OC rumor

[hawkeye2011]

This is starting to get some real legs.

I am not going to say this is a certainty, but Tom Moore is doing more than consulting with Ferentz the past couple of days.

 

[hawkfan33]

Is this chatter coming from KF's agent? All that talk about jumping to the NFL has helped push his salary into the top ten of college coaches. Maybe father and son share the same agent. That would be brilliant.

Seriously, can you tell us where this chatter is coming from? Josh McDaniels was hired a month ago to be OC again in New England. Do you think Belichick told him his hire was contingent on allowing Brian Ferentz to call plays? How would this would help McDaniels' career advancement or the Patriots win another Super Bowl?

I don't want the same "family" coaching my football team for 30+years. I don't care if their last name is Lombardi. This ain't Happy Valley. Thank God.

Not a bad point. Jimmy Sexton is well known for doing this. See Houston Nutt as a prime example.

 

[CAARHawk]

Glad to see some more reasonable minds come on board. It is fine if BF wants to come learn from one of the best OLine coaches around. It would also allow KF to have more input with respect to the line without having to worry about stepping on the toes of the position coach.

Just people need to calm down on anointing a guy who has one year of coaching experience as the heir apparent.

 

[pacoyal]

Granted we know that Kirk and company take time to make hires, but given that we've basically filled all positions today except for OC, do people still think the OC will be a hire within?

Not saying it isn't possible, but it's looking more and more like it won't be.

 

[ColoradoHAWKEYE]

Granted we know that Kirk and company take time to make hires, but given that we've basically filled all positions today except for OC, do people still think the OC will be a hire within?

Not saying it isn't possible, but it's looking more and more like it won't be.

I would guess that he is still looking at available candidates like he did for the DC. He may well not find anyone better and come back to hire within. I still think anything is possible, and he obviously hasn't settled it yet or he would have released the info today with the others.

In a side note, I see Notre Dame filled all there empty recent openings at OC and DC with hires from within. It would not be that unusual, if we too, did the same. I like the whole Moore idea, but...it will be what it will be and I'm sure most of us will be satisfied.