Rumor: Raiders may be leaning towards Josh McDaniels as HC
Significant chatter picking up over last few days on Raiders boards about interest from Mark Davis on going after Josh McDaniels.
Another "insider" with this today: https://mobile.twitter.com/vinnybonsignore/status/1486822694049894400?s=21
January 27th, 2022 at 6:03 PM ^
How anyone could still want this asshole after he was driven out of Denver for being a dick and THEN fucked over the Colts by lying to them is beyond me. But if they hire him and pass on Jim, better for us lol
January 27th, 2022 at 6:05 PM ^
Also:
January 27th, 2022 at 6:45 PM ^
Now Adam Schefter is chiming in:
January 27th, 2022 at 9:24 PM ^
I don’t know if you haven’t noticed the Nfl really doesn’t care about if your a good person or not as long as you win.
January 27th, 2022 at 10:43 PM ^
Spending a mid round pick on a shitty person with elite talent you can cut in a second like Tyreek is different than handing the reigns of the team to a guy whose only stints outside New England have resulted in the 11th worst offensive season of all time with the Rams, the Broncos tenure where he was run out of town, and the Colts debacle.
January 28th, 2022 at 1:09 AM ^
I mean, let's not pretend this is an NFL thing of giving shitty people second and third chances (Meyer, Petrino, Freeze, Todd Graham, etc.)
January 27th, 2022 at 11:50 PM ^
because he is an asshole lilke his father without the experience of his father
January 27th, 2022 at 11:56 PM ^
see above reply . Mark has all the asshole tendencies of his father without the football experience. we will see if he soon sues LV for something or other
January 27th, 2022 at 11:56 PM ^
see above reply . Mark has all the asshole tendencies of his father without the football experience. we will see if he soon sues LV for something or other
January 27th, 2022 at 6:05 PM ^
Hey, if you can't trust a guy named Vincent Bonsignore, who can you trust?
January 27th, 2022 at 6:24 PM ^
"Vinny." Even more trustworthy.
January 27th, 2022 at 6:29 PM ^
Vinny Bonsignore, Consigliere.
January 28th, 2022 at 12:30 AM ^
You're out as consigliere when the family moves West. We need a wartime consigliere.
January 27th, 2022 at 6:33 PM ^
Way more interesting than this is the Jacksonville saga where Byron Leftwich appears to be their top choice but is refusing to take the job unless they fire Trent Baalke.
January 27th, 2022 at 6:50 PM ^
Baalke is the worst type of corporate stooge. His skills are ingratiating himself to ownership, undercutting the head coach through strategic leaks to the media, and self-preservation. I respect Leftwich for telling it like it is. This will not be what owners want to hear, however.
January 27th, 2022 at 7:11 PM ^
Yep. Apparently several candidates refused to even interview if Baalke was being retained. Pretty damning commentary on your GM.
January 27th, 2022 at 11:58 PM ^
Can I get some proof? Or tell me where to find it? I want to shove this in my stepfather's face at work tomorrow. He was all about Jim Harbaugh running himself out of town in SF and said he would do the same in AA. I want some evidence to show my stepfather how Jim wasn't the problem.
January 28th, 2022 at 12:01 AM ^
Never mind I found some proof. Just a quick google search away.
January 27th, 2022 at 7:12 PM ^
Sorry, not going to believe this rumor until Amber Theoharis tweets it out.
January 28th, 2022 at 9:44 AM ^
Have her little birdies "chiro chiro chirped?"
January 27th, 2022 at 7:21 PM ^
Good. Macdaniels is a great coach and a big UM fan. He went to A2 to visit his bro several times while he was here.
January 27th, 2022 at 7:36 PM ^
Okay, now I know you're a troll.
January 27th, 2022 at 8:00 PM ^
I believe you but not sure I understand what that post means.
January 27th, 2022 at 8:37 PM ^
Do you know McDaniels personally Vladimir? I don't know him but I live in New England and have met him on 4 occasions, all at the end of the summer Robert Kraft charity event. (Happy to send you photos if you like). Not only did we talk about his multiple trips to Ann Arbor, but he professed his love for HOMES beer (not something everyone knows in A2) and Frita Batidos. Not sure you're aware of those living in Russia, but they are pretty special places in A2. So, go Troll somewhere else.
January 27th, 2022 at 8:42 PM ^
The KGB has already provided him all of this information.
January 27th, 2022 at 7:28 PM ^
Just another day where it’s clear the NFL does not want Jim Harbaugh
January 27th, 2022 at 8:21 PM ^
Which I don't get. I mean none of these other coaches have ever had 11, 12, and 13 win NFL teams, a conference championship and Super Bowl appearance.
But hey, I'm not complaining. They must think the game has passed JH by or something.
As far as I'm concerned, "WHO'S GOT IT BETTER THAN US?!?"
NOBODY!!!
January 27th, 2022 at 9:54 PM ^
I think it is more to do that the NFL players do not want Jim, since words out from his 49ers days that he treated pro players like college kids. This is good for Michigan because this is where Jim belongs now sign your Michigan contract and lets end this now!
January 27th, 2022 at 10:01 PM ^
The NFL locker rooms now need a barista, manicurist, etc.
January 27th, 2022 at 7:28 PM ^
The NFL can be so weird sometime. *Why* would anyone in the Raiders org think this is going to work out
January 27th, 2022 at 7:51 PM ^
My concern for Michigan would be how does this impact recruiting going forward. It seems apparent that if the NFL comes calling Harbaugh would leave. He is going to have to come out and say he no longer is interested in the NFL and sell it really hard to build on any recruiting momentum coming off this season. The NFL flirtation I think makes it harder to sell Michigan into top 3-5 recruiting rankings moving forward.
January 27th, 2022 at 8:23 PM ^
If you think an NFL team is going after McDaniels and didn’t “come calling” for Harbaugh, I don’t know what to tell you. Something happened that prevented that call from advancing, but it’s silly to pretend the call never occurred.
In my opinion, one of two things happened:
- Harbaugh isn’t actually interested in the NFL. NFL teams called, Harbaugh said “not interested,” the end.
- Harbaugh is willing to accept an NFL position, but only under certain circumstances. Meaning location, current roster build, roster control moving forward, and money. Doesn’t mean he “wants” to leave, but he has a specific price that would cause him to decide to leave.
Now point 2 is obviously a lot to ask of a potential NFL suitor. Something many teams may not be willing to give. If a team is unwilling to accommodate, there’s no point in continuing the conversation. No point to reach the interview stage, no point in advancing past a preliminary phone call. That’s not going to get much media coverage, hence the illusion of no interest from NFL teams.
Harbaugh is happy where he is. He’s more than happy to continue doing this job and it’ll take an extremely enticing offer for him to leave. NFL teams simply may not be high enough on Harbaugh to give him what he’s asking for. But that’s his price to leave Michigan.
If you’re an NFL owner, are you giving Harbaugh a $100 million contract with full roster control and his choice of GM? Or are you going with a cheaper option that you view on a comparable level?
January 27th, 2022 at 11:37 PM ^
It seems apparent that if the NFL comes calling Harbaugh would leave.
This is the message board echo chamber taking over in your mind. We have no particular reason to believe this is the case. Do you really think zero NFL teams have been interested in him since 2014? A guy who's been to the Super Bowl?
January 28th, 2022 at 12:06 AM ^
It seems like it would be helpful to the program if he'd come out and say he's not going anywhere. Yet he doesn't. He's not stupid, he's aware of all the speculation. So either he's interested in the NFL and this will be a recurring problem as long as he's here or he's bitter about the pay cut and wants to let Manuel twist in the wind for a while. Maybe both. It's not a good look either way. At this point I wonder if it would be better for Michigan in the long run if he moved on.
January 29th, 2022 at 8:35 AM ^
But he has come out and said it in the past, and the rumors persist. If I were him I’d just be ignoring it too at this point.
January 28th, 2022 at 7:47 AM ^
"The cup is already broken" - Buddhist teaching
It helps recruiting. NFL interest means JH has NFL skills and NFL connections. Coaches typically turn over every 4-5 years so there is a pretty good chance the coach is gone before you graduate, especially if he has already been there two years.
It is better to go to the best place for one year and hope the next guy is as good rather than going to an inferior place and hope the next guy is better. Every football coach would leave for $20 million/year and total control so it would be more about the terms and conditions than the dollars for JH.
January 27th, 2022 at 8:09 PM ^
I'm shooting the OP. I really don't care.
I hate how sports information/ media/ twitter title report items
"rumor" 'maybe' 'leaning" in one sentence.
So nothing .. Great thanks!
Rumor: Margot Robbie maybe leaning towards spending a night with me.
How lucky am I!
January 27th, 2022 at 9:12 PM ^
Exactly. I don't do any more than read the headline if it uses a weasel word like "may".
Normalizing clickbait headlines is not the way to get less of them
January 28th, 2022 at 9:09 AM ^
I posted these "rumors" from several sources combined that are quasi-insiders to the NFL (the tweet in the OP is a Raiders journalist and the follow up tweets in first comments are from other NFL journalists such as Schefter & Rapaport). It's still in the hearsay stages, but it's a non-trivial amount of "smoke" from various direction - all saying about the same thing.
Not definitive, but something.
January 28th, 2022 at 10:31 AM ^
Wasn't an attack on yours specifically. But all of these tweets that generally say nothing.
Also, Was confirmed . I spent the night wtih Margot. I watched Birds of prey
January 27th, 2022 at 8:28 PM ^
Even if I take my maize and blue sunglasses off I don’t see how they pass on the interim coach who just rescued them from a dumpster fire and took them to the playoffs?
January 27th, 2022 at 8:55 PM ^
Isn't it OBVIOUS that Jim told Davis to go hire Josh?
January 28th, 2022 at 12:26 AM ^
I think the Raiders GM and coach should be required to have the same haircut as their owner.
January 28th, 2022 at 7:50 AM ^
Oh my, just did an image check. Not a good look.
January 28th, 2022 at 12:25 PM ^
breaking amish