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Parcells is also a lot more insecure than Belichick, who, for his many flaws, is far less likely to go to a place where he has to compromise his ideals. We'll see how he feels in 49 or 50 weeks.

 

You guys are funny. Do you really think Jerry Jones sees McCarthy as a lame duck coach who is 85 percent likely to be gone next year?

 

If you listen to the wackos, it'll be in Columbus.

I don't see Vrabel wanting to deal with the NIL mess.

BC, if it doesn't decide to go the Vandy route, would be happy to take Ryan Day off Ohio State's hands.

 

Bill Belichick will be 73 at the start of the 2025 NFL season. Gentle reminder that the only coach that old to ever coach an NFL game was Romeo Crennel.

I wonder if Belichick was unwilling to just coach and wanted to still have a heavy say in personnel matters, because he was total shit at the latter in his final New England years.

 

I read somewhere that Vrabel hates the idea of recruiting, and now with the portal you are always recruiting your own players as well.

 

What do you mean by Vandy route?

 

Give less than a shit about football. Be fine with going 3-9, 4-8. On a lot of Saturdays they're lucky to get 30,000 in that stadium. And that's after all the tailgaters file in at the end of the first quarter. They'd probably be better off in the Patriot League playing Holy Cross and Lehigh, but they like the ACC check too much I reckon.

 

I know Jones loves the drama he creates with the Cowboys - and whomever is chosen as DC will be viewed as a possible replacement. Unless Schottenheimer is being groomed - but he doesn't even call the plays. But with McCarthy coaching on his last year, even if they make the playoffs, even if they win a playoff game, there will still be a question of if he comes back, short of making the Super Bowl. And by that time - the market will have been culled. (Kinda like it has been now) with the exception of Belichick and Vrabel.

 

Like the Ivies and Stanford, they have an absurd number of sports. Sailing isn’t an NCAA championship sport. Fencing and skiing barely are. So the ACC check is probably what keeps the bloated beast alive in full.

 

I thought maybe you meant they were going after Clark Lea.

 

McCarthy should have been fired at halftime. I have no idea what Jones is thinking, but it's disappointing. They are at a coaching disadvantage in almost every game they play.
The reason not to hire Belichek is that he is the HC version of Aaron Rodgers. A major upgrade, but you're turning over the keys to the whole organization to someone who will be gone soon, so you have a short window to get your title, and then there's a good chance you'll have to do another full restart.

 

I was saying to a friend today that sometimes letting cooler heads prevail is the wrong approach. On that Sunday night, almost everyone thought that McCarthy was gone - because it was so bad.

I think right now you could get Belichick to agree to cede personnel control. I don’t think he wants a year on the sidelines. However I don’t think he’d be true to his word and by Hallowe’en it would be conflict-ridden.