Our next coach??

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

Coaches who have Super Bowl rings and are "out there" include:

Bill Cowher
Mike Shanahan
Mike Holmgren
Jon Gruden
Dick Vermeil
Brian Billick
Tony Dungy
Bill Parcells
George Seifert

Dungy...absolutely. Gruden, certainly. Maybe even cowher...the rest can sit.

[T.O.Killa]

Originally Posted by jsarno

Dungy...absolutely. Gruden, certainly. Maybe even cowher...the rest can sit.

What about Holmgren, he is the most accomplished of the bunch aside from Parcells, who I believe is not available. He would also have most of his coaching staff in place so there would be less of a learning curve for the players.

[skinsnut]

Is Jack Pardee still alive?
He was average....that would be a huge upgrade and he probably knows a lot about bingo

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by T.O.Killa

What about Holmgren, he is the most accomplished of the bunch aside from Parcells, who I believe is not available. He would also have most of his coaching staff in place so there would be less of a learning curve for the players.

I'm just not a big fan of his. Not saying he's not a good coach, but he did walk away from the game on bottom. 4-12 in his last season shows he wasn't really into it, especially when he called his retirement a year earlier. Let's not forget they took his GM duties away in Seattle, and I just don't think he has the desire to win it all anymore. He really had a great career when with Favre (.670%), and not so well with Hasselbeck (.538%) and he had some really good teams in Seattle. My biggest point is that I just don't think Holmgren has the desire to make us winners again. The others I pointed out, IMO, do.

[GusFrerotte]

Originally Posted by jsarno

Dungy...absolutely. Gruden, certainly. Maybe even cowher...the rest can sit.

All 3 would be great J, but without a change in management any acquisition of one of the above three names would almost be a moot point, or a waste of money.

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by GusFrerotte

All 3 would be great J, but without a change in management any acquisition of one of the above three names would almost be a moot point, or a waste of money.

You certainly have a point, but considering Snyder isn't going anywhere, and his butt buddy Cerrato likely will still be around too, does this mean we just quit on bringing a qualified coaching staff in? We are all fairly certain Zorn is gone, so we should be getting a new coaching staff, but we do not know if our upper management will be here or not even though we can hope. Gotta still find the best, and HOPE Snyder / Cerrato suddenly have an epiphany.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by jsarno

Dungy...absolutely. Gruden, certainly. Maybe even cowher...the rest can sit.

I'd say Billick > Cowher, but I agree that a list of coaches who have already won the SB means we are looking for a savior in all the wrong places.

There's no shortage of qualified up-and-comers who can do the job, you just need the structure to be better than what Zorn had to deal with.