Wilson from Gamehendge Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 and a few shrunken heads of former coaches willie james huff, better known as "funky chicken"...is that you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewildrabbit Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Most fans screaming for him to hire a top notch coach are also the same fans screaming for us to hire one of these unproven coordinators that took jobs this offseason (Spanulo, Morris, etc.). So even if DJ would have been fired, the coaches most fans (who are the same fans saying Ralph is cheap) wanted us to hire another unproven hot coordinator that would not have been that expensive. Then, when that coordinator would not have worked out (like Mularkey and Williams) these same fans would be saying Ralph was cheap again because he hired a coordinator. The majority of the fans on this board really put Ralph in a lose lose situation. Ralph gets a bad rap over this...His biggest flaw is the approach he is has taken to the FO and GM position, not the HC position. He hired Williams and Mularkey who were both HIGHLY regarded up and coming coaches at the time and viewed as good hires. Williams is so respected that Sean Payton just gave williams $250,000 of his OWN money to get Gregg to sign on in NO. DJ was MARV LEVYS choice, and Ralph went with him because Marv chose him while he was GM...yet again, Ralph takes the "cheap" rap when DJ's hiring had nothing to do with money. Levy didnt choose him over price, Levy chose him becuase they were close and Levy believed in him.... Marv Levy stated he didn't know Jauron before he hired him and that he only knew him from being a broadcaster in Chicago where Jauron was the head coach of the Bears. I'd be willing to wager that Jauron working for 1.5 million a year had more to do with his hire then you think. Last year's 3 coaches that were promoted from OC positions to HC were all paid 3 million a season this year,which is twice as much as Jauron is making. Admit it,Wilson didn't fire DJ simply because he would have to eat that 3 year extension while paying another coach. Yeah,he is cheap compared to the Bronco's and Buc's owner's who fire their coaches and will be paying them 4-6 mill a year to do nothing and then are willing to pay another coach big money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Philster Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Marv Levy stated he didn't know Jauron before he hired him and that he only knew him from being a broadcaster in Chicago where Jauron was the head coach of the Bears. I'd be willing to wager that Jauron working for 1.5 million a year had more to do with his hire then you think. Last year's 3 coaches that were promoted from OC positions to HC were all paid 3 million a season this year,which is twice as much as Jauron is making. Your facts are out of date. Jauron WAS working for $1.5M per year. According to Vic Carucci, Jauron's present deal pays him a little more than $3M per year. And before anyone asks for a link, he reported it on 97Rock a few weeks ago (there was a podcast of the interview available for about a week after that) and then again on Channel 7 WKBW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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