goes to show you how many teams need HCS and not many good options available
Good luck to him.
Jonnu Smith, YOU are an Arizona Cardinal
I didn’t know there was a Rooney Rule equivalent for shit coaches.
We can happily trade Pitts as well to line up next to McBride.
That way we can see a Pitts & McBride decoy to set up a Jonnu Smith streak route.
Those fanbases will be absolutely thrilled to see AS refuse to use his best players on offense for literally no justifiable reason whatsoever
I think Authur “can” be a good head coach. He is not now but I do see the potential.
I mean, Matt Nagy is getting HC interviews…
He wasn’t a bad coach. I think he would be better this time around. He hitched his wagon to Desmond Ridder and Heinecke, which was his downfall.
Arthur Smith didn’t get a fair shake in Atlanta. His first year, the team had no cap space and the roster was considered to be the worst in the league. The Falcons still went 7-10. Then he did the same with Desmond Ridder and Marcus Mariota the next two years. Seems he may have an idea about coaching to me.
I think he can be good if he has a good GM (or a GM that does literally anything). Smith had way too much control over personnel and it was his downfall. Drafting Pitts, committing to Ridder, etc… at least with the titans he doesn’t have to pick his own QB.
Idc what any of you say dude was leaps and bounds better than Raheem and with a lot less on the roster to work with.
Why not the Steelers? Tomlin stepped down. Unless…Steelers don’t think he is good.
Yeah because they hired Arthur smith before and they’re doing it again. /s do YOU know the definition of insanity? And if you’re saying “hiring a coordinator as HC/ former HC” that’s literally what every single team does when hiring a new coach besides the extremely rare case you just go for an assistant.
He was better than Raheem so it’s not that crazy
I personally think Arthur would be great in Arizona
Smith to the Titans would just be hilarious. I could see him benching Ward and using him as a RB while he brings back Tannehill at QB. 😂
If I’m an owner, I’m literally never interviewing and hiring profiles like DQ, Raheem, Art, etc. Retread HC’s that either proved a limited ceiling/larger coaching inefficiencies or proved they were bad but at least they’ve done it before, would and should be last amongst considerations.
First, I’m looking for the OG McVay moonshot in the Shanny, Coen, Kubiak, Steichen molds. Is what it is, if you hit, you have a consistent weekly chess match advantage regardless of roster turnover and injury, just huge modern NFL value.
Second, I’m trying to hire a Harbaugh or Tomlin, guys who have truly extensive track records of steady ships over a long period through an evolving NFL landscape. I don’t think Tomlin’s coaching ceiling is as high as say a Liam Coen’s should you be picking between the two in a hiring decision in 2026, but a Mike Tomlin team will always produce at or above expectations, obviously valuable.
Third is someone like a McDaniel or Todd Bowles, who may project to have deficiencies regarding the big seat’s full picture/opposite side of the ball but maintain a defined specialty value add that everyone can agree on. You know you’re getting creative scheme/playcall, amongst the better defensive game plans possible per personnel every week, etc.
Fourth, I’m literally going even further peripheral moonshot in considering, bad results example but hiring process-wise it works, Joe Judge-esque candidates. The QB coach that made Darnold a near MVP candidate, the ST coach that for two years in a row produced the league’s by far best units, a DL coach that made two mid rounders All Pro’s and produced consecutive years of a top 5 unit without a Myles Garrett to lean on, that type of dynamic.
And then dead last is known ceiling, coaching deficiency candidates whose full ceiling is perhaps the 12th best coach in the NFL and floor is they prove again why they failed and you fire them and pick from the above in 2-3 years. I get the “boys club” aspect is a real thing but in an arena that’s so highly competitive with teams often owned by people who made billions off of innovation at one point, I still have a hard time comprehending the lack of creativity and goal oriented assessment (consistent competitive advantage towards Super Bowls) when it comes to staffing decisions.
Hey I am going to say something good about Artie. He generally won the games that he was supposed to win, and he sure as shit would not have let this team get blown out by the Panthers and Dolphins, nor would he have lost to a gutted Jets team. There is zero doubt in my mind that this team would have won the division… but also lost in the first round.
That being said, good luck to those teams wanting a vintage 2002 offensive mind.
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Lmao 6 pts in a playoff game
goes to show you how many teams need HCS and not many good options available
Good luck to him.
Jonnu Smith, YOU are an Arizona Cardinal
I didn’t know there was a Rooney Rule equivalent for shit coaches.
We can happily trade Pitts as well to line up next to McBride.
That way we can see a Pitts & McBride decoy to set up a Jonnu Smith streak route.
Those fanbases will be absolutely thrilled to see AS refuse to use his best players on offense for literally no justifiable reason whatsoever
I think Authur “can” be a good head coach. He is not now but I do see the potential.
I mean, Matt Nagy is getting HC interviews…
He wasn’t a bad coach. I think he would be better this time around. He hitched his wagon to Desmond Ridder and Heinecke, which was his downfall.
Arthur Smith didn’t get a fair shake in Atlanta. His first year, the team had no cap space and the roster was considered to be the worst in the league. The Falcons still went 7-10. Then he did the same with Desmond Ridder and Marcus Mariota the next two years. Seems he may have an idea about coaching to me.
I think he can be good if he has a good GM (or a GM that does literally anything). Smith had way too much control over personnel and it was his downfall. Drafting Pitts, committing to Ridder, etc… at least with the titans he doesn’t have to pick his own QB.
Idc what any of you say dude was leaps and bounds better than Raheem and with a lot less on the roster to work with.
Why not the Steelers? Tomlin stepped down. Unless…Steelers don’t think he is good.
[Jonnu: Here we go again. The Most Intense Obsession in the NFL](https://youtu.be/1_EaSMhQKOM?si=5tOfBqTdNkDqMGk7)
Yeah because they hired Arthur smith before and they’re doing it again. /s do YOU know the definition of insanity? And if you’re saying “hiring a coordinator as HC/ former HC” that’s literally what every single team does when hiring a new coach besides the extremely rare case you just go for an assistant.
He was better than Raheem so it’s not that crazy
I personally think Arthur would be great in Arizona
Smith to the Titans would just be hilarious. I could see him benching Ward and using him as a RB while he brings back Tannehill at QB. 😂
If I’m an owner, I’m literally never interviewing and hiring profiles like DQ, Raheem, Art, etc. Retread HC’s that either proved a limited ceiling/larger coaching inefficiencies or proved they were bad but at least they’ve done it before, would and should be last amongst considerations.
First, I’m looking for the OG McVay moonshot in the Shanny, Coen, Kubiak, Steichen molds. Is what it is, if you hit, you have a consistent weekly chess match advantage regardless of roster turnover and injury, just huge modern NFL value.
Second, I’m trying to hire a Harbaugh or Tomlin, guys who have truly extensive track records of steady ships over a long period through an evolving NFL landscape. I don’t think Tomlin’s coaching ceiling is as high as say a Liam Coen’s should you be picking between the two in a hiring decision in 2026, but a Mike Tomlin team will always produce at or above expectations, obviously valuable.
Third is someone like a McDaniel or Todd Bowles, who may project to have deficiencies regarding the big seat’s full picture/opposite side of the ball but maintain a defined specialty value add that everyone can agree on. You know you’re getting creative scheme/playcall, amongst the better defensive game plans possible per personnel every week, etc.
Fourth, I’m literally going even further peripheral moonshot in considering, bad results example but hiring process-wise it works, Joe Judge-esque candidates. The QB coach that made Darnold a near MVP candidate, the ST coach that for two years in a row produced the league’s by far best units, a DL coach that made two mid rounders All Pro’s and produced consecutive years of a top 5 unit without a Myles Garrett to lean on, that type of dynamic.
And then dead last is known ceiling, coaching deficiency candidates whose full ceiling is perhaps the 12th best coach in the NFL and floor is they prove again why they failed and you fire them and pick from the above in 2-3 years. I get the “boys club” aspect is a real thing but in an arena that’s so highly competitive with teams often owned by people who made billions off of innovation at one point, I still have a hard time comprehending the lack of creativity and goal oriented assessment (consistent competitive advantage towards Super Bowls) when it comes to staffing decisions.
Hey I am going to say something good about Artie. He generally won the games that he was supposed to win, and he sure as shit would not have let this team get blown out by the Panthers and Dolphins, nor would he have lost to a gutted Jets team. There is zero doubt in my mind that this team would have won the division… but also lost in the first round.
That being said, good luck to those teams wanting a vintage 2002 offensive mind.