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Bengals hire Zac Taylor as HC (Update - can’t find a DC)


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Everyone wants the next McVay but McVay is a ?

 

I was sceptical when when they hired him at the age of 31 (I think) but the more I learn about him the more I think this guy is a very special coach. Already one of the best..

 

 

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This is his resume. Crazy:

 

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This is a bit of a surprise given he is only 35 and very little experience. But he was OC at UC a couple years ago so there is that. 

1 minute ago, Gugny said:

This is his resume. Crazy:

 

? Must be a really good interviewer. And he’s connected with Sean McVay on LinkedIn so 

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8 minutes ago, wppete said:

Everyone wants the next McVay but McVay is a ?

 

I was sceptical when when they hired him at the age of 31 (I think) but the more I learn about him the more I think this guy is a very special coach. Already one of the best..

 

 

I would be looking for the next Anthony Lynn, Doug Pederson, Frank Reich 

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Wow. Big jump from QB coach to HC. A lot of these hires have been boom or bust. Everyone is trying to catch lightning in a bottle.

 

Just a few years ago there was a huge premium on NFL coaching experience. Those days are gone (at least until this fad runs it's course).

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I imagine the interview went something like this.

 

Mike Brown: What can you bring to the Bengals organization ?

 

Zac Taylor: I know Sean McVay

 

Mike Brown: ...........let me get my checkbook

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3 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

His brother is also qb coach of the eagles 

 

The Taylor Bros ..... Ryan Bros 2.0 - Offense-style ???

 

Spoon fed coaching positions.  Climbing the ladder due to association.   Hmmmm.

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1 minute ago, Happy Gilmore said:

They'll need to find a really good, experienced DC.  I don't buy that they're a dime a dozen, either.

I assume they will go with Vance Joseph who was their DB coach a few years ago. He was a good DB coach but as DC in Miami I was unimpressed.

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Just looking at the names of some of his family members makes me hate him.  I'm sure if one digs deep enough, they'll find a Biff, Skip and a Mitt:

 

Taylor is married to Sarah Sherman, daughter of a former Green Bay Packer head coach Mike Sherman, and they have four children: Brooks, Luke, Emma Claire, and Milly. Taylor's younger brother, Press Taylor, was a quarterback for Marshall University and is currently the quarterback coach for the Philadelphia Eagles. Taylor's father, Sherwood, was a defensive back and captain for Oklahoma and head coach Barry Switzer from 1976-1979. His sister, Kathryn, is a Special Olympics swimmer. His youngest sister Quincy resides in Oklahoma City.[12]

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37 minutes ago, MJS said:

Wow. Big jump from QB coach to HC. A lot of these hires have been boom or bust. Everyone is trying to catch lightning in a bottle.

 

Just a few years ago there was a huge premium on NFL coaching experience. Those days are gone (at least until this fad runs it's course).

 

Broncos and Bucs went old. I really think it depends on the organization and what they just went through and i think a lot of teams are going for the best fit regardless of age.

 

28 minutes ago, Gugny said:

Just looking at the names of some of his family members makes me hate him.  I'm sure if one digs deep enough, they'll find a Biff, Skip and a Mitt:

 

Taylor is married to Sarah Sherman, daughter of a former Green Bay Packer head coach Mike Sherman, and they have four children: Brooks, Luke, Emma Claire, and Milly. Taylor's younger brother, Press Taylor, was a quarterback for Marshall University and is currently the quarterback coach for the Philadelphia Eagles. Taylor's father, Sherwood, was a defensive back and captain for Oklahoma and head coach Barry Switzer from 1976-1979. His sister, Kathryn, is a Special Olympics swimmer. His youngest sister Quincy resides in Oklahoma City.[12]

 

And you hate those names why??

 

 

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I think it's kind of refreshing that the league has moved away from retreads this offseason - lots of young offensive-oriented minds are being given opportunities - the results will be mixed, for sure, but at least it'll be something new in a league where innovation has been hard to find over the last 20 years or so.

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10 minutes ago, Joe in Winslow said:

 

I think the chances are better than not that he's hue Jackson as opposed to Vince Lombardi

 

Ohhhh... you misunderstand my original post. I get your question now.... I didn't say hiring Zach Taylor was a win, indeed I said I knew very little about him. The bit that was a win was not hiring Hue Jackson or Vance Joseph. They might well have still screwed the pooch hiring Taylor, as I say, I know very little about him.

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6 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:

I would be looking for the next Anthony Lynn, Doug Pederson, Frank Reich 

 

Nobody wants the next Hank Bullough?

 

6 hours ago, Doc Brown said:

I'm a middle aged white guy who saw Sean McVay at an airport once if the Dolphins are looking for their next head coach.

 

From the looks of a few of them, it helps if you have the Golden Corral Buffet locator app on your phone.  Kliffy and Taylor seem to be exceptions to that.

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1 hour ago, Joe in Winslow said:

 

How so you know that?

Go watch Hard Knocks. Hue is not only a bad coach, as proven by results, but also an absolute dunce. He has the deadly combination of lack of self awareness and stubbornness. Anyone is an upgrade over that.

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Just one year ago, this dude wasnt an OC. He wasn’t even the WR coach. Assistant WR coach! He’s never been anything higher than a position coach at the nfl level. I get that he’s not Marvin and not Hue and that’s a good thing. But his short OC stint at UC wasn’t great either. 

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I like McVay, but I think anybody but Jeff Fisher would have been successful with the talent he inherited in LA.  Todd Gurley, Aaron Donald, Goff, and they went out and built a good offensive line.  Fisher may go down as the symbol of mediocrity.  They fired him when he was tied for the most losses in history for a head coach.  Had he stayed one more game he would own the record.  

 

I think Dallas is going to beat the Rams this week.  The Rams started slipping when Cooper Kupp got hurt.

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9 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:

 

? Must be a really good interviewer. And he’s connected with Sean McVay on LinkedIn so 

Are they even allowed to have interviewed him yet?

3 minutes ago, RalphWilson'sNewWar said:

McVay saves Goff in 2017

Nagy saves Trubisky in 2018

 

Whose Next in 2019?

McDermott saves Allen?   ;)

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8 minutes ago, TC in St. Louis said:

I like McVay, but I think anybody but Jeff Fisher would have been successful with the talent he inherited in LA.  Todd Gurley, Aaron Donald, Goff, and they went out and built a good offensive line.  Fisher may go down as the symbol of mediocrity.  They fired him when he was tied for the most losses in history for a head coach.  Had he stayed one more game he would own the record.  

 

I think Dallas is going to beat the Rams this week.  The Rams started slipping when Cooper Kupp got hurt.

 

Thats the trend.

Rams dumped old defensive coach and rolled with young offensive guy.

 

then one season later

 

Bears dumped old defensive coach and rolled with young offensive guy

 

so That would line the JETS up for being the next “IT” team IMO.

 

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9 hours ago, wppete said:

Everyone wants the next McVay but McVay is a ?

 

I was sceptical when when they hired him at the age of 31 (I think) but the more I learn about him the more I think this guy is a very special coach. Already one of the best..

 

 

he’s no McDermott, but he’s working out okay for them I guess

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