Official Search for a New Defensive Coordinator Thread - Bush Hired!

[papabear]

Originally Posted by Joshua

Kubiak had to know by midseason that a change was likely. If so, why is he waiting until after a week's vacation to start compiling a list of replacements?

I think this a case of reading to much into a soundbite. I'm sure Kubiak has had a list for a while, and I would bet that there has been at least some contact made...even if only through back channels. The Texans could have easily contacted 10 different guys and not brought them into town for interviews. I'm sure McNair has access to private jets. The chronicle is not known for it's tough investigative style...they just repeat what the PR guy tells them. My point is just because we haven't heard anything doesn't mean anything.

Just because another team hires someone who's name might have appeared in the blog-o-sphere as a potential candidate doesn't mean that the Texans were ever interested....or that the coach told the team that he wasn't interested. I'm sure that if we hired someone today, there would be a contigentcy fans complaining that we didn't take our time and that we should have waited to interview candidates from teams in the playoffs. All we can do is wait and see...

[Roy P]

Originally Posted by papabear

I think this a case of reading to much into a soundbite.

I'm sure that if we hired someone today, there would be a contigentcy fans complaining that we didn't take our time and that we should have waited to interview candidates from teams in the playoffs...

Very true.

I kind of took Kubiak's soundbite to mean, don't bother me for another couple of weeks until I'm ready to tell you what I've decided.

Interviews and lists of candidates are distracting. If early word gets out as to who might be the top choice and that falls through, then the guy you end up with feels like he was not REALLY the one you wanted.

This is analogous to not telling the girl you took to the prom that the first 3 you asked turned you down.

Kubiak may be wanting to take a good hard look at what he has on defense and how he might want to see it used in the future. Perhaps we ought to be thankful that he's doing his homework before jumping into interviews. He may figure that a Tampa-2 or a 3-4 Defensive Coordinator might be a step in the wrong direction.

He might not to want to mix and match parts either. While Marinelli is being hired as a DLine coach, it's for Chicago, and they run the Tampa-2. If, Kubiak wanted to run a more attacking defense like the Eagles or Giants, then Marinelli's coaching would be the wrong techniques. Imagine bringing in Alex Gibbs to be the OL coach and tell him you wanted to run a mauling man blocking scheme. That would be a waste and not putting your coaches and players in a position to succeed. Also, he may be willing to allow the new Defensive Coordinator to pick his own asssistant coaches (at least replace the fired ones).

[Roy P]

Originally Posted by Roy P

Also, he may be willing to allow the new Defensive Coordinator to pick his own asssistant coaches (at least replace the fired ones).

I was doing some investigating on who we might consider. The Eagles' Jim Johnson is my guru, so I'm hoping for Sean McDermott. He might be able to bring along Otis Smith to be the Secondary coach. Perhaps Mike Caldwell could come along too. Their Special Teams Coordinator, Rory Segrest worked with Pete Jenkins at Auburn as a DL coach.

McD - http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/te...sp?coach_id=10
Otis Smith - http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/te...sp?coach_id=22
Caldwell - http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/te...sp?coach_id=25
Segrest - http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/te...asp?coach_id=4

Another option for the DLine coach... I might have to pilfer from the Panthers.

Sam Mills III is the Defensive Quality Control coach and works with DL coach Sal Sunseri. The Defensive Coordinator, Mike Trgovac, was the DL coach in Philly in 1998, when McDermott started with the Eagles.

http://www.panthers.com/Team/CoachBio.aspx?id=1936

http://www.panthers.com/Team/CoachBio.aspx?id=2130

[painekiller]

You know Kubiak taking a week off when he has not had a day off since early July does not bother me.

His sons are home from school this week and he can spend time with them this week. I do not have a problem with that. Kubiak has a pretty big rolodex as any NFL coach who has done this for as long as he has many "friend" I am sure he is catching up with this week. Just because we have not heard a thing does not mean a thing.

Relax.

As for Marinelli, I thought he would end up in Chicago or Indy, so him being reportedly offered a position with one them is a non story.

[NBT]

McDermott would be a prize catch, IMO. But since he has been with the Eagles for 10 years, it might be hard to pry him away.

[da Bull]

I'm sure Rick Smith has been on the phone whether Kubiak has or not. Also, most of the names with the exception of Marinelli have been somewhat rumored to be consideration for head coaching positions. As for McDermott, when Philly falls he may be the hottest name out there including head coaching rumors.

[Joshua]

I agree that McDermott appears to be a good candidate and if he ultimately gets the job, I'll be happy with the hire and all of my anxiety will prove to be unfounded. With any luck, this is what will transpire.

However, I really feel like the potential list of candidates is growing increasingly smaller. Looks like Nolan and Marinelli are gone. If either Williams or Gray were on the top of the Texans' list, I suspect we would have heard about it by now (I just don't recall coaching searches to have the level of secrecy as, say, draft boards). To me, it is looking more and more like we will go with Bush. Now, he may turn out to be a great D coordinator, but he simply does not have anything in his resume to suggest he will be (at least some of the other guys have proven themselves previously). If Bush gets the job, I think we're basically relying on Kubiak's belief that he will develop into a great coordinator, but there's not much else to suggest that. I like Kubes and he has done wonders with the offense, but the bottom line is during his tenure the Texans defense has been not only bad, but historically bad (Stephanie Stradley's blog on chron.com has some posts showing how the Texans' defense over the last 3 years has been one of the worst 3 year performances in league history).

Now, I'm hoping for the best and if Bush is the guy, I'll certainly give him a chance to prove himself. However, I can't help but be nervous if a self-admitted offensive coach who has presided over one of the worst defenses around simply elevates one of his buddies who, on paper, doesn't appear as qualified as numerous other candidates. In other words, I have no problem extending Kubiak a little blind loyalty when it comes to offensive decisions. However, defensively, his track record is terrible, no way around it, and thus, I can't blindly accept his choice if the candidate's resume doesn't match.