McCarthy to interview Bronc's DLine coach

[Patler]

Back to the original subject...Maybe he's not interviewing for the DC job. The Packers don't currently have a DL coach.

Wouldn't the new defensive coordinator have a reasonable expectation of being able to hire his own defensive line coach? Depending on what sort of scheme the new DC wants to run, he might want a different defensive line coach. Anyway, don't coordinators usually hire their assistants? It would make it harder to convince a guy to take the job if you tell him who his assistants are going to be, at any rate.

I never had the impression this interview was for the coordinator position, just for the D-line spot(s). That was confirmed in an article today:

A report on NationalFootballPost.com said Bill Johnson, the Denver Broncos’ defensive line coach, is interviewing for the same position with the Packers, Seattle Seahawks and New Orleans Saints this week. The report said Johnson’s meeting with the Packers will center on the 3-4 defense, which suggests McCarthy is ready to change to that scheme.

I think coordinators have some input into the hiring of others, but they do not typically have responsibility for it or control over it. They are often hired with an existing staff in place already, when a coordinator is fired or moves on to a head coaching position some where else. Several articles said that the Packer DC job might be more interesting to top candidates because the whole staff was fired and because MM gives the DC more independence than most other HCs, so the DC would likely have more than normal influence in hiring his staff.

[cpk1994]

Jolly/Pickett/Jenkins would be the front 3.

Barnett would be cut as 3-4 LBs have to be able to take on blockers and Barnett cannot. Plus, Barnett is coming off major injury and is overpaid. We can give his money to Collins. Hawk is a fine inside LB for a 3-4 and so is Bishop. With Everette Brown (assuming we draft him) and Kampman we'd have two stud pass rushers on the ends.

YOu wnat to cut the one guy when he got injured, the defense went from average to shitty? Methinks I see a bias against Barnett in your post.

[Pugger]

And who knows, with a new philosophy on D maybe our LBs might surprise us!!

[DonHutson]

Back to the original subject...Maybe he's not interviewing for the DC job. The Packers don't currently have a DL coach.

Wouldn't the new defensive coordinator have a reasonable expectation of being able to hire his own defensive line coach? Depending on what sort of scheme the new DC wants to run, he might want a different defensive line coach. Anyway, don't coordinators usually hire their assistants? It would make it harder to convince a guy to take the job if you tell him who his assistants are going to be, at any rate.

The GB Press Gazette says he interviewed for DL coach.

I would think the coordinator might want some input, but ultimately it's McCarthy's staff. He needs to make the call. And just because the guy is getting interviewed now, it doesn't mean he'll necessarily get hired before a DC.

[Guiness]

Is he black? If so, is he the Rooney Rule candidate or would Winston Moss qualify for that?

I don't think there is a Rooney rule for coordinators.

It's so f@#$ pathetic we have to talk about that.

Isn't the time for this rule past?

[Guiness]

If we become a 3-4 defense, I hope we put Kampman as a rush LB. 6'4", 265 is about normal for a rush OLB. I know he's a little stiff to drop back, but for the most part he should be the designated pass rusher anyway.

Cleft Crusty hasn't laughed in six years. Six long years, 482 doctor appointments, 43 trips to the ER, 7 major surgeries later and JH cracks me up with the thought of Kampman running around as an OLB in a 3-4 scheme. That's almost as funny as the thought of Al Davis on 'Dancing with the Stars.'

A big farm boy from Iowa shouldn't have any trouble husking corn. Isn't that what this amounts to?

Am I the only one who first read 'Al Harris' instead of 'Al Davis' and it was just as funny? Harris likes his 'rippers - maybe he could get some 'Rock of Love' reject as a dance partner?