smokinandjokin Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 How come Sherman, a man with a commendable record as a head coach and with front office experience, only received one other interview? The Bills and the Saints were the only two teams to interview this guy. In an offseason where nine teams (not counting the Packers) are hiring or have hired new head coaches, why is this guy not getting a look? Are we missing something here? I realize a lot of teams went with former coordinators who are becoming first-time head coaches, but why didn't Sherman get more than a sniff? That being said, I realize that Jauron was not exactly the hottest candidate out there either. But in all of our clamoring as fans to hire Sherman, it seems no NFL people were too interested in him, despite his solid record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACor58 Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 How come Sherman, a man with a commendable record as a head coach and with front office experience, only received one other interview? Smokin - I think that a lot of GMs are not willing to bring in a guy like Sherman who wants control over personnel decisions. It's kind of like hiring someone who thinks that they can do their job and your job and do it better than you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duey Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Smokin - I think that a lot of GMs are not willing to bring in a guy like Sherman who wants control over personnel decisions. It's kind of like hiring someone who thinks that they can do their job and your job and do it better than you. 581492[/snapback] I think there is also a generally negative perception of the coach/GM role. I think less and less teams are willing to hire one guy for both...GM'ing takes too much time away from coaching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinandjokin Posted January 24, 2006 Author Share Posted January 24, 2006 Smokin - I think that a lot of GMs are not willing to bring in a guy like Sherman who wants control over personnel decisions. It's kind of like hiring someone who thinks that they can do their job and your job and do it better than you. 581492[/snapback] I'm sure most teams knew he would demand some serious coin also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennesseeboy Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 I think there is also a generally negative perception of the coach/GM role. I think less and less teams are willing to hire one guy for both...GM'ing takes too much time away from coaching. 581495[/snapback] I agree with both of the above. Remember the people selecting the person to interview are considering how much of THEIR power they are going to give up or share and what authority over the team they are willing to give to someone else. Hiring or even considering someone who will want a good part of their power or who in some cases will not want interference within their own scope of power (hiring and firing asst. coaches for instance) might make interviewing such a person less attractive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortured Soul Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 I think the answer is that Sherman was just not that impressive, as has been discussed in other threads. But if you want to play up the GM-power control angle, consider Modrak's position. It sounds like he has increased duties this year, further squeezing Marv into a box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadBuffaloDisease Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 As I've said, I believe SOPRANO'S source when he said that Sherman tried to get more power at the 11th hour, but the Bills called his bluff. I'm sure he told most teams looking for a new HC, who also had an established GM, that he wanted some GM duties, and that's why none of them even bothered to bring him in. But with the Bills he probably figured that he could sucker Levy in relinquishing some power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye Eric Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 W/L record isn't everything folks. Shanahan was 8-12 with the Raiders Belichick 29-34 with Cleveland Levy was 31-42 with the Chiefs Then you have: Mariucci, who was 57-39 with the 49ers and 15-28 in Detriot. Shottenheimer, who has a .500+ record with every team he has been HC but never has been to the SB. So, bringing in any coach based on record alone is no guarantee of success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadBuffaloDisease Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Shottenheimer, who has a .500+ record with every team he has been HC but never has been to the SB. Never been to the SB? Heck, has he ever made it past the 2nd round of the playoffs? But good point. The only thing that worries me is that, outside of Levy who never won the SB as Bills HC, Shanahan and Belichick won SB's as coordinators. From what I've seen, Jauron has not only NOT won a SB as a coordinator, his defenses outside of 1 year, weren't all that good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Never been to the SB? Heck, has he ever made it past the 2nd round of the playoffs? 581636[/snapback] Three times. "The Drive" and "The Fumble" games with Cleveland, and the '93 game Joe Montana didn't finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopsGuy Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Three times. "The Drive" and "The Fumble" games with Cleveland, and the '93 game Joe Montana didn't finish. 581644[/snapback] 2 years ago, someone asked the Sports Guy if Andy Reid was going to buy Marty Shottenheimer's Honolulu condo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 I think less and less teams are willing to hire one guy for both...581495[/snapback] Now that we have a Harvard and a Yale guy at OBD, we fans have to tidy up our grammar! The "fewer vs. less" issue is one of my English language usage pet peeves... Quick Lesson: If you can't count it, use "less"; if you can count it, use "fewer". (See example) When you feel that you know the difference, take this test to see how you did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadBuffaloDisease Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Three times. "The Drive" and "The Fumble" games with Cleveland, and the '93 game Joe Montana didn't finish. Thanks. I forgot about the Cleveland days, and I thought in '93 he just got them to the 2nd round, where they lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobody Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 From what I've seen, Jauron has not only NOT won a SB as a coordinator, his defenses outside of 1 year, weren't all that good. That is what still worries me the most. And his offenses were even worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramius Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 2 years ago, someone asked the Sports Guy if Andy Reid was going to buy Marty Shottenheimer's Honolulu condo. 581659[/snapback] Bill Cowher's is actually up for rent this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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