A lot to chew on here. In some respect feels a lot like Ryan Pace, but I think he’s more coveted than Pace was coming out of NO. I like a lot of what I’ve heard. I’d be absolutely stoked about this hire if we had him under a Rick Smith PFO. I can’t understand why Smith’s name wasn’t strongly associated with the job. The guy was a slam dunk hire.
I’m glad he will apparently be the only voice that matters in the HC hire. It’s critical he gets it right. The list of current possibilities is extremely unexciting, but do have their merits.
In a perfect world I’d love to see Leftwich brought in as HC, w Caldwell as assistant HC and OC, but that would be very unlikely. But it’s not a given Caldwell gets a job. I’d be doing all I can to get Fangio back as DC also.
Will be very disappointed if Bieniemy is the HC hire. Too close to Nagy. I think I’d rather see Justin in a different/more vertical system like w/Daboll or Leftwich.