Random Commanders Thoughts

I miss Bang's cartoons.
Like when we signed Brunell. His throws in camp started out awful

And the cartoon had Gibbs bring Brunell to a farm. And put a gigantic target on the broad-side of a barn, from top to bottom,
to see if Brunell could hit it.
Brunell couldn't even hit the barn at all, most of the time.
But Gibbs is like, "Well, he was darn-near close, once or twice. And Mark is super-smart and plays his guts out. So he'll be our starter."

But that story was far from over, because like every ending to every Gibbs' story, he notoriously maximized the dudes talent.
Brunell beat the Bucs in Tampa, in a playoff game I got to go to. And he's the one behind the two last-minute 50-yarders to Moss to beat Dallas in Dallas.
Gibbs was the greatest at turning any player into an over-achiever, milking his talent no matter who the player was.
 
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If things go sideways this season, I've already begun the recruitment of one Curt Cignetti to be our new HC next season.

I've had the pleasure of working with his son for the last six years, and I'm pointing out the positives of being our next HC.

The initial response has been lukewarm at best, but nothing worth having is ever easy:)
 
McD5 said:
If things go sideways this season, I've already begun the recruitment of one Curt Cignetti to be our new HC next season.

I've had the pleasure of working with his son for the last six years, and I'm pointing out the positives of being our next HC.

The initial response has been lukewarm at best, but nothing worth having is ever easy:)
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I like DQ, but otherwise I would be cool with Cignetti. Not only did he coach my JMU Dukes well, but bringing Indiana their first championship is a huge achievement.
 
Faithful Fan said:
I like DQ, but otherwise I would be cool with Cignetti. Not only did he coach my JMU Dukes well, but bringing Indiana their first championship is a huge achievement.
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I'm trying to think of a successful college HC who made the jump to the NFL as a HC and had success. There might be others I am forgetting, but the only two I can think of are Jimmy Johnson and Jim Harbaugh. Harbaugh was a really good coach at Stanford, then took the 49ers job, and was good there. That's the college to pro I'm using. Yeah, he went back to Michigan and then back to the Chargers, but at that point he was already a successful NFL coach.

Are there others? Most of the others seem to flame out rather spectacularly.
 
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I'm trying to think of a successful college HC who made the jump to the NFL as a HC and had success. There might be others I am forgetting, but the only two I can think of are Jimmy Johnson and Jim Harbaugh. Harbaugh was a really good coach at Stanford, then took the 49ers job, and was good there. That's the college to pro I'm using. Yeah, he went back to Michigan and then back to the Chargers, but at that point he was already a successful NFL coach.

Are there others? Most of the others seem to flame out rather spectacularly.
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Pete Carroll is a pretty big example but it took him a couple tries, and he had a deep background as an NFL assistant and coordinator in addition to his long stint in college football
 
Conn said:
Pete Carroll is a pretty big example but it took him a couple tries, and he had a deep background as an NFL assistant and coordinator in addition to his long stint in college football
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Also arguably tainted by cheating vigorously
 
Voice_of_Reason said:
I'm trying to think of a successful college HC who made the jump to the NFL as a HC and had success. There might be others I am forgetting, but the only two I can think of are Jimmy Johnson and Jim Harbaugh. Harbaugh was a really good coach at Stanford, then took the 49ers job, and was good there. That's the college to pro I'm using. Yeah, he went back to Michigan and then back to the Chargers, but at that point he was already a successful NFL coach.

Are there others? Most of the others seem to flame out rather spectacularly.
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I searched it up, here are a few successful college head coaches who went on to be successful NFL head coaches (in addition Jimmy Johnson and Jim Harbaugh):

Names you will know: Pete Carroll won a National Championship at USC and a Super Bowl in Seattle. Tom Coughlin started at Boston College before taking the expansion Jags to the AFCCG.

A couple Hall of Famers from way back: Paul Brown coached Ohio State before the Browns and Bengals. Don Coryell was 126-24-3 at SDSU—where our beloved Joe Gibbs was his offensive line coach for a time—before moving to the NFL.

Honorable mention: Dennis Green went from the Stanford Cardinals to the Minnesota Vikings.
 
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Looks like Biadasz went down with a knee injury today. There's video out there but I hate looking at those so I can't comment on the damage. Doesn't sound good...
 
Emir of Schmo said:
Looks like Biadasz went down with a knee injury today. There's video out there but I hate looking at those so I can't comment on the damage. Doesn't sound good...
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Another one? Okay, this is getting scary.

Never mind. You said Biadasz and I thought Alegretti.
 
burgold said:
Another one? Okay, this is getting scary.

Never mind. You said Biadasz and I thought Alegretti.
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No, this is the meh but proven Center we let go. Not the meh one we have all our hopes riding on being good this season but has been banged up so far.
 
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Conn said:
Pete Carroll is a pretty big example but it took him a couple tries, and he had a deep background as an NFL assistant and coordinator in addition to his long stint in college football
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Wasn't he the Patriots coach first, then college (USC), then came back and had success with the Seahawks? Or am I missing a college stop before the Pats?

For whatever reason (and maybe because I just missed it) I always considered him an NFL coach who went back to college because he failed and then came back to the NFL.
 
Voice_of_Reason said:
Wasn't he the Patriots coach first, then college (USC), then came back and had success with the Seahawks? Or am I missing a college stop before the Pats?

For whatever reason (and maybe because I just missed it) I always considered him an NFL coach who went back to college because he failed and then came back to the NFL.
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He had a really long and varied career. Quality control type stuff for multiple colleges for 5-6 years, then a college Defensive Coordinator, then a college Offensive Coordinator, then NFL defensive backs assistant, then NFL DC, then Jets HC for 1 year, then back to NFL DC, then Pats HC, then back to college for his USC HC stint for almost a decade, THEN his Seahawks HC run, and finally his washed up Oakland retirement lap

Whew. Pretty crazy career actually.
 
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