NFL Coaching Carousel. Jets, Vikings Fall into same old traps
After the Minnesota Vikings parted ways with Mike Tice, they hired former Eagles offensive coordinator Brad Childress. Of course Childres didn't call the plays Any Reid did, and that offense was absurdly exposed after the departure of Terell Owens. I'm not sure if going from one coach who can't teach the basics (Tice) to one who refuses to run the football (Childress) is a great idea.
I'll give the Jets all kinds of credit for managing to pull a rabbit out of a hat and trick the Chiefs into parting with a draft pick for Herman Munster. The Jets replaced Herm with Bill Belichick disciple Eric Mangini. I think the Jets missed the boat on the Patriots assistants run, that happened a couple years ago when all the good ones got jobs. When I say all the good ones, what I mean is all the assistant coachs who had won championships, and that the general public had actually heard of.
The Green Bay Packers made the best hire with Mike McCarthy, former San Francsico offensive coordinator, who did a pretty fair job given the mess he was in with the 49er's. McCarthy also has a prior relationship with Brett Favre which goes a long way.
The New Orleans Saints hired Sean Payton to be their new head coach, Payton served under Bill Parcells in Dallas as quarterback coach. I'm not sure if this is good or bad, but if the "big tuna" thought highly of him he can't be all bad.
There are still five head coaching vacancies: Bills, Lions, Texans, Raiders, and Rams. One of them will not be Norv Turner, former Raiders coach, he accepted the offensive coordinators job recently vacated by Mike McCarthy. Of all of these moves I still find the Childress hire the most perplexing. The Vikings have suffered from a pourus defense that couldn't hold water for over a decade, and they keep hiring and singing offensive components. The latest brilliant move in head coach Brad Childress who's Eagles offense was criticized all season long. Minnesota doesn't have an offensive problem, and those high flying passing games don't win championships anyway. Did anyone watch the Colts playoff game?
I'll give the Jets all kinds of credit for managing to pull a rabbit out of a hat and trick the Chiefs into parting with a draft pick for Herman Munster. The Jets replaced Herm with Bill Belichick disciple Eric Mangini. I think the Jets missed the boat on the Patriots assistants run, that happened a couple years ago when all the good ones got jobs. When I say all the good ones, what I mean is all the assistant coachs who had won championships, and that the general public had actually heard of.
The Green Bay Packers made the best hire with Mike McCarthy, former San Francsico offensive coordinator, who did a pretty fair job given the mess he was in with the 49er's. McCarthy also has a prior relationship with Brett Favre which goes a long way.
The New Orleans Saints hired Sean Payton to be their new head coach, Payton served under Bill Parcells in Dallas as quarterback coach. I'm not sure if this is good or bad, but if the "big tuna" thought highly of him he can't be all bad.
There are still five head coaching vacancies: Bills, Lions, Texans, Raiders, and Rams. One of them will not be Norv Turner, former Raiders coach, he accepted the offensive coordinators job recently vacated by Mike McCarthy. Of all of these moves I still find the Childress hire the most perplexing. The Vikings have suffered from a pourus defense that couldn't hold water for over a decade, and they keep hiring and singing offensive components. The latest brilliant move in head coach Brad Childress who's Eagles offense was criticized all season long. Minnesota doesn't have an offensive problem, and those high flying passing games don't win championships anyway. Did anyone watch the Colts playoff game?
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