Who do you want as Head Coach in 2015 ?

[MD]

He's my first choice. The problem is I expect him to become the coach of the Cowboys.

Harbaugh is my second -- and more likely -- choice, though I have great doubts about that, too. Ultimately I think either a return to the 49ers or taking the job with Michigan are more likely.

I've said it once and I'll say it again. Ross is a "D" owner. He makes "D" hires, like Philbin. If he fires Philbin chances are he'll just hire another "D", beginning the process over again.

My hope is that Ross will consult Marino on puting a gm and head coach that can work together in place. Ross needs to exclude the likes of Aponte and Peterson in what direction to go. In fact, Ross really needs to fire anyone involved in the operations side of the house not named Ross and start over. That said, Ross is big on loyalty and I can't see him doing it.



Ross has a good heart and wants to win but just has no idea how to build the franchise.

 

[TheWalrus]

Funny that you bring up Greg Roman. 49ers fans absolutely hate the guy.

Maybe because he looks like a character on Family Guy? But I think he's an excellent coach. Right now San Fran is bumping up against the limitations of their quarterback to read defenses. Not to mention they keep putting Jonathan Martin out there (because of injury, but still). He single handedly lost the Bears game for them.

 

[Phinatic8u]

Maybe because he looks like a character on Family Guy? But I think he's an excellent coach. Right now San Fran is bumping up against the limitations of their quarterback to read defenses. Not to mention they keep putting Jonathan Martin out there. He single handedly lost the Bears game for them.

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[slk018]

I chose other.
I would like Kevin Sumlin, David Shaw, or gus Malzahn. I want a bright offensive mind. Not some old dinosaur riding off Shermans coattail.

 

[TheWalrus]

My hope is that Ross will consult Marino on puting a gm and head coach that can work together in place. Ross needs to exclude the likes of Aponte and Peterson in what direction to go. In fact, Ross really needs to fire anyone involved in the operations side of the house not named Ross and start over. That said, Ross is big on loyalty and I can't see him doing it.



Ross has a good heart and wants to win but just has no idea how to build the franchise.

Ross is clueless because he spends pretty much the entire week in New York running the Related Companies. He only flies into Miami for the games and to make big decisions. Wanting to win doesn't mean anything when you act like that. You have to deserve to win.

Ross wants to make the big calls but he remains ignorant on how to make them because he has bigger priorities in his life. Our Sundays are the mess he leaves as he passes through.

 

[Vaark]

If we're gonna change coaches, we better do it and grab the Hawks' OC Darrell Bevell before Itzdick finally gets permission to fire Rex and and makes a beeline straight for him. IMO, for us that would be both a proactive and preemptive move.

 

[tay0365]

I picked Gruden, Lazor/Other Dolphin, or Philbin. Even though I am not very fond of Philbin right now, if Miami makes a total turnaround and reaches the playoffs (With at least 10 wins), he deserves to keep his job, if Miami misses the playoffs or just gets in with less then 10 wins, it should go to either Gruden or Lazor.

Harbough is too insane and too difficult. Dungy is not coming back, and if he does, it will be a short stay. Cowher is also another HC that will not be able to stick it out, if he were to decide to leave his great stress free job.

 

[J. David Wannyheimer]

I agree on Roman. Awsi would love him. He runs the football and throws it deep. His biggest problems are that his offensive line has a couple of weak links and that his quarterback makes dreadful decisions on where to throw the football.

That said, Ross is big on loyalty and I can't see him doing it.

It's not loyalty. It's management theory. It goes back to Ross' educational background. He got a degree in accounting from the University of Michigan back in 1962.

The management theory that was being taught at that time focused on resource management and organizational structure. Management theory changes over time, but in the 1950s and '60s, the things being pushed in the academia of business were decentralization and maximization of asset productivity. That's where Steve Ross is coming from. He views Dawn Aponte as an asset who is contributing something to his organization. By taking her and compartmentalizing her in her own department of the Dolphins organization, he's exploiting a resource he has on hand, maximizing what he's getting from his assets.

That's why I believe that rumor that he tried to retain Tony Sparano under Jim Harbaugh. He already had that asset on hand, and it had value. Why not try to keep it and get production out of it? That's exactly what someone who went to the University of Michigan Business School in 1962 would think.

The sort of management that's taught in business schools has changed over the years, with stuff like constraint theory and value-driven management becoming chic in their times. Value Driven Management Theory got real big in the 2000s and you still see it buzzed around today; everything with recent MBAs is about adding value to the product. I'm not sure when Tom Garfinkel was in business school, but I'd be curious to know what kind of management approach he was brought up with.

 

[Dolphins7273]

Someone from the Seahawks organization.

 

[trojanma]

I hate that we are already here but I will throw my thought into this.

The one thing I don't want is a coach who doesn't have experience as the top guy. No more on the job training. For me elevating the hot coordinator is such a gamble. They usually know just enough not to completely fail but are still very limited.

I would take Harbaugh despite the antics because he is a proven winner. If the players get tired of him in 3 years so be it. Like others though I prefer John Harbaugh over Jim Harbaugh.
As others suspect I doubt he comes here...

My choice
David Shaw coach of Stanford.
Pro experience.
Has run a successful program now.

Though I wouldn't mind Sumlin or Malzahn.

 

[Sons Of Shula]

I'm more skeptical of Dan Quinn than most, apparently. Hiring "whoever is Seattle's defensive coordinator" because they play great defense strikes me as the same mentality that led to Philbin, and Cam Cameron before him.

And in this case we wouldn't even be getting the guy who built that defense -- that would be Gus Bradley, who's currently the head coach in Jacksonville -- we'd just be getting the guy who has led it for the last two years.

Not that I know how to pick them, either. There's just too many variables, mixed with voodoo. A guy can be the greatest coach in the world but a huge part of the job is being able to hire other great coaches to serve under you. That's almost impossible to gauge, yet I think it's perhaps Harbaugh's greatest talent and the main reason for his success in San Francisco: finding guys like Vic Fangio and Greg Roman when he was at Stanford and having the fortitude to hire them on when he got to the pros.

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It's not just that Quinn is the DC of the Super Bowl champs. His resume is much deeper than just that, but at the same time it's silly to brush aside that Quinn did things with Seattle's defense that hadn't been since the '85 Bears. Also as Florida's DC finished eighth in yards per play allowed in 2011 and fourth in 2012, and went from 20th in scoring defense in 2011 to fifth in the category in 2012.

With Gus Bradly firmly entrenched as Seahawks' coordinator, Quinn left Seattle to run the University of Florida defense in 2011-12 and call his own plays for the first time since that final season at Hofstra in 2000. In 2012, the Gators finished fifth in the nation in yards allowed and an 11-2 record.

“It was important for me just having the experience, kind of leading the entire year as opposed to (coaching) a defensive-line group,'' he said. "Making calls on game day and that type of thing -- it was a very valuable time for me.’’

When Bradley left after last season to become Jaguars head coach, the Seahawks hired Quinn back within hours.

“I loved Dan when he was here before and knew that if we had an opportunity that he would be the guy that we would like to bring back,’’ Carroll said at the time of his hiring. “So there really wasn’t a big decision. I had already kind of figured that out from the time we had spent together.’’

At first, there was some concern that the players might not take to Quinn right away. But they quickly adapted when they saw how dominant they could be. Quinn's defense first first in points allowed, yards allowed and takeaways. In the NFC Championship Game, they secured the victory over the 49ers with three takeaways in the fourth quarter.

http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2014/01/why_super_bowl-bound_seahawks.html

“One of things I’ve learned from Coach [Pete] Carroll is how to use our featured players,” Quinn says. “There’s a tendency to say, oh, he doesn’t fit the system. Coach Carroll is more like, what does he have that’s special?”

That means letting oversized safety Kam Chancellor set the edge in the run game and putting cornerback Richard Sherman in press situations on the line of scrimmage, and of course, matching up Bennett on occasion against lumbering offensive guards.

“All of those guys are so unique,” Quinn says. “You ask yourself, how can we feature them?”

“It was a coup to get him back last year, much less this year,” Carroll says. “But I don’t want to look at it that way. I want to help Dan get whatever job he wants because he’s a great coach.

“Our situation in the season worked against him. We played so late that people had to make decisions. Teams get antsy, seeing coaches start to get hired and they couldn’t wait for him, but he’s going to be a head coach very soon.”

http://mmqb.si.com/2014/08/06/dan-quinn-seattle-seahawks/

 

[Travis34]

I voted Harbaugh because I feel like it could happen, whereas the others I doubt it a lot more. 49ers are falling fast, maybe he gets canned and decides a change of scenery? Not sure what he could do differently here though

 

[Tannenbombs]

I'll concede, that, but Matt Schaub's arm fell off and that team was wracked by injuries wasn't it?

I'm just saying, you want a guy who will turn this offense around, after 15 freaking years, that's your man. We're talking about a guy who literally got 1500 yards (5 yards per attempt) out of Mike Anderson. Mike. Anderson. People bitching about the QB's yards per attempt? Go look at the YPA of quarterbacks like Matt Schaub, Brian Griese, Jake Plummer, and John Elway -- with and without Gary Kubiak coaching them. In some cases, the difference is over 2 YPA.

There are good coaches, and there are bad coaches. Good coaches maximize their talent and find ways to make their players productive. We do not have a good coach right now.

That's more of Alex Gibbs the guy who is a genius with the zone blocking scheme. I think he is a good OC. Just not a leader of men like Joe. You don't have to convince me about the current staff. But 14 games in a row? 14? 2 to the Jags with inferior talent? Bill O'Brien is doing a better job maximizing the teams talent with practically the same roster and a slight upgrade in Ryan Fitzpatrick. I just don't think he should be a head coach again and his health concerns are a huge red flag as well.

 

[Tannenbombs]

I'm more skeptical of Dan Quinn than most, apparently. Hiring "whoever is Seattle's defensive coordinator" because they play great defense strikes me as the same mentality that led to Philbin, and Cam Cameron before him.

And in this case we wouldn't even be getting the guy who built that defense -- that would be Gus Bradley, who's currently the head coach in Jacksonville -- we'd just be getting the guy who has led it for the last two years.

Not that I know how to pick them, either. There's just too many variables, mixed with voodoo. A guy can be the greatest coach in the world but a huge part of the job is being able to hire other great coaches to serve under you. That's almost impossible to gauge, yet I think it's perhaps Harbaugh's greatest talent and the main reason for his success in San Francisco: finding guys like Vic Fangio and Greg Roman when he was at Stanford and having the fortitude to hire them on when he got to the pros.

You mean a guy who upgraded a unit in his first year as a defensive coordinator? And has their talent fully maxed out? In his first year as a DC he led the defense to #1 in PPG, #1 in takeaways, #2 in Redzone D, #6 in 3rd down D. And held arguably the greatest offense to 8 points in the super bowl. 8. No doubt Carroll helps with the defense, and they are extremely talented. But that defense could not be any better than it is. That's what good coaching does for you.

 

[Tannenbombs]

I agree on Roman. Awsi would love him. He runs the football and throws it deep. His biggest problems are that his offensive line has a couple of weak links and that his quarterback makes dreadful decisions on where to throw the football.



It's not loyalty. It's management theory. It goes back to Ross' educational background. He got a degree in accounting from the University of Michigan back in 1962.

The management theory that was being taught at that time focused on resource management and organizational structure. Management theory changes over time, but in the 1950s and '60s, the things being pushed in the academia of business were decentralization and maximization of asset productivity. That's where Steve Ross is coming from. He views Dawn Aponte as an asset who is contributing something to his organization. By taking her and compartmentalizing her in her own department of the Dolphins organization, he's exploiting a resource he has on hand, maximizing what he's getting from his assets.

That's why I believe that rumor that he tried to retain Tony Sparano under Jim Harbaugh. He already had that asset on hand, and it had value. Why not try to keep it and get production out of it? That's exactly what someone who went to the University of Michigan Business School in 1962 would think.

The sort of management that's taught in business schools has changed over the years, with stuff like constraint theory and value-driven management becoming chic in their times. Value Driven Management Theory got real big in the 2000s and you still see it buzzed around today; everything with recent MBAs is about adding value to the product. I'm not sure when Tom Garfinkel was in business school, but I'd be curious to know what kind of management approach he was brought up with.

This post is beyond my intelligence level good post.