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    NFL's Black Monday 2014

    Expected Coaching Changes

    Oakland Raiders
    Incumbent: Tony Sparano (Interim) | 2014 Record: 3-9
    - Tony Sparano was never going to get a long term shot at the helm of the Raiders, instead they go searching for a new head coach after the debacle that was Dennis Allen. Reggie McKenzie looks to be back as General Manager and will have input into the next coach of the Raiders, which could bode well for Sparano as Mark Davis may look to clean house after next season with Jim Harbaugh off the board of potential Head Coach candidates. Maybe Mark Davis makes a splash and hires a big name like Mike Holmgren.

    New York Jets
    Incumbent: Rex Ryan | 2014 Record: 4-12
    - Reports are that Rex has already cleaned out his office (Report: Rex Ryan cleans out his office, expects to be fired by Jets - CBSSports.com). After two back to back AFC Championship games, the Jets have spent the past 4 seasons out of the playoffs. The playoff drought can be blamed more on the lack of professional caliber players on the roster, but the team bottomed out this season and now there should be sweeping changes by Woody Johnson. Do the Jets go with another defensive minded Head Coach or will we see an offensive wunderkind take the reigns of this morbid franchise.

    Chicago Bears
    Incumbent: Marc Trestman | 2014 Record: 5-11
    - CFL Championships don't make you an NFL Head Coach, alienating your players by benching the starting QB doesn't help either. The offense and defense have been terrible this year, and there's nothing Trestman could do to save his job. Expect Ray Emery and Marc Trestman to part ways together like John Idzik and Rex Ryan in New York. Adam Gase will more than likely get a look with the amount of credit he gets for his work in Denver with Peyton Manning and there is a minor connection to Jay Cutler.

    Atlanta Falcons
    Incumbent: Incumbent: Mike Smith |2014 Record: 6-10
    - Things don't look good for Smith as he misses the playoffs for a second season in a row, and going 10-22 in that span. Mike Smith's job was more than likely on the line against Carolina where all they had to do was win and they were in the playoffs. Of course they self destructed, but it prevents Smith from going 1-5 in the playoffs. The questions remains does Thomas Dimitroff get much of a say in the next Head Coach or is he walking a fine line himself? The obvious expectations are for Dimitroff to reach out to Patriots OC Josh McDaniels with the New England connection.

    San Francisco 49ers
    Incumbent: Jim Harbaugh | 2014 Record: 8-8
    - Like Rex Ryan, Jim Harbaugh has pretty much left the organization and is expected to be the man at the University of Michigan. Trent Baalke and Jed York can try to find someone they can work with, but the success of three NFC Championship game appearances and one Superbowl trip will be hard to duplicate. The 49ers can easily slide back into the years of mediocrity if Baalke and York make a misstep with their next hire. There's a lot of love being shown towards in-house candidates like defensive line coach Jim Tomsula and Defensive Coordinator Vic Fangio, heck they might even look at Tight Ends coach Eric Mangini, talk about a misstep.


    Coaching Hot Seat

    Jacksonville Jaguars
    Incumbent: Gus Bradley | 2014 Record: 3-13
    - After two seasons Gus Bradley sits at a 7-26 record as the Head Coach of the Jaguars, though he earned one less win this year Bradley will more than likely get another chance next season. However another subpar season will give Khan all the ammunition he needs to make a change for the 2016 season.

    New York Giants
    Incumbent: Tom Coughlin | 2014 Record: 6-10
    - Tom Coughlin hasn't been able to lead the Giants to the playoffs in 3 seasons, not since their Superbowl win in 2011. This slide is starting to mirror the end of his tenure in Jacksonville, but the Mara family might be willing to show more patience as one of the most stable ownership groups in the NFL. Expect one more season out of Coughlin before he steps down and retires.



    Potential Head Coaches

    In the NFL

    Adam Gase: OC, Denver Broncos
    Josh McDaniels: OC, New England Patriots
    Frank Reich: OC, San Diego Chargers
    Pep Hamilton: OC, Indianapolis Colts
    Gary Kubiak: OC, Baltimore Ravens
    Tom Clements: OC, Green Bay Packers
    Kyle Shanahan: OC, Cleveland Browns
    Hue Jackson: OC, Cincinnati Bengals
    Darrel Bevel: OC, Seattle Seahawks
    Pat Shurmur: OC, Philadelphia Eagles

    Todd Bowles: DC, Arizona Cardinals
    Teryl Austin: DC, Detroit Lions
    John Pagano: DC, San Diego Chargers
    Vic Fangio: DC, San Francisco 49ers
    Dan Quinn: DC, Seattle Seahawks

    Mike Holmgren: Former Green Bay Packers, Seattle Seahawks HC
    Mike Shanahan: Former Oakland Raiders, Denver Broncos, Washington Redskins HC

    College Coaches

    David Shaw: HC, Stanford
    Brian Kelly: HC, Notre Dame
    Jim Mora: HC, UCLA
    Gus Malzahn: HC, Auburn
    Bret Bielema: HC, Arkansas
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    Re: NFL's Black Monday 2014

    Coaching Carousel Tracker


    Buffalo Bills
    Head Coach: Rex Ryan
    http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...-as-head-coach

    Predecessor: Doug Marrone
    http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/12...-buffalo-bills

    Potential Head Coach: Frank Reich
    Head Coach Candidates: Frank Reich (Chargers OC), Jim Schwartz (Bills DC), Perry Fewell (Giants DC), Kyle Shanahan (Redskins OC), Hue Jackson (Bengals OC), Mike Smith (Former Falcons HC), Rex Ryan (Former Jets HC), Brian Polian (Nevada University HC), Jim More Jr. (UCLA HC)


    New York Jets

    Head Coach: Todd Bowles
    http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/new-york-jets-hire-cardinals-defensive-coordinator-todd-bowles-034627429.html

    Predecessor: Rex Ryan
    http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000451236/article/new-york-jets-fire-rex-ryan-john-idzik

    Potential Head Coach: Doug Marrone
    Head Coach Candidates: Gary Kubiak (Ravens OC), Dan Quinn (Seahawks DC), Todd Bowles (Cardinals DC), Adam Gase (Broncos OC), Brian Kelly (Notre Dame HC), Kyle Shanahan (Browns OC)


    Oakland Raiders
    Head Coach: Jack Del Rio
    http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2015/01/14/jack-del-rio-hired-raiders-coach/21743333/
    Predecessor: Dennis Allen, Tony Sparano *Interim

    Potential Head Coach: Eric Mangini
    Head Coach Candidates: Eric Mangini (49ers TE), Pat Shurmur (Eagles OC), Jack Del Rio (Broncos DC), Mike Holmgren (Former Seahawks HC), Pep Hamilton (Colts OC)


    San Francisco 49ers

    Head Coach: Jim Tomsula
    http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/nf...oach-1.2901278

    Predecessor: Jim Harbaugh
    Jim Harbaugh, San Francisco 49ers mutually part ways - NFL.com

    Potential Head Coach: Rex Ryan
    Head Coach Candidates: Vic Fangio (49ers DC), Jim Tomsula (49ers DL), Eric Mangini (49ers TE), Pep Hamilton (Colts OC), Jim Mora (UCLA HC), Dan Quinn (Seahawks DC), Josh McDaniels (Patriots OC), Rex Ryan (Former Jets HC)


    Atlanta Falcons
    Head Coach: Vacant
    Predecessor: Mike Smith
    http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000451246/article/atlanta-falcons-fire-coach-mike-smith

    Potential Head Coach: Adam Gase
    Head Coach Candidates: Josh McDaniels (Patriots OC), Matt Patricia (Patriots DC), Adam Gase (Broncos OC), Teryl Austin (Lions DC), Rex Ryan (Former Jets DC), Sean McDermott (Panthers DC), Tom Clements (Packers OC), Bret Bielema (Arkansas HC)


    Chicago Bears
    Head Coach: Vacant
    Predecessor: Marc Trestman
    http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000451258/article/chicago-bears-fire-marc-trestman

    Potential Head Coach: Adam Gase
    Head Coach Candidates: Mike Shanahan (Former Redskins HC), Adam Gase (Broncos OC), Hue Jackson (Bengals OC), Jim Schwartz (Bills DC), Teryl Austin (Lions DC), Dan Quinn (Seahawks DC), Todd Bowles (Cardinals DC), Ray Horton (Titans DC), Kevin Sumlin (Texas A&M HC), Brian Kelly (Notre Dame HC), Mike Singletary (Former 49ers HC)


    Denver Broncos
    Head Coach: Vacant
    Predecessor: John Fox
    http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/12...cos-head-coach

    Potential Head Coach: Gary Kurbiak
    Head Coach Candidates: Gary Kubiak (Ravens OC), Dan Quinn (Seahawks DC), Rick Dennison (Ravens QB), Pep Hamilton (Colts OC), Adam Gase (Broncos OC), Teryl Austin (Lions DC), Vic Fagio (49ers DC), Kyle Shanahan (Former Browns OC)
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    Quote Originally Posted by schisno View Post
    Bret Bielema: HC, Arkansas
    You shut your pie hole
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    Re: NFL's Black Monday 2014

    Shaw has already said nah
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    Pep Hamilton is a potential head coach?

    What is this world coming to?

    Also, add Mike Shanahan to potential head coaching candidates. He's reportedly got interest in the Bears job, to reunite with Cutler. (And ruin Matt Forte's fantasy value.)
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    Yeah believe it or not there are a few pundits who suggest Pep is a guy in the near future that can be a HC.

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    tis a sad day. how fitting if they ruined my life further and hired pep now.

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    Just waiting on Oakland at this point...

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    I doubt he gets outright fired, it'll be more we hire someone first, and just not hire him.


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    Why is everyone sour on Pep?


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    I'm not, I hired Pep as HC when I ran the New York Jets a couple years back.

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    brutal and stubborn playcaller. far too insistent on sticking with a non-functioning running game, with a top 4 qb in the league. no thanks, let him coach schisnos buffalo scheme, reverse style.

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    Schisno's scheme needs a QB. Orton retiring. Oh hey Mark Sanchizmo!
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    Head Coach Search Spotlight:
    San Francisco 49ers


    Jed York and Trent Baalke have gotten their wish and amicably split up with Jim Harbaugh and his three NFC Championship game appearances and the 49ers lone trip to the Superbowl in the last twenty years. This isn’t about performance on the field or if another coach can take the 49ers to that next level, instead the San Francisco faithful have to live with the fallout from a power struggle and battle of egos.

    Even before the 2014 season began there were rumblings that the players and suits in the organization wanted Harbaugh out and immediately set the organization up for failure. It’s rather similar to the misstep that lead to the organizations eight years run of mediocrity.

    In 2003 Steve Mariucci lost his battle with then Terry Donahue, who had just come into power in 2001. Although Mariucci himself is far from innocent after his pandering through the media and the debacle which led to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers landing Jon Gruden and their lone Superbowl Championship. After finishing first in the NFC West with a 10-6 record, Mariucci was shown the door and Terry Donahue would then tab Dennis Erickson as Head Coach of the 49ers starting that near decade of inferiority. Of course it didn’t help that his drafts were littered with first round busts like Mike Rumph, Kwame Harris and Rashaun Woods, but it was the ego clash that led to Erickson’s hire which led to the demise of a once proud franchise.

    The subpar performance of the 49ers continued with Mike Nolan (2005-2008) and Mike Singletary (2008-2010) under General Manager Scot McClougahn. Why were the 49ers so bad over this period? Was it the players, or was it the coaching? In 2011 San Francisco was able to lure the then Stanford Head Coach to the NFL and Jim Harbaugh immediately turned their fortunes around and take them to three straight NFC Championship games, using many of the players McClougahn brought in through the draft and free agency. Trent Baalke was able to add to the personnel and the 49ers have been one of the most talented teams in the past five seasons.

    Trent Baalke is one of the best talent evaluators in the NFL but now faces a move that can lead to his eventual downfall. Regardless of who is hired as the San Francisco 49ers Head Coach, there are great expectations to live up to. This is a Superbowl Championship caliber team, but it can easily be undone with the wrong coach and the wrong philosophy.


    Playing It Safe

    Do the 49ers play it safe and stick to the Harbaugh coaching tree and allow either Greg Roman or Vic Fangio to take over and allow a sense of continuation, or do they bring in a player’s coach like Jim Tomsula who has been a holdover since the Mike Nolan days . The chance for regression is high, especially with Trent Baalke’s finger prints ready to be all over this team with McCloughan’s acquisitions ready to leave the team like Justin Smith to retirement and Frank Gore to free agency. There will always be second guessing especially when you let go one of the best coaches at any level.

    The smart move for this organization is to hire a Head Coach from within and ignore the fabrication of the media’s assertion that Mike Holgrem wants back in the coaching ranks. Is the right move to elevate former 49ers Interim Head Coach Jim Tomsula to a permanent position as the man?

    It’s not like Tomsula doesn’t have the credentials, he has been the 49ers Defensive Line coach for the past eight seasons, and before that he was Head Coach of NFL Europe’s Rhein Fire, which he led to a 6-4 record. In 2010 he led the 49ers to a victory in his only appearance as interim Head Coach. In that one game they played inspired under Tomsula, and if he was hired on a full time basis they will play with a fire under them like they did for Jim Harbaugh even in a lost season.

    Tomsula has an infectious personality and knows how to connect to his players he’s taken a long, strange journey to where he is, all the way from living in his car when he volunteered as an assistant at little Catawba College to NFL Europe and then San Francisco. He’s a humble players coach that would be popular inside the organization and with Jed York and Trent Baalke because you won’t have the kind of coach that you’ll butt heads with, especially one that would be greatful just for the chance. If he leaves the Xs and Os to Greg Roman and Vic Fangio he will stand a far better chance of being successful. Harbaugh successful? Doubtful, but the same can be said for any coach that comes from within the organization.

    Boom Or Bust

    Does going outside the organization make any sense? There is a high chance of failure if they do, but they might not be able to break through that ceiling if they don’t. A retread like Josh McDaniels would be a poor choice for the team, he’s been successful under a great coach twice, but if we know anything from that tree, it hasn’t produced another viable head coach in the NFL or at the College level. McDaniels might not have learned from his time in Denver either, he might be a little more humble in his second go as Head Coach, but he has the type of personality that would grate with Baalke much like Harbaugh.

    Then there’s current Denver Broncos Offensive Coordinator Adam Gase who will be the media darling and hot prospect this offseason. The biggest question surrounding him is how much he factors into the Denver offense if at all, or if it is all Peyton Manning. He’s a young coach and can offer a different insight to the offense but like Josh McDaniels will want to bring in his own staff. If Colin Kaepernick is to develop further he’ll need one of these young offensive gurus leading the way.

    The Obvious

    The choice is obvious for the 49ers organization, they need to hire a coach from within. Someone who knows the culture and is championed by the players, and tha someone is Jim Tomsula. Even if he can’t hit the heights of a Jim Harbaugh, he’ll be easy to work with and easy to fire. Expectations may be great, but the media and the fans won’t expect another three NFC Championship games or Superbowl trip, instead they’ll expect Jim Tomsula or Vic Fangio to not be Jim Harbraugh and just another example of egos mismanaging the 49ers franchise and that falls on Trent Baalke and Jed York.

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    49ers should steal one of the Seattle coaches. Porter would like that.
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