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i'd be surprised if he went pro, he seems fairly entrenched at michigan

According to Ian Rappaport, the three finalists are Raheem Morris, Demeco Ryans, and Kevin O'Connell. Morris is only one with any previous head coaching experience, his overall record wasn't great but he did go 10-6 one year with Bucs. I'd probably rather go with one of the other two guys.
No mention of Harbaugh though.

demeco ryans turned down a second interview. i don't pay attention to the coaching carousel much, does that happen every so often? first time i think i remember seeing it

o'connell's 2nd interview done. patrick graham tomorrow and harbaugh on wednesday

the harbaugh thing seems to be getting more real

It sounds like if we offer Harbaugh the job, he's going to take it. He interviews today, so I would assume our decision is within the next day or two.

graham's interview yesterday was nine hours! that's excessive. what do you talk about that whole time?

well that was much ado about nothing

was the whole thing just a distraction to lower expectations for whoever the new person actually is? (sounds like o'connell but why should i believe the rumors now?)

I'm curious to what happened with Harbaugh, whether the Vikings picked O'Connell over him or Harbaugh heard something he didn't like and took himself out of the running.
O'Connell is interesting in that he's risen through the coaching ranks so fast although he flamed out pretty hard as a QB. He's only 36 years old.

probably one of those: those who can't do, teach type situations

hermes wrote:probably one of those: those who can't do, teach type situations

I’m sure in some fashion. It’s just that he was a 3rd round pick who was cut after 1 season. Maybe he was actually overdrafted based on his brain?

staff turnover continues, our offensive coordinator, qb coach, and special teams coordinator have all left for other teams

Sounds like Ed Donatell will be our new defensive coordinator, I don't know much about him except he's been around a while. I think he was the Broncos defensive coordinator last year.

so o'connell is signing off (if not choosing) on these decisions? i suppose this is why teams in the super bowl don't like getting their staff poached. tough to split focus

andre patterson to the giants, that's too bad he was a really good d-lineman coach

I'm pretty excited for this upcoming offseason to see if we can assemble a decent squad and coaching staff. I wonder if we keep Captain Kirk or do we look to trade him and acquire a bridge QB

kirk's been extended for a year, lowers this year's cap number which i imagine was the main goal

extended an offer to greg joseph - that's alright, he was pretty solid. and i wonder if the kicking game will improve without zimmer scaring the kickers to death

mason cole (steelers) and xavier woods (panthers) are both gone

signed dt harrison phillips from buffalo, 3 years $19.5m

michael pierce released

signed:
jordan hicks, lb from arizona 2 years $12m
johnny mundt, te from the rams - he's caught 10 passes in 5 years
austin schlottmann, g/c from the broncos