Bear Hands

Full endorsement though - what he did today was brilliant.

I want Macdonald as our coach yesterday but you can’t be serious. Justin Mad, Roquan Smith and Kyle Hamilton ring any bells?!

This game is 100% Lamar and Macdonald ball. please steer clear of Monken

The simulated pressures are being perfectly timed. Macdonald is putting Slowik to rest right now.

The defensive scheming is brilliant today. This is next level.

I’m sold on Macdonald

Still really not feeling Monken

Let’s go!

And then there were 8! On slate today: 4:30 PM Texans at Ravens 8:15 PM Packers at 49ers Sunday: 3:00 Bucs at Lions 6:30 Chiefs at Bills

an inferior site with an okay read: https://www.derp/2024/1/18/24042571/carolina-panthers-head-coach-dave-canales-a-track-record-of-success

Oh wee mayne

"Coping" is officially more tiresome than the "The Process" and "It is what it is" at this point.

Evero experiencing Denver 2 years ago and then the Panthers this past year, & cranking out two over-performing defenses is impressive.

I’m sold on Macdonald - voted him for both. Canales would be next. I just have a feeling with that guy as a HC. I wouldn’t discount Slowik as unrealistic but can see him going back to Houston. But! If we follow Panthers’ suit, we’ll end up with the guy that no ones really passionately for or against - Brian Callahan

Methinks we interviewed our future HC today. Mild prediction.

Unsure how many they'll widdle it down to, but I don't really care to see Brian J, Morris, Monken or Quinn have a 2nd. I will say, since we have a consultant, I wouldn't be surprised if Morris gets a 2nd as a guy to juxtapose the young ones to. Tabor..I mean, that was obvi courtesy lol. I will also say, I'm not riding the Frank Smith train for some reason. Can also see Slowik bowing out early if they pull off an upset this weekend, so he may focus on building something special in HOU. Otherwise, I'd hope Macdonald, Canales, Callahan (& maybe Evero) would be the lot. Ben Johnson seems to be a foregone conclusion he's our HC or bust so he doesn't warrant much extra thought at this point haha.

It has a few anonymous execs being interviewed about CJ vs. Bryce. A few are still towing the "it's everything around him line" and we gotta do more to make him better. Some are saying it's a combination of factors including Bryce, he wasn't posied but we didn't put him in a good situation. ...and a few others are on the we-made-a-mistake camp. See below: So it seems the lively debate here persists in the execs world. 2024 is going to tell us a lot about Bryce and the future of this team. This GM and Coaching hire becomes all the more critical. The article rounds out by mentioning the S2 leak fiasco and how certain execs didn't buy it because CJ obviously has a strong football IQ. Also says in a nutshell how you can't close the book just yet but we've created a bad situation. And that CJ has just been awesome.

I will say, I pounded the Tyrique drum and he had a lot of detractors in the draft build-up. That kid balled out for Chicago this year and he played way more snaps than expected. Elsewhere...related to the thread, The Athletic had a lovely new CJ v. Bryce article: https://theathletic.com/5206755/2024/01/18/c-j-stroud-bryce-young-texans-panthers-nfl-playoffs/

Kelly and Pierce could soon be locks to stay in Vegas. May be the next dominoes to fall.

From what I’ve seen, some teams will voluntarily post their interviews but many just let it slip out through reporters/insiders and don’t track it for their fans.

Someone asked earlier on about coordinator candidates in the event we go defensive guy (Macdonald, Evero, etc.) or even if it's an inexperienced coach (Slowik). I'd be curious about Brian Griese in SF. For one, Slowik worked with Griese before going to HOU. And elsewhere, for Macdonald-- John Harbaugh is a Kubiak fan, those early 2010s Ravens had some Harbaugh/Shanahan overlap when Macdonald was there (w/Kubiak & Dennison). I'm sure there's some connections through the extensive web that is the social backdrop of the NFL. And then Wink was there with Mike for some time, now looking elsewhere after the NYG ordeal. All speculative but Macdonald HC, Griese OC, Martindale DC could be intriguing setup.

Pete Carroll took a liking to him at his football camp back in the late 2000s. Impressed him enough to bring him on at USC when he landed that gig. And impressed him enough there to bring him with to the NFL when he took the Seahawks gig. Then steadily worked his way up in Seattle during Pete's tenure. Similar to Macdonald -- little hopping, steady progression in a single place, worked under a great coach longterm in Carroll (like Harbaugh for MM). Worked his way up in one spot and impressed Bowles enough to bring him in as OC in Tampa. And what's interesting was a slight dip in Geno's play this year with him gone. Was a bit more prone to TOs and stalled drives. Now, his coordinator experience is just 1 year in, not much to go by. But the results in his career have been quite strong. WR coach for Baldwin and Lockett at their best, QB coach for Russ in his best year, then you saw what he did with Geno, and then Baker this year (Evans & Godwin of course help). I'm of the opinion you don't need to be a long time coordinator in order to be a HC. Just look at John Harbaugh. But it absolutely helps. He may need to season himself a bit more but the potential is definitely there and he's brought results with him at every turn. Sometimes, the right guy may be there and you may have to let him grow into the role. Timing is not always perfect.

I would just love to be a fly on the wall to see how Tepper is during these interviews. He strikes me as a socially obtuse guy that will go on tangents and not even really "interview" the guy.

It'll be interesting. Baltimore's D had an all-time great type of season. Top down, they are stellar and are very disciplined. Honestly, the Slowik v. Macdonald battle in the game could be between our two finalists.

They've got weapons for sure. I was a big fan of TB's cadence last night. It felt he was playing ahead of the defense and had a good feel for run v. pass calls. I just love that feeling of an offense keeping a defense on their toes and tired. Tire them out and them kick em' where it hurts. I also liked seeing that game sealing TD at the end to refute any sort of miracle comeback. Eagles were stacking the box thinking TB was just trying to run time and they went for a medium range TD pass. Great call.