http://blogs.nfl.com/2008/12/31/lions-schedule-interview-with-bowles/
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It's great that people see our coaching staff is good but
get your grubby damn hands off them! -
Nooooooo!!!!!!!
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Mort was on last night saying it's pretty much an "NFL rule" that when your assistant coaches get asked to interview for HC positions, you pretty much let them. That was in regards to the Cowboys Jason Garrett, but I say good for Bowles. Having said that, I say why would you want to coach Detroit?
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Good for him.
Not saying he'll get it, but I've thought he'll be in line for a DC job somewhere at some point.
What also worries me is that he is going to be taking time away from playoff preparation to prepare for the interview. Especially next week should we still be playing.
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Plus why would he want to go to the Lions
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I thought it was the proper etiquitte to wait until the coach's season is over before conducting an interview. I seem to remember that this happened with a bunch of hot coordinators with the Giants. Teams wanted to interview their assistant coaches, but had to wait until after the playoffs.
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You pretty much at least see where it's going to get you and 9/10 you take the higher job. -
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Nothing to do with "pretty much" - you simply aren't allowed to refuse the request if it's for a HC position. You absolutely have to let them interview.
It is. So I'd assume that the FO went out of their way to let Bowles interview. He's a long shot and there's no way Detroit's going to wait for Bowles. To me this looks like the FO's doing Bowles a favor by letting him interview despite the playoff appearance. I like it.gafinfan and GARDENHEAD like this. -
I wish him the best of luck in his interview.MonstBlitz likes this. -
I could be wrong, but I think that's how it goes. -
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I think Bowles has done a good job here in MIA, but he's not irreplaceable. If DET wants him, then i say good luck Bowles.
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The thought just entered my head of him possibly being interviewed because of the Rooney Rule.
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In the past, the NFL rule was "hand's off" until the teams season concluded. The length of time Romeo Crennel spent in the Playoffs/Superbowl with the Patriots was a major factor in the rule change. Everyone wanted to interview him but he could not interview until February. The appearance became that the most qualified candidate who would meet the Rooney rule was still coaching. So while Romeo was busy coaching the Patriots to the Superbowl, Art Shell was touring the country for token interviews. Too many times, teams would interview someone like Shell and then hire the offensive/defensive coordinator from last years Superbowl who just happen to miss the playoffs. The rule that structured the interview time frame did not reward success. -
You could see this coming from a mile away, Bowles is a guy who instantly improves units where ever he has coached, from Cleveland to Miami.
Normally I'd say this was just a "chop" on the resume and a Rooney Rule interview, but with Harbaugh going from a Special Teams coach to the Ravens Head Coach successfully...I'm not so sure there may not be more to it. -
Even more incentive to win: the longer we stay in the playoffs the less coaches we lose. -
Still, things even out
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3802943
Rex Ryan will be talking to the Jets, so hopefully he will impact them more. :up: -
so how did we get capers here from the texans? we didn't interview him for hc and i remember the texans being up in arms about it. did they(texans)agree to let him interview with us? something about having to hire him as a higher title than what he was at houston(dc)so we just made up some bs title since we already had a dc listed? -
I hope we don't lose Bowles to the Lions. I really like the way he turned around our Secondary. At first it looked like these guys can't cover anybody, but they really get their asses up and played darn good during our latest winning streak. It's even more impressive when you consider that our pass-rush was pretty mediocre during those games.
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