NFL coaching and executives carousel: news and speculation

[jmt57]

Houston Texans GM Rick Smith taking leave of absence

The end to Houston's season comes with some serious news.

Texans general manager Rick Smith is taking a leave of absence to tend to his wife, who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer, Smith announced via a statement released by the team.

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Bills name Brian Gaine Vice President of Player Personnel 

 

[jimnance]

At this point he's the GM in every in every sense exception BB gets final say on the roster. He also coaches on the field and and has a direct line to Josh from the booth on game days.

So his role with the Pats is a lot more than simply running the personnel department. He would be a huge catch for any team.

And that is what has separated Caserio from almost every other GM in the nfl- the fact he also COACHES.
He brings a lot to the table. Even Pats fans underrate what he does.

 

[AtomicDawg]

Wait, going 1-31 is magic?

 

[QuantumMechanic]

After being fired from the Colts, I thought Caldwell would be a disaster in Detroit. He hasn't made them a division winner, but he's gotten the Lions to the playoffs twice and has been, as you said, solid. I'm not saying he's great, but a team could do a lot worse. At a minimum, Caldwell's performance in Detroit is more evidence of the tank job the 2011 Colts pulled.

Caldwell has the best winning %age for a DET coach post-merger.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Wait, going 1-31 is magic?

Some call it magic. Most call it a hex or voodoo.

 

[AtomicDawg]

He gone.

 

[Joey007]

Pagano officially gone.

End of a fun era, getting to face his incompetence.

 

[Deus Irae]

Pagano officially gone.

End of a fun era, getting to face his incompetence.

I'm not attacking or defending Pagano as a head coach, but he wasn't getting any help from his GM or on the injury front. It's the breaks of the game, but I think we oversell his incompetence.

 

[Deus Irae]

From earlier today:

Broncos’ HC Vance Joseph faces increasingly longer odds at being retained and returning for his second season in Denver, league sources tell ESPN.

 

[FortressX]

He was with the Colts for 6 years.
Time is flying.

Luck being hurt and the previous GM being a fail didn't help him.

 

[farn]

Caldwell has the best winning %age for a DET coach post-merger.

SO ? One can also be 5’5 and the tallest in a family. Doesn’t make one Shaq.

 

[Joey007]

I'm not attacking or defending Pagano as a head coach, but he wasn't getting any help from his GM or on the injury front. It's the breaks of the game, but I think we oversell his incompetence.

While that is true, the man made some terrible in game situational decisions.

Can’t ever forget his fake punt decision against us a couple seasons ago.

 

[Deus Irae]

While that is true, the man made some terrible in game situational decisions.

Can’t ever forget his fake punt decision against us a couple seasons ago.

That wasn't on the head coach, though he has ultimate responsibility.

 

[MainePatsFan26]

That one reads like ownership telling the new GM to "give it a year, and see what you think then."

Jackson being brought makes sense. There will be a new front office looking for more high picks (after having #1 and #4 this upcoming draft) and Jackson's pedigree can guarantee another top pick.

 

[Joker]

Pig Guano...gone...scumbag should have been decapitated 2 years ago

 

[RobertWeathers]

Jackson being brought makes sense. There will be a new front office looking for more high picks (after having #1 and #4 this upcoming draft) and Jackson's pedigree can guarantee another top pick.

Hue Jackson is the ML Carr of the NFL.

 

[QuantumMechanic]

SO ? One can also be 5’5 and the tallest in a family. Doesn’t make one Shaq.

The point is to illustrate how pathetic DET has been for decades.

 

[farn]

The point is to illustrate how pathetic DET has been for decades.

I hear you. But, I just find that some people play to “Be decent” which I can’t understand.

 

[AtomicDawg]

Another one's gone.

 

[fightingirish595]

Another one's gone.

Must mean gruden.