Would you interview just two people for your job?

Blast From The Past · Jan 6, 2020

LocimusPrime said:
Id hire Bill Belichek with a 3 minute interview and a promise to sign

I would too as long as I got it on film :laugh:

TNCowboy · Jan 6, 2020

When you have the baggage attached to the job that entails working for the Jones family, options are pretty limited. Coaches like Riley and Meyer - guys who can get jobs where they'll control their own destiny - aren't going to be interested.

Washed up retreads like Mike McCarthy and Marvin Lewis are about all Jones could get in here.

ChronicCowboy · Jan 6, 2020

cavemanct said:
Mike McCarthy slept at Jerry's house last night. What does that tell you?

Lovers?

CouchCoach · Jan 6, 2020

Proximo said:
I think it’s pretty clear that McCarthy is “their guy”, and they’ve probably had their eye on him for more than a couple days.

He may or may not work out, but if the Joneses truly believe he’s the one, why should they interview additional candidates?

And consider this. They did not extend Garrett last year and McCarthy took himself off the HC market. We do not know when conversations might have taken place concerning "what if".

It certainly wasn't lost on the Joneses when Belichick spoke up at a meeting and said Big Mike was one of the best he'd ever coached against. This is the man regarded at the best ever at dissecting offenses.

Proximo · Jan 6, 2020

CouchCoach said:
And consider this. They did not extend Garrett last year and McCarthy took himself off the HC market. We do not know when conversations might have taken place concerning "what if".

It certainly wasn't lost on the Joneses when Belichick spoke up at a meeting and said Big Mike was one of the best he'd ever coached against. This is the man regarded at the best ever at dissecting offenses.

Never heard that last part about Belichick. Good to know. Thanks for sharing.

I don’t think the McCarthy hire was some sort of spontaneous decision by the Jones boys.

ICP · Jan 6, 2020

I think this was decided long ago and the only reason there were two interviews was because due to the Rooney Rule there had to be

Proof · Jan 6, 2020

stasheroo said:
No hiring manager would keep their job if they ever hired the 2nd person they talked to. But again, this is the Joneses and the Cowboys...

The normal rules of business have never applied.

it happens plenty in the nfl. Hell I remember when Kyle Shanahan was considered the front runner for the Rams job and the Rams wound up not interviewing him because they were sold after talking to McVay

OmerV · Jan 6, 2020

stasheroo said:
I thought about including this in one of the multiple threads on the new hire, but feel it would just get lost and ignored. But I'd like to present this question, if you were hiring for a job, any job, much less the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. Would you interview just two people and then call it a day?

Depends on the criteria I set for what I was looking for. If the criteria is a guy with previous NFL head coaching experience and had some success in that role, the list is pretty short.

Stash · Jan 6, 2020

dplant22 said:
I think this was decided long ago and the only reason there were two interviews was because due to the Rooney Rule there had to be

I agree, and I question whether or not that was a good way to execute the hiring process to make the best decision and get the best candidate. That's the point of me starting this thread.

Stash · Jan 6, 2020

OmerV said:
Depends on the criteria I set for what I was looking for. If the criteria is a guy with previous NFL head coaching experience and had some success in that role, the list is pretty short.

And it seems that was exactly the Cowboys thinking.

windward · Jan 6, 2020

stasheroo said:
What have either situation got to do with this one? You think all other factors are/were the same?

I’m saying that a more exhaustive coaching search does not equate to a better coaching search.

windward · Jan 6, 2020

Kaiser said:
Its really naive to think that they weren't talking to McCarthy weeks ago and equally naive to think the decision was made this weekend on firing Garrett and hiring McCarthy.

Yet this thread will still hit 20 pages.

Now that we are in the post JG era, we have got work to do on starting a movement to get rid of McCarthy.

beware_d-ware · Jan 6, 2020

cowboy_ron said:
When you've observed their job performance over several years you already have a pretty good idea.

This.

When you're interviewing people for a "normal" job, you can get dozens of resumes from people you wouldn't know from Adam, and you have to do several rounds of screens and interviews to thin the herd. But when you are interviewing for an NFL HC position... you've seen these people do their thing on national TV for 5 years or more. They're not unknown quantities.

KMY_Amber · Jan 6, 2020

Yes, it seems like this was already decided. I think JJ and McCarthy were already in discussion and JJ's mind was all but already made up. And I guess JJ didn't want to lose him.

But I would have talked to a LOT more people myself, other coordinators and even some college coaches...just in case anyone WOWs me. But others were looking at McCarthy too, so maybe JJ didn't want to lose him. Oh well.

Bring in a good DC, and better position and special teams coaches, and then let's see what happens. I don't think it could get much worse than the Garrett/Marinelli/Bisaccia combo. Lord, this trio was bad.

OmerV · Jan 6, 2020

stasheroo said:
And it seems that was exactly the Cowboys thinking.

That's my guess

Stash · Jan 6, 2020

windward said:
I’m saying that a more exhaustive coaching search does not equate to a better coaching search.

I'm saying you're wrong.

armadillooutlaw · Jan 6, 2020

stasheroo said:
I thought about including this in one of the multiple threads on the new hire, but feel it would just get lost and ignored. But I'd like to present this question, if you were hiring for a job, any job, much less the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. Would you interview just two people and then call it a day?

If one of the candidates blew me away and had a strong resume, I would think long and hard before I just let them leave.
Sounds like that's what happened here with McCarthy.

OmerV · Jan 6, 2020

Something to remember folks is that the interview portion is not the entirety of the search process. It all starts with setting criteria for what you are looking for, and researching the candidates, then deciding who to interview. It's likely that setting the criteria and doing the research didn't just start the day after the season ended.

As for some of the college coaches that have been mentioned, for all we know there were some prior discussions that took them out of consideration before even getting to the interview phase. For example, it's very easy to think Riley wouldn't want to leave his current gig, or that Meyer would want more control than Jerry was willing to give.

windward · Jan 6, 2020

stasheroo said:
I'm saying you're wrong.

Well I’m saying you’re wrong.

So there.

Silverz1972 · Jan 6, 2020

They made Marvin Lewis the second so people will be like. Hey it could be worst. It could have been Marvin Lewis. Lol.

I understand Lewis was probably brought in because of the Rooney rule but they could have interviewed kris Richards.

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