Detroit requests to interview Vikes OC Pat Shurmur

@"Nichelle" said: Cardinals have also requested an interview.

if schumur ends up in detroit hes not going to target kennum. might be a blessing in disguse. 

Shurmur's first interview will be with Detroit on Thursday. Although it isn't finalized he likely will interview with the Cardinals Saturday. 

Geoff, in your professional opinion, will or do these interviews cause a distraction for Shurmur himself and take away from his preparations for the next game? Does this cause a distraction to the players? For the organization? Thank you

Shurnur knows he's a hot candidate this year,  if the calls didn't come he would be thinking about that just ad now he is thinking about the calls that have come.

@"FessVike" said: Geoff, in your professional opinion, will or do these interviews cause a distraction for Shurmur himself and take away from his preparations for the next game? Does this cause a distraction to the players? For the organization? Thank you

Shumur is likley going to have an official interview setup with the Bears shortly. So Lions, Cardinals, Bears are all looking like viable options for Pat. 

UCF just had their coach accept a new job in Nebraska a few weeks ago, still coached the bowl game yesterday and won to complete an undefeated season by beating Auburn.

Its not a distraction for a team unless they let it be. 

If he's going to leave, I'd rather it not be to a division rival...

If Shurmur does leave to be a Head Coach...  I hope he keeps his hands off the Vikings assistant coaches.

I'd be pleased if he accepted that Cardinals job. I've thought for weeks that the Bears would come calling so I'm not surprised at all about that. Hopefully he doesn't go to a division rival, though. The Cardinals are my other team so I'd like to see Shurmur end up there if he's going to leave us.

A good offensive line and a decently mobile QB usually equates to a pretty good O-coordinator. I like Shurmur very much, but the Vikings can certainly be successful with a new guy calling the plays. He benefited from the upgrades on the line, it allowed him to call the game utilizing all of the playbook. When you win 13 games, teams come sniffing around after the season, goes with the territory.

Cook returns, another decent Draft and a FA signing or two and this job looks GREAT for the new guy, whomever that may be. Oh yeah, new facility in Eagan with state of the art everything.  

@"Wetlander" said: If Shurmur does leave to be a Head Coach...  I hope he keeps his hands off the Vikings assistant coaches.

Man, the NFL drives me crazy. These owners and GMs can be such idiots with all these changes. For this guy, fire that guy. Alex Smith endures 6 different offenses in 5 years and they wonder why the former #1 overall pick is a bust. Same with Sam Bradford. Well, turns out they weren't busts. Just needed some stability, some continuity. I could go on and on...

@"MaroonBells" said:

^^^This. Vikings have to find a way to keep going what they have on offense.

Man, the NFL drives me crazy. These owners and GMs can be such idiots with all these changes. For this guy, fire that guy. Alex Smith endures 6 different offenses in 5 years and they wonder why the former #1 overall pick is a bust. Same with Sam Bradford. Well, turns out they weren't busts. Just needed some stability, some continuity. I could go on and on...

Shurmur has been a good OC. But I am not entirely sure it is all him. I don't think we will have too much of a hard time replacing him, we just need to avoid trying to use a big name dinosaur with an outdated game plan like Turner again. 

who of the coaches getting tossed out, either directly (HCs) or indirectly because the HC is being replaced would be a good fit for the players we have here in minny?

@"JimmyinSD" said: who of the coaches getting tossed out, either directly (HCs) or indirectly because the HC is being replaced would be a good fit for the players we have here in minny?

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said: who of the coaches getting tossed out, either directly (HCs) or indirectly because the HC is being replaced would be a good fit for the players we have here in minny?

I think if you hire someone like that, he's going to want to bring his own offense, which means starting all over again. The brilliance of Shurmur is that he was humble enough to keep many of the things that Turner was doing. He didn't change it completely. He refined it, improved it. Continuity. It's the most underrated thing in football. I say keep the same basic offense and promote the Stefanski guy. 

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said: who of the coaches getting tossed out, either directly (HCs) or indirectly because the HC is being replaced would be a good fit for the players we have here in minny?

I think if you hire someone like that, he's going to want to bring his own offense, which means starting all over again. The brilliance of Shurmur is that he was humble enough to keep many of the things that Turner was doing. He didn't change it completely. He refined it, improved it. Continuity. It's the most underrated thing in football. I say keep the same basic offense and promote the Stefanski guy. 

Shurmurs offense wasnt unique to Shurmur,  it has his fingerprints,  but it is likely that another offensive minded coach could build onto what is already here.  yes Norv and Pats do have completely different philosophies, but that doesnt mean that there wont be coaches out there that are more west coast influenced that could fit in nicely.... besides, who says Stefanski wouldnt want to change things to something he wants to do?  keep in mind it was Chilly that brought him to Minnesota and hes been here ever since so who knows what he wants to do for sure.