May the Schwartz be with you?

Well hush little doggie because we can't do that anyway. We have to interview at least one minority candidate.

No news source said we were going to hire Schwartz. One said he "blew us away" and is now a frontrunner. But that doesn't mean the race is over.

I guess the frontrunner thing is what got me worked up. How can there be a frontrunner after one interview? There's only one runner! lol.

What did Jim Mora Jr ever do that badly as a head coach other than an innocuous comment on a radio program about coaching in his home state?

I just don't think he would be a good fit...he ran a team with too many divas and thugs down in Atlanta...again...in my opinion

I'm not saying he should be our coach, but I did think he got ran out of town a little prematurely. In retrospect, you can't argue that ATL wouldn't have been better off keeping Mora.

Well hush little doggie because we can't do that anyway. We have to interview at least one minority candidate.

No news source said we were going to hire Schwartz. One said he "blew us away" and is now a frontrunner. But that doesn't mean the race is over.

For all we know they already "interviewed" a minority candidate. It, from what I understand, could be as simple a phone call.

<<phone rings>>

Hello?
VC: Hey Dennis, It's Vinny Cerrato
DG: Hey Vincenzo, que pasa?
VC: Listen, we're talking with potential head coach candidates. Are you interested?
DG: Nah I'm cool
VC: Ok then, bye

Probably not exactly like that.

If nothing else, Irish will have no reason to complain. This is what he wanted, a young, no-name.

Yeah, quotes like that are all over the place. What I was hoping to see was something that the league actually put out like, you know, Artcle II Section 7 "Promoting Diversity" All NFL teams, blah, blah, bah.

I know the CBA is on the net, but I don't know if the leagues by-laws or whatever are. Somebody here should know. That Guy? GTripp? Canuck? Earthquake?

Did more looking: This article seems to indicate that "minority" is the operative term:

ESPN - Thanks to Rooney Rule, doors opened - NFL (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs06/news/story?id=2750645)Any minority candidate fills the Rooney Rule.

If nothing else, Irish will have no reason to complain. This is what he wanted, a young, no-name.

LOL

You know I'm kind of torn as to what I want. For salary cap reasons, we need a guy who will keep the roster intact and employ the players we have, which probably means it makes most sense to retain a lot of the existing staff. That makes GW the best choice.

But then if Gibbs is involved in the decision, and is telling Danny that GW is no good, then I definitely trust Gibbs' judgment when it comes to evaluating coaches. If there's ONE thing Joe Gibbs is good at, it's surrounding himself with people who'll help him succeed. If he thinks GW is simply a good coordinator, then I am on board. Likewise, if Gibbs endorses Schwartz (or anyone else for that matter) as a good and complete leader, then I'm good with the decision, even if it means gutting the current roster and rebuilding.

But if Gibbs isn't involved, and Snyder's just doing whatever the hell he wants, then I'll be upset. If Gibbs is telling him to hire GW, and he's saying nah screw that, I'll be ever so pissed.

Gibbs is definitely involved, I can assure you of that.

Maybe Williams has the same problem that Russ Grimm allegedly has, he just gives awful interviews.

Any minority candidate fills the Rooney Rule.

Just to throw a curve into this mishuggah situation, maybe Schwartz is Jewish, and thereby fits the Rooney rule as a minority. We are but 2% of the population, you know. And god knows, there have been few enough of us as head coaches in the NFL--Marv Levy comes to mind. But maybe Schwartz is not Jewish.

;)

Gibbs is definitely involved, I can assure you of that.

Maybe Williams has the same problem that Russ Grimm allegedly has, he just gives awful interviews.
how do you know this? i would hope if coach Gibbs didnt teach Snyder anything, he taught him how to run a football team. i really hope coach Gibbs is involved