Just a fun idea I had since all we really have is looking forward to the coaching search, so let's do a little game called pick 3. Everybody gets to name their top 3 candidates for the Head Coaching vacancy... but there's a catch. Each name has to fit a guideline. You may pick 1 current offensive coordinator, 1 current defensive coordinator, and name 1 wild card (Current coach, former coach, college coach, whatever). You also must explain why each candidate would be a good choiceShall we begin?
1.Adam Gase OC, Chicago Bears Gase became a hot candidate after replacing Mike McCoy in Denver, but the question became how much of his success was because of Peyton Manning and Denver's loaded offense and how much of it was his playcalling. Well, Gase is showing himself to be a very good coach in Chicago. Gase went to Denver with Josh McDaniels back in 2009 and was with them until John Fox was fired this past year. Gase does show a lot of tendencies that McDaniels uses in his playcalling including spreading out the field, and also relying on bunch packages to create mismatches and rub routes. Gase also uses the RBs in the passing game. While a risk I think Gase would be a good fit to help get something out of Ryan Tannehill. Based on the routes he likes, I think Juice, and Parker would thrive and I think you'd see the tight ends more involved in the passing game as well.
Teryl Austin DC, Detroit Lions While this season has been a disaster for the Lions, Austin has gotten the defense performing at a fairly high level again... and this is with the loss of DeAndre Levy to injury. Now there are a few reasons I like Austin as a candidate. THe biggest one being his familiarity with Suh as a player, and Suh arguably had his best season as a pro in Austin's defense. The other is Austin has been a part of several great organizations having been apart of 3 Super Bowl staffs (Seattle, Arizona, and Baltimore). His defenses in Detroit also tend to get to the QB a lot. Plus something to keep in mind is that he does have ties to the University of Michigan which would be something Mr. Ross may take into consideration
John Harbaugh Head Coach Baltimore Ravens I'll go with a big wildcard here. John Harbaugh and the Ravens front office have been at odds for a few years and winning the Super Bowl bought him a few years, but Steve Bisciotti's loyalty is to Ozzie Newsome and not John Harbaugh, and rumblings are that the GM and head coach have been disagreeing more and more recently. While it may be unlikely, the idea that Jim's brother could be available is not that farfetched especially with him wanting a pay raise and more say on roster moves. This is going to be only the second season JOhn will have missed the playoffs and only his 2nd ever losing season as a coach (though in theory they could still finish above or at .500). If he were to become available (and again with his connections to Michigan and Ross's love of headlines) I think John would be a no brainer.
So have at thee, excited to see what everybody comes up with.
1.Adam Gase OC, Chicago Bears Gase became a hot candidate after replacing Mike McCoy in Denver, but the question became how much of his success was because of Peyton Manning and Denver's loaded offense and how much of it was his playcalling. Well, Gase is showing himself to be a very good coach in Chicago. Gase went to Denver with Josh McDaniels back in 2009 and was with them until John Fox was fired this past year. Gase does show a lot of tendencies that McDaniels uses in his playcalling including spreading out the field, and also relying on bunch packages to create mismatches and rub routes. Gase also uses the RBs in the passing game. While a risk I think Gase would be a good fit to help get something out of Ryan Tannehill. Based on the routes he likes, I think Juice, and Parker would thrive and I think you'd see the tight ends more involved in the passing game as well.
Teryl Austin DC, Detroit Lions While this season has been a disaster for the Lions, Austin has gotten the defense performing at a fairly high level again... and this is with the loss of DeAndre Levy to injury. Now there are a few reasons I like Austin as a candidate. THe biggest one being his familiarity with Suh as a player, and Suh arguably had his best season as a pro in Austin's defense. The other is Austin has been a part of several great organizations having been apart of 3 Super Bowl staffs (Seattle, Arizona, and Baltimore). His defenses in Detroit also tend to get to the QB a lot. Plus something to keep in mind is that he does have ties to the University of Michigan which would be something Mr. Ross may take into consideration
John Harbaugh Head Coach Baltimore Ravens I'll go with a big wildcard here. John Harbaugh and the Ravens front office have been at odds for a few years and winning the Super Bowl bought him a few years, but Steve Bisciotti's loyalty is to Ozzie Newsome and not John Harbaugh, and rumblings are that the GM and head coach have been disagreeing more and more recently. While it may be unlikely, the idea that Jim's brother could be available is not that farfetched especially with him wanting a pay raise and more say on roster moves. This is going to be only the second season JOhn will have missed the playoffs and only his 2nd ever losing season as a coach (though in theory they could still finish above or at .500). If he were to become available (and again with his connections to Michigan and Ross's love of headlines) I think John would be a no brainer.
So have at thee, excited to see what everybody comes up with.
