Exploring the NFL Coaching Carousel & Tom Brady's Role

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00:00But I want to take a second to look at the coaching carousel.

00:03We have right now six jobs that are open.

00:07Maybe another job comes free throughout these playoffs.

00:10If somebody loses, we've heard rumors around Philly.

00:13I have questions.

00:14What if Buffalo doesn't meet the level?

00:17We can get into that, but we have some concrete things open and available right now.

00:23And I want to get to one piece of news that is kind of piling throughout the week.

00:30And it's what's going on in Las Vegas, right?

00:33Antonio Pierce, press conference, gorgeous starter jacket, as far as I'm concerned, I'm

00:39the coach.

00:40Oh, no, you're not.

00:41All right.

00:42That's OK.

00:43Well, now it'll be up to Lasko to find a new.

00:45Oh, sorry.

00:46Yeah, you're out as well.

00:48My current read on the Las Vegas Raiders, Donnie, is the man in charge is Tom Brady.

00:55I am curious if that is your read and then what that would mean for their offseason.

00:59That is a read for me.

01:00And also, Tom Brady does have influence around the NFL where, you know, he can talk to coaches,

01:04he can talk to guys that you might want to come in as an offensive coordinator and players

01:08themselves and say, I'm going to get this right.

01:10One thing that we do know is Mark Davis is a terrible owner.

01:13No question about it.

01:14The simple fact is like he makes the moves and you see all the coaches that they have,

01:18the television general managers I talk about, nothing has worked since they left, you know,

01:22Oakland at this point.

01:23And quite frankly, while they were in Oakland, they were abysmal as well.

01:26But for me, I actually think it's a good thing because doors I don't think would be open

01:30for opportunities for coaches to come in and say, you know what, I think this organization

01:34is going to turn around because, Joe, correct me if I'm wrong on this.

01:37It's a great job to have.

01:38You're living in Vegas, you know, around, you know, a lively atmosphere and, you know,

01:43the art, the, you know, the black and the silver.

01:45It's great stuff.

01:46But when you look around at the vision, that's the worst job to take.

01:49If you're a coach going like, well, I wonder if I can make this my five or 10 year home.

01:52You're going up against Patrick Mahomes, Knicks now and Peyton look like they got it going

01:56and then horrible and Herbert out there.

01:58I don't.

01:59Yeah, I don't think it's a bad thing that Tom Brady is making the calls.

02:01He's a winner.

02:02He it's a it's a third party that's out out of the day to day per se.

02:07And to Donny's point, they have not made the right decisions, right?

02:10They thought they had the savior with John Gruden, the off the field situations, obviously,

02:16you know, put that, you know, into disarray.

02:19And since then, they've been searching for answers.

02:22There's I want to say a small foundation of young talent there with Brock Bowers, Jacoby

02:26Myers.

02:27But outside of that, you need a quarterback, right?

02:30You need somebody that could elevate and have an eye for free agent and draft pick type

02:35of talent.

02:36And I think that's good that Brady is, you know, hands on.

02:39He's close to the Michigan program.

02:40He's still involved in a lot of, you know, training and he does get to talk to a lot

02:44of people.

02:45And again, you want that perspective to say, this is what we're doing, right?

02:49This is what we're doing wrong, because Mark Davis hasn't done a good job as an owner.

02:53He's only he's only cared about the buck and moving the team.

02:57And outside of that, he could care less, I believe, about wins or losses until now.

03:02I think what's interesting with Brady, and we've seen reports from Ian Rappaport, you

03:07know, of NFL Network, Diane Rossini over at the Athletic, essentially, Tom Brady is

03:11solely responsible for Ben Johnson even taking an interview good with the Vegas Raiders.

03:18And if that then goes as far as they got Ben Johnson because of Tom Brady, that is amazing.

03:24But Tom Brady is also not, I don't think, at the moment, at least equipped to be their

03:29general manager.

03:30I mean, Tom Brady doesn't know the funds.

03:32He's not going to call Howie Roseman and look to execute a trade.

03:35So there's still, I think, Tom Brady being kind of the trump card, right?

03:40When you're trying to sell someone on what your organization has is great, but they still

03:46need to get the right people in place to make the right decisions.

03:50What I do think is very interesting and where I feel Tom's influence might be greatest is

03:56the quarterback position.

03:57They presently have the sixth pick, you know, it's smokescreen season already.

04:02I don't know if there's any good quarterbacks.

04:03There might be seven good quarterbacks.

04:05I saw a mock yesterday, apparently Jackson Dart's going in the top 10 out of nowhere.

04:10People love what he did against Duke.

04:11I don't know.

04:12I can't figure this stuff at six.

04:15One thing I do believe fully is that Tom Brady would draft Shador Sanders.

04:18There's an off-field relationship there.

04:20I just I think there would be interest.

04:23I could be wrong.

04:24Do they have to trade up for that?

04:26Is Shador a faller or is there a world where Dion, who has now even gone as far as to say

04:33something that I've been saying on this desk for a while.

04:36The only way I go to the NFL is if I can coach my sons.

04:39That's what he said.

04:40Admittedly, I don't know if the plural in that is Travis Hunter or Shiloh because we

04:44know it means Shador Sanders, quite frankly, Donnie.

04:47But I am just I want to, you know, hit this one more time until we maybe get a resolution.

04:53What do you make of the potential of a team joining Dion and Shador at the NFL level?

04:59I don't like it.

05:00I just don't.

05:01You know, sometimes it's he's coached him his entire life.

05:04So it makes sense.

05:05They're comfortable together.

05:06But when you're in the professional ranks, it's much different than college.

05:09I know college kids are getting paid now.

05:10It's a little bit different than what it was even 10 years ago.

05:13But you cannot have a quarterback with a direct line to the coach like they would have his

05:18father and son.

05:20Other people will feel slighted on that team.

05:21And I'm not even saying like the backup quarterback.

05:23I'm just saying, like, who's getting the rocket wide receiver?

05:26What type of offense are you going to run?

05:28Are you going to put your son in the best possible position outside of maybe the other

05:32players on your team?

05:33I'm not saying it can't work.

05:34I just wouldn't like that.

05:35And also, if you're an organization who does draft Shador Sanders, does that come with

05:39an offensive coordinator that sits in the room and Shador goes, I don't like this offense

05:43at all.

05:44I called my dad, talked about it.

05:45He thinks I should be in this type of offense.

05:47It's a tough sell here.

05:48Do I think it could work?

05:49Possibly.

05:50I just wouldn't look forward to doing it.

05:51It's a rare circumstance.

05:52And, you know, to Donnie's point, when you have guys fighting for paychecks, fighting

05:57for jobs, especially if there is, let's just say, a lack of success, it could implode in

06:03a heartbeat, more so at the professional level than it could maybe even at the college level.

06:07So that's where, because the coach is always still looked at at the college level, even

06:12though they're getting paid, as the guy on the professional level, that's it.

06:17They'll go straight to the owner and they'll say, I'm not playing or I'll sit out.

06:20I'm not doing this anymore.

06:22So that's the unique circumstance.

06:24What organization would do it outside of Las Vegas?

06:29I don't know.

06:30I could see Las Vegas being that organization to do it because it is Mark Davis and it is

06:35Brady maybe, but outside of them, I don't see it.

06:38But also, how do you guarantee that even gets there?

06:39Like you hire Dion now and say, great, I'm going to draft my son.

06:42Let's get the team in the one spot goes, all right, four first rounders, three first rounders

06:46and, you know, four second rounders.

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