(12-21-2017, 11:52 PM)GodFather Wrote: Stick to asking them if they want meatloaf or ham for lunch...*

Probably unheard of in the NFL to query players re. prospective coaches. However, I think asking the team captains as a group might not be too far fetched per the OP.












*and yes Mike Brown will charge them regardless what their choice is, nothing is for free in the Brown Zone!

(12-22-2017, 01:50 PM)Goalpost Wrote: No.  We need a shake up.  It doesn’t have to be comfortable.  Just a chance where things are different.
A player should welcome a chance of total newness.  If the team record was good, maybe I would be a bit more open to this.  But the record stinks.  So no.  The players don’t get that choice.

(12-22-2017, 12:02 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: The NBA is different than the NFL...but yeah your super stars like Lebron get consulted. It's generally only the biggest stars though.

Of course, their consultation is unofficial.

LeBron James Got His Coach Fired, And He Was Right To Do It
https://www.gq.com/story/lebron-james-david-blatt-cleveland-cavaliers-part-ways

(12-21-2017, 11:54 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: Not only motivation, but the players need to believe that a coach knows what he's doing.

If a player comes to work believing in the plan and believing in the guy calling the shots, then they prepare better, whether it's direct motivation or not.  

Motivation or not, if a player leaves practice inspired and comes to a game believing in a coach and inspired by him, he plays a lot better.

It also brings the players together better as a team if they're all believing in the coach and just wanting to play hard.

I think overlooking all of that is one area that Mike Brown has been wrong in.  Mike looks at this as the cheapest way to put a team on the field and play football, but he doesn't look at the finer points and realize the entire atmosphere and football life.

There's a reason some coaches consistently have players that are disciplined, do their jobs, and play hard.

(12-22-2017, 08:36 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: You do realize that the typical NFL player has a lot on his plate just being an NFL player? What makes you think an average NFL player is going to have any idea on who might be a good head coach? If you polled any random player about some of the current "hot" coaching prospects and how they would like them, they would probably give you back a nice, long, blank stare. 

(12-22-2017, 10:50 AM)Nately120 Wrote: I'm now wondering how you found out that most NFL players "want foots in asses."

(12-22-2017, 10:38 PM)Awful Llama Wrote: Perhaps he was momentarily confused and mistakenly referenced a fetish website?

I don't think you give the team a list of HC candidates and ask them to vote.  However, if you're  more forward-thinking owner, you might want to get a few key players' thoughts on the direction of the organization and then consider those thoughts when interviewing candidates.

 

(12-22-2017, 09:24 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: I think they'd know a lot better than anyone on here, and most people on here think they know who would be a good head coach or have their opinions about who they want and why, so what makes you think that some random fan has a valid opinion on coaches but the players don't?

I'm not saying that the organization would or should value the opinions of people on here, but I'm just sayin that people have in-depth opinions about who they'd want and why, and you don't think a player would AT LEAST have an opinion as in-depth or as valuable as people on here?  Also, they know what they want and they know the culture of the team better than any fan.

(12-22-2017, 11:33 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Because they watch more NFL games and college games than NFL players do. Because they spend more time researching and understanding most prospective coaches careers. Where they've been and how successful they were or weren't. 

NFL players only care about being an NFL player. They don't want the added responsibility of having to help choose a new coach.

Are there certain guys they'd like to play for? Sure. But the FO is there to go in-depth and find out who the best qualified potential coach is. Not the players.

(12-23-2017, 12:22 AM)BFritz21 Wrote: You seriously think our front office is going to go into a lot of in-depth research to find the right guy?

(12-23-2017, 12:53 AM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Probably not. But that's not at issue. You were asking if players should be asked about who the next coach is. 

(12-22-2017, 12:25 PM)Benton Wrote: Just my opinion, but...

You go two ways with a coach. Either you have a championship caliber team who doesn't have the right shepherd to lead them, or you have some — but not all — pieces to a puzzle, and you need a coach who can find the parts necessary to make it work.

Neither really has input from the players, but I'd think the first option (trying to keep the roster as is and finding a coach who fits those skills) is close to taking the team's temperature. If you've got a gunslinger type offense like the Steelers or Packers used to have, you don't want a conservative coach like Marvin, Fischer, or Mularkey. Flip side, if you've got a game manager quarterback and receivers with more of a fullback running game, you don't want a head coach with an unorthodox approach like Hue.

And that's where I think Brown will go. It's what kept Marvin in a job for so long. Brown believes we've got the right roster, so I imagine he will be looking for a coach that fits it, as opposed to a coach who will come in and try to change things around a lot.

(12-22-2017, 04:23 AM)TheUberHuber Wrote: Do you have evidence of This? I would love to see it. Pro players have a say in who their coach is???

But, NBA is not the nfl....that was a strawman