ECURB Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2725854 The New York Giants are likely to retain embattled head coach Tom Coughlin, but a conference call originally scheduled for Tuesday afternoon to discuss his status was postponed as organizational meetings continued. According to ESPN they are going to keep him around... Thats acually mildly shocking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Keeping Coughlin is the right move. The players won't listen to the next coach if they get their way now. Send a message. He needs new coordinators though. Someone has to get through to Eli. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4HCrew Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 would not be surprised at all which means the new gm will come from in house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Dierking Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 If I was a team and was borderline on my coach, and did not see GREAT prospects for a coaching candidate to replace the departed coach, I may wait a year. With Cowher looming next year and maybe Fisher, I may take a calculated risk. It is a hard thing for a franchise to be in "wait" mode, by if I am in a "toss-up" mode, I may just wait this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 If I was a team and was borderline on my coach, and did not see GREAT prospects for a coaching candidate to replace the departed coach, I may wait a year. With Cowher looming next year and maybe Fisher, I may take a calculated risk. It is a hard thing for a franchise to be in "wait" mode, by if I am in a "toss-up" mode, I may just wait this year. Scott you nailed it. Who is out there that they can bring in now that will fix this problem? Can't get rid of all those players. So I send them a message. Listen to your coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4HCrew Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 They can wait a year and hire Brian Schottenheimer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Dierking Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Scott you nailed it. Who is out there that they can bring in now that will fix this problem? Can't get rid of all those players. So I send them a message. Listen to your coach. I could write a whole article on this, but we are in the era of the dispensible coach. And, coaches seeing that swing are now going on the offensive and directing their own futures, rather than being dictated to. What we saw in the beginning of the 90's was the new-era of the free agent player, and we worried what it would do to the sport. It has changed the sport, and some teams have taken advantage of that. Now, we are staring at the era of the free-agent coach. And that is a dangerous thing. A franchise needs stability, and the coach should be the epitome of that. The NFL has allowed a few side-glances at some pretty shakey deals (Herm among them), and they really need to get this under control. It can undermine them in a big way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sperm Edwards Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Regarding Cowher, how does this work? His contract with Pittsburgh was through the 2007 season & he retired with 1 year left on it. So Pittsburgh would of course retain his rights since he quit on them & not vice versa. Does Pittsburgh retain these rights (which really amounts to required compensation more than rights) indefinitely? I thought they did, but am unsure. If not, I would think any coach would just do that; stick it out that 1 last year then you can go wherever you want & your new team doesn't have to surrender valuable draft picks (minimum first rounder in Cowher's case) at the start of your tenure there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Dierking Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Regarding Cowher, how does this work? His contract with Pittsburgh was through the 2007 season & he retired with 1 year left on it. So Pittsburgh would of course retain his rights since he quit on them & not vice versa. Does Pittsburgh retain these rights (which really amounts to required compensation more than rights) indefinitely? I thought they did, but am unsure. If not, I would think any coach would just do that; stick it out that 1 last year then you can go wherever you want & your new team doesn't have to surrender valuable draft picks (minimum first rounder in Cowher's case) at the start of your tenure there. If a coach retires (leaves) they retain rights to him until the contract expires. The Jets could have allowed Belichick to sit for 2 or 3 years as I recall, and retained rights to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sperm Edwards Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 If a coach retires (leaves) they retain rights to him until the contract expires. The Jets could have allowed Belichick to sit for 2 or 3 years as I recall, and retained rights to him. So then Pittsburgh has rights to Cowher through the end of the 2007 season then he's a "free agent coach" of sorts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Dierking Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 So then Pittsburgh has rights to Cowher through the end of the 2007 season then he's a "free agent coach" of sorts? Yes, Mr Moderator. (Of course, he could already have some hand picked coordinators enter his job of choice as a "temporary head coach" and he could come on to that club as a "consultant" with the option to becoime coach next year). Of course, no one would have the audacity to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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