to do this long-term? No, no,
no, I'm not a waiver man. I've loved it. I said, I've had
a great time. I know I'm the most popular guy in the room right
now, right? I mean, this has been, this has been fantastic.
I've it's crazy for me because I've went from being in
the media to not paying any attention
purposely, right? Because I know I mean you know I'm sure
that everything written about us or me is positive.
I'm good with that. I knew kind of what I was signing up for but
now, I've Loved this, I've had a great time. I love
Of the unity in the locker room. I love the staff and
working with guys in the the strategy it goes in with this.
And so you know again this has been this has been a lot of
fun. Again, W is make things a lot more fun but that's what we
got to get to.
Very astute observation by Jeff Saturday when you lose 50 4219.
In prime time, there are going to be some negative things,
written about you and your team.
That's for sure. And there has been plenty of questions about
whether or not he deserved the opportunity to be the interim
coach to audition for half of a season to become
the full time permanent head, coach. And Chris, I think Jim
irsay is going to hire him. I think it's a done deal.
I really do unless he decides to spend
a crapload of money to go get Sean.
Try to pair them up with Tom Brady or something,
really over-the-top outside the box like that.
I think he hired Saturday when he did because he wants to lay
the foundation and make Saturday the coach next year
and and you know he will have taken all the heat during
the season and it will seem less shocking
when Saturday gets the job after the season.
It feels like that.
I mean, it does. So
it feels like we're headed in that direction
and again, it hasn't been bad. Yeah. I mean, it's one in
three. I get that but it's Toto. We couldn't beat
the Eagles. Yeah, totally. The Eagles. That's right. Really
had a chance to beat the Steelers. The game
was very even, you know, throughout and then
you know, even the Cowboys game. I know they got blown out
and again and I mean hey they lost by a lot, I get it but it
you know it wasn't I don't think that score was and you
know true story of the game
it was 21 to 19 with 11 minutes left
and yeah they made some mistakes and then all sudden
they were down and then now you've got desperate and you
try to wait we got to push the envelope. I love to try to come
back and then another mistake happens. And
so I mean, from all do accounts, it hasn't looked bad.
It certainly hasn't looked maybe what we expected with
a guy as a first-time head coach, that's for sure.
After his first game, the win over the Raiders, it look like.
Hey maybe Jeff Saturday will be Coach of the Year turn around
and get the team to the playoffs. He would have been
a real candidate. We're going to draft the current Coach of
the Year candidates, the guys most likely to win. Bet MGM
has the odds as they currently stand. No surprise. Nick
soriana the overwhelming favorite little surprised to
see Dan Campbell as highs. It's interesting that two guys out
of the six bright it to gloat. It's interesting to see two
guys out of the playoffs right now, in
Campbell, and Saleh being number two,
And three in the in the the war the coach of the year, you
know, award there that I am a little surprised by that. It's
that's kind of rare.
All right. Go ahead and make your first pick who do you got.
I'm just going to take the guy the top of the list
but you know, I'm gonna go with Nick. See? Ronnie, again. It's
it's I know. We thought they would be good but to deliver on
the expectations and then some I think you deserve
some credit too and we've all talked about in others. No
great team. In the NFL this year there is the Eagles are
great. They're great. It's there's no weakness to their
team
and then I think when you add on the fact of
You know,
they're running an offense that he and Shane steichen. They
have no history in
they, they started this offense because they went wait our
quarterback, he's got a different skill set and he's
not the type that's going to be like Drop Back 40 times a game
and pick you apart.
So let's invent something new
and he's deserve some credit for that too. So syriana is
the obvious choice to be number one there.
And look, the reality is coach. The year is the guy who most
impressively exceeds. Yeah. The loose expectations for his
team. Going to hear what Bill Belichick, never wins. Unless
he goes
right. Undefeated,
like you did in 2007.
We expect him to good 80 read. We expect them to be good,
Sean, McDermott, we expect the bills to be the number one seed
in the AFC. So how's it going to exceed expectations? So
that's why Syria Army is currently the favorite first
one for me against that backdrop and I'm looking at it
from the standpoint.
And who I think will win it, not who the best coach has been
this year,
but who will win it?
And I love +4000 odds for Kyle Shanahan.
I mean, you go from Trail ants
to Jimmy G, to Brock /. D Joe Gibbs won Super Bowls with
three different quarterbacks over period of a decade. This
guy may win a Super Bowl going through three
quarterbacks in one year. Chris II, never gets any credit.
I I'm glad I didn't think I'm mad. You took them, I didn't
think you would take him. I did not, I was going to take him
next. I don't understand, he's not even in the conversation,
sometimes
you don't even hear it and you're like wait he's the GM
and built the team. He has final say, and picks these guys
and
then yes, the quarterback situation which hey, you know,
how you can surely some of it to blame on him. But the facts
are this year that they've lost two starters and they're on
a third Stringer. Like you said, and we're sitting here going
hey, where their third Stringer
the, you know, what's a good matchup? That could they
Could be in the Super Bowl.
I think it says it all my can't point,
so you're right. I don't, I don't understand that. And
I think we could argue that, you know, in a lot of ways. He
might have got screwed over a few years ago, when John
Harbaugh nudge them out. And
they were the number one seed in
the year, they went to the Super Bowl. So,
I'm glad you threw him in there. He certainly was one
that jumped out to me.
I think the next one
we go with here is, I think Mike McDaniel, is probably
the next one. I'll take here. Close one. There's another guy here
in the list that I went back and forth with but
I think Mike McDaniel
you said it, right? It's the exceeding of expectations and
then a quarterback that we all had questions about. You know
making him look like a viable NFL starting quarterback
and then the offense just exploding onto the scene
and I don't think anybody saw that. I thought we all thought
who they have the chance to be dangerous but I mean they are
the most dangerous offense and football
and it Tua gets back on track, will see that, but but I think
McDaniel would be a guy that's towards the top of the list for
me.
Who put the graphic back up? I'm curious where the odds are
for. The one I'm about to pick next because he is not afraid
of Everett.
I think he's a guy who very well could win it. He's not
even on this board. That's Ron Rivera. The Commander's coach
we talked last segment about how they could end up or two
seconds ago. I really can't remember about how they could
end up disrupting
this presumptive Cowboys or Eagles or 49ers
and FC representative in the Super Bowl. And if they get in,
as they would be the sixth seed, most likely
I think we need to take it very seriously when you consider
all of the crap that that teams had to deal with. I hear you've
heard players. Say, man, we got deal with a lot of crap, all
coming from ownership all coming. From the top of
the organization,
all the ways they shot themselves in the foot in
the past, they continue to do. So, to this day and we're very is
the one Beacon who is leading the football team through this
500 yards of foul-smelling, you know what,
I think he deserves consideration.
They're the selection so far. One round to go coach of the year
for 2020 to Chris. Who do you have in round 3? It really is
interesting. In the fact that I feel like, we have like
candidates here where they're worthy of winning it even
though they might not go to the playoffs,
it is odd. It's and we don't have a lot of years, like that.
I mean day, Bowl. Dan Campbell Robert solow. They all extend
far exceeded expectations,
but in the guy I'm gonna go with his,
you know, Kevin O'Connell for your Vikings. Yeah, I gotta pick.
Him when we didn't see this. I mean, we'll see how it goes.
I don't expect a Deep Run in the playoffs, but still
the fact that they have found late game magic and one, some of
these games or you feel like they've been outplayed, I think
is something to do with his positive vibe. He's put on
the organization the
confidence and Cockiness. Maybe he's instilled in the football
team to degree to think. We're going to get it done. So I'll
Kevin O'Connell be my last choice.
Yeah, and like they're 10 and 3 right now. They're probably
going to finish 12 and 5 I could see them when the next to
lose the next tour. Just win a combination of two of the next
four. So 12 and 5 after everything that team's gone
through and how he's turned the vibe around and really embrace
the players even that the
defense is horrible,
it may be enough to get him some consideration
last one for me and this is a guy who talked about working
through distractions and constantly having an arm, but
tied behind your back and not having your starting
quarterback for five or six weeks and making it work. Mike
McCarthy.
Why is he Not getting, do we have the graphic? Where is he
on there?
He should be higher on the list and maybe there's value there
for anyone out there inclined to bet on
coach of the year. But
McCarthy's done really well. This year, he has two seasons
plus 2200, there is 12:38. He entered the season on the hot
seat all. It's just a matter of time before Jerry Jones.
Finally hired, Sean, Payton. He's wanted to hire him for
years and almost hired him early 2019.
And
it's just, it's just a matter of time before it happens now.
Well, that talk end. Very quickly,
and I think McCarthy is going to stick around,
he's done. Well, he's going to be the five seed,
which is nothing
to sneeze at and they still have a chance in theory to
catch the Eagles and they have them on Christmas Eve. In
Dallas, that should be a hell of a game Chris? Yeah,
no maybe they could still, maybe they can still win that
Division. If they win that Division and end up the one
seed McCarthy is the coach of the year. Yeah, maybe being
I mean, he's hated there are going to be a strong five seed.
We know that and
he's managed game situations. They haven't had as many
penalties this year. Those are All been positives for sure in
Dallas.
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