Soul_Survivor88
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But this wasn't a decision about money. The truth is, McDaniels has been vacillating on this decision throughout the interview process, ever since meeting with the Colts on wild-card weekend. It is the reason a second meeting with Colts officials and team owner Jim Irsay was held. McDaniels was trying to get comfortable with the idea of taking his family out of New England and moving to Indianapolis.
McDaniels' decision to stay could spark speculation that perhaps Patriots head coach Bill Belichick's tenure is about to end, but those close to McDaniels say that isn't the case, a source told ESPN's Mike Reiss. The bigger factor to McDaniels was that the Patriots, who hadn't addressed his future until the past week or so, made an ultra-aggressive late push to try to entice him to stay. Had that happened a month or so ago, even if there was clarity that Belichick was definitely going to be the coach in 2018 (which he decisively is), McDaniels might not have pursued other head-coaching jobs as aggressively as he did.
I think he made a TB Times about it and posted to MyFace.
No way! Jesus people, STOP AND THINK for a moment: If BB was to retire, even if it's in a year, you think Patricia would have left for Detroit? Cause Kraft promote Patricia over McDaniels to HC any day!
Unless "imminent" here means a year down the road, this has already been confirmed to be not true by Reiss, Schefter, etc.
Except maybe the day after that SB.
PFT is reporting the Colts have three interviews already lined up because they weren't sure McDaniels was going to take the job.
new development, already reported by Curan
Exactly.I said earlier I would be shocked by nothing this offseason. This is the first not shocked thing.
BTW we are stepping all over the Eagles SB story - even in defeat it is a Patriots world.
Yeah, after this last Super Bowl, he's definitely promoting the DC who gave up a record amount of yards while leading an average/below-average defense the past few seasons vs. the offensive genius who has us in the top 5 consistently.
Not following your argument