Eagles 2025-2026 Season

[LegoDoom]

Jim Bob Cooter interviewed for the OC. Meh.

[phillychuck]

All-time great name, though...

[Docs]

Jim Bob Cooter interviewed for the OC. Meh.

I'm with you on that. He looks like another friend of Siriani and it doesn't look like he was calling plays for the Colts.

I've read that they have lined up the following so far:

Jan 16 - interviewed Falcons OC Zac Robinson
Jan 17 - interviewed Giants interim head coach / OC Mike Kafka
Jan 18 - interviewed Colts Jim Bob Cooter

Reported that Brian Dabool will interview, Mike McDaniel will interview, Charlie Weis Jr will interview.

The team was interested in talking to Kevin Stefanski but he accepted the Falcons head coaching job.

The ironic thing is that usually in the NFL the super bowl champion coaching staff gets raided and the Eagles are talking to two guys from the Giants and a bunch of coaches whose teams missed the playoffs. Not that you can't find talent there, just that isn't usually what happens.

[LegoDoom]

If you believe the rumors, the Eagles reached out to Weis Jr before the regular season ended.

[zambonir]

He should be legally required to only coach college football in the South or Texas

[Docs]

I want to be Nick Foles when I grow up

[Florida_Sunshine]

Priceless.

[LegoDoom]

I still hate the Pats, but I have been a Drake fan for the past 3+ years.

I also grew up a Browns fan and absolutely hate the Broncos.

So I'm rooting for Drake. Sorry Nick!

[Docs]

The Bills just fired McDermott. That's shocking to me, and it also opens up an attractive head coaching spot for the high end OCs on our short list.

[jimbomill]

The Bills just fired McDermott.

Seems just a little bit harsh, but the name of the game is to win the Championship.

[zambonir]

But is it actually attractive? I get how a great coach can get fired after nine years if you haven't even won the AFC but there's gotta be some ownership/front office dysfunction there to do this (the GM is staying). Especially when the team's position is also that the Bills only lost that game due to officiating.

Of course, all NFL head coaching jobs are attractive, as Kellen Moore already showed us, and someone will show us in Cleveland too.

The teams that still have openings have gotta be laughing their ass off at Atlanta now.

[Docs]

But is it actually attractive?

Yes, they have an MVP QB and a roster ready to compete, the next coach doesn't have as long of a to-do list and there are less uncertainties.

All NFL head coaching jobs are not attractive. New Orleans is not a dysfunctional franchise and supported their coach. The Jets are a dysfunctional franchise and have a meddling owner, I would not want to work for that franchise. The Raiders are a dysfunctional franchise with ownership issues. The Cowboys have a terrible owner.

[phillychuck]

Honestly, all those jobs are attractive. There are only 30 of them, it’s not like there are 100s of openings. The people who want these jobs know that. They can’t be super-picky.

[zambonir]

Yeah but there's still only 32 jobs. If you're a great candidate, sometimes you have a choice. But most people can't be picky. Certainly the choices Oakland and Dallas has made most recently suggest the great candidates didn't want to go there (though I'd say in Jerry's case he also picks those guys on purpose). But other times good people have taken those jobs (and the Jets as well).

Arguably the Eagles don't attract - or chose to hire - the most hot commodity coaches either, not because it's a bad job but because working for Lurie and Howie isn't for everybody (and the one time they tried it we know how that went, on both sides).

Harbaugh was probably the only slam-dunk candidate out there this year anyway, and now McDermott is. Hiring Mike McDaniel isn't gonna be quite the same thing.

[Docs]

i feel like you are arguing both sides here. you are suggesting buffalo isn't an attractive destination and then suggesting that all options are attractive. I'm not sure how to respond.

At the end of the day, i think someone like Daboll would be a solid OC choice in Philly. I believe someone who failed as a head coach probably has one more chance as a head coach before they are not in the rotation and they need to pick their next spot carefully because very few people get 3 strikes to fail miserably like a Norv Turner did. I think someone like Daboll might be attracted to the opportunity in Philadelphia as a coordinator over trying to get a team out of the dumpster fire that is Las Vegas for example. Or to succeed for a franchise that has missed for a very long time like Arizona or go to a place with very few positives on the roster like the Titans. But the Buffalo job seems like a safer place to build your resume and establish yourself as a future head coaching candidate.

[zambonir]

You were arguing both sides - two different arguments really - too! I certainly agree that Buffalo is more attractive than Oakland or Cleveland. It's kind of moot really because there aren't actually any elite HC candidates on the market who would only take the best possible job (besides Harbaugh and McDermott and, um, Pete Carroll or Bill Belichick, lol?). And anyone who might be the Eagles OC isn't one either. Stefanski already got hired for a so-so job, and McDaniel probably will too. Maybe he goes to Buffalo but he was probably going somewhere.

But the one thing the Bills opening does change is Daboll's prospects. They are probably the only one of the other 31 teams who might hire him to be HC. But I don't see that as a great team hiring the best possible guy, that's more about the history.

It's funny to look back on the Eagles hiring process. Did the team reject everyone they interviewed or did some of the interviewees decide it wasn't for them? If memory serves they were supposedly trending towards (Josh) McDaniels and Nick beat him out.

Several of those names, though certainly not all, were probably Rooney Rule.

The Eagles held an extensive search after firing Super Bowl-winning coach Doug Pederson on Jan. 11. They interviewed Arthur Smith, Robert Saleh, Jerod Mayo, Joe Brady, Kellen Moore, Duce Staley, Todd Bowles, Dennis Allen, McDaniels and Sirianni. They also had a request in to speak with Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll, sources said, but there was an agreement to wait until after Sunday's AFC Championship Game for a potential interview.

[flyers19rw]

I get what Docs is saying. There are a few good jobs where ownership understands the nuances of the game and don’t hit the panic button when a season or two go off of the rails due to extenuating circumstances. However the Luries and Rooneys are the exception to the rule. There are too many “Just Win, Baby”, types that eat up HCs and spit them out. Taking a job with them isn’t worth the hassle. Unfortunately this mentality is seeping down to the college ranks as well.

[LegoDoom]

But is it actually attractive?

All NFL head coaching jobs are not attractive.

Bingo. I mean if enough money is involved, then I'd tend to think it might not matter.

[xogfog]

Well, the guy I was hoping for as OC, McDaniel, is going to the Chargers to be their OC.

[zambonir]

He didn't even interview with the Eagles, who supposedly wanted him badly. Probably the history with Fangio was a factor. Interesting that no team wanted him as HC or vice-versa but will this only be a one-year job?