I am with you on Kubiak. I would much rather have a coach with experience and connections than a relatively new guy. Plus Kubiak has strong connections with Mccgranhan. if the Ravens lose today I would expect Kubiak to interview early next week and possibly then become the number one candidate. Not to mention I would feel much more confident about developing a young QB with Kubiak than any of the other candidates.
I don't see Darrell Bevel's name being mentioned all that much for head coaching positions. Isn't he the guy rumored (if Idzik had stayed) plus with other teams earlier but not much about him, now.
Kubiak called a great first drive in this game and a masterful game last week. Still would prefer Quinn but wouldn't mind that offense either.
I'm intrigued by both Reich and Quinn but both are unknown quantities. I don't fully understand why so many people have favorites when almost all candidates have no experience as an HC. Growing pains will be ahead.
According to the Jets official web site, Kubiak has not been interviewed either. .... and McDaniels was included because he is being linked to the SF and Atlanta openings as a hot commodity, so maybe someone Woody should consider interviewing too? ... Oh wait I forgot Kubiak is on the Ravens right? so he can't interview until Balt. loses, forgot that...so I should have included him, my bad. Lebeau is like 70 years old, and a coordinator "lifer". We need a young, hungry coach with something to prove, not an old retread.
We have requested to interview Kubiak but he is not interveiwing until after the Ravens are eliminated. Maybe Woody should but he hasn't and all reports have said he won't.
He hasn't rebuilt anything. He is a bad coach, his record says it all. His offense's have been terrible, despite being a offensive minded coach. He came to the Bills with an upcoming defense already in place, the team rode on that last year. Marrone had nothing to do with that.
I don't agree. The head coach is the bottom line for Ws and Ls. He had plenty to do with the defense unlike Mr. One-dimensional.
Bonafide Success?he went 9-7 lost to the Raiders and missed the playoffs.....He's a first balot hall of famer now
The Seahawks are the new Ravens with all the DC being hired as HC, hopefully if Quinn is hired he is the real deal
He's 77 and has more football smarts in his pinky toe nail then you have in your entire body. Amazing energy for a man that age to have been able to be in the league all this time .
He was rebuilding two programs (successfully). And after a 6-10 his first year improved to a 9-7. You're saying he had nothing to do with this. He was just there and made no contribution. Fuck, I thought he was the head coach. He did the same thing improving Syracuse after down years with Greg Robinson.
Al Davis had a lot of football smarts too, just that it was 1960's-style football. The game has changed a lot over the years. Plus I assume people are talking about LeBeau as a DC candidate, and not as a HC candidate, because head coaches need to work basically around the clock, and a man his age couldn't possibly keep that kind of schedule. Being a head coach is physically taxing.
IMO the players and in particular the QB make the Coach much more than the other way around. Every division in the NFL (with the exception of the basket case NFC South) was won by the team with the best QB, not the team with the best coach (and good QBs continue to be good regardless of who is coaching)
....but the following QBs all won super bowls: Trent Dilfer, Brad Johnson, Mark Rypien, Doug Williams, Jeff Hostetler. The coaches for those teams? Brian Billick, Jon Gruden, Joe Gibbs, Joe Gibbs, Bill Parcells. So all those teams had mediocre (at best) QBs but hall of fame caliber head coaches. QB is usually important, for sure, but other than that I think coaching is more important than player talent in the NFL. At this level every player was a superstar in college, so the difference between the stars and average players is not as great in the NFL as the difference in coaching staffs.
Even after his disaster against the Pats today? He called a terrible offensive gameplan in the 2nd half, that's pretty much the consensus of Jets fans here who watched the game.
