Interview Request for Todd Grantham

[JungleRock85]

(02-13-2019, 12:20 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Have to agree. I wanted at least one other coach from the Rams, so I wanted Pleasant to be the guy.

Grantham will be the most experienced guy on the staff though. He's been coaching since 1990 with 11 years in the NFL.

(02-13-2019, 12:34 PM)RunKijanaRun Wrote: Little known aspect of all this - Grantham's son plays football here locally and is a JR in HS. UF's OL Coach (John Hevesy) also has a son near the same age that plays at the same HS. Grantham has said that he does not want to move his son around again and disrupt his life before he finishes HS.

Grantham is also paid well by UF (1.3 MIL) and probably will get a raise to stay. I don't know how much more Cincy would deem it worthwhile to offer.

Then there's his marriage to the 3-4, which no man shall tear asunder.

So much of this just doesn't seem like a good fit. I hope it's Pleasant.

I agree. After Jack Del Rio turned down the job I was hoping they would go with the up and comer in Pleasant. The guy seems like a good Secondary coach and has been directly under Wade Phillips the last two years so I think that would have been a welcome addition. Grantham has been out of the NFL for a Decade and even then he didn't have very good Defenses when he was DC in Cleveland. Between this potential hire and Turner it fills lackluster. We had big dreams of Callahan or Sherman at OL coach and Del Rio or Fox as DC and to end up with these two feels like there was never a plan in place before the hire.