The start date for the bidding process IS NOW. GOOD LUCK!! 1. Each team has the choice of whether they would like to retain their current head coach, offensive coordinator, and defensive coordinator. Interim head coaches may be retained as coordinators or as a head coach. However if retained as a coordinator, teams are eligible to "steal" the coordinator which is explained in rule #4. 2. Position coaches may move up to the coordinator position or the head coach position. 3. Coordinators may move up to the head coach position as well as remain coordinators if they are not offered head coaching jobs. 4. Teams can "steal" retained coordinators by offering a head coaching job. However they cannot "steal" retained coordinators to offer them another coordinator job. Retained coordinators can be promoted to head coach if they fire the head coach first. In house promotions must be made before the bidding process if you wish to forgo the bidding process. 5. Each team will receive $10 million in their bank. 6. Retained salaries go as following: $5 million for head coach ; $2.5 million for offensive coordinator ; $2.5 million for defensive coordinator. 7. Free agent head coaches and coordinators have minimum salaries: $3 million for head coach ; $1.5 million for offensive coordinator ; $1.5 million for defensive coordinator. 8. Coaching staffs will be current as of the time of this thread opening. 9. You must post whether you will retain or fire your current coaching staff in the designated thread. 10. Teams will bid on coaches, like in free agency. When a coach is bid on, if he goes 24 hours without someone else raising the bid, he is awarded to the bidding team. 11. Teams must raise bids by at least $100K. 12. The max bid for a head coach is $7.0 mil. When a head coach hits $7.0 mil, all teams will have the opportunity to match the $7.0 mil bid within 24 hours. The max bid for a coordinator is $3.0 mil, teams will also have the opportunity to match that $3.0 mil bid. 13. The teams that matched a 7 mil bid will be placed in a pool where a randomizer will decide the destination for the coach (like in real life, money isn't everything). The same thing goes for the 3 mil. 14. During the 24 hours when teams can match a coordinator's $3.0M salary, teams can offer that coach a head coaching position which trumps the coordinator position. However after the 24 hour period, the coach is off-limits for head coaching jobs. 15. You CANNOT hire a coach that has been out of coaching (out of work, not retired) for over 3 years (Cowher, Dungy, and Gruden are not eligible; Romeo Crennel is eligible), all but three college coaches, and fictional characters. 16. You cannot fire coaches that you have signed via Coaching Free Agency. If there are any questions, feel free to ask. I won't have every single available coach on my list so if you are interested in a person that is eligible to be a coach or coordinator but is not on the list... just bid on him here. Remember, he cannot be out of coaching for more than 3 years, currently coach a college team (unless they are one of the three exceptions), or be a fictional character. You can promote other teams coaches only if you offer them a promotion (IE, promote a team's offense coordinator to head coach or quarterbacks coach to offense coordinator). Minimum bids for a head coach is $3.0M. Minimum bids for a coordinator is $1.5M. Maximum bids for a head coach is $7.0M. Maximum bids for a coordinator is $3.0M. Teams with Vacancies Arizona Cardinals ($ available: $2.5m GM: Higgi DC: Atlanta Falcons GM: Skeet84/Stitches HC: Todd Bowles OC: Jim Caldwell DC: Kacy Rodgers Buffalo Bills GM: Die_Nasty DC: Mike Pettine Cleveland Browns GM: sports24/7 HC: Gus Mulzahn OC: Ken Dorsey DC: Kris Richard Dallas Cowboys ($ available: $10m) GM: Sean HC: OC: DC: Detroit Lions GM: Phinator OC: Freddie Kitchens DC: Rocky Seto New York Giants GM: RPG Giants OC: Rick Dennison Oakland Raiders GM: Biggtyme13 HC: Matt Patricia OC: Rob Chudzinski DC: Pepper Johnson Philadelphia Eagles GM: UCFinFan86 DC: Billy Davis Pittsburgh Steelers GM: Boik14 OC: Jason Garrett Seattle Seahawks GM: phinsational DC: Ken Norton, Jr. St. Louis Rams GM: Fin-Omenal HC: Dan Quinn OC: Mike Solari DC: Nick Rapone Coaches Signed Browns - HC - Gus Malzahn Browns - OC - Ken Dorsey Browns - DC - Kris Richard Rams - HC - Dan Quinn Rams - OC - Mike Solari Rams - DC - Nick Rapone Falcons - HC - Todd Bowles Falcons - OC - Jim Caldwell Falcons - DC - Kacy Rodgers Steelers - OC - Jason Garrett Eagles - DC - Billy Davis Giants - OC - Rick Dennison Bills - DC - Mike Pettine Seahawks - DC - Ken Norton. Jr Lions - OC - Freddie Kitchens Lions - DC - Rocky Seto Raiders - HC - Matt Patricia Raiders - OC - Rob Chudzinski Raiders - DC - Pepper Johnson Coaches Bid Head Coach 2/9/14 10:32PM EST Cowboys bid $5m to Nick Saban for the HC Offensive Coordinator 2/9/14 10:32PM EST Cowboys bid $1.5 to Clyde Christensen for the OC Defensive Coordinator 2/10/14 1:31AM EST Cowboys bid $1.5m to Jim Leavitt for the DC 2/10/14 Cardinals bid $1.5m on Kevin Ross for DC College Coaches Available to Be Bid On: David Shaw Nick Saban
I've updated the OP with $ available to be spent on your bidding. Should be accurate but let me know if it's not. I shall open this thread sometime tonight 2.7.14 around 8pm Eastern time.
reminder, please post your team name along with your bid. I have PM'd Seattle and Arizona to notify them that they each now have $2.5m to replace their respective coordinators who are perhaps on their way to accepting head coaching gigs elsewhere.
Seattle DC - $2.5M - Ken Norton Jr (LOL at Fin-O bidding $7.0M on a guy who's never been a HC to replace Jeff Fisher. You lose at life.)
Google Jeff Fishers career record, stop watching ESPN so much. Dude is nothing more than a consistent .500 coach. This team will be at 8 wins after week 10.
Raiders offer Rob Chudzinski 1.5m to be offensive coordinator, Matt Patricia DC Pats 3.00 to be HC and Mike Pettine 3 mill to be DC
Mike Pettine was previously signed by the Bills for $2.5 (a few hours ago the 24 hour deadline elapsed). Typical Raiders
Cowboys Bid 5M on Nick Satan, I mean Saban for HC Cowboys bid 1.5M on Colts QB Coach Cyde Christensen for OC Cowboys bid 1.5M on Seahawks Secondary Coach Kris Richard for DC
Cards look in house to hire a DC. Former CBs coach Kevin Ross is offered $1.5M bid become the new DC.