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  1. WrigleyField 22
    Probably better for Nagy anyways to have a clean switch. The only thing, it has to happen quick so Bettcher can still hire a good staff.
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    That would be.. interesting. No NFL experience.
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    these are all from those later staffs, no? well idk about the london dude but rb coach so who cares Tabor, 08-10. Obviously got Toub exposure and just got the Pat Mannely endorsement on Twitter. Good early results with Cleveland, but nothing for the past several years. London, 07-09. I don't think anything notable, but he was as low as of a position as you can, just starting out his coaching career then. Heistand, 05-09. He was actually a Turner guy(!) but hes getting universal praise and those included some pretty good OL units. He definitely has the college label (no other NFL experience), but that certainly isn't dampening the enthusiasm surrounding him.
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    Also, Charles London, OQC from 07-09 is back as RB coach. Had been with O'Brien as RB coach from 2012-17 at Penn St and Houston. So that's 3 former bears coaches, all from the Lovie era, back.
  5. WrigleyField 22
    Nagy means business.
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    I feel like every year some college coach jumps the "team will draft player from that school" steam picks up and then promptly doesn't ever happen.
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    Seems like a legit hire. I approve.
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    I think Jay named his after crappy NJ towns or something. Re: the other names; My brother in law had a German shepherd named Jett that died right before his second son was born. I still contend that should have been an obvious name choice, but they instead named their second son with a derivative of their first son's name. :nono:
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    A mid first rounder for Niko feels like a win A tank win.
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    I think DB style/coverage matters way more than front 7 alignment (based on the players we have and the Fangio system)
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    So keep the band together except Fox and Loggains. Alrighty then. Eh, Nagy already has to fill OC, RB, and OL coaches. I wouldn't dismiss Ragone out of hand as he was also QB coach in 2016 when Barkley almost looked like an NFL QB and Hoyer had a career year. And Mitch developed pretty well.
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    Here's some juicy assistant coach speculation to hold us over until we hear about Fangio.
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    If Fangio doesn't stay, just playing 6 degrees of NFL assistant separation. Bob Sutton (DC for Kansas Cory the past 5 years) previously was the DC in New York, where Ed Donatell, current Bears DB coach, was on the staff in 2007 (Dan Quinn was also on that staff as an interesting nugget). Donatell does have some prior DC experience with GB and Atl from 00-06 and University of Washington (08), mostly unremarkable, but I think he's done a pretty damn good job with the DBs in Chicago, and SF before that. Could be a candidate who keeps some of that stability on D. I took a peak at the current defensive staff in KC and it's a lot of longtime old position guys, and young inexperienced guys... didn't seem to be any obvious DC candidates in waiting to poach.
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    Basing whether you are happy with this hire or not off Fangio is like being happy with the presidential ticket because for the VP pick.
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    Well that would be an incredibly dumb way to word that tweet, and yes, the interview was a done deal as it would have required a formal request.
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    Because winning comes first in the NFL. Why would Reid, on the week of a playoff game, allow him to take time off to prepare for an interview for another job? I get that Reid has traditionally called plays as a head coach, but doesn't make sense to me to change things up before a do-or-die game. I could see him a) not wanting to stand in the way of a guy's livelihood and a big opportunity, b) being fully confident in his own ability to call the offense, regardless of how well it was running with nagy, and c) doing andy reid playoff things and it sure did look like reid was calling plays Well, Reid letting him take time to prepare... Maybe, I don't know... but there's no way it was a done deal as the tweet said initially.
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    I've agreed with those ranking DeFilipo 1 and Nagy 2 with reasons to flip that order, as rawaction explained well earlier. Fangio staying obviously makes a big difference, hopefully that pans out. I could see him wanting to stay with what he's helped build, and of course $$$. Never know after being passed over for HC. Anyways, I'm not saying anything enlightening here. This hire sounds promising. It'll be interesting to see if Nagy calls the plays any word out there on his potential OC? i can't imagine that he wouldn't call the plays it occurred to me that maybe flip could be brought in as OC, but i can't see the eagles letting him leave for an OC gig. He'll be free to leave if he wants, but I'm sure he can get a OC job that comes with playcalling duties if he's going to walk.
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    the owners would have to approve, but they also know the increased salary changes the market for coaches. So it's not like they'd all dismiss it out of hand.I think it would be a pretty clear dismissal right away. The salary may change the market a little but I think it will mostly be considered an outlier as it’s a stupid move and more than just a regular hiring, it’s a marketing/PR move for a team re-locating just as much. I think almost every owner would rather have coaches salaries go up 10-25% than start having ownership stakes be on the table for future negotiations. The AAV isn't as much of an outlier as just the years and total I think. Carroll and Payton were at 8 already and Belicheck and Reid at 7.5. Handful of others at 6-7. Who has gotten a deal past 5 years in recent memory though?
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    Supposedly 100m 10 year. Maybe no ownership stake then?
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    I'm not sure any of these guys really excites me.
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    So one interesting thing I did read about DeFillipo is that he's actually coming out of contract so Philly can't block him from leaving for a OC job. Granted, if he has any success, he probably ends up leaving for a HC job the next year a la Gase, but I did think it was an interesting wrinkle to the search process. That's what you can't allow to happen though. 3 OCs in 3 years for Trubisky would be a bad idea even if there is some continuity at head coach. Pace really should have fired Fox after last year or forced him to fire Loggains and give him 2 years with a better OC that could be promoted to head coach in 2019 or just start all over then. 3 OC in 3 years where two of them are good OCs is better than 2 bad OCs in 3 years though. Totally speculative obviously depending on who actually fills those roles, but if Pace lands on a D/ST as the HC, turning to DeFellipo as a possible OC would still be a very good thing. Also read some speculation that McVay wouldn't block LaFluer from a OC job where he was calling plays. So that's be another appealing option if the HC isn't an offensive hire.
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    Lost two additional offensive assistants today; Curtis Modkins, RB coach to Denver Jeremiah Washburn, OL coach to Miami Let the lack of defensive departures so far allow speculation to run rampant that Fangio is definitely staying on as DC (Or HC).
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    So it wasn't a two-fer today?
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    I think the rumor was Tennessee was getting a lot of calls that stopped right after the Bears took Trubisky... there's your caller, probably.
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