The New York Giants are thought to be among John Harbaugh\u2019s top two choices entering a week in which the former Baltimore Ravens head coach will likely choose which team he coaches next.<\/p>\n
Harbaugh, who coached the Ravens for 18 years before being fired last week, has drawn interest from a number of teams with \u2014 and without \u2014 coaching vacancies. He is expected to whittle the number of teams he will consider down to a handful he will accept interviews with.<\/p>\n
Two sources on interested teams said their belief is Harbaugh\u2019s top choices among the vacant jobs are the New York Giants and Atlanta Falcons in some order. Those sources added the Tennessee Titans are in third place, while a third, different source said there is real and mutual interest between Harbaugh and the Cleveland Browns.<\/p>\n
Interestingly, the Miami Dolphins, who fired head coach Mike McDaniel after Harbaugh was let go by the Ravens, are not on that list. It isn\u2019t known yet if the Green Bay Packers, another team Harbaugh has been connected to, will move on from head coach Matt LaFleur.<\/p>\n
Jones said that his sources consider the Ravens, Giants, and Falcons jobs the best available \u201cin some order.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jones also wrote that reports which surfaced over the weekend of Harbaugh\u2019s demands from any new team are inaccurate. He wrote:<\/p>\n
Harbaugh will command a high salary based simply off his resume, and some level of roster say is inherent in attracting a coach of that caliber. But a demand of $20 million in salary and full roster control are not required to land Harbaugh\u2019s services.<\/p>\n
\u201cBe first in line and don\u2019t let him out of the building.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Giants are positioned to do just that. They have already met Rooney Rule requirements by holding in-person interviews with former Atlanta Falcons head coach Raheem Morris and former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce. That means they can offer Harbaugh the job without needing to interview more candidates.<\/p>\n
While the focus is clearly on Harbaugh, Schoen promised to \u201ccast a wide net\u201d in searching for a head coach. He has done that.<\/p>\n
Next up will be former Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy. Some snicker at the idea of hiring McCarthy, but his resume is almost identical to Harbaugh\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Harbaugh is 14th on the list of all-time coaching victories. McCarthy is 15th. They are vastly different in style. Harbaugh is a culture-setting, CEO-style head coach. McCarthy is an offensive play-caller with a reputation for doing good work with quarterbacks.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf your biggest problem with him right now, looking at the way the last 14 years have gone, is that he struggles winning in the playoffs after winning 12 games in the regular season, that\u2019s a pretty good problem to have the way things have looked in East Rutherford in recent years,\u201d O\u2019Connor told Big Blue View.<\/p>\n
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