Hue interviewing today.......

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(01-02-2019, 09:21 PM)Big Boss Wrote: Eh, I don't buy that.  Regardless of the direction they go, in-house or outside, they're doing what any good team would do.  Due diligence, weighing all options, not rushing anything.

I guess by Hobson's logic, the interviews with Simmons, Lazor, and Jackson are meaningless.

I sort of look at it as a tiered system.

They aren't really interested in Lazor or Simmons, but they need fall backs if everyone else falls through.  Since both are under contract next year as coordinators and aren't going to get any other HC interviews, they are basically guaranteed to take the job if offered.

Hue and Vance are also probably not at the top of their list, but are both probably considered a step up from Lazor and Simmons simply due to having prior experience.  There's a high likelihood they could get either, but it's not a slam dunk, as they could potentially take a plum coordinator job or a college HC gig.  They may possibly be looking at Vance as a DC that can help mentor their preferred offensive minded wiz kid, also.  Hue is likely getting a courtesy interview because of Marvin.  Another thing in play is that there's been grumblings about how 5 of the 8 HC's that have been fired are black and now there's a lack of black coaches in the league.  No matter who the Bengals hire, it's hard to play the race card on them when they've interviewed 3 black candidates, 2 with previous HC experience.