(11-25-2020, 07:46 PM)samhain Wrote: I want someone respectable with experience building known good defenses.  Dean Pees is my first choice, and he apparently wants to un-retire.  Not sure this team has a group he'd do that for if he had better offers, but that's who I want.

Wade Phillips is the other, and he also wants to get back into the league.  His benefit is that he's not only a great coordinator but also a guy that has been a HC running locker rooms.  If Zac is to stay, he needs a respectable 2nd in command to help him out with the ins and outs of being a HC in the league.  He has no one like that now.

(11-25-2020, 04:19 PM)Geno_Can_Dunk Wrote: I know everybody's out for ZTs head, but let's face it, we all know he's back next year. But Anarumo is more likely gone. And because I prefer to use this board to talk about solutions (rather than just griping all the time), I wanted to start a thread on possible DC candidates.

Anthony Weaver. Currently Houston's DC, often talked about as a future head coach. I wonder if whomever their new coach is will clean out the staff, freeing Weaver up to come here. Former NFL D-lineman.

Aaron Glenn. Former NFL CB and current CB coach of the Saints. Often talked about as a future DC. Either of these guys should be able to command the respect of the players, whereas Anarumo does not.

Keep seeing buzz around here about Kerry Coombs, Ohio State DC. I don't know enough about him to say. Is that a legit possibility, or is the buzz just because he's local? I know he was a big time high school coach and his son used to coach here.

Any other thoughts? Please nobody say Marvin Lewis.... he might be a fine DC but there's no way he's coming back.

(11-25-2020, 07:46 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: I don’t think Rob Ryan is gainfully employed at the moment.  Neither is Dean Pees. Wade Phillips wouldn’t lower himself to come to Cincinnati.

(11-24-2020, 08:27 PM)DesertBengal Wrote: If Lou gets fired and Zac stays, I think it’s going to be slim picking for a new DC.  

Zac would be entering a make or break year, and with another dismal season could be fired.  What DC candidate with other options would want to align themselves with Zac, only to possibly be fired after 1 season when a new head coach comes in and wants to bring in “their guys”.

Unless the DC candidate really believes in Zac and his ability to turn things around, I would think a young DC candidate will see this as possibly a 1-year gig and not very appealing.  The exception would be guys like Zimmer and Dan Quinn who would be looking for another head coaching opportunity and may just have to wait out a year to possibly supplant Zac.

(11-25-2020, 04:49 PM)GreenCornBengal Wrote: How about Matt Patricia?

I’d be surprised if he survived the offseason as Lions HC.

(11-24-2020, 08:27 PM)DesertBengal Wrote: If Lou gets fired and Zac stays, I think it’s going to be slim picking for a new DC.  

Zac would be entering a make or break year, and with another dismal season could be fired.  What DC candidate with other options would want to align themselves with Zac, only to possibly be fired after 1 season when a new head coach comes in and wants to bring in “their guys”.

Unless the DC candidate really believes in Zac and his ability to turn things around, I would think a young DC candidate will see this as possibly a 1-year gig and not very appealing.  The exception would be guys like Zimmer and Dan Quinn who would be looking for another head coaching opportunity and may just have to wait out a year to possibly supplant Zac.

(11-24-2020, 08:27 PM)DesertBengal Wrote: If Lou gets fired and Zac stays, I think it’s going to be slim picking for a new DC.  

Zac would be entering a make or break year, and with another dismal season could be fired.  What DC candidate with other options would want to align themselves with Zac, only to possibly be fired after 1 season when a new head coach comes in and wants to bring in “their guys”.

Unless the DC candidate really believes in Zac and his ability to turn things around, I would think a young DC candidate will see this as possibly a 1-year gig and not very appealing.  The exception would be guys like Zimmer and Dan Quinn who would be looking for another head coaching opportunity and may just have to wait out a year to possibly supplant Zac.

(11-25-2020, 07:46 PM)samhain Wrote: I want someone respectable with experience building known good defenses. Dean Pees is my first choice, and he apparently wants to un-retire. Not sure this team has a group he'd do that for if he had better offers, but that's who I want.

Wade Phillips is the other, and he also wants to get back into the league. His benefit is that he's not only a great coordinator but also a guy that has been a HC running locker rooms. If Zac is to stay, he needs a respectable 2nd in command to help him out with the ins and outs of being a HC in the league. He has no one like that now.