Interim head coach options

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(09-20-2021, 07:12 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Yeah, this is why I don't love interim head coaches in general. The first guy normally gets fired for being real real bad. Like 1-9 kind of bad. If the interim guy then goes 2-4, they then call that "positive progress" and keep him around, but there was a reason why you didn't choose him as the HC before and that reason likely didn't change.

Also once a guy is made interim HC, it's hard to demote him back down to his previous role, so it normally makes him have to leave.

I do really wonder with Simmons, though.  Does he even want to be a HC?  Not everyone wants to be the man.  He's been with the Bengals since 2003 and ST Coordinator since 2013.  That's a really long time to stick in one role with one team if he had aspirations to move on.  And he's had some solid units in that time as well.  So I wonder if he's happy in that role.  And if he stepped in to something like an interim HC role if he'd be okay sliding back into his coordinator seat after the season.  

The interim HC thing in general is just one of those things done to show the fans the team isn't doing nothing.  It makes a public point and that's about all.  The worst thing that can happen is the dead cat bounce with a new face and the team sticks with someone else who wasn't qualified, which is why I don't love the idea in general of an interim.  But I'm also not sure how this team makes it through an entire season with ZT at the helm.