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ESPN has re-arranged their early morning show lineup since the beginning of the new year.... and with that I get to listen to something better than "MarkPatrickOnSports",... thank god!
So, they're all ramblin' on about the Packers/Vikings game only having a line around 6 or 7 for Sunday's game, when the other three games are seeing around a 10pt spread. If you're a bettin' man, then take the Vikes +6; but since the game could well go way beyond that.. then take your chances, but most figure it to barely cover the spread.
Anyway - they start yappin' about Coaching positions and the 49ers & Cleveland (to start out with) and who would be viable candidates. One of the former players (49ers) is on the show and chimes in with how they should look for a previous employee to come back and remake the Team all over again in the Niner tradition of the Eighties & Nineties... (Holmgren comes to mind, immediately)
Now, the pundits are all shouting USC, c'mon Pete Carroll, here's your chance to get back in the NFL --- But, I'm a naysayer.. Carroll had mediocre success in the NFL. But now.. on the other hand, he has total control over a bunch of 18-22 year olds who wil worship every word that falls from his face. While, in the NFL, he would have 22-32 year olds who could care less if he fell off the planet unless it suited them... Not a whole lot of power there, when you really consider the implications.... And, to tell you the truth everything about moving from College to the NFl would be about $$$$ - and if he needs the difference in millions which the NFL could give him... who knows.. but otherwise, since the Board at USC certainly would like to keep Carroll there... then maybe they can persuade him along some other line of thought. The example given was 5 or 6 mil per year, probably for at least five years - that's 30 million outright... NONE of us could really say we'd walk away from that.
So, then they start yappin' about who should be taking the Coaching position in Cleveland... after the Butch Davis thing, Cleveland went downhill pretty quickly. Theyre tryin' to hang on,... but let's be real about this... they're in free-fall mode right now unless a better Coach comes in to smack a few heads around. That's when I hear them mention Ed Donatell as one of the candidates who will.... be given an interview after the Season is over... :shock: --- I look at my girl and go....WHAT..? You're kidding!?!? Dis-belief is all I feel... But, then I start to think about it. I mean, really think about it.
Donatell "does" have some pretty good qualifications.. Especially when you think about Mora Jr now holding the reins in Atlanta, after being the Niner DC. Mora's record in SanFran wasn't all "that" much to be show-boating about, now was it....? Although, they did win a few more games than might have happened otherwise had Mora not been there. His forte is Defense, and maybe, just maybe, with an adequete set of Db's, he might be able to pull something off - but for now, the Falcons D isn't that good. We're seeing a great deal of success in Atlanta based on the accomplishments of the OC they have, who's working miracles now that Michael Vick is back, moreso than anything. But, to be fair, the Falcons D isn't all that much better than the Packers D...barely...!
I say this - If Mora Jr can pull off getting a Head Coaching position in the NFL, with his lack of credentials.. then Donatell is just as deserving.
Go for it, Ed - You go for it!
So, they're all ramblin' on about the Packers/Vikings game only having a line around 6 or 7 for Sunday's game, when the other three games are seeing around a 10pt spread. If you're a bettin' man, then take the Vikes +6; but since the game could well go way beyond that.. then take your chances, but most figure it to barely cover the spread.
Anyway - they start yappin' about Coaching positions and the 49ers & Cleveland (to start out with) and who would be viable candidates. One of the former players (49ers) is on the show and chimes in with how they should look for a previous employee to come back and remake the Team all over again in the Niner tradition of the Eighties & Nineties... (Holmgren comes to mind, immediately)
Now, the pundits are all shouting USC, c'mon Pete Carroll, here's your chance to get back in the NFL --- But, I'm a naysayer.. Carroll had mediocre success in the NFL. But now.. on the other hand, he has total control over a bunch of 18-22 year olds who wil worship every word that falls from his face. While, in the NFL, he would have 22-32 year olds who could care less if he fell off the planet unless it suited them... Not a whole lot of power there, when you really consider the implications.... And, to tell you the truth everything about moving from College to the NFl would be about $$$$ - and if he needs the difference in millions which the NFL could give him... who knows.. but otherwise, since the Board at USC certainly would like to keep Carroll there... then maybe they can persuade him along some other line of thought. The example given was 5 or 6 mil per year, probably for at least five years - that's 30 million outright... NONE of us could really say we'd walk away from that.
So, then they start yappin' about who should be taking the Coaching position in Cleveland... after the Butch Davis thing, Cleveland went downhill pretty quickly. Theyre tryin' to hang on,... but let's be real about this... they're in free-fall mode right now unless a better Coach comes in to smack a few heads around. That's when I hear them mention Ed Donatell as one of the candidates who will.... be given an interview after the Season is over... :shock: --- I look at my girl and go....WHAT..? You're kidding!?!? Dis-belief is all I feel... But, then I start to think about it. I mean, really think about it.
Donatell "does" have some pretty good qualifications.. Especially when you think about Mora Jr now holding the reins in Atlanta, after being the Niner DC. Mora's record in SanFran wasn't all "that" much to be show-boating about, now was it....? Although, they did win a few more games than might have happened otherwise had Mora not been there. His forte is Defense, and maybe, just maybe, with an adequete set of Db's, he might be able to pull something off - but for now, the Falcons D isn't that good. We're seeing a great deal of success in Atlanta based on the accomplishments of the OC they have, who's working miracles now that Michael Vick is back, moreso than anything. But, to be fair, the Falcons D isn't all that much better than the Packers D...barely...!
I say this - If Mora Jr can pull off getting a Head Coaching position in the NFL, with his lack of credentials.. then Donatell is just as deserving.
Go for it, Ed - You go for it!