NFL 2012

[WayAbvPar]

Win/Win for Seattle. Seahawks DC is more likely to stay put, and we get Kelly out of the Pac-12. Hurray!

I said from about October on (when it was painfully obvious that Andy Reid was on the way out) that Kelly was a natural fit for Philly. They have the athletes on offense to run his scheme. Will be interesting to watch.

[ghost]

Morte now reporting Chip Kelly is the new Eagles HC.

Of course, it seemed like it was a done deal before with Kelly, so we shall see.

And Oregon is going on probation in 3.....2........1.........   

[Paelos]

We all knew he was bolting. The NCAA sword of damocles was ready to fall this spring.

As a Cowboys fan, this move makes me go 

The Eagles problems couldn't get a lot worse, but with this chucklehead trying to run 80 players a game, somebody will end up dead.

[01101010]

We all knew he was bolting. The NCAA sword of damocles was ready to fall this spring.

As a Cowboys fan, this move makes me go 

The Eagles problems couldn't get a lot worse, but with this chucklehead trying to run 80 players a game, somebody will end up dead.

That is not how it was put out there a week ago when every place was reporting he was staying put at ORE. Either way, I am kinda glad he is not with the Browns. I'd guess he will be an OC some where by 2016 and back in college by 2018.

[Paelos]

I'm sure last week they were right. He wasn't getting the offers he wanted money wise.

Thing is, he was being stubborn, and said he was going to take his ball and go home. Then he realized during the week that the NCAA was fucking serious. It didn't magically disappear in the interim. That's something reporters never learn. In their efforts to out scoop each other, you get very little background work on the real motivations of these coaches. They just assumed it was leverage. Nope, he's escaping.

[Fordel]

So the Bears fired a 10-6 coach, and hired a guy from the Canadian football league.

Look at his history, it's not like we grew him in a vat up here or anything.

[Paelos]

No offense intended to the CFL, but this is the Bears. One of the oldest franchises in the NFL along with the Packers. For them to hire a coach outside the league is bizarre to me, accomplished or not.

[Shannow]

No offense intended to the CFL, but this is the Bears. One of the oldest franchises in the NFL along with the Packers. For them to hire a coach outside the league is bizarre to me, accomplished or not.

Well the guy was an OC for a number of years in the NFL.

[Ingmar]

We all knew he was bolting. The NCAA sword of damocles was ready to fall this spring.

As a Cowboys fan, this move makes me go 

The Eagles problems couldn't get a lot worse, but with this chucklehead trying to run 80 players a game, somebody will end up dead.

That is not how it was put out there a week ago when every place was reporting he was staying put at ORE. Either way, I am kinda glad he is not with the Browns. I'd guess he will be an OC some where by 2016 and back in college by 2018.

If he does fail in the NFL, he'll go right back to a head coaching job in college, those pay better than coordinator positions in the NFL, at least for the sorts of jobs Kelly would be able to land (pretty much anywhere, in other words.)

[Paelos]

Well the guy was an OC for a number of years in the NFL.

Right. 8 years ago, I think. I just don't get the move from an established 10-6 guy to a guy outside the league for almost a decade.

It has more to do with the juxtaposition of the exchanged people. For some reason it jives in my mind.

[Ingmar]

It's not so much that the CFL guy is unqualified, as it is that Lovie should never have been fired in the first place, yeah.

[Trippy]

It's not so much that the CFL guy is unqualified, as it is that Lovie should never have been fired in the first place, yeah.

Lovie's been coasting off of his Super Bowl appearance for 6 years now. It was time for him to go.

[Paelos]

Sorry but that's crap. Chicago won the division in 2010. He's missed the playoffs the last two years because Green Bay has been waaaaaaaay better, and Minnesota found lightning in a bottle with AP this season. Chicago easily had the roster to get in the playoffs next season with Lovie at the helm.

Of the 10-6 season he had, not a single one of those losses came against a team that missed the playoffs. I have a hard time hanging that on him.

[Trippy]

He's missed the playoffs 5 of the last 6 seasons. As I said, he's been coasting off of his Super Bowl appearance.

[Paelos]

I would hire him in a heartbeat in Dallas. Difference of opinion there.

[Trippy]

That's different. I didn't say he was a bad coach, but it was time for him to leave Chicago.

[Paelos]

Fair enough, some coaches out stay their welcome. I feel he's got a lot of upside for another team as well.

[HaemishM]

Actually, Chicago didn't win the division the last two years because their offensive line couldn't block a cripple. Cutler was either hurt or running for his life on just about every dropback. You cut his sacks down say 15-20%, they win the division both years, IMO.

Which is just as much of a coaching issue as a player personnel issue. I'd hope the first thing Trestman does is bring in a new OC who knows how to craft blocking schemes.

[Fordel]

I'm fairly certain that man is Trestman himself actually. The OL of the Allouettes apparently increased in effectiveness dramatically as soon as he took over there, using the same players.

[Trippy]

Which is just as much of a coaching issue as a player personnel issue. I'd hope the first thing Trestman does is bring in a new OC who knows how to craft blocking schemes.

Reports are that they've hired New Orleans Saints offensive line coach Aaron Kromer as their offensive coordinator.

[ghost]

Lovie got lucky with the right bunch of guys (that sounds weird, doesn't it?   )

[Ginaz]

No offense intended to the CFL, but this is the Bears. One of the oldest franchises in the NFL along with the Packers. For them to hire a coach outside the league is bizarre to me, accomplished or not.

There's a long history of the NFL hiring coaches from the CFL and a lot of present day NFL coaches came from the CFL.  Marv Levy is most well known, and successful, of all of them.

http://www.thestar.com/sports/football/article/1119262--nfl-coaches-gms-routinely-picked-from-cfl
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marv_Levy

[Ingmar]

More important is that Marv Levy is a former Cal coach. 

[ghost]

This is spectacular. 

"We have Tom Brady here, we have Tom Brady here, we have Tom Brady here. He's been our point person all season long," Menino said. "And Stevan Ridley, he's been another great guy. And Wilcock."

"We have it all. (Aaron) Hernandez is going to do a great job. He'll step in for Gonk because Gonk's hurt," the mayor said, again while glancing at his notes.

How do you mess those up?  Hilarious.  I would have loved to have seen it in person.

[Shannow]

Mumbles Menino strikes again, he does this every year. The ability to form coherent sentences is obviously not required to be mayor of Boston.

[Ingmar]

"We have it all. (Aaron) Hernandez is going to do a great job. He'll step in for Gonk because Gonk's hurt," the mayor said, again while glancing at his notes.

[ghost]

Holy shit Ryan Leaf is a fucktard.   

Meth kills.

[01101010]

Holy shit Ryan Leaf is a fucktard.   

Meth kills.

Good lord how far this guy has fallen. Seems he still acts the same as he always has though.

[Sjofn]

So how many seasons before Norvelous Norv tricks a team into making him head coach again?

[01101010]

So how many seasons before Norvelous Norv tricks a team into making him head coach again?

As many as it takes to get the Cleveland Browns a Championship as their OC.  


edit:
Oh jeesuz christ I went and looked...  http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/eye-on-football/21569734/browns-hire-norv-turner-as-offensive-coordinator

FFFUUUuuuuu....

[Paelos]

 

[Trippy]

Cardinals hire Bruce Arians as head coach

[Sjofn]

So how many seasons before Norvelous Norv tricks a team into making him head coach again?

As many as it takes to get the Cleveland Browns a Championship as their OC.  


edit:
Oh jeesuz christ I went and looked...  http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/eye-on-football/21569734/browns-hire-norv-turner-as-offensive-coordinator

FFFUUUuuuuu....

Ahahaha, you posted that without knowing he actually WAS hired as your OC? It's your fault. 

[01101010]

As many as it takes to get the Cleveland Browns a Championship as their OC.  


edit:
Oh jeesuz christ I went and looked...  http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/eye-on-football/21569734/browns-hire-norv-turner-as-offensive-coordinator

FFFUUUuuuuu....

Ahahaha, you posted that without knowing he actually WAS hired as your OC? It's your fault.  

It was all rumored and I never checked to see if it panned out. So the hints were there and I thought I'd make a funny reference to them. Egg, meet face.

That said, Norv is not a bad OC at all, just not a HC. This might actually work out well. (Leave me alone, I am a Browns fan - let me have my fantasies.)

edit to add:
Oh and I just noticed this gem of a website: http://factoryofsadness.co/

[Paelos]

Cardinals hire Bruce Arians as head coach

It's a great move for the Cardinals. They will get a guy who can lead in difficult circumstances, which is exactly what they need.