NFL Coaching Changes: Trends and Surprises in Hiring

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00:00There's two names that I've actually seen a lot of today from both the Bears, the Jets,

00:06I guess the Saints probably.

00:07Well, I've seen Brian Flores in a few spots and I've seen Arthur Smith in a bunch of spots

00:14and I've seen Joe Brady, Bill's offensive court.

00:18So those seem to be some of the names.

00:19Now everyone loves Joe Ben Johnson, the offensive coordinator of the Lions.

00:25He's actually the only guy who's already told the Jets, yeah, don't call me.

00:28I'm not interested.

00:29So don't even waste your time.

00:31He's the only guy who's not going to interview for the Jet job is Ben Johnson.

00:36But I've seen, I mean, Arthur Smith, I mean, you talk about, as Scotty likes to say, you

00:40know, recycled bottle water.

00:42I mean, honestly, Arthur Smith and Flores.

00:47I've always been interested to see Joe if he'd get another crack after all the lawsuits

00:51and such a few years ago.

00:55It's going to be very interesting to see some of these guys.

00:58I believe, though, that I mean, listen, Ben Johnson has turned down a lot of interviews.

01:03Probably could have been a head coach if he wanted at this particular point.

01:08But, you know, the rumor is that he he just he's very happy being the O.C. and, you know,

01:16not everybody wants to be a head coach.

01:19And I think we can all understand that not everybody should be a head coach.

01:24Some guys are just better coordinators.

01:27But I'll tell you this, guys like Todd Bowles, I mean, Todd Bowles is a different coach than

01:34he was his first go around with the New York Jets.

01:36Would we all agree that what he's done in Tampa, you know, he is a guy that has learned

01:41he has evolved.

01:43And I'm OK with some of these guys.

01:45But it's the guys with the fourth and fifth times that it's like, come on, what are we

01:49are we just interviewing people to interview people at this point?

01:54It kind of feels that way.

01:55I'm very surprised to see people wanting to interview Arthur Smith like, like, you know,

02:01when you're talking about how Bowles changed, you know, Bowles went down to Tampa, spent

02:06a couple of years with Arians during, you know, when he first got like Arthur Smith

02:11is one year removed from not doing the greatest job ever in Atlanta.

02:18I know he didn't have any quarterback at all.

02:20I get that.

02:21He had no quarterback.

02:23And now he's gone here.

02:24Joe, I mean, what have you I mean, the way the Steelers finished offensively over the

02:29last four weeks, I mean, if we're going to give him all the credit for how well Russ

02:33played from when he went in to the to the beginning of December, then does he not get

02:39any blame for how they played for the last four weeks?

02:42You would think he should.

02:43I'm surprised he's getting a crack again this quickly.

02:47I thought he would need a couple of years before somebody started banging on his door

02:51again.

02:52No.

02:53I mean, you got to be.

02:54Listen, I think you also have to be very careful because there is now rumors circulating that

03:00the Titans might be moving on from Brian Callahan, too, because it was clear he was in over his

03:07head with the Titans this year.

03:09You know, you want that new who's going to be the new great thing, right?

03:13The new hot coordinator, the new you know, that would be pretty shocking that these one

03:19and done's become more and more frequent because nobody is vetting these guys.

03:24And I don't know what the expectations are.

03:27Like Brian Callahan, one year in Tennessee, absolute 14 losses.

03:31Terrible.

03:32They spent all of this money, but he's going to get another shot.

03:36But it wasn't good enough for New England, who had absolutely no talent.

03:41So very strange hiring cycle right now in the NFL.

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