Theory: Putting together a staff for the future

[SFREDSKIN]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

They have to have someone already. Otherwise they'd be gambling that either the Giants' DC or the Pats OC would be willing to sign on as HC with the coordinators already in place.

Not only that, do you think either one of those guys wants a built in staff or build their own? Sounds like they already made their choice and it's probably Fassel.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by SFREDSKIN

Not only that, do you think either one of those guys wants a built in staff or build their own? Sounds like they already made their choice and it's probably Fassel.

If that's the case, that's going to be an interesting press conference. I say people should protest. LOL.

[WillH]

Originally Posted by SFREDSKIN

Not only that, do you think either one of those guys wants a built in staff or build their own? Sounds like they already made their choice and it's probably Fassel.

Thats possible, and they are just delaying until they hash out the details. But here is why I doubt it.

Why would they wait until after the Super Bowl? Snyder said 1. not to distract from the championship (please!) 2. To keep their options open. Now noone is going to take what comes out of a FO at face value so lets dig a little deeper.

Could he, as I said before, just delaying naming Fassel HC until the details of a contract are hashed out? I doubt it. Gibbs said to his former asst. a few days ago that it could be a couple weeks til a coach is named.

It sounds to me from both Snyder's and Gibbs comments that they have someone in the Super Bowl that they are at least considering. And the fact that they have hired coordinators suggests that they at least have an idea of how this mystery candidate would feel about them. I dont know how conflicting this all might be to league rules. Is it an dont ask dont tell kind of policy? Or can you really have NO contact with candidates still in contention? Can you talk to them via their agent and still be within NFL guideline?

I have no idea. But these are fairly deliberate moves they have made, and it seems that there is something going on that we aren't seeing. But I think we can almost certainly count Fassel out, though we haven't heard that he is officially out of the running. I guess, as someone said before, that they are just stringing him along as a second option, but he certainly is not a front runner at this point.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by WillH

Thats possible, and they are just delaying until they hash out the details. But here is why I doubt it.

Why would they wait until after the Super Bowl? Snyder said 1. not to distract from the championship (please!) 2. To keep their options open. Now noone is going to take what comes out of a FO at face value so lets dig a little deeper.

Could he, as I said before, just delaying naming Fassel HC until the details of a contract are hashed out? I doubt it. Gibbs said to his former asst. a few days ago that it could be a couple weeks til a coach is named.

It sounds to me from both Snyder's and Gibbs comments that they have someone in the Super Bowl that they are at least considering. And the fact that they have hired coordinators suggests that they at least have an idea of how this mystery candidate would feel about them. I dont know how conflicting this all might be to league rules. Is it an dont ask dont tell kind of policy? Or can you really have NO contact with candidates still in contention? Can you talk to them via their agent and still be within NFL guideline?

I have no idea. But these are fairly deliberate moves they have made, and it seems that there is something going on that we aren't seeing. But I think we can almost certainly count Fassel out, though we haven't heard that he is officially out of the running. I guess, as someone said before, that they are just stringing him along as a second option, but he certainly is not a front runner at this point.

I can tell you the "championship distraction" comment is most likely a suggestion (order?) from the very top, meaning Roger Goodell.

As to your other question about contact with current SB coaches. Good question, I don't know really the exact answer. You can't directly speak to one of the coaches in the SB, but there are so many ways around that