliver the goods in terms of players.
But the Bears are going to be the #1 coaching destination regardless - Already have a potential franchise QB that has shown glimpses of being very good, combined with an empty roster, thus allowing a coach to remake the team in his image quickly.
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Indy was his second shot, he blew them off
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There's some extenuating circumstances. Depends on if you believe Hub, but he was saying Ballard was shady as shit and not following through with things he promised McDaniels on the interview.
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MJY, are you McDaniels baby mama or something? the guy is trash and has been trash anytime he was outside of NE. None of the BB coaches have done anything outside of NE.
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I doubt that. Reich isn’t struggling, McDaniels doesn’t deserve shit like gm duties
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I just believe in being fair and giving a total picture. Even with McDaniels out of the picture, Ballard is known as a sleazy douche who gets close to media members in order to use them.
Personally - the hire would scare the hell out of me. If what Hub said was right and he learned from Denver, it could be a home run.
Or it could all go horribly wrong.
Total boom or bust hire....
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Shady Owner, possibly shady GM. And maybe he shouldn't have blown them off, but still.....
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McDaniels or Harbaugh..
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Vrabel sucks? Flores isn't great but seems to be righting the ship in Miami, isn't he?
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And I'd be happy Harbaugh, McDaniels, Bowles, etc.
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Harbaugh makes me more nervous than McDaniels tbh.
