How Slim are the Pickens going to be?
I'm talking about the quality and quantity of coaches available to complete a staff?
Am hearing the Vikings are protecting some assistants to give KOC a choice on who to keep or not
We got 10 more days till the SB is played and just 8 weeks till the combine
So not only do you have to find able bodies and minds, but you gotta align on type of players, position priorities etc.
Its not going to be easy for KOC to get this thing off the ground.
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
O'Connell blew the search committee away with his preparation, his full evaluation of the roster and his plan on how he would move forward. I am very confident that a guy this organized and strategic already has a coaching wishlist 5-10 candidates deep for each position and has already reached out to each one. I wouldn't be surprised if half his staff has already been determined.
there will be alot of talent out there. The only big loss was Ficken but you cant blame him for not waiting.
Mccardell is well respected so hes abou the only one left that i would really like to keep.
Interesting that Dre has hung out, im thinking he has already been promised a job doing something or he would be gone.
Back to the first point, there are some talented position coaches in SD, Cincy and others that will likely fit KOC’s style.
Not sure the pickings will be that slim as I'm positive he's reached out to people he's interested in. We just don't know who that is yet.
There was a list on one of these threads of several coaches from the rams that he wants to bring with him, I am pretty sure they are already talking and most likely he knows of he's got them or not.
He could tell you, but he'd have to kill you.
HC: Kevin O'Connell
Offensive coordinator: ?
QBs: ?
RBs: Kennedy Polamalu
WRs: Keenan McCardell
TEs: Brian Pariani
OL: ?
DC: ?
DL: Andre Patterson?
LBs: ?
DBs: Karl Scott
STC: ?
@"JustinTime18™" said:Not sure how I feel about this. He's had some good defenses, but all I can remember him for lately is making that dumb call for the Packers letting Miller loose 1 on 1 against the Bucs a couple years ago. IIRC, he got slammed by his own team for that.With Kevin O'Connell going to Vikings, I keep hearing Mike Pettine as the likely DC there
@"PurpleCrush" said:Well if you think Mike Zimmer is a good defensive coordinator, then you should be fine with Pettine. How many defensive breakdowns have the Vikings had with Z at the helm? Its more about the players these guys have on D than anything. Its funny how good players on O and D make or break the coordinators.@"JustinTime18™" said:Not sure how I feel about this. He's had some good defenses, but all I can remember him for lately is making that dumb call for the Packers letting Miller loose 1 on 1 against the Bucs a couple years ago. IIRC, he got slammed by his own team for that.With Kevin O'Connell going to Vikings, I keep hearing Mike Pettine as the likely DC there
@"StickyBun" said:@"PurpleCrush" said:Well if you think Mike Zimmer is a good defensive coordinator, then you should be fine with Pettine. How many defensive breakdowns have the Vikings had with Z at the helm? Its more about the players these guys have on D than anything. Its funny how good players on O and D make or break the coordinators.@"JustinTime18™" said:Not sure how I feel about this. He's had some good defenses, but all I can remember him for lately is making that dumb call for the Packers letting Miller loose 1 on 1 against the Bucs a couple years ago. IIRC, he got slammed by his own team for that.With Kevin O'Connell going to Vikings, I keep hearing Mike Pettine as the likely DC thereI'm not saying he'll be a bad DC or a good one, I just don't remember much from his last stint w/ GB to make me feel a certain way about him being a potential hire.
With that being said, it'll always be about the players but the coaches are the ones who put them in positions to succeed, or at least they should. Zim had a good run defensively up until the last couple of years, and ultimately it's what cost him his job. I believe a big part of that was having the talent this year (or it appeared they did) but bad coaching decisions over and over cost them dearly. It felt it was apparent that his time (and Rick's) was over this year.
Rams DL coach Eric Henderson seems like another one to watch.
@"JustinTime18™" said:Keep an eye on Rams assistant secondary coach Jonathan Cooley for a defensive position on Kevin O'Connell's staff.Rams DL coach Eric Henderson seems like another one to watch.
An assistant secondary coach??
Lol, how deep do these coaching staffs run now a days?
@"purplefaithful" said:@"JustinTime18™" said:Keep an eye on Rams assistant secondary coach Jonathan Cooley for a defensive position on Kevin O'Connell's staff.Rams DL coach Eric Henderson seems like another one to watch.
An assistant secondary coach??Lol, how deep do these coaching staffs run now a days?
Assistant to the secondary coach.
@"JustinTime18™" said:@"purplefaithful" said:@"JustinTime18™" said:Keep an eye on Rams assistant secondary coach Jonathan Cooley for a defensive position on Kevin O'Connell's staff.Rams DL coach Eric Henderson seems like another one to watch.
An assistant secondary coach??Lol, how deep do these coaching staffs run now a days?
Assistant to the secondary coach.
Does that mean he’s the Gatorade boy??
Mike Pettine is the definition of slim pickins. Instead of making fun of his shitty Green Bay defense you'll get to cry about his shitty Minnesota version of same.
@"purplefaithful" said: I'm talking about the quality and quantity of coaches available to complete a staff?
How old are KOC's kids?
Too soon?
@"prairieghost" said:@"JustinTime18™" said:@"purplefaithful" said:@"JustinTime18™" said:Keep an eye on Rams assistant secondary coach Jonathan Cooley for a defensive position on Kevin O'Connell's staff.Rams DL coach Eric Henderson seems like another one to watch.
An assistant secondary coach??Lol, how deep do these coaching staffs run now a days?
Assistant to the secondary coach.
Does that mean he’s the Gatorade boy??
He laminates the play sheets too.
@"JustinTime18™" said:@"prairieghost" said:@"JustinTime18™" said:@"purplefaithful" said:@"JustinTime18™" said:Keep an eye on Rams assistant secondary coach Jonathan Cooley for a defensive position on Kevin O'Connell's staff.Rams DL coach Eric Henderson seems like another one to watch.
An assistant secondary coach??Lol, how deep do these coaching staffs run now a days?
Assistant to the secondary coach.
Does that mean he’s the Gatorade boy??
He laminates the play sheets too.
Wait till you meet the Defensive Graduate Assistant’s assistant. Rumour has it he is the next Tomlin
@"savannahskol" said:@"purplefaithful" said: I'm talking about the quality and quantity of coaches available to complete a staff?
How old are KOC's kids?Too soon?
He has Cousins (as in relatives)
Pettine would be awful. Regardless of how most feel about Harbaugh, I would have felt a lot better about his ability to assemble a top notch coaching staff.
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