Head Coach and General Manager Search Revisited

The NFL’s head coach and general manager search is winding down. 

Coach

Jacksonville Jaguars-Urban Meyer

New York Jets-Robert Saleh

Atlanta Falcons-Arthur Smith

Houston Texans-

Detroit Lions-Dan Campbell

Los Angeles Chargers-Brandon Staley

Philadelphia Eagles-Nick Sirianni 

Only the Houston Texans are still looking for their next head coach. Being the only team without a head coach the Texans can move at their own pace. Considering recent history, I wouldn’t have much faith in their process at any pace. 

Interviews for Texans’ head coach job:

Houston Texans

Eric Bieniemy-second interview expected

Joe Brady

Jim Caldwell-interviewed twice

David Culley

Matt Eberflus 

Leslie Frazier-second interview expected

Marvin Lewis

Tim Kelly-planned

Barandon Staley-hired by Chargers

Josh McCown

Josh McCown! Are you kidding me? There are way too many coaches that have waited for years, even decades, for a shot at a head coaching job. A shot. An interview. How does McCown jump all of those coaches for a spot at the front of the interview line? Pathetic. This isn’t on McCown. He’s just responding to an opportunity. It’s on the Texans. I’m not sure why any coach would want to work for those dipshits. There’s only 32 NFL head coach jobs. I suppose even a shitty one is worth taking. 

Speaking of coaches waiting for a shot at one of the head coach jobs, I’m surprised that Colts defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus didn’t get one of the available jobs. Then, I was surprised that Dan Campbell, Nick Sirianni, and Brandon Staley did. Bruce Arians and Mike Zimmer nearly hit their 60th birthday before they got an NFL head coaching shot. Sirianni and Staley haven’t hit 40. Teams are hiring coaches that are younger than some of their players. McCown is older than some of these coaches getting jobs and he just retired as a player. On this day in 1969, the Pittsburgh Steelers made Chuck Noll the youngest head coach in league history. He was 37. A head coach in his 30s was a rarity as recently as a decade ago. Now it’s closer to the norm. The old guys are hanging in there. The coaches still coaching average 65. 

As a fan of the Minnesota Vikings, I’m glad that the Lions hired Campbell. 

General Manager

Jacksonville Jaguars-Trent Baalke 

Atlanta Falcons-Terry Fonenot

Carolina Panthers-Scott Fitterer

Houston Texans-Nick Caserio

Detroit Lions-Brad Holmes

Denver Broncos-George Paton

Washington Football Team-Martin Mayhew

Baalke! I’m scrambling to imagine a worst general manager of the last 20 years than Trent Baalke. The fact that he managed to keep his job with the San Francisco 49ers year after year was an annual shock. I can not believe that he got a second shot at running a team. Urban Meyer’s job got a lot more difficult. 

Other than the Jaguars very questionable hiring of Baalke, all of the general manager vacancies have been filled.