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Bill Belichick is the best executive in North American pro sports of the last 30 years. But it's highly unlikely Harris would bring him in to replace RR. Belichick would want total control of player acquisition, cap, draft and gameday. That's not Harris' MO. He wants to hire a GM first, and have the GM hire the coach, just like with the Philly 76ers and the NJ Devils. Not to mention the Pittsburgh Steelers, who he had a piece of for 3 years. Harris is familiar how a good NFL organization works, having seen it firsthand. In passing, Belichick's drafting and free agent signings have been pretty bad the last 5 years...which is the biggest reason why the team stinks now. But even if by some miracle they did come to a power sharing agreement of sorts with Belichick reporting to a GM, I would still hard pass on bringing him here: He's 71. How many years does he have left? What is his motivation? The Shula record? Or going through growing pains in order to win a championship? Is he fully bought into a data-driven analytical approach? Harris will require this. He works alone, and makes all of the calls on the game plan autocratically. This means that he wouldn't likely be able to attract good coaches to come here at the coordinator and positional roles. Would a young, talented offensive or defensive coordinator want to come over just to take order from Bill? Outside of Mayo, he has a bunch of ex-players, retreads and his 2 sons working for him in NE now. No real up & commers. Incidentally, the autocratic working style is why none of the assistants who have worked for him have ever panned out (Mangini, O'Brien, McDaniels, Patricia, Judge). All they knew was to take orders from Bill. They weren't prepared to actually be head coaches. Great article here about it (paywall): https://theathletic.com/5041895/2023/11/09/bill-belichick-patriots-coaching-tree/ Hiring him would be a bad mistake. Hope he ends up in Dallas.

How about moving Andrew Wylie to LG? He came into the league as a guard and played there for one season in KC IIRC - and his contract mens he's hard to cut for another year or so. You could do a lot worse than an interior of Wylie - Stromberg - Cosmi.

Agreed - the new owner and GM both have to comfortable working with EB as HC, after interviewing several (5) other viable candidates to provide comparators. He can't simply be given the job, he has to go through the process. Apologies if I wan't clear enough on that. My worry about not having continuity in the offence next season, is that three different systems in the first three years of any QB's career is often a killer. In other words, Howell's evaluation as the starting QB moving forward would be hamstrung by needing to adapt too much, too early. I think you can do it once, but three different offences right at the beginning of a QB's career is tough to overcome. I can't think of a QB in recent memory who has been able to work through that and succeed, but I could be wrong.

Based on the strong diverging opinions in this thread, I'm not sure the majority of, let alone the entire fanbase will be happy with whoever they hire to take over as coach this January. Status quo? Nope, Rivera's treading water at .500, he has to go (which I agree with) Promote Bieniemy? Nope, we want change, and besides he's only ever ridden on Andy Reid's coattails Raheem Morris? Nope, a defensive guy Dan Quinn? Nope, a defensive guy and a Cowboy to boot Jim Harbaugh? Nope, too much of a control freak and too hard to get along with Bill Belichick? Nope, he will want total control of everything, he's only in it for the all-time record, and he's too old Wink Martindale? Nope, defensive guy Dave Toub? Nope, not inspiring Sometimes, I wonder if what a percentage of what the fanbase wants is less a good CEO who can manage the entire on-field operation, and more a young hotshot trendy name from the offensive side of the ball who once had lunch with Sean McVay. Keeping in mind, we already went down the "young hotshot offensive coordinator, quarterback's friend" route a few years ago with Jay Gruden. If it's my team, I think continuity matters. Tom Brady, Drew Brees and Peyton Manning worked in the exact same system for 15+ years, which contributed a LOT to their year-over-year success. They not only knew the system backwards and forwards, they owned it after a while. Mahomes has been in the same system for 8 years. Joe Burrow has been in the same system since he entered the league. Meanwhile, #1 picks like Jameis Winston and Baker Mayfield were thrown in too early and yanked around like yo-yos by system and regime changes the first three/four years of their careers.... On that basis, I would think strongly about Bieniemy - provided the owner and new GM are comfortable working with him. A post in the Fire Ron thread makes a good point about how we are better with EB this year, and Howell is playing better than expected, while KC's offence is not as good as it was the last several years without EB: EB is also not really a Rivera/Panthers guy like most of the rest of the coaching staff - he would bring fire and accountability, and would flip out the rest of the coaching staff except Pritchard, which actually would be tangible change from the last 4 years. PS - which side of the ball a head coach comes from is completely irrelevant. Saying that we need an 'offensive guy' as HC is like saying that the next CEO of a company *has to* come from sales, or operations, or marketing, or HR, or some other department. A good leader is a good leader, period. My $0.02.

100% agree.

Not sure who the new GM will interview in terms of coach, but if it was me, the list would be: Eric Bieniemy Wink Martindale Raheem Morris Dan Quinn Brian Flores Dave Toub --> my personal favorite, and could keep Bieniemy on as OC to have some continuity with Howell. Jim Harbaugh

Agreed. In perfect world, I'd go with two tackles in Round 1 (RT - day 1 starter) and Round 3 (LT to develop) , with a CB in Round 2 (understand that this could shift, since the pick is really up to the quality of the player available at that slot). That would give: LT - CLeno LG - AWiley (he played well there in KC, and Paulsen likes him there) C - CRoullier or NGates RG - SCosmi RT - #1 (16 overall): Darnell Wright or Dawan Jones Depth: CLucas, Rd #3 LT, CRoullier or NGates, CPaul, TLarsen or SCharles Gone: ANorwell, TLarsen or SCharles Rd #3 LT can sit for a year and learn. I would also shift Juan Castillo to Line Coach. He has experience in Reid's offence from his days in Philly and did well there.

This. A thousand times this. Getting a complete & healthy player who fits the scheme at a number that fits the cap is very hard.

The Swinging Gate, courtesy of Jim 'Staying Medium in the Maroon and Black" Zorn.

Sorry - my bad.

https://www.nfl.com/news/seahawks-releasing-eight-time-pro-bowl-lb-bobby-wagner Perfect as our MIKE. 3 year deal - $15 mil per ?

Or conversely do you pass on re-signing Scherff given the risk, save the money, and move Roullier to RG, which he may be more suited for than C? I remember there was talk when Roullier was drafted that he would eventually work out better at guard. He's a big brawler, so it could work. That would leave: Lucas-Schweitzer-Ismael-Roullier-Moses, with Charles, Martin, Christian and a high draft pick challenging for time/roles. Just a thought.