Some good HC buzz and rumors here from SI.com

Pay wall.

@"JustinTime18™" said: Pay wall.

@"StickyBun" said:

@"JustinTime18™" said: Pay wall.

Weird. I got to see it all without a pay wall. 

@"JustinTime18™" said: Pay wall.

no paywall for me.

While we’re there, it sure sounds like the Vikings want to build around a combination of younger candidates with which that organization can grow. 

That both Poles and Browns V.P. of football operations Kwesi Adofo-Mensah are getting second interviews is definitely an indication of that, as is a candidate list that includes 30-somethings Jonathan Gannon, DeMeco Ryans, Kellen Moore and Kevin O’Connell. Whether they go with that sort of setup remains to be seen, but both Poles and Adofo-Mensah have background with coaches who fit into that category. Would Poles try to lure Flores, or one of the guys on the above list with whom he’s been in touch? Would Adofo-Mensah reach back to his San Francisco days an advocate for Ryans? (I actually think Adofo-Mensah would probably be open to either someone like Ryans, or someone he doesn’t know.)
I’d say of all the teams with openings, the Vikings’ process has probably been the most wide-open one. And with E.V.P. of football operations Rob Brzezinski in place to help younger guys grow into their roles (à la Mike Disner in Detroit last year), Minnesota can afford to take a chance here with candidates who have a little less experience.
Jonathan Gannon has quickly become a name to watch. 
Word is he knocked his interview with the Texans out of the park. He’s also met with the Vikings and Broncos, and despite the Eagles’ ups and downs on defense, he’s known as a really good scheme coach, and leader, with a very bright future. In that way, there’s some similarity to where Mike Tomlin was in 2007, when the Vikings’ defense he coordinated may not have warranted such a quick rise, but his head coach qualities were so apparent that he wound up getting his shot.
And there’s a connection to Houston that helps, too. Gannon worked as a pro scout in St. Louis when McDaniels was the offensive coordinator there in 2011, and the two remained close. Gannon consistently has been on McDaniels’s staff lists as McDaniels interviewed for head coaching jobs. He was one of three coaches hired to Indy by McDaniels, and he wound up staying there after McDaniels backed out in ’18. He would’ve been McDaniels’s co-defensive coordinator in Cleveland (along with Brandon Staley), and McDaniels has helped prepare Gannon for his shot (they’ve met over the years at the combine, etc.). And through that connection, Gannon got to know another Northeast Ohio native—Texans GM Nick Caserio, McDaniels’s college teammate and longtime New England staffmate. So is Josh McCown the favorite in Houston? He might be. But I wouldn’t rule out the possibility that Gannon could wind up landing the job.

Gannon is a guy I mentioned I liked earlier last week. 

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Good reminder from VikeFans..

Worried about the Vikings hiring a retread coach who has been an NFL head man, but was fired? Remember that Bill Belichick was 36-44 as Cleveland Browns coach before being fired. pic.twitter.com/WKbyT0m8CI

— VikeFans (@VikeFans) January 25, 2022

@"purplefaithful" said: Good reminder from VikeFans..

https://twitter.com/VikeFans/status/1485953299073351692?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1485953299073351692%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fvikefans.com%2Fworried-about-the-vikings-hiring-a-retread-coach-who-has-been-an-nfl-head-man-b%2F

The Belichick thing I'd the exception and not the rule 

@"supafreak84" said:

@"purplefaithful" said: Good reminder from VikeFans..

https://twitter.com/VikeFans/status/1485953299073351692?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1485953299073351692%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fvikefans.com%2Fworried-about-the-vikings-hiring-a-retread-coach-who-has-been-an-nfl-head-man-b%2F

Anybody else? Everybody knows Belichick...but anybody else ever been a rehire NFL head coach to win a Super Bowl?

The Belichick thing I'd the exception and not the rule 

Carroll

Dungy

Reid

@"supafreak84" said:

@"purplefaithful" said: Good reminder from VikeFans..

https://twitter.com/VikeFans/status/1485953299073351692?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1485953299073351692%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fvikefans.com%2Fworried-about-the-vikings-hiring-a-retread-coach-who-has-been-an-nfl-head-man-b%2F

Anybody else? Everybody knows Belichick...but anybody else ever been a rehire NFL head coach to win a Super Bowl?

The Belichick thing I'd the exception and not the rule 

Dan Reeves

Gruden

Hey, nobody ever claimed they were all good hires lol! 

Dick VermeilCoughlin

Shanahan

Every Coach