12-08-2020, 08:03 PM
Hard no on Joseph. I live in Denver and his seasons here no one liked him at all and cursed the Bengals for letting him go to the Broncos. He was definitely in over his head with that role and program. That experiment just ended a couple of years ago and I don't know that he's somehow grown the skills to give it another go after such a short time.
Some names I can think of that I'd be okay with:
Jason Garrett
Jim Caldwell
Jack Del Rio (largely because of his tenure in the League and connections to bring in coordinators)
Matt Eberflus (with a GM)
Pete Carmichael (with a GM)
Lincoln Riley (with a GM)
PJ Fleck (with a GM)
The first group of guys I didn't say must have a GM (though I still see tremendous value in it) because they've been in the league long enough they should have the connections to bring in solid coaching talent around them and know how to work with a FO. That would go far for them, and is really the only reason I have any of them on the list, honestly. If the Bengals won't budge on firing Tobin, I think any guy without experience and connections is going to have a hard time out of the gate, and maybe even still a couple of years down the road.
The second group of guys don't necessarily have that, being coordinators, being less experienced or being in college. I think a GM would be critical to their success in building out the rest of the staff and managing the FO. And if we're going down that road, I'm really intrigued to dip into the college market. I see the same names surface over and over through the league of coordinators bouncing around and all these guys who "deserve to be a HC" and would love to see some of these guys from college come in. But it's a change, and I don't think they'd do well without having an experienced guy at GM to help guide the ship.
Some names I can think of that I'd be okay with:
Jason Garrett
Jim Caldwell
Jack Del Rio (largely because of his tenure in the League and connections to bring in coordinators)
Matt Eberflus (with a GM)
Pete Carmichael (with a GM)
Lincoln Riley (with a GM)
PJ Fleck (with a GM)
The first group of guys I didn't say must have a GM (though I still see tremendous value in it) because they've been in the league long enough they should have the connections to bring in solid coaching talent around them and know how to work with a FO. That would go far for them, and is really the only reason I have any of them on the list, honestly. If the Bengals won't budge on firing Tobin, I think any guy without experience and connections is going to have a hard time out of the gate, and maybe even still a couple of years down the road.
The second group of guys don't necessarily have that, being coordinators, being less experienced or being in college. I think a GM would be critical to their success in building out the rest of the staff and managing the FO. And if we're going down that road, I'm really intrigued to dip into the college market. I see the same names surface over and over through the league of coordinators bouncing around and all these guys who "deserve to be a HC" and would love to see some of these guys from college come in. But it's a change, and I don't think they'd do well without having an experienced guy at GM to help guide the ship.
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