BurgundyBooger

Accountability (from players) and Transparency (from coaches and the FO). Coaches and the FO need to be honest, frank, and consistent in their assessment, praise, and criticisms of their players. Don’t lie to them; don’t sugarcoat things — they’re professionals. On the other side of that, the players have to be held accountable for their actions both on and off the field.

I don’t know, I think his camp felt compelled to say something. This is the second time in as many years Johnson pulled this stunt, and a narrative was already surfacing of him being fickle, having cold feet, etc. Accusations that not only can damage his current reputation but can also lend themselves to questions of whether he possesses the stern qualities to be a head coach in the first place, compromising his future prospects. On top of that, he was painted as presumptuous and greedy with his salary demand. The cherry on top was his last minute cancellation of the second interview, which made him look even more unprofessional. I’m not defending his (or his agent’s) response, but a very strong narrative was being formed, originating from some powerful sources, with the potential of being career-altering, if not damaging. Sometimes when you say nothing in the face of these things, the silence can be perceived as quiet acquiescence.

God I hope we don’t give up something stupid to move up just one slot.

You’re probably right, though teams have made allowances for offensive minded coaches provided some concessions are made (e.g., personnel control).

Chip might be older but if he’s hired and our offense explodes next season, he’s as good as gone the following year. He’ll possess certain rare qualities absent in the younger offensive coordinators who’d be competing with him, namely HC experience from multiple levels, the ability to assemble a staff quickly, bringing with him an offensive system not derived from existing teams or easily replicable. That’s IF he is hired and is successful. Two big ifs. But should they happen, he’ll be here for 1 year tops before jumping at another HC opportunity.

Too much. Had he learned to keep his tireless mouth shut, I'd give a 2nd and 3rd for him.

Rivera's brand of leadership and discipline were exposed when he was quiet during the whole Snyder fiasco despite mounting evidence of his owner's indiscretions against those without the power/voice to stop him, and his lack of accountability in explaining this season's results, especially as they pertain to the QB position. For the former, he might dress it in the veneer of "loyalty" to someone who gave him a job, but that further exposes his ignorance of the term despite his seemingly fanatical reverence for the military.

I don't think so. Belichick's success was contingent upon two factors: 1. Having absolute, unyielding control of the environment 2. Having a strong QB As an advisor, he'd be able to issue recommendations and guidance, but not forcefully implement them by himself. That wouldn't work. At most, I can see some owners/gms bringing him in and taking some of his ideas and suggestions, and distilling them to more palatable forms for today's players, FO, and coaches to digest, and that's never been successful because it's been attempted in the past by his lukewarm disciples on other teams. There's also the matter of job security, and if he's perceived by colleagues as merely an outside consultant, not someone with real and constant operational authority with the power to decide their fate, the brand of fear he so ruthlessly and effectively promoted in New England would be nonexistent.

The next couple of years will be rough. It's going to be quite a culture shock for Quinn, Whitt, and anyone else who comes here from Dallas, because they're going from a country club environment to a dungeon. I have to admire Quinn's grit coming here, actually.

All 4 of them hyped one of the other coaches to get the job, in front of millions of viewers, and they were all wrong, embarrassingly so. Of course they're going to say it was all our fault.

"You guys do know I live in Baltimore...?"

Well. Look, I'm not happy about this, either, but we have a dump of a stadium, terrible training facilities, no QB, and some talent. If Quinn wants to do the grunt work while we get everything else around him sorted out, then fine. By the time Quinn leaves, we'll have fielded a better team (Peters), a more seasoned franchise QB, a new stadium deal -- all positive things to attract the Ben Johnsons and Mike MacDonalds of the future.

If it’s Quinn, how likely is it we stay with the #2 pick?

You know what, I change my mind. If Quinn can come here after years of enjoying Dallas's state of the art facilities and dangling showgirls, look at our dilapidated stadium, our roach-infested training grounds, and agree to HC here, then maybe he does have the grit we're looking for.

Cowboy fans are hoping we take Quinn off their hands. All of them are chomping on their manicured fingernails in anticipation.

We don't, but the league does. The hottest candidates have been plucked by seasoned teams and veteran owners who interviewed the same people we did and were interested in the same people we were interested in. Painting it like none of these candidates matched our needs is absurd. Unless I'm mistaken, Seattle had the same needs as ours because they interviewed the same people, confirming the legitimacy and value of the candidates that you're implying didn't match our needs.

They didn't, but everyone seems to be in damage control here. Quinn would be a garbage hire.

When a candidate ghosts us, it's because of 1 of 3 reasons: ****ty interviewers, better offer elsewhere, or we didn't meet or agree to a critical demand.

We had all the leverage. Location, salary cap, draft capital, GM... Where did we F up?

Of course Quinn interviewed well. Most of the other candidates have never interviewed for a high level job like this -- they're going to be nervous, tripped out by certain questions. This isn't Quinn's first rodeo. He's been in dozens of these HC interviews, so he's seasoned at this ****. As an HR director, I'm always flabbergasted whenever a hiring manager gets excited over a candidate because they interviewed well. Great, their rehearsed speech and interpersonal skill impresses you. Wonderful. What's on their resume? What about strong references?

Yes, Quinn is loved by Dallas players. And they rewarded him by embarrassing the whole organization on wildcard weekend. Players love Jerry too. Jerry World is a circus, and spoiled players like being pampered. As for Quinn's supposed top defense, what are his numbers in 2023 against winning teams outside of our dumpster fire division. Eagles imploded and were exposed; New York is trash; and our team made every coordinator look brilliant. That's 1/3 of the schedule favoring Quinn's statistics. How did he do against Buffalo? The 49ers? The Packers? Quinn is not the guy!

Hell, take Mike Kafka over Quinn. Kafka wasn’t responsible for NY’s offensive woes. He was asked to make lemonade from garlic.

Quinn is a f’n loser and I’d be so disappointed if that useless Dallas retread no one else wanted is hired to this once in a lifetime opportunity. Take a shot with someone else, think outside the box. Grab a young coordinator from one of the other .500 or greater teams! If “the process” yields Dan Quinn then the process is seriously broken. Don’t bring that man here!

Please no Quinn or anyone else that’s been exposed long term to the NFL equivalent of Chernobyl (Jerry World). Josh wanted to copy Baltimore, and MacDonald is right there. Pay him.

Offer MacDonald the $15m