Running Coaching Change Thread

Don't forget our accomplished studio artist at linebacker.


Also looks like Rex Ryan might not be getting a job anywhere- crazy.

 

Guess he'll have to do the Ron Rivera for a year.

 

Funny as hell clip, yeah it probably was Mathis.

 

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08018/850238-233.stm

 

John Harbaugh the surprise pick in Baltimore

don't know if they expect Ryan to stay or not

 

fuck

 

I think Harbaugh is a solid hire. He strikes me as one of those guys who is supposed to be a head coach. It's a better find than Garrett, imo. Plus, they already tried the "offensive mastermind" gig with Billick. They need a guy who can handle all of those egos and match that team's style.

 

well, I don't think you have to go the other way when you hire a new guy. You don't have to follow defense with offense, and I know that us hiring a trickster OC would fail miserably.

Harbaugh's good stock, and a good coach. If he can get a good pair of coordinators, then he'll do well. Off-the-wall doesn't mean bad. He can run a team. He's worked in conjunction with the WCO, which is a good fit for them, and the Jim Johnson variant of the Fritz Shurmur defense, which is certainly progressive and underused in the way they do. Now he just has to go find guys to run it for him.

 

The Jets' Eric Mangini, attempting to fix an offensive line that struggled mightily last season, hired former Nebraska head coach Bill Callahan Friday as an assistant head coach/offense.

Callahan, who interviewed two weeks ago with Mangini, will be in charge of the offensive line. One of last season's line coaches, Tony Wise, is leaving the team, a source confirmed. He reportedly is a candidate to be the University of Pittsburgh's line coach. The Jets' other line coach, Mike Devlin, will be retained.

"(Callahan's) expertise with the running game and protections will be a big asset," Mangini said.

Offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer also will be returning. He was a candidate for the Ravens' head-coaching vacancy, and was expected to have a second interview, but late yesterday the team hired Eagles special teams coach John Harbaugh.

It will be interesting to see how Schottenheimer and Callahan mesh. Callahan, who compiled a 27-22 record in four seasons as the Cornhuskers' coach, runs a West Coast offense. He was the Raiders' head coach in 2002 and 2003, taking the team to the Super Bowl in his first season. Prior to that, he served as Jon Gruden's coordinator/line coach in Oakland.

The Raiders led the NFL in rushing in 2000, and they allowed only 55 combined sacks in 2000 and 2001. The Jets allowed 53 sacks last season, the fourth-highest total in the league.

Mangini still has to hire a special teams coordinator to replace Mike Westhoff, who left for medical reasons. Defensive coordinator Bob Sutton remains on thin ice.

 

NCAA | UCLA hires Chow
Mon, 21 Jan 2008 1121 -0800

The Associated Press reports the University of California Los Angeles hired former Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator Norm Chow Monday, Jan. 21, to the same position. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.