Some Rutgers assistants, according to a story I read, showed up to a big recruiting event, Greg Schiano was late, then they found out he was the new head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Now, if they didn’t know, and nobody else knew, then I have a problem with this. I’m fine with being as quiet as possible, but when people who work for you (and kinda of depend on you for their jobs) do not know that you might be taking a job in the NFL, that’s a problem.
This has not been an easy week for San Francisco wide receiver Kyle Williams. Williams fumble in Sunday’s NFC Championship game with the Giants sent New York into the Super Bowl rather than the Niners. Because of that, Niner fans have let Williams know of their displeasure.
However one fan has reached out and tried to pick up the spirits of Williams. This fan took the time to hand write the letter and send it to Williams, all in the hopes it would brighten his day. That fan is 7 year old Owen.
After a near miss with Oregon’s Chip Kelley, Tampa Bay has set its sights on another college coach. Greg Schiano of Rutgers is expected to be the new head coach of the Bucs as early as Thursday.
All that is left before the announcement are the particulars on Schiano’s contract. Tampa Bay was this close before with Kelly before the deal fell through. ESPN’s Adam Schefter is saying nothing like that is expected with Schiano.
The 45 year old Schiano turned around a dormant program at Rutgers over the past 11 years. Schiano has posted a winning record in six of the past seven seasons, with a record of 56-33 in that span. His overall head coaching record is 67-66.
Fascinating profile of Terrell Owens in the latest issue of GQ. Owens played 15-years in the NFL, earning over $80m and is nearly broke today.
Owens positions himself as blameless for his current financial situation saying it is due to a combination of bad investments, large child support payments, and trusting the wrong people. From the GQ article:
The Colts have hired Ravens defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano as their new head coach. So, they went with a defensive guy, makes sense. Now, Jim Irsay has “his guy” again, and it appears that the rebuilding is starting.
You bring in the new coach, you are going to draft Andrew Luck, and you have a defensive head coach who can support Luck after you start playing him. And, there it is. That’s how this is going to go down.
Not unexpectedly, Mike Stoops has returned to Oklahoma.
After a dalliance with Arizona as Head Coach, Stoops will go to work for his brother Bob with the Sooners. Mike will be the defensive coordinator and earn over $600,000 a year for the next three years.
This move was approved by the Oklahoma Board of Regents. As part of Stoops’ deal, the regents voted to approve a nepotism waiver because he will be working with his brother. As part of the contract, Mike Stoops stands to get another $50,000 if he stays with the Sooners through spring practice in May 2013 and again if he stays through May 2014.
Upheaval was coming at Kansas, just when was the question. It turns out it came sooner than anyone could believe.
The state and University of Kansas are finding out Charlie Weis is trouble. As he is now proving, Weis isn’t great at handling players either. The hiring of Weis was a mistake at Kansas, or anywhere. Now Weis is showing why.
Kansas quarterback Brock Berglund is looking to leave the school. He was recruited by former coach Turner Gill and apparently isn’t interested in playing for Weis. Berglund wants to be coached and he knows that won’t happen in Kansas.
Mike and Mike do confidence picks before game weekend, and I wanted to do the same with the Super Bowl to start to get an idea of who I think would win the game. The only thing is that it’s hard to just say that these confidence picks are the definitive word on the game. It’s just a start.
The categories are simple: quarterbacks, coaches, defense.
Let’s take a look.
Quarterbacks. Who am I more confident in in this game? Well, given that Tom Brady has lost a Super Bowl to Eli Manning, we have to say that it’s Eli Manning. However, Brady has looked pretty good this season. We can’t say he isn’t clutch, but is he as clutch as Eli Manning?
Yes Jim Tressel has been interviewed for the head coaching position with the Indianapolis Colts. Why Not? No matter your views on what Tressel did, which wasn’t murder, assault, accepting money from a booster or paying off players, he has proven himself to be a great football coach. And a great football coach can win anywhere.
Earlier the question was asked if it would be wise to even talk to Tressel. Why wouldn’t it be? He has won National championships, more than any other coach available right now. He is a proven cultivator of quarterbacks.
The Indianapolis Colts talked to Jim Tressel about their head coaching job, and while it is a whole season since the fallout at OSU, I think we have to wonder if it’s wise to talk to this guy and even consider making him your new head coach. I’m sure he would be great, but is this who you want running the show? I know that a pro football team can keep tabs on you, but is this the publicity that you want?
Well, if you think about it, the Eagles took on Michael Vick and that worked out fine (in that, it’s fine now–the whole universe isn’t pissed off about it anymore.)
