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45 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

I know a company that every minority candidate they interview automatically makes it to the final round.  It does not matter if they intend to hire them or not.  If they meet the minimum qualifications, they pass them each round until the final round interview.  

 

I'm not saying that's what happened with Frazier, I'm referencing a completely different industry....I just wouldn't be surprised.


Agree.  I had an interview at a company and one of the interviewers was someone I worked with but we were at different companies.  Company had multiple levels of interviews mandated costing interviewees a lot of time including one where interviewees needed to basically do a take-home essay test.  The person who worked with before told me confidentially do not bother for there was a mandate to hire a minority for position even though position was theoretically open to all.  There was slanted grading system on candidates so minority candidates would all pass until last round of interviews. 

37 minutes ago, Chicken Boo said:

 

I think if this were the case Bieniemy wouldn't be on the staff still, 4 years, 3 Super Bowls and 2 Super Bowl wins later.

 

Either he's the worst interview ever or this is racism.  

 


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56 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

Hasn't he interviewed for jobs where they hired a Black coach?  What's the reason then, he was too black?  Someone else's "Bojangles routine" up on the coffee table was better?  I mean, this doesn't make much sense as 4-5 other black head coaches have been hired minimum during this time.

 

What job would that be, being that there's a whopping 3 black head coaches in the league?

 

If Nathaniel Hackett can get a HC gig, Bieniemy should be able to get a shot as well.

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1 hour ago, Chicken Boo said:

 

I think if this were the case Bieniemy wouldn't be on the staff still, 4 years, 3 Super Bowls and 2 Super Bowl wins later.

 

Either he's the worst interview ever or this is racism.  

 

 

 

Tom Moore led one of the most productive offensive units for years in Indy.  Never at any point of his career was he a HC.  

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9 minutes ago, Chicken Boo said:

 

What job would that be, being that there's a whopping 3 black head coaches in the league?

 

If Nathaniel Hackett can get a HC gig, Bieniemy should be able to get a shot as well.

 

Even if he doesn't interview well?  Like he ***** the bed he should still get it?  Lesean McCoy is very public about how much Bienemy was hated.  I'm sure there is a lot of truth to that because it's also a common rumor.  But it doesn't matter anything, he should just get hired?

 

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5 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

Even if he doesn't interview well?  Like he ***** the bed he should still get it?  Lesean McCoy is very public about how much Bienemy was hated.  I'm sure there is a lot of truth to that because it's also a common rumor.  But it doesn't matter anything, he should just get hired?

 

 

I said in my original post that's either he's a horrible interview or it's racism, yet a few of you are choosing to focus on the latter, like it's out of the realm of possibility.

 

Shady's word isn't worth much to me vs say Mahomes, Kelce or any *other former player that's been through KC.

 

2 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

It's pretty well known Bienemy isn't well liked by players, doesn't interview well and Reid runs the offense.  

 

 

I've never heard anything other than rumors on Bieniemy.  Tom Moore, on the other hand, I cannot recall a time where he ever interviewed for a HC position.

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19 hours ago, Virgil said:

I remember hearing Eric's name in HC positions, but now I'm seeing that his contract is up and he's applying for other OC jobs.  My first point of thought would be, Reid calls all the plays and runs the show, so maybe he just wants to make a name for himself elsewhere.  However, is it not off that the Chiefs wouldn't try to keep him on the staff? 

 

For me, it's hard to not want someone who's been around Reid and the offensive game planning on our staff.  Whoever actually called the plays in the SB was the real MVP to me.  Outside of the first Kelce touchdown, Mahomes was throwing to wide open people.  

 

But yeah, anyone know why this guy is available?

 

Well, that person wasn't Bieniemy. If you're building a donut delivery operation that's going to keep McClappy constantly supplied with donuts then Bieniemy is your guy. Otherwise, look elsewhere. 

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15 minutes ago, Chicken Boo said:

 

I said in my original post that's either he's a horrible interview or it's racism, yet a few of you are choosing to focus on the latter, like it's out of the realm of possibility.

 

Shady's word isn't worth much to me vs say Mahomes, Kelce or any *other former player that's been through KC.

 

 

I've never heard anything other than rumors on Bieniemy.  Tom Moore, on the other hand, I cannot recall a time where he ever interviewed for a HC position.

 

You think it's realistic for a Owner to say "I am sure Bienemy could bring Super Bowls to us but I won't hire him because he's black."

It's a production position.  If you can produce, they will absolutely hire you.  

 

There aren't just two options and sorry, I don't think racism is one.  

 

Lovie Smith went 17-39 as HC of University of Illinois.  He then becomes the Texans DC after being fired and leads a bottom 5 defense two years in a row.

He gets promoted to HC!  He was more undeserving than Nate Hackett lol.  

 

https://foxsportsradio.iheart.com/content/2022-09-30-jason-whitlock-why-the-chiefs-dont-respect-eric-bieniemy/

 

“The NBA, the NFL, all these live sports, all they are are TV shows. They’re no different from whatever your favorite TV show is right now. You know what they do on TV shows? They write people and characters in and out of the script. Eric Bieniemy, the alleged offensive coordinator of the Kansas City Chiefs, has been written out of the script. If you watched that Chiefs/Chargers game [in Week 1] Eric Bieniemy wasn’t discussed. Maybe I missed it, but if it was discussed it wasn’t discussed like it used to be. The whole Andy Reid and the Chiefs trying to promote Eric Bieniemy as the next great coaching legend, the heir to Tony Dungy’s throne, the heir to Vince Lombardi’s throne.. they weren’t talking about Eric Bieniemy. They weren’t flashing to the sidelines showing Eric Bieniemy pretending to call plays. Everything was about Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes, and Andy Reid calling plays and running that team. Eric Bieniemy has been de-emphasized because they’re done with him. They couldn’t pawn him off on another organization like they’ve tried the last three years so they’ve written him out of the script. All of that is controlled by the NFL teams. Andy Reid, Bill Belichick, whoever; they get to tell and greenlight whoever on their staff they want the television networks to talk about or focus in on. For the last 2-3 years the Chiefs were having a concerted effort to try and promote Eric Bieniemy up off their staff and get someone to take him on as a head coach. It’s a very clever way of firing people… The media has spent all of these years, ‘OH, ERIC BIENIEMY, HE DESERVES A HEAD COACHING JOB!’ ‘HE’S THE GREATEST HEAD COACH!’ ‘HE’S GETTING SCREWED OVER BECAUSE HE’S BLACK!’ ‘IF THE NFL WASN’T RACIST…’ They’ve been selling that nonsense forever meanwhile the Houston Texans hired Lovie Smith off the scrap heap? Hired Dave Culley, a 40-year NFL assistant? The NFL has no problem hiring Black head coaches. I don’t care what you hear on tv about how ‘racist’ they are, race isn’t the issue, CULTURE is the issue. You plug all of these men into this emasculated victimhood culture that has been pushed on Black people. You don’t produce leaders that way, and that’s why Black men are struggling to get NFL head coaching jobs. Because they’ve been forced into a culture that does not prepare them for leadership. THAT’S Eric Bieniemy’s problem. It’s connected to the conversation we’re going to have about ‘The Woman King.’ Black people are living in a matriarchal culture here in America. A matriarchal culture does not produce high-quality Black male leadership, period, end of story. Either we can deal with that fact and correct it, or we can whine and cry, and call everybody racist, and say ‘OH, IT’S THE WHITE MAN’S FAULT…’ It’s OUR fault for maintaining and buying into a matriarchal culture. If you continue to be on your knees and be a beta male and a coward, eventually you’re going to get written out of the script. That’s what happened to Eric Bieniemy. Life knocked on his door and said ‘Eric, we did the best we could, we tried to sell you for three years, we got all the media saying you’re the greatest coach in the world, then you get in these interview rooms and everyone finds out you’re not built for leadership, and they won’t give you the job.' They literally tried to get rid of him this off-season and ended up signing him to another one-year deal. Now they’re done. They’ve given him all the welfare they can give him, no one would buy the fake product, and now they've written him out of the script.”

 

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Prediction:

 

Eric Bienemy will be hired as somebody's "Senior Assistant Head Coach / running backs coach"

 

-He needs to get out of KC and Andy R'eids shadow

 

-He wont be able to even get a lateral OC job because he doesnt know enuf of offense outside of Andy R'eids system.

 

-He apparently doesnt interview well.

 

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7 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

You think it's realistic for a Owner to say "I am sure Bienemy could bring Super Bowls to us but I won't hire him because he's black."

It's a production position.  If you can produce, they will absolutely hire you.  

 

There aren't just two options and sorry, I don't think racism is one.  

 

Lovie Smith went 17-39 as HC of University of Illinois.  He then becomes the Texans DC after being fired and leads a bottom 5 defense two years in a row.

He gets promoted to HC!  He was more undeserving than Nate Hackett lol.  

 

https://foxsportsradio.iheart.com/content/2022-09-30-jason-whitlock-why-the-chiefs-dont-respect-eric-bieniemy/

 

“The NBA, the NFL, all these live sports, all they are are TV shows. They’re no different from whatever your favorite TV show is right now. You know what they do on TV shows? They write people and characters in and out of the script. Eric Bieniemy, the alleged offensive coordinator of the Kansas City Chiefs, has been written out of the script. If you watched that Chiefs/Chargers game [in Week 1] Eric Bieniemy wasn’t discussed. Maybe I missed it, but if it was discussed it wasn’t discussed like it used to be. The whole Andy Reid and the Chiefs trying to promote Eric Bieniemy as the next great coaching legend, the heir to Tony Dungy’s throne, the heir to Vince Lombardi’s throne.. they weren’t talking about Eric Bieniemy. They weren’t flashing to the sidelines showing Eric Bieniemy pretending to call plays. Everything was about Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes, and Andy Reid calling plays and running that team. Eric Bieniemy has been de-emphasized because they’re done with him. They couldn’t pawn him off on another organization like they’ve tried the last three years so they’ve written him out of the script. All of that is controlled by the NFL teams. Andy Reid, Bill Belichick, whoever; they get to tell and greenlight whoever on their staff they want the television networks to talk about or focus in on. For the last 2-3 years the Chiefs were having a concerted effort to try and promote Eric Bieniemy up off their staff and get someone to take him on as a head coach. It’s a very clever way of firing people… The media has spent all of these years, ‘OH, ERIC BIENIEMY, HE DESERVES A HEAD COACHING JOB!’ ‘HE’S THE GREATEST HEAD COACH!’ ‘HE’S GETTING SCREWED OVER BECAUSE HE’S BLACK!’ ‘IF THE NFL WASN’T RACIST…’ They’ve been selling that nonsense forever meanwhile the Houston Texans hired Lovie Smith off the scrap heap? Hired Dave Culley, a 40-year NFL assistant? The NFL has no problem hiring Black head coaches. I don’t care what you hear on tv about how ‘racist’ they are, race isn’t the issue, CULTURE is the issue. You plug all of these men into this emasculated victimhood culture that has been pushed on Black people. You don’t produce leaders that way, and that’s why Black men are struggling to get NFL head coaching jobs. Because they’ve been forced into a culture that does not prepare them for leadership. THAT’S Eric Bieniemy’s problem. It’s connected to the conversation we’re going to have about ‘The Woman King.’ Black people are living in a matriarchal culture here in America. A matriarchal culture does not produce high-quality Black male leadership, period, end of story. Either we can deal with that fact and correct it, or we can whine and cry, and call everybody racist, and say ‘OH, IT’S THE WHITE MAN’S FAULT…’ It’s OUR fault for maintaining and buying into a matriarchal culture. If you continue to be on your knees and be a beta male and a coward, eventually you’re going to get written out of the script. That’s what happened to Eric Bieniemy. Life knocked on his door and said ‘Eric, we did the best we could, we tried to sell you for three years, we got all the media saying you’re the greatest coach in the world, then you get in these interview rooms and everyone finds out you’re not built for leadership, and they won’t give you the job.' They literally tried to get rid of him this off-season and ended up signing him to another one-year deal. Now they’re done. They’ve given him all the welfare they can give him, no one would buy the fake product, and now they've written him out of the script.”

 

 

Lovie was already on the staff.  Continuity and the blessing of Bruce Arians played a large part in him being promoted.

 

You lost me at Jason Whitlock.  I couldn't give 2 ***** what Uncle Ruckus thinks regarding anything.  

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1 minute ago, Chicken Boo said:

 

Lovie was already on the staff.  Continuity and the blessing of Bruce Arians played a large part in him being promoted.

 

You lost me at Jason Whitlock.  I couldn't give 2 ***** what Uncle Ruckus thinks regarding anything.  

 

Continuity of losing huh?  But lets not forget the main issue.  You brought up racism as an option and Lovie is still black.

David Culley, another extremely unqualified HC....also black.  So if racism was an issue, then it doesn't matter what Bruce Arian said or recommended.

 

Andy Reid sings Bienemy's blessings all the time lol.  Is his word not good or something?

 

You may not like what Whitlock said but is there not truth to it?  The only way you can say there isn't any truth to what Whitlock said is that Culley and Lovie Smith were very qualified for the job.  So I ask you, were Culley and Smith qualified for the HC job?

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19 hours ago, MJS said:

There has been lots of smoke for years about there being turmoil in KC and Bieniemy is not well liked by the players and other coaches.

 

He has also been interviewed many times for a HC position, and the rumors are that he interviews terribly.

 

Where there is smoke, there is fire. There is something about him that is blocking him from getting more opportunities. I don't think he will ever be a head coach.

In a world where Hackett became a head coach, anything is possible.

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14 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

Continuity of losing huh?  But lets not forget the main issue.  You brought up racism as an option and Lovie is still black.

David Culley, another extremely unqualified HC....also black.  So if racism was an issue, then it doesn't matter what Bruce Arian said or recommended.

 

Andy Reid sings Bienemy's blessings all the time lol.  Is his word not good or something?

 

You may not like what Whitlock said but is there not truth to it?  The only way you can say there isn't any truth to what Whitlock said is that Culley and Lovie Smith were very qualified for the job.  So I ask you, were Culley and Smith qualified for the HC job?

 

You're totally dismissing that Lovie was hired in-house.  Tampa didn't want to start over.  Like I said, continuity.  

 

Is Bieniemy taking over for Reid?  It's apples and oranges.  

 

*I didn't read a word of Jason Whitlock's opinion and I won't.  

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Would love to see him take over as the Bills head coach. I think the guy is ready. He has winning Super Bowl experience. Him and Reid have a fantastic offense. He would be a great asset for Allen. I can dream...

1 hour ago, Chicken Boo said:

 

What job would that be, being that there's a whopping 3 black head coaches in the league?

 

If Nathaniel Hackett can get a HC gig, Bieniemy should be able to get a shot as well.

Wish the Bills would give him the chance. 

 

It's the kind of jolt this Bills team needs. 

 

Running it back is so demoralizing...

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I have some thoughts on this -

 

Everyone above posting that Bienemy needs to get out of Rieds shadow are correct.  Also correct he doesn't interview well.  Also correct he does have some baggage in his past...quite a while back now.  Also probably some truth to the players not liking him all that much. 

 

With all that in mind....KC has had other OC go on to HC jobs who also didn't call plays.  Doug Pederson, and Matt Nagy.  Mike Kaafka was QB coach and is now OC in NY.  All Andy Ried Offensive coaches.  Kaafka is on track to be an HC probably next year.  So there is that.  None of these guys had to prove anything to move on.  Kaafka also doesn't call plays in NY, that's Daboll.

 

I don't believe the issue is race.  I do think EB has poor interview skills, AND the back channel communications among poeple in the know, I believe probably say EB is not well liked.  I think EB gets in these interviews and simply can't convince an owner/FO that he's a guy that you can trust to run your program.  I don't know if he can or can't, just saying I believe isn't able to make a case for himself...to sell himself to a hiring group.  

 

If you want to call that racism...I'll buy into that a little.  If you are a black male, who doesn't have the greatest command of the english language, you are going to have a hard time of it due to perception/belief that communication skills are indicative of how smart you are, or how well you might teach, coach, work with a GM, work with the media and so on.  You get a red flag.

 

The other guys who have gone on to be HC...Pederson and Nagy...one is doing well, won a SB..the other had a 12-4 season with Mitch Trubisky and couldn't sustain any success....but both come off as well spoken and smart.  It matters.  EB may well be an excellent FB coach, but if you can't convince people you are, when you've not called plays, and you are relying on selling yourself, you plan, and vision....because the other two had to interview with this limitation as well....then you'll need to make a compelling case, and effectively ccommunicate that.

 

So...If you do believe (as I do) that EB isn't good in interviews....then he needs a stronger resume.  The resume he has...OC on team with 2 super bowl wins, top points scoring, yards and all that..hasn't been enough because as noted above...everyone thinks/knows it's andy. 

 

From KC point of view - I believe KC would have PREFERRED that Bienemy have gotten a job by now.  It's a MUCH better optic when your assistants move on to HC.  KC, I'm almost convinced, wanted EB to be a HC last cycle so they could promote Kaafka to OC and keep him.  He was very highly regarded inside the building.  Kaafka moved on.....So, I am nearly certain the plan is to put Nagy at OC (Nagy is QB coach, the job Kaafka had)  when Beienemy moves on.  With Nagy in place, Ried will then pick a retirement date at some point and Nagy is HC.  I think that's what they want to happen.  

 

What do don't think KC wants, is for EB to continue to stick around.  Andy dies or retires and then you almost have to make him your HC to avoid bad optics.  

 

So to me the most telling thing is, Andy keeps propping up EB every cycle.  I think that's genuine.  I believe Andy wants him to be an HC and to succeed....BUT I don't think KC believes EB is the best guy for their own HC job if it were open.  That's Nagy.  

 

Is it right?  IDK...am I right?  IDK...I will say, EB might actually be a good CEO type HC.  I think he's been around Andy long enough to see how a winning operation is run and that he could run a similar program with good assistants if he got the chance.  

 

My 2 cents.

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4 minutes ago, Zerovoltz said:

I have some thoughts on this -

 

Everyone above posting that Bienemy needs to get out of Rieds shadow are correct.  Also correct he doesn't interview well.  Also correct he does have some baggage in his past...quite a while back now.  Also probably some truth to the players not liking him all that much. 

 

With all that in mind....KC has had other OC go on to HC jobs who also didn't call plays.  Doug Pederson, and Matt Nagy.  Mike Kaafka was QB coach and is now OC in NY.  All Andy Ried Offensive coaches.  Kaafka is on track to be an HC probably next year.  So there is that.  None of these guys had to prove anything to move on.  Kaafka also doesn't call plays in NY, that's Daboll.

 

I don't believe the issue is race.  I do think EB has poor interview skills, AND the back channel communications among poeple in the know, I believe probably say EB is not well liked.  I think EB gets in these interviews and simply can't convince an owner/FO that he's a guy that you can trust to run your program.  I don't know if he can or can't, just saying I believe isn't able to make a case for himself...to sell himself to a hiring group.  

 

If you want to call that racism...I'll buy into that a little.  If you are a black male, who doesn't have the greatest command of the english language, you are going to have a hard time of it due to perception/belief that communication skills are indicative of how smart you are, or how well you might teach, coach, work with a GM, work with the media and so on.  You get a red flag.

 

The other guys who have gone on to be HC...Pederson and Nagy...one is doing well, won a SB..the other had a 12-4 season with Mitch Trubisky and couldn't sustain any success....but both come off as well spoken and smart.  It matters.  EB may well be an excellent FB coach, but if you can't convince people you are, when you've not called plays, and you are relying on selling yourself, you plan, and vision....because the other two had to interview with this limitation as well....then you'll need to make a compelling case, and effectively ccommunicate that.

 

So...If you do believe (as I do) that EB isn't good in interviews....then he needs a stronger resume.  The resume he has...OC on team with 2 super bowl wins, top points scoring, yards and all that..hasn't been enough because as noted above...everyone thinks/knows it's andy. 

 

From KC point of view - I believe KC would have PREFERRED that Bienemy have gotten a job by now.  It's a MUCH better optic when your assistants move on to HC.  KC, I'm almost convinced, wanted EB to be a HC last cycle so they could promote Kaafka to OC and keep him.  He was very highly regarded inside the building.  Kaafka moved on.....So, I am nearly certain the plan is to put Nagy at OC (Nagy is QB coach, the job Kaafka had)  when Beienemy moves on.  With Nagy in place, Ried will then pick a retirement date at some point and Nagy is HC.  I think that's what they want to happen.  

 

What do don't think KC wants, is for EB to continue to stick around.  Andy dies or retires and then you almost have to make him your HC to avoid bad optics.  

 

So to me the most telling thing is, Andy keeps propping up EB every cycle.  I think that's genuine.  I believe Andy wants him to be an HC and to succeed....BUT I don't think KC believes EB is the best guy for their own HC job if it were open.  That's Nagy.  

 

Is it right?  IDK...am I right?  IDK...I will say, EB might actually be a good CEO type HC.  I think he's been around Andy long enough to see how a winning operation is run and that he could run a similar program with good assistants if he got the chance.  

 

My 2 cents.

 

If you poorly communicate in any position, you're going to have a hard time regardless of race.

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1 minute ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

If you poorly communicate in any position, you're going to have a hard time regardless of race.

I agree 100 percent.  Taking race out of it...If you are selling yourself with a resume that lacks certain check boxes....you gotta communicate well (to the audience at hand)  in that regard, EB needs the resume to do more of the communicating, thus he needs to move on.  Washington would make alot of sense.  Defensive HC, team about to be sold.  Gets a year to prove it...probably has alot of lattitude because whole staff is up in the air once team is sold...he makes that offense go, he suddenly has a GREAT resume.

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Now, if EB brings this stuff with him....damn.  Everyone wonders why KC gets dudes open.  Andy Ried is brilliant and has players that can execute this stuff.

 

I know you guys don't watch many Chiefs games, but we simply do NOT have a jump ball WR, or a contested catch guy.  KC doesn't throw stuff like you saw Philly throw to AJ Brown where you put it up and he goes and wins that ball.  Kelce...great as he is...is NOT Dallas Goddart.  They will throw high point passes to him that he goes up and wins.  KC doens't have those players....they have speed and athleticism and they sheme scheme scheme.

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9 minutes ago, JakeFrommStateFarm said:

Reid said in the superbowl celebration that Bieniemy calls the plays

 

No he didn't. He said Bieniemy was tremendous "putting things together." He is the guy looking at the ipad in real time and saying "Andy they are doing this, or look I think we can exploit that, or go after this guy with a double move he is biting." That is what Reid means when he says "putting things together." Reid calls the plays. m

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All the players talk about coach Reid and his crazy offense... oh yeah and Eric too... It's usually phrases just like that, if Bieniemy is mentioned at all.

 

Of course, Reid being the good guy he is will try to give more credit than is due, and he legitimately wants to see EB succeed.  But everyone knows it's Andy Reid's offense, the same way it's Belichick's defense. 

 

It's probably best for EB's career advancement to go somewhere else and lead a successful offense with a defensive HC. 

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1 hour ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

Even if he doesn't interview well?  Like he ***** the bed he should still get it?  Lesean McCoy is very public about how much Bienemy was hated.  I'm sure there is a lot of truth to that because it's also a common rumor.  But it doesn't matter anything, he should just get hired?

 

 

If you have @Chicken Boo for brains yes.

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He has multiple offenses on his record (some mildly violent), including one documented one against a woman, a DUI, lots of other vehicular citations, followed by failures to adhere to the stipulations in his plea agreements, reportedly isn't well liked by his players, and to top it off he's rumored to be a poor interviewee?  Add it all up and owners/GMs don't see him as someone you want leading a franchise.  Some people just aren't cut out to be leaders at the highest levels.

 

As for Hackett, yes, he ended up being a terrible nepotistic hire, but he did run a successful offense in Green Bay, Rodgers won 2 MVPs while he was calling plays, he had a clean record, and he was considered a young, "high energy" type who was well liked by players.  Not too far off from a track record of a guy like Daboll, so it's not too surprising to anyone (outside of Bills fans) that he got the Denver job.

 

Having said all that, could race be playing a factor in why owners haven't been willing to look beyond Bienemy's past criminality?  Possibly, yes.  Unconscious bias does exist.  No denying that.  A good question to ask is whether owners have hired white head coaches in the last ten years with similarly checkered pasts?

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2 hours ago, Chicken Boo said:

 

You're totally dismissing that Lovie was hired in-house.  Tampa didn't want to start over.  Like I said, continuity.  

 

Is Bieniemy taking over for Reid?  It's apples and oranges.  

 

*I didn't read a word of Jason Whitlock's opinion and I won't.  

 

Continuity is honestly a really stupid answer.  They were 4-13 and 4-12 the two seasons prior.  Why would they want that continuity?

Not to mention them hiring David Culley the year before, who was black and wasn't an in house hire.  Are you forgetting that?

 

And if you bring race into it, you're saying they weren't hired based on the color of their skin so it doesn't matter if they were in house or not lol.  

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22 hours ago, 4merper4mer said:

There’s that. And the feeling that this is all Andy’s show and Eric is a clipboard carrier. Not gonna lie, there’s maybe a tiny bit of racism there too. And weight-ism. Daboll’s a fat guy (and of course Andy too) but the NFL is moving toward super fit guys. 
In related news: Sean Payton is said to be considering Rex Ryan for his DC. Fat guy (other than long tenured successful fat guy) = loser franchise. 

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Couple of things:

 

1 - the nfl coaching hiring is A joke. It’s just hire your buddy or have your daddy/ family member get you in. There are guys who are grinding away in college who deserve their first shot rather than Nate Hackett, who has been more often than not, completely terrible. But his daddy was a coach. Same with Pat Schmur, one of the worst coaches ever, who has gotten two head coaching job. There is a major problem. Andy Reid’s kids were literally crack heads and one got a nfl job. 
 

2 - Matt Nagy 

 

3 - Mike Vrabel had an assault and theft on his record. 
 

4 - do I think the nfl is racist? Not totally but coaching is such a subjective thing to measure unless you get the opportunity. Several black coaches this year led top 5 units. How many got jobs? How many franchises have never a black permanent head coach?

 

bottom line is winning. Problem is the same losers get the jobs because of who they are friends with. It’s a problem and good people, of all races, are getting passed by crappy Todd Haley (college golfer whose dad helped run the Steelers). 

51 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:

There’s that. And the feeling that this is all Andy’s show and Eric is a clipboard carrier. Not gonna lie, there’s maybe a tiny bit of racism there too. And weight-ism. Daboll’s a fat guy (and of course Andy too) but the NFL is moving toward super fit guys. 
In related news: Sean Payton is said to be considering Rex Ryan for his DC. Fat guy (other than long tenured successful fat guy) = loser franchise. 

Rex Ryan is another example of the daddy boys network. Dude absolutely sucked here, was out of the league of 5 years, and gets another shot? Why? Why doesn’t a new guy get a chance to fail?

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46 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said:

Couple of things:

 

1 - the nfl coaching hiring is A joke. It’s just hire your buddy or have your daddy/ family member get you in. There are guys who are grinding away in college who deserve their first shot rather than Nate Hackett, who has been more often than not, completely terrible. But his daddy was a coach. Same with Pat Schmur, one of the worst coaches ever, who has gotten two head coaching job. There is a major problem. Andy Reid’s kids were literally crack heads and one got a nfl job. 
 

2 - Matt Nagy 

 

3 - Mike Vrabel had an assault and theft on his record. 
 

4 - do I think the nfl is racist? Not totally but coaching is such a subjective thing to measure unless you get the opportunity. Several black coaches this year led top 5 units. How many got jobs? How many franchises have never a black permanent head coach?

 

bottom line is winning. Problem is the same losers get the jobs because of who they are friends with. It’s a problem and good people, of all races, are getting passed by crappy Todd Haley (college golfer whose dad helped run the Steelers). 

Rex Ryan is another example of the daddy boys network. Dude absolutely sucked here, was out of the league of 5 years, and gets another shot? Why? Why doesn’t a new guy get a chance to fail?

Specifically re: Rex. I pray that he never gets another NFL job. He was a joke in Buffalo, clearly just cashing the checks and doing the minimum by his second year. Sean Payton likes those “blitz from all directions and hit ‘em hard” defenses, and he doesn’t dare hire Gregg Williams again, so here we go. The Rex and Rob show is landing in that mile high air. They’ll both need oxygen. 

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14 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:

Specifically re: Rex. I pray that he never gets another NFL job. He was a joke in Buffalo, clearly just cashing the checks and doing the minimum by his second year. Sean Payton likes those “blitz from all directions and hit ‘em hard” defenses, and he doesn’t dare hire Gregg Williams again, so here we go. The Rex and Rob show is landing in that mile high air. They’ll both need oxygen. 

 

I'd be just as surprised if Rex chose to leave his cushy ESPN gig for the grind of Assistant Coaching again. I'm assuming the interview/meeting with Payton was to help get Payton on track of what he is looking for in a DC.

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35 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

I'd be just as surprised if Rex chose to leave his cushy ESPN gig for the grind of Assistant Coaching again. I'm assuming the interview/meeting with Payton was to help get Payton on track of what he is looking for in a DC.

Rex wants to coach again. He has said that many times and wanted to interview for Washington's job a few years ago.

 

Some guys are just born to coach. Rex was a disaster here, but as a DC with a strong HC like SP, I could see that working 

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4 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

Continuity is honestly a really stupid answer.  They were 4-13 and 4-12 the two seasons prior.  Why would they want that continuity?

Not to mention them hiring David Culley the year before, who was black and wasn't an in house hire.  Are you forgetting that?

 

And if you bring race into it, you're saying they weren't hired based on the color of their skin so it doesn't matter if they were in house or not lol.  

 

Actually I was mistaken.  I thought that Lovie was the defensive coordinator for Tampa leading up to his hire.  I thought he was promoted.  I was wrong.

 

Why are we talking about Lovie Smith anyway?  

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He's a garbage human with an awful track record and the only reason he for an NFL job is because Andy Reid loves and breeds garbage humans. 

 

Bienemy: arrested multiple times, grabbed a female parking attendent by the neck, covered up systemic sexual assault by football players in college,  lured teenage high school recruits with drugs and sex. 

 

Dude is human filth.

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