2014 Current and Potential Coaches

[HardcoreVikesFan]

Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 2h
Vikings have requested permission to interview Seahawks DC Dan Quinn, as Browns have.


Mike Garafolo ‏@MikeGarafolo 2h
Vikings want to interview Cardinals DC Todd Bowles. And as @JasonLaCanfora reported, so do the Browns.

Todd Bowles would be a good choice. He did a lot with that defense. Dan Quinn, idk. He has superior talent on that defense...

[saint33]

Todd Bowles would be a good choice. He did a lot with that defense. Dan Quinn, idk. He has superior talent on that defense...

I like the fact that Quinn has gotten the most of his DBs, even after injuries and suspensions to the top of his depth chart. Even without two of their top 3 guys in Browner and Thurmond, the Seahawks still shut people out in the secondary

[PurpleKoolaid]

I like the fact that Quinn has gotten the most of his DBs, even after injuries and suspensions to the top of his depth chart. Even without two of their top 3 guys in Browner and Thurmond, the Seahawks still shut people out in the secondary

I liked the idea of Quinn too, but it turns out, he had very little to do with the draft choices or FAs the Seahawks have. Because that's a bunch of good players ( The Seahawks are my second favorite team, Ive more of their games in person then the Vikings unfortunately). He may have had a hand in developing them though. And the Seahawks fans dont want him to go, and that's always a good sign.

[Mothman]

Todd Bowles would be a good choice. He did a lot with that defense. Dan Quinn, idk. He has superior talent on that defense...

It's pretty tough to have a superior defense without it...

[MrPurplenGold]

Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 2h
Vikings have requested permission to interview Seahawks DC Dan Quinn, as Browns have.


Mike Garafolo ‏@MikeGarafolo 2h
Vikings want to interview Cardinals DC Todd Bowles. And as @JasonLaCanfora reported, so do the Browns.

I find Bowles a little more interesting than Quinn as a HC. Isn't this Quinn's first year as DC, because their DC last year took the Jaguars HC job?

The interesting thing about Bowles is that he runs a 3-4. I wonder if that means he'll come in and convert the Vikings to a 3-4. I think they could have the talent to do it. I could see Griffen and Robison as outside pass rushers in a 3-4 scheme with Greenway and Cole/Henderson/Mauti/whoever they find at MLB. I think the problem would be the D-Line. I could see Floyd and Evans possibly lining up as DEs in a 3-4 scheme, but we don't have anyone to man the nose. I don't think Guion is stout enough at the point of attack to play nose. Unless they plan on drafting a big NT or going after one in Free Agency I think the switch to 3-4 could prove to be difficult for Bowles. Either way I think it's an enticing idea.

[Demi]

look at the list of the best head coaches today and where they came from:

Might as add the QBs and have a top 10 QB in the league list too.

Doesn't matter who we hire if we don't have a QB. But I do hope they stay away from a few of the listed coordinators who have a pretty significant amount of talent to work with. And just as important as the head coach, I hope they bring in some better coordinators HERE. Maybe someone who called the plays at their previous job.

Hell look at Harbaugh, a special teams coach? And McCarthy with Smith/Brooks, Alex Smith etc before the Packers got him. Is our front office and ownership even capable of making these types of decisions?

I'm more interested in potential GMs in 3 years when Spielman is canned. I think Pioli could do a good job!

[PurpleKoolaid]

Might as add the QBs and have a top 10 QB in the league list too.

Doesn't matter who we hire if we don't have a QB. But I do hope they stay away from a few of the listed coordinators who have a pretty significant amount of talent to work with. And just as important as the head coach, I hope they bring in some better coordinators HERE. Maybe someone who called the plays at their previous job.

Hell look at Harbaugh, a special teams coach? And McCarthy with Smith/Brooks, Alex Smith etc before the Packers got him. Is our front office and ownership even capable of making these types of decisions?

I'm more interested in potential GMs in 3 years when Spielman is canned. I think Pioli could do a good job!

Why 3 years. Did the Wilf's extend his contract? I thought Rickie only had 1 year more?

[Demi]

They're letting him basically take control of the coaching search, they're not going to let him virtually hire a new head coach, help put together a staff, pick a new QB...and can him after next season? We could win less than 5 games and it's just growing pains to these clowns. He's here until they decide to flush the entire thing. And they don't do that after one year.

What's up with Urban Meyer? Guy has a ton of success and you hear about all these other college coaches. Is he just not interested in the NFL?

Rob Ryan's name was out there in previous years, that talk has quieted down. His brother is holding his own how about him prowling the sidelines.

[saint33]

Put this in the other thread too:

I don't want Lovie Smith or either of the Seattle guys.

Quinn has been a DC for one year and the team didn't miss a beat after Bradley left. That tells me it's more of the talent on the roster and Pete Carroll running the defense.

And I've seen enough of Bevell when he was here. Even if he was just Chilly's puppet.

Not a huge fan of Adam Gase either. I think it's Manning that makes him look good.


Zimmer, Horton, Jay Gruden, O'Brien, even JDR or Wisenhunt I'd be fine with.

You're not going to see many dominant coordinators who don't have dominant talent. Right now the only one I can really make an argument for is Mike Zimmer, because he's turned troubled and struggling players around once he got his hands on them.

But Gase does scare me. Not because he has talent on offense, but because he has a QB who is basically a coordinator himself.

But if you look at the other guys you listed. Horton's replacement in Arizona had done just a good job with that defense, and the Brown's defense hasn't been all that great this year, like us, they have surrendered a lot of 4th quarter leads this year. When I was reading a Browns forum after the Chud fire, I was surprised at how much the majority of their fans seem to dislike Horton. If Jay Gruden comes here, I could see a ton of people complaining about his "vanilla" scheme. He runs his offense similar to ours, run first. The extent of his passing game is "pass to AJ Green". Jack Del Rio is a no for me, his time with the Jags was marred with QB issues and underachieving. Whisenhunt scares me as well because the QB issues he faced in Arizona after Warner was gone. O'Brien I don't know as much about so I'll refrain from commenting

[Demi]

According to Jason La Canfora of CBSSports.com, the Vikings have asked for interviews with Seattle coordinators Darrell Bevell and Dan Quinn for their head coaching vacancy.

Are you kidding me? They're honestly going to interview Bevell? After working with the guy for how many years? Now he's even worth an interview?

Even Slick Rick isn't that stupid...just a bone for an old co-worker...right?....

[NextQuestion]

For the love of god...do not go for Whisenhunt. He went to the SB with a roster Dennis Green built and when Warner retired he could not find a stable QB situation for 3 years. Absolutely whiffed on Kolb, Skelton, Hall, etc. He was absolutely GIFTED with a comeback year by Rivers dink-n-dunk offense with the occasional vertical bomb. NO NO NO

Offensive coach: Roman from SF. Gets the most out of his QBs (Smith and the "project" known as Kaepernick)

Defensive coach: Zimmer

[Mothman]

Kolb was traded for by his GM after Fitzgerald begged for him.

Skelton was a 7th rounder and Hall was undrafted.

It's not like he had a bunch of 1st and 2nd round bust. Whisenhunt ain't my first choice but I wouldn't be out with torches and ptichforks if he were hired like I would for say Bevell or Lovie Smith.

I actually think Whisenhunt is one of the more intriguing possibilities out there.

[Orion]

What's some of the hype with Gase from? If Peyton was the Vikings QB we would be a playoff team even with Musgrave. Any OC will look good with Manning as the QB.

[Mothman]

What's some of the hype with Gase from? If Peyton was the Vikings QB we would be a playoff team even with Musgrave. Any OC will look good with Manning as the QB.

He's apparently seen as something of a coaching phenom, kind of an offensive version of Mike Tomlin in the sense that he's young and appears to be on the fast track to becoming a head coach. I don't know too much about him. He's been around the league for a while as a WR coach, QB coach and offensive assistant. I assume the main reason for all of the interest is that he's the OC of a the offense that just set the NFL record for most points scored in a season.

Billick was in a similar situation and won a Super Bowl a few years later. Maybe Gase will do likewise.

[mansquatch]

I'm hoping Spielman channels his inner Phil Emory on this search. I think Trestman was the best HC hire of 2013. He isn't perfect, but he has done wonders with their offense and their QBs. Total out of the box hire and he panned out.

Hopefully Spielman can cut through the hype and find a quality candidate who can make things happen. People seem to have forgotten that Childress was the "consensus hire" when he was hired here in 2006. I'm going to resist the tempation to let the Sports media frame who the "best candidates" are. Especially when one of them is Bevell.