The Coaching Change Thread

[bigbluedefense]

Originally Posted by Jughead10

If most teams were as consistent and had 3 Super Bowls like the Patriots, owners would let coaches wear a dress on the sideline. However first time hires don't have that pull.

I brought up Horton's hair over a week ago when we were discussing the Rooney Rule. No team will hire him looking like a 14 year girl who just had her hair braided on a trip to the Caribbean. It's the same way no one would hire the Ryans (except the idiot Jets) because they are fat slobs.

I'm aware of that. I think it's stupid though. Winning games brings fans in the seats, and makes money for the organization. They shouldn't care what the coach looks like. Worry about how he coaches. That's what makes or loses you money. Not his haircut.

[WCH]

Originally Posted by Jughead10

If most teams were as consistent and had 3 Super Bowls like the Patriots, owners would let coaches wear a dress on the sideline. However first time hires don't have that pull.

I brought up Horton's hair over a week ago when we were discussing the Rooney Rule. No team will hire him looking like a 14 year girl who just had her hair braided on a trip to the Caribbean. It's the same way no one would hire the Ryans (except the idiot Jets) because they are fat slobs.

Even then, the idiot Jets hired the fat slob who had a haircut.

[bigbluedefense]

Originally Posted by Jughead10

I'm pretty sure it was about official apparel. If Nike were to make suits with a big swoosh on it, I'm sure they could wear those.

Mike Nolan and Jack Del Rio once wore suits on the sidelines, but they had to have league approval and have Nike or Reebok or whoever make the suit. It had to be made by their sponsor.

[Jughead10]

Originally Posted by bigbluedefense

I'm aware of that. I think it's stupid though. Winning games brings fans in the seats, and makes money for the organization. They shouldn't care what the coach looks like. Worry about how he coaches. That's what makes or loses you money. Not his haircut.

In a way I agree. But he looks like a damn fool. I laugh every time I see him. Win first and then he can grow his braids back.

[bigbluedefense]

Originally Posted by Jughead10

In a way I agree. But he looks like a damn fool. I laugh every time I see him. Win first and then he can grow his braids back.

He's gonna have to chop it off if he wants that chance. I'm sure he will soon. Unless he's really dumb and/or stubborn, in which case perhaps indicates that there are certain flaws/stubborness to his methods that we are unaware of that owners also take into consideration when evaluating him.

[Rosebud]

That's the thing with the braids. If he's that stubborn that he's not going to look like an adult, then what else is he going to be moronically stubborn about?

[Cigaro]

Originally Posted by Rosebud

That's the thing with the braids. If he's that stubborn that he's not going to look like an adult, then what else is he going to be moronically stubborn about?

That's a logical fallacy. Just because you don't want to cut your hair in no way implies that there are other things you are stubborn about that negatively effect your coaching ability.

[SuperPacker]

Originally Posted by Cigaro

If I were a college AD, I'd probably care. Coaches have to actually go out and recruit the parents just as much as the kids, while also dealing with boosters. Braids probably wouldn't help, rightly or wrongly.

But if I were a professional GM, I could care less. Yes, coaches are the face of the franchise, but as long as he's winning, it literally doesn't matter. People will still buy tickets and merchandise, and I see no player declining a contract on the basis of his coach's hair style. Belichick dresses like a complete bum routinely, yet he'd be my first choice of coach.

You could care less? Or you couldn't care less?

[cunningham06]

Originally Posted by Forenci

That's foolish. There is no hair code in the NFL that says NFL coaches have to have short hair. If there was, fine, what can you do? In this situation he wasn't doing anything wrong. If owners want to judge him for it then that's their own stupidity.

Personally, I don't give a crap what someone does to their hair as long as they coach well. The man can coach. Simple as that.

Of course there's no hair code, but when you are interviewing for a job you do your best to look professional before you set foot in the room. That's why you don't show up to an interview with scruff, you shave it. Not because there is a rule against facial hair, but to show them you are serious and not some slapdick who cares more about his unprofessional appearance than getting the job.

I personally don't care about appearance for a HC as long as they deliver results, but what is the negative to getting rid of his braids before interviewing for a multi-million dollar job? Get the job first, then if you really want to look like a geriatric Xzibit, grow it out after.

Team owners are white collar businessmen, Horton knows this. He even acknowledged that his hair was an "elephant in the room," and did nothing about it. That's just dumb that he didn't give himself the best chance to succeed. Foolish owners or not, Horton could have helped himself by doing something very simple, but he chose not to do so.

[Bengals78]

Do you really want to hire a guy so stubborn he wouldn't even entertain the idea of a hair cut? I mean...I don't know if the braids themselves are an issue or whether or not it used as a means of gauging how stubborn he is.

Zimmer can't get a HC gig to save his life right now and he is a middle aged white guy with short hair. He is just a prick to deal with sometimes.

[Monomach]

Originally Posted by Bengals78

Do you really want to hire a guy so stubborn he wouldn't even entertain the idea of a hair cut? I mean...I don't know if the braids themselves are an issue or whether or not it used as a means of gauging how stubborn he is.

Zimmer can't get a HC gig to save his life right now and he is a middle aged white guy with short hair. He is just a prick to deal with sometimes.

Is this really a thing now or are people just assuming it because he's had trouble getting the big job? I knew him really well about a million years ago and he was a pretty normal guy.

[bigbluedefense]

There must be some sort of negative perception about Zimmer among league circles bc it's odd that he didn't even get considered for any of the open positions this year.

I would say he was collateral damage bc of the wave of OCs getting HC jobs, but then we just saw Jacksonville hire a DC as a coach so you figure Zim would at least get an interview.

It's unfortunate bc he's one hell of a DC.

[Giantsfan1080]

He turns people off in his interviews. Too honest apparently.

[bigbluedefense]

Perhaps they're afraid of how he will handle the media bc of that. It's an understandable concern.

[SuperPacker]

Zimmer sounds like exactly the sort of coach i'd love.

[bigbluedefense]

Throw him a bunch of money to become a DC/Asst HC in GB. I think he might consider it because Cinncy is cheap so I'm sure he's not making top dollar there, plus the exposure of a team like GB will definitely improve his chances of becoming a HC.

He's a 4-3 guy though so it wouldn't fit with GB at all.

[I_C_DeadPeople]

Originally Posted by bigbluedefense

Throw him a bunch of money to become a DC/Asst HC in GB. I think he might consider it because Cinncy is cheap so I'm sure he's not making top dollar there, plus the exposure of a team like GB will definitely improve his chances of becoming a HC.

He's a 4-3 guy though so it wouldn't fit with GB at all.

Actually, when Cinci re-signed him last year (or perhaps it was 2 years ago) they made him one, if not the, top paid DC's in the league.

[bigbluedefense]

Originally Posted by I_C_DeadPeople

Actually, when Cinci re-signed him last year (or perhaps it was 2 years ago) they made him one, if not the, top paid DC's in the league.

Mike Brown not being cheap? Interesting...

[brat316]

Originally Posted by I_C_DeadPeople

Actually, when Cinci re-signed him last year (or perhaps it was 2 years ago) they made him one, if not the, top paid DC's in the league.

He is free after 2014. I can't find anything about how much he gets paid.

[Rosebud]

Originally Posted by Cigaro

That's a logical fallacy. Just because you don't want to cut your hair in no way implies that there are other things you are stubborn about that negatively effect your coaching ability.

A refusal to adjust to the expected norms of your profession, especially on something is insignificant as his braids, absolutely suggests that someone might be excessively stubborn, which can be a terrible trait for a coach.

[H.O.O.D]

Originally Posted by bigbluedefense

Throw him a bunch of money to become a DC/Asst HC in GB. I think he might consider it because Cinncy is cheap so I'm sure he's not making top dollar there, plus the exposure of a team like GB will definitely improve his chances of becoming a HC.

He's a 4-3 guy though so it wouldn't fit with GB at all.

Zimmer ran the 3-4 in 2005 and 2006 with the Cowboys and his defenses finished 10th and 13th respectively.

[NY+Giants=NYG]

Eagles still don't have a DC.. Are they waiting for one of the SB teams to be done so they can interview a coach from a 34 system?

[H.O.O.D]

Originally Posted by NY+Giants=NYG

Eagles still don't have a DC.. Are they waiting for one of the SB teams to be done so they can interview a coach from a 34 system?

They have been rumored to have interest in 49ers DB coach Ed Donatell and Ravens LB's coach Ted Monachino.

[bigbluedefense]

Originally Posted by H.O.O.D

Zimmer ran the 3-4 in 2005 and 2006 with the Cowboys and his defenses finished 10th and 13th respectively.

That was more Parcells. Zimmer was along for the ride. He wasn't very comfortable running that system.

[Bengals78]

Originally Posted by bigbluedefense

Mike Brown not being cheap? Interesting...

Brown's cheapness has always been about amenities and the like more so than players/personnel