2026 NFL Coaches/GMs Firing & Hiring Thread

boozeman said:
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There's so much passive signaling going on where these media guys hunt strongly at things (i.e. it Tennessee didn't offer Saleh the job he was likely taking the Arizona job the next day) without outright saying it.

I'm not sure if that's what this is, but I'll find it quite hilarious if Pittsburgh goes with McCarthy with the idea of keeping Rodgers for another pointless season.
 
boozeman said:
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Weird that they'd be interested in him at his age but he'd be a good fit. Surprised he's considered a strong candidate, I kind of thought this was more of a courtesy but if he's withdrawing his name elsewhere this might be serious.
 
Irving Cowboy said:
Probably has more to do with him being a hometown boy.
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Right, that's why I thought it would be a courtesy more than anything but it seems to be a serious thing. He doesn't fit their normal profile but I guess they're willing to think outside the box.

Personally I think he can win big there.
 
Genghis Khan said:
Right, that's why I thought it would be a courtesy more than anything but it seems to be a serious thing. He doesn't fit their normal profile but I guess they're willing to think outside the box.

Personally I think he can win big there.
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I think it would be a great hire for them.

And he'd do very well getting a chance to coach for a real organization again.
 
Genghis Khan said:
Right, that's why I thought it would be a courtesy more than anything but it seems to be a serious thing. He doesn't fit their normal profile but I guess they're willing to think outside the box.

Personally I think he can win big there.
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Only thing is, will he have a QB? The earlier reports said Rodgers wasn't expected back.
 
Chocolate Lab said:
Only thing is, will he have a QB? The earlier reports said Rodgers wasn't expected back.
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That's definitely the big concern. But if Seattle can win with Darnold, maybe they can find someone.

There are conflicting reports on whether Rodgers would be back, and also whether he'd even want to play for McCarthy so I guess we'll see.
 
Genghis Khan said:
That's definitely the big concern. But if Seattle can win with Darnold, maybe they can find someone.

There are conflicting reports on whether Rodgers would be back, and also whether he'd even want to play for McCarthy so I guess we'll see.
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It would be funny if they were both there to see Rodgers walking back his supposed claims about how stupid and lazy McCarthy was.

I always thought those were way overblown, and Rodgers even said later how much he liked Mike, but you know how people loved to run wit h that when Mike was here.

Anyway, I kind of doubt it even happens with their pattern of hiring younger coaches and keeping them forever, but it would be interesting.
 
Genghis Khan said:
Weird that they'd be interested in him at his age but he'd be a good fit. Surprised he's considered a strong candidate, I kind of thought this was more of a courtesy but if he's withdrawing his name elsewhere this might be serious.
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Coaching has gone so young were anyone 50+ feels old now. You see all these young 40's coaches names being thrown around now. McCarthy just doesn't feel that old to me.
 
Chocolate Lab said:
Only thing is, will he have a QB? The earlier reports said Rodgers wasn't expected back.
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I don't think Rodgers and McCarthy separated on good terms anyway. Obviously QB is going to be a question for whoever takes that job unless you think Will Howard is a legit NFL starter. And I'm not sure if there are any Daniel Jones/Sam Darnold revivals in this free agent class.
 
Texas Ace said:
And he'd do very well getting a chance to coach for a real organization again.
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This is such an overplayed, lazy trope. They haven't done dick since a generational type QB started getting old, then left town but sneak into the playoffs then lose.

Sounds pretty familiar.

Why are they a 'real organization'? Because their owner doesn't like to open his retarded mouth in the media? Because that's about the only difference I see between their organization and ours since Roethlisberger started aging. In his last six seasons, and the four since he left they have 102 wins. In that same time frame, we have 100 wins.

They've actually done what we have done. Build one side of the ball and neglect the other. The only difference being, they focus more defense while we go offense.
 
NoDak said:
They've actually done what we have done. Build one side of the ball and neglect the other. The only difference being, they focus more defense while we go offense.
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Not only that but they have had some questionable characters in the process. They always seem to have some guys causing trouble. So it's not like they are just a disciplined squad either.
 
You guys are really going to tell me that there's not much difference in the culture and atmosphere between Dallas and Pittsburgh?
 
Texas Ace said:
You guys are really going to tell me that there's not much difference in the culture and atmosphere between Dallas and Pittsburgh?
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Don't know, don't care. Because ultimately, what has it accomplished in either place?

I already mentioned our owner loves to open his big mouth whenever he can to the media, while theirs doesn't. Which sets the tone for the supposed "culture". But again... what has it accomplished for Pittsburgh?

But it all boils down to what? Wins and losses. Trophies. Well, we are about neck and neck in the first one, with us being ahead going in to this year, and then them pulling ahead. As for the second? Neither of us has come close. Hell, if anything we've probably been viewed as being closer with Fat Mike's 12 win seasons. But we still ended up the same place as the steelers. Watching from the couch.
 
Texas Ace said:
You guys are really going to tell me that there's not much difference in the culture and atmosphere between Dallas and Pittsburgh?
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There is certainly a difference. I'm just not prepared to say the Steelers are a shinning star of a well run organization.
 
NoDak said:
I already mentioned our owner loves to open his big mouth whenever he can to the media, while theirs doesn't. Which sets the tone for the supposed "culture". But again... what has it accomplished for Pittsburgh?
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But it's not just that he talks and you know this.

It's about the circus atmosphere, football not being the priority, the lack of a winning culture, and everything else that comes with the terrible management of the organization.

What good is it if we do things a little better than this team or that team if there's always a ceiling for each and every team no matter how talented they are? A ceiling that exists due to all of the aforementioned things that I mentioned.

I don't care how similar our record is to Pittsburgh's over the last 10 years or so. If you give me the option starting today to continue running the organization the Jones way or to switch it up to the Rooney way, I'm taking the Rooney way every single time.
 
Texas Ace said:
But it's not just that he talks and you know this.

It's about the circus atmosphere, football not being the priority, the lack of a winning culture, and everything else that comes with the terrible management of the organization.

What good is it if we do things a little better than this team or that team if there's always a ceiling for each and every team no matter how talented they are? A ceiling that exists due to all of the aforementioned things that I mentioned.

I don't care how similar our record is to Pittsburgh's over the last 10 years or so. If you give me the option starting today to continue running the organization the Jones way or the Rooney way, I'm taking the Rooney way every single time.
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So Pittsburgh is an example you'd use as a well run organization. Cool.

We can watch them both flounder along together, even being on the opposite sides of the 'culture' coin.
 
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