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Bill Belichick: Josh McDaniels worthy of consideration for head-coaching job
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. Bill Belichick knows what it’s like to be a longtime NFL assistant coach in hopes of landing a head-coaching opportunity, and that seemed to be the impetus for him to tout three of his top staffers for that type of opportunity during his Tuesday conference call.
Specifically, Belichick was asked about a report on NBC’s “Football Night in America,” which was detailed by Pro Football Talk, that said offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels was not included on an NFL preliminary list of head-coaching candidates for 2017. The list, which includes Patriots defensive coordinator Matt Patricia, is put together by the NFL's Career Development Advisory Panel, according to PFT.
While relaying that he didn’t hear the report firsthand, Belichick said, “I think both Josh and Matt are great coaches who should absolutely be on any head-coaching list. I can’t imagine that there are many other coaches that could present a résumé equal or comparable to theirs. They’ve done a great job here for a sustained period of time, so great track record. I personally think that a list of head-coaching candidates that didn’t include them would be incomplete.”
Belichick then introduced director of player personnel Nick Caserio into the discussion as well.
“I have a similar comment on the general manager thing with Nick, which I don’t know if he was or wasn’t included. I think somebody told me that he wasn’t included,” Belichick said. “He does a tremendous job as well. I can’t imagine any list not having those three people.”
A source told Pro Football Talk that McDaniels was left off the list because the thinking is that he’s intent on staying in New England until Belichick retires.
During his weekly conference call Tuesday, McDaniels was asked about that.
“I’m aware of the report and I’ll try to clear that up. Look, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I definitely would love to be a head coach again. There are only 32 of those in the world. They are opportunities that don’t come around very often, and if you would ever be so fortunate and blessed to have another opportunity to do it -- for myself, it would be a second time -- that would be an opportunity I would look forward to,” he said.
“It would have to be at the right place and the right time, which is what I’ve always said. I try to make good decisions, what’s best for my family and myself. Again, somebody would have to offer that opportunity because you’re lucky if you get that.
That’s my mindset, and anything that was reported about my thinking or my plans or the things that I want to do -- the other day I saw that; those things I would say are unfounded. “That being said, that’s all I’ll say about it. I love being here, I’m excited to get to work on the Jets, and look forward to practicing with our guys.”
http://www.espn.com/blog/new-englan...worthy-of-consideration-for-head-coaching-job
JON GRUDEN:
Tom Pelissero , USA TODAY Sports1:45 a.m. EST December 18, 2016
If any team could lure Jon Gruden back into coaching, it's the Rams
Chasing Jon Gruden has become the coaching-search equivalent of chasing a unicorn.
He’s been out of the NFL for eight seasons. He makes a boatload of money at ESPN without the stress of wins and losses. He can roll out of bed and find endorsements and speaking engagements. He gets his football fix grinding tape each week for Monday Night Football, grilling incoming rookies on “Gruden’s QB Camp," etc. For most teams looking, Gruden may as well not exist.
But if there is one job in America – pro or college – that has the potential to lure this mythical creature out of the wilderness, it might’ve opened this week when the Los Angeles Rams fired Jeff Fisher.
Start with the owner. Stan Kroenke generally stays out of the football operation and has plenty of cash to make Gruden one of, if not the highest-paid coach in the NFL, which is probably what it’d take to get the conversation started. Resources wouldn’t be a problem.
Neither would organizational structure. Gruden likes Rams chief operating officer Kevin Demoff, who was hired as senior assistant in Tampa Bay while Gruden was the Buccaneers’ coach. My understanding is the Rams are making no decision yet on general manager Les Snead’s fate because they don’t want to limit their coaching search. If their coach of choice wants his own personnel guy, the Rams are open to it.
There’s talent to build around, starting with all-pro Aaron Donald on defense, stud running back Todd Gurley – who’s dying for something better than a “middle-school offense” – and a young quarterback, No. 1 pick Jared Goff, whom Gruden gushed about before last year’s draft. “I would want him if I were still coaching,” Gruden said on a media conference call in April.
The Los Angeles market is a big draw, too. Kroenke’s $2.6 billion football palace is set to open in 2019. Gruden’s first head coaching job was with the Oakland Raiders, and he loves California.
You’d have to think the San Francisco 49ers would be interested in bringing Gruden back to the Bay Area, too, if they decide to pull the plug on the Chip Kelly era. But unless the Indianapolis Colts replace Chuck Pagano – which is possible, based on what owner Jim Irsay told me this week – and give someone a chance to build around Andrew Luck, it’s hard to argue any potential opening in this cycle would come close to rivaling the one in L.A.
Gruden, 53, doesn’t need the NFL. It would have to be the perfect fit. I know he has preoccupations about coaching under all the work restrictions in the 2011 collective-bargaining agreement. I also know the guy is as passionate about football as anyone I’ve ever met. Gruden hasn’t won a playoff game since the Bucs won Super Bowl XXXVII after the 2002 season, and surely some part of him relishes the right opportunity to prove one more time how good of a coach he is.
The Rams should have great options regardless. Other candidates who spurn NFL interest every year, such as Stanford coach David Shaw, could be intrigued. Few coaches would make as much noise as the charismatic Gruden just by showing up, though. And in L.A., after the Great Fisher Faceplant of 2016, it’d be hard to blame the Rams for wanting that.
Demoff already has said the Rams “have to be willing to look under every possible avenue to find the right fit to go lead this football team.” Why not at least look the one place nobody else can?
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...pn-los-angeles-rams-coaching-search/95557712/
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