Time now for PFT on Yahoo! Sports Peter King Mike Florio,
the big stories in the NFL and with four teams still left
twice. As many
as of
this recording. Still looking for head. Coach has eight
vacancies
already. There could be a ninth in New Orleans the way that
Gail Benson. The owner of the team talked about
the possibility. Sean Payton won't be back.
Peter. What are the names out there that are creating
the most Buzz. I think the
And you mentioned this last week of a superstar coach, is
one of the reasons why this is taking as long as it has but
what we're the names who are the names that we should be
paying the most attention to as presumably this process at some
point slows down and jobs get filled.
There aren't any.
I mean, that's the truth.
I mean, everybody said, boy, I'll tell you Dan Quinn,
Brian. Flurries. They're the hot names.
Teams have had
two weeks to hire. Brian floor. He's and no one has
teams have had a week to hire Dan Quinn.
No one has. So there are not
the names that everybody always thinks
are really popular at this time. Of year
case in point. Jim Harbaugh,
where is the race to sign? Jim Harbaugh
for 11 million dollars a year, there isn't one.
And I'm not saying that some team
will not eventually sign any of those coaches
to be their head coach. All I'm saying,
is that there is sanity this year in head-coaching searches,
and that sanity means
take your time. I thought John Mayer, put it perfectly for
the Giants.
A week or so ago. When he said in essence, we've made mistakes
by rushing and we are not going to rush.
Having said that,
you know, I think somebody's going to hire Brian De Bowl
Mike because they watch the game on Sunday and they think
that Brian Day Bowl can magically transform
their quarterback into Josh Allen.
And you know, that's what happens at this time of year,
you watch the playoffs and you get excited about a team. Many
say well that coach must be great. And look, don't get me
wrong.
I think Brian tables really good.
But that is to me the inherent problem with what happens.
Every January.
You look for the hot guy.
Yeah, and I think the fact that there isn't that one guy that
everyone has to have his allowed the teams to be more
deliberate. It's forced them
to go more slowly. There isn't that sense? We have to go get
this guy before someone else does like, oh, okay. Well you
hired Dan Quinn. Oh, well, we'll move on to one of our
other Alternatives even though he was somebody we were
seriously
considering so I agree with you.
There really isn't that one must have named,
it's going to come down to fit with a general manager and two
of the eight teams. Still don't have a general manager in
the bed. In the Viking. So they're not even poised yet
to hire a coach. You're right about day ball. How can you not
watch? What the bills did in the postseason? I know it was
a little sketchy at times in the regular season and there was
a moment after the bills loss to the Patriots on that Monday.
Night that windy Monday night. When
Sean McDermott was asked,
is Brian table doing enough to get the most out of the offense.
And Sean McDormand didn't say, yes and response and in
a situation like that, anything other than yes, is no. And it
may be concerned about tables future there, but they woke it
up down the street. Treach. They were great in
the postseason
and I think it makes a ton of sense for the Giants. There's
a little steam pointing in that direction. But Peter I agree
with you.
Everyone is looking for their guy. Not a guy that's a quick
fix. Not a guy that's going to be a short term. We're going to
be doing this again in two or three years, but they're
looking for their guy. That could be the answer is Tony.
Dungy has
suggested for 15 years.
Wouldn't it be great. Now we know that's not going to happen
because of the turnover that we see and teams when they're bad.
They just feel compelled to change coaches at some
But ideally, at least they're approaching it. I get
the impression. They're all approaching it as we don't want
to be doing this again in two or three years.
But everybody always does that, and I think that is why there's
hope this year that
the, the search is might actually be
being done correctly
and my come let me make one other point about this.
When I go back and look at the last 63 hires.
The amazing thing to me is because I did that last week,
you know, in 61 of them,
you know, had been made,
you know, basically, by this.
I'm on the calendar
and now you've had zero made.
And so the one point about it is, there are so many two and
three year guys.
That's why it's vitally important, take your time.
Even if everybody else seems to be sprinting out of
the Starting Gate,
but you know, the bottom line is this no matter, whether they
take their time or don't, the NFL is the ultimate Zero Sum
game. There must be a bad team for every good. Good team and
the bad teams, get quickly frustrated and owners feel like
they have to do something to turn it
around and that's what results in six, seven eight, or maybe
more vacancies, every single year. That's it for now.
Thanks as always for some of your time. He's Peter King on
Mike, Florio. Will see you again down the road.