varaven45 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 You still have to have a rudder. Without A really strong effective OC , our offense will just be dangling around like it did the last couple years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldno82 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 It needs a change up, if we just promote Hostler, we're screwed. I feel like that's what is going to happen.That's what I fear. I think I'd rather have Kubiak (any day) or even Shanahan rather than a known failure. But for Harbs, that is the easy choice and that's what scares me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varaven45 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 That's me fear, too. Harbs will pick a noodleback, a yes man who won't threaten his authority. By the time Bischotti figures it out, another year passes, and we've sunk further organizationally. Let's hope that Harbaugh puts his ego and authority aside, does what's best for the team,and selects a dynamic, strong willed OC who will lead, inspire and bring out the best of this underachieving unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papasmurfbell Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3ZfC5z7x1HYThis vid shows that coaches get hired by manipulating the owners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varaven45 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Yep but you must win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrubberRaven Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 I really don't like how slow this is going... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papasmurfbell Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Yep but you must win.Sure eventually the Owner figures out he was duped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thundercleetz Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 The Giants fired two position coaches today. They didn't fit what the new OC wanted to do. We have two openings at QB and RB coach. I'm sure the OC will have input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thundercleetz Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Sure eventually the Owner figures out he was duped.I've always joked to friends a football coach is really nothing more than an excellent car salesman. It's even worse on the college level with college telling recruits anything to get them to commit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robjr83 Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 Doesn't that basically go with any job interview? Tweak your resume, talk up your skills....yada yada yada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papasmurfbell Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 I've always joked to friends a football coach is really nothing more than an excellent car salesman. It's even worse on the college level with college telling recruits anything to get them to commit.That is why I have alwasy said Billick would be great at it. He could talk a family into anything. Doesn't that basically go with any job interview? Tweak your resume, talk up your skills....yada yada yadaExcept some people son't seem to know how to grease those wheels. Some guys are just football and nothing else. When you have to show an owner some nonsense that he thinks is true then you sell out. Also you have to know what BS this owner believes and the other BS from somewhere else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varaven45 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 I've always joked to friends a football coach is really nothing more than an excellent car salesman. It's even worse on the college level with college telling recruits anything to get them to commit. Except, isn't the Biscuit a shrewd businessman ?I can't see him being sold and duped by Harbaugh , even if he is a good salesman. Maybe the Biscuit took a leap of faith with Harbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papasmurfbell Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 He was snowed by Billick. He game him a new contract for nothing. He keeps doing it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varaven45 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Hmmm. I guess we will have to revisit a year from now to see if Harbs dupes him, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spen Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 He was snowed by Billick. He game him a new contract for nothing. He keeps doing it now. Yeah because rewarding a coach who just won the SB and was on the last year of his contract with a new contract is such an odd thing. Harbaugh really snowed him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papasmurfbell Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 I think Harbs had 3 yrs left on the deal so he wasn't going anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thundercleetz Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 I think Bisciotti would be the first person to tell you where he is as an owner today is light years ahead of where he was ten years, even five years ago. I'm sure Bisciotti today wouldn't have given Billick the extension. On the same token Bisciotti made the gut decision to fire Billick one year into the deal. How many owners would have done that and ate that dead cash? Ended up winning us a Super Bowl and many playoff games. Remember Billick only won ONE playoff game after the 2000 Super Bowl, and that was the year after. No playoff wins after that. It you want to talk getting duped, we are lucky that Jason Garrett turned down the job. Bisciotti was ready to hand him the keys to the kingdom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papasmurfbell Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Miami and Cleveland off the top of my head have fired a coach a yr after signing them. It happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc. Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Miami and Cleveland have not fired SUCCESSFUL coaches one year after extending them. That's the difference. Miami and Cleveland regularly fire coaches after one season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papasmurfbell Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 That was not what thunder was asking. Teams do fire their coaches 1 yr after inking them. On the same token Bisciotti made the gut decision to fire Billick one year into the deal. How many owners would have done that and ate that dead cash?How can you know that they would be good if they didn't get more than a yr. Jimmy Johnson was 1-15 his first yr. So had Jerry knee jerked it they may have had no SB's down there. Also how many HOFers would not have made it in for them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmax Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 This is going slow because the Ravens have their eyes set on 1 or more coaches on the staff of the remaining playoff teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldno82 Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 This is going slow because the Ravens have their eyes set on 1 or more coaches on the staff of the remaining playoff teams.I hope so Max. I have this sinking feeling they're going to go with the worst possible candidate---Hosteler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thundercleetz Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 That was not what thunder was asking. Teams do fire their coaches 1 yr after inking them. How can you know that they would be good if they didn't get more than a yr. Jimmy Johnson was 1-15 his first yr. So had Jerry knee jerked it they may have had no SB's down there. Also how many HOFers would not have made it in for them?Actually that was what I was implying. One year after inking an extension, not one year with a new coach. Obviously at that point we knew what Billick had to offer. Your comparison to Jimmy Johnson doesn't make sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papasmurfbell Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Both are the same thing. Just after giving a long term contract you fire the guy. It is rare but it does happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Money Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Actually that was what I was implying. One year after inking an extension, not one year with a new coach. Obviously at that point we knew what Billick had to offer. Your comparison to Jimmy Johnson doesn't make sense.There isn't a single thing he has written in this entire thread that makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.