Was Rivera our 1st choice?

[Mr. Scot]

Apparently he's said it differently 3 different places.

ESPN sportscenter he called it opportunity.

http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/scoreboard

Twitter he called it chance.

NFL report during NFL show he called it offer.

I'm done. Carry on.

What nobody called it was "head coach".

(nobody except this Colombian site, that is)

Bottom Line: Munchak was never in consideration for the head coaching job here.

[Highlandfire]

see...here is something that schefter pulled out of his arse.

don't believe the chump.

munchak wasn't a serious consideration for really anyone.

Shef is worthless as tits on a boar hog

[Darknight]

schefter is barely better and more reliable than florio.

both guys throw crap on the wall to see if it sticks.

schefter used to be reliable, but he lost it and his credibility a couple years ago.

He lost his credibility when he went from NFL Network to ESPN.

[Mr. Scot]

From Gantt's Twitter:

Was referring to the original post asking me about Munchak turning down HC job. That never happened.

[Happy Panther]

Out of the 4 mediocre to good DC candidates we interviewed he was the only legitimate candidate.

So yeah i guess he was Jerry's 1st choice.

[pantherclaw]

"Titans OL coach Munchak appears to be the favorite to become the teams next head coach. He has already turned down three offers this year to take position with other teams which included the Carolina Panthers head coaching job, per Adam Schefter."

Now this would have been an interesting hire.....the Panthers had a deal on the table and were turned down....imagine if this hire had happened.....we would have a completely different outlook then....

What this really says to me is......Rivera was not the first choice and may not have been the second or third....

He wasn't even interviewed. How could he have been offered?

Adam is such a tool.

[mav1234]

This thread can be closed now.

Per Schefter to me on some weird twitter message poo:

Oline spot, not HC. Why should there be confusion? They never interviewed him for HC.

[House]

This thread can be closed now.

Per Schefter to me on some weird twitter message poo:

Because Munchack is SO FREAKING AWESOME that they didn't need to interview him for the HC job. We offered him 1,0oo0,o0,o,o0o,0,o0o0,o0,o0o,0o,0o,0o,0o0,o,0o0,o0,o,0o,0o,0o,0o,0o,0o,0o,0o,0o0o0o0o,o,0o,0o0,o0o0o,l0o0.54/yr and HE FREAKING TURNED IT DOWN. Now we are stuck with teh Riveras'ssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!1!!!111!!!!!

[replive]

haha. some people are really dumb.

[CRA]

he might have turned down an interview......

The Panthers aren't going to make an offer to coordinator they didn't even interview.

[Lumps]

How can anyone claim they know exactly who the Panthers talked to or what went on, you guys work with JR in the stadium or something? Does he tell you all this and no one else? Rivera might not have been their first choice, that is very valid.

You guys all kill me thinking all coaches would want to come here and we went out and chose a lucky one to come here. Give me a break, it was probably a compromise of both things, who is best available and would also be willing to come here and work for someone like JR. Sorry but I doubt they go out and interviewed everyone that would be very best for the job and ended up with that lucky someone, it's stupid to think that any prospect wouldn't possibly turn down JR...lol. More likley JR went after the best of the more realistic prospects. What he is willing to initially pay already cuts a lot of coaches out.

I understand your all fans and homers but come on be more realistic. Fact is no one knows or ever will probably all of the processes they went through or if anyone declined before hand even an interview. Best thing to do now is accept and support Rivera and carry on.

[CRA]

How can anyone claim they know exactly who the Panthers talked to or what went on, you guys work with JR in the stadium or something? Does he tell you all this and no one else? Rivera might not have been their first choice, that is very valid.

You guys all kill me thinking all coaches would want to come here and we went out and chose a lucky one to come here. Give me a break, it was probably a compromise of both things, who is best available and would also be willing to come here and work for someone like JR. Sorry but I doubt they go out and interviewed everyone that would be very best for the job and ended up with that lucky someone, it's stupid to think that any prospect wouldn't possibly turn down JR...lol. More likley JR went after the best of the more realistic prospects. What he is willing to initially pay already cuts a lot of coaches out.

I understand your all fans and homers but come on be more realistic. Fact is no one knows or ever will probably all of the processes they went through or if anyone declined before hand even an interview. Best thing to do now is accept and support Rivera and carry on.

but I guess the point is....the only thing a coordinator (not interviewed) could have declined was an interview......not an offer for the HC job

[mav1234]

look. guys.

the originator of the rumor specifically said it was the OL spot he turned down. Why are people so set on this idea he may have turned us down for HC? He didn't.

He turned down a spot as our O-Line Coach. That's it. Time to move on.

[DR_DIGH]

He said the following on ESPN, thus the quotes.

"Titans OL coach Munchak appears to be the favorite to become the teams next head coach. He has already turned down three offers this year to take position with other teams which included the Carolina Panthers head coaching job", per Adam Schefter

http://www.nfltraderumors.co/tag/mike-munchak/

His titter is different, but you can rewind sportscenter from yesterday if you like and listen for yourself.

Okay okay..... all arguing aside. I have one question. Did you mean to leave out a "w"????