Getty ImagesFor the first time in 14 years, the Eagles are looking for a head coach. According to Howard Eskin of FOX 29 and WIP radio, owner Jeffrey Lurie’s initial list has five names on it.
The candidates are, per Eskin, Penn State coach Bill O’Brien, Falcons offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter, 49ers offensive coordinator Greg Roman, Colts offensive coordinator Bruce Arians, and Oregon coach Chip Kelly.
All six candidates are offensive coaches. They also are all white, which means that under the Rooney Rule the Eagles will have to interview at least one minority candidate. Which will move the list to at least six candidates.
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I didn’t know the Falcons were interviewing coaches.
lovie
So the Falcons get to choose the Eagles’ new head coach? cool!
“They also are all white, which means that under the Rooney Rule the Falcons will have to interview at least one minority candidate. ”
Someone might want to let know Coach Smith that he’s out of a job.
The Falcons will have to interview someone? why?
The Eagles must be relieved that the Falcons have to interview a minority candidate. Not great news for Mike Smith though and a head scratcher for Dimitrow.
That’s only 5… Whose the 6th?
Why would the Falcons have to interview a minority if all of the candidates are for the Eagles HC job?
Um, I count 5: O’Brien, Koetter, Roman, Arians, and Kelly.
-QG
If I’m an Eagles fan I’m not loving that list.
Falcons eh?
All six candidates are offensive coaches. They also are all white, which means that under the Rooney Rule the Falcons will have to interview at least one minority candidate. Which will move the list to at least seven candidates.
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Wrong bird. And some of us get our posts chopped. Really?
I’d steer clear of O’Brien, even though he’s done a great job in his first year at PSU under difficult circumstances. Something about the success rate of Belichick disciples…
My money’s on Arians, who did a fantastic job of filling in for Chuck Pagano this year, or Kelly. The Eagles did well with a “just a college coach” a generation ago (Dick Vermeil), the magic can happen again.
Why would the Falcons have to interview a minority candidate?
Why would the Falcons have to interview a minority candidate for the Eagles coaching position?
Maybe the Falcons should interview HCs for Philly, may end up better off.
Paging Juan Castillo
That’s a pretty underwhelming list. Who’s doing the hiring, clueless Howie Roseman?
Isnt defense their problem?!? And I bet they slip some $$$ to Todd Bowles and say they “interviewed” him.
Michael Vick, you better start kissing Chip’s butt now.
Who is the sixth or do the falcons only have five candidates
Rooney Rule is insulting as it is lame. The intent is noble but there’s no enforcement for teams to take it seriously. Song and dance for perception’s sake.
There’s never been a HC or Coordinator that was hired because of the Rooney Rule.
Shouldn’t Chip start as an OC in the NFL first? He seems destined for failure with this leap. After all, he has only been a college HC for four years!
“The candidates are, per Eskin, Penn State coach Bill O’Brien, Falcons offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter, 49ers offensive coordinator Greg Roman, Colts offensive coordinator Bruce Arians, and Oregon coach Chip Kelly.”
UMMMMM that’s only 5 people, so who is the 6th? Andy Reid?
even as an eagles fan, this isnt that big of a story. you could have easily proofread and still got the story out on time with all 6 candidates and not typing Falcons at the end.
I’m an Eagles fan, and I’m sure I’ll get rotten tomatoes thrown at me, but how about Eric Mangini as D-coord?
And I can’t believe Marty Mornhenwig hasn’t resigned or been fired yet.
Hate to say it for Lovie, but he’s probably gonna be the token Rooney candidate for a lot of these jobs.
The 6th interview must be reserved for the Rooney Rule applicant, yet to be named. The 7th does not exist as indicated on the posting.
I already miss Andy Reid. Come to Jacksonville Andy. The Eagles are evaded back to the Beagles era.
Poor mike smith, first rd bye and home field throughout the playoffs and Arthur blank is lining up interviews!!! Lol
This just proves that the Rooney Rule is counterproductive. How would you like to be Lovie Smith and wonder if teams are interviewing you just because you’re a “Minority?”
He’s clearly well qualified and deserves to be hired based on his abilities, just like anybody else. It there are teams who wouldn’t hire him because of his race then it’s their loss.
I say end the rule.
Greg Roman is going to be a good coach somewhere someday
“I already miss Andy Reid. Come to Jacksonville Andy. The Eagles are evaded back to the Beagles era.”
Reid is only 66-60-1 since the Super Bowl loss. He’s living off reputation not substance. Reid lived off Jim Johnson’s defenses and has made one horrible coaching hire after another since Johnson died.
And the Eagles have “evaded” back to the Beagles era? Do you even know what evaded means?
Let’s keep in mind that the source of this info is Howard Eskin. So odds are none of these guys get the job.
Dirk Koetter and Chip Kelly perhaps but the main reason we didn’t score were INTs and O-line injuries. Compare that to our defense that sucked in every single category, hence the need for a defensive0minded HC! If I had to chose from the list it would be Kelly, add Turner as the offensive coordinator, and a defense coordinator that can control the line of scrimmage with the front four i,e, Giants, Baltimore, etc.. If we are going offense then why not add Gruden to the list?
The Rooney Rule seems humiliating more than it is productive. I don’t think a team is going to choose a coach they’re obligated to interview over a coach they are actually interested in. but hey who am I?
Jerry gray will take an interview.
The rooney rule is so embarrassing and insulting. If I was black I would never stoop to interviewing for a job just to fill a quota when I knew I wasn’t who they wanted and was only being put through a charade because of the color of my skin. It’s just so stupid.
Chip Kelly = Steve Spurrier
rexgrossman8 says: Dec 31, 2012 8:49 PM
Rooney Rule is insulting as it is lame. The intent is noble but there’s no enforcement for teams to take it seriously. Song and dance for perception’s sake.
There’s never been a HC or Coordinator that was hired because of the Rooney Rule.
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Uh, Mike Tomlin. Plus every minority coach who has been hired first interviewed as a Rooney Rule candidate for an earlier job he did not get.
Junk the insipid Rooney rule
If I was a die-hard Eagles fan, I would be all over either ATL OC Dirk Koetter. Koetter will eventually land a job as soon as 2013, & the Eagles personnel fit his style of offense (minus the QB only because idk too much about Foles). The skies the limit for McCoy, Maclin, Jackson, Avant, etc under Koetter’s system. He seems very hungry to move up the rankings & sure enough, he broke us some records here in JAX (although we never had the personnel to excel like he has employed now in ATL), & he’s doing a superb job with the Falcons. Believe what u want, but I think Koetter would fit the script up in Philly, just sayin.
I don’t think Bill O’Brien is going anywhere.
sry didn’t mean to say “either”
Howard Eskin is not a reliable “source”. It would not surprise me at all if the next Eagles head coach isn’t even on that list.
Howard Eskin….. lol
Does Rooney want to coach The Eagles???Ya gotta love it. Hey I got Lovy Smith
I’m ok if Roman gets the job. The 9ers could use an upgrade at the OC position.
There’s a story that the Eagles are interviewing all three of the Falcons coordinators on Wendseday; I believe that their ST coordinator is black.
rexgrossman8 says: Dec 31, 2012 8:49 PM
Rooney Rule is insulting as it is lame. The intent is noble but there’s no enforcement for teams to take it seriously. Song and dance for perception’s sake.
There’s never been a HC or Coordinator that was hired because of the Rooney Rule.
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Actually, that is not quite true.
When Bill Cowher “Retired” the Steelers were set to hire Russ Grimm to take over. But since they were required to follow the Rooney Rule, named after their own owner, they gave Mike Tomlin the token interview. They originally had ZERO intent of hiring him, as they loved Grimm.
But they were blown away by Tomlin, and his intensity, that they had their minds changed.
At least that is the story I have heard repeatedly by Mike Francessa on NY Sports Radio.
So who knows?
It is also thought that the Rooney Rule helped Leslie Frazier get interviews he would not have normally gotten, and he did end up getting the Vikings job.
I don’t think it is a bad rule, if it is taken seriously by teams.
I think the real problem is in the College Ranks, not the NFL.
Lovie Smith wasn’t the only Head Coach fired today. Romeo Crenel was let go as well. Either of them could be the “token” Rooney Rule candidate that you all think Lovie Smith will fill. Also, I am sure there are plenty of other black coaches out there, coordinator or assistant, that could fill it as well.
*SMH*
Those candidates are all a downgrade from Reid, just my opinion! Not quite sure what coaches some of these teams think are out there, but so far not very encouraging for these teams
Rooney rule is a joke. now because of this rule every team needs to have a token interview with a token black, hispanic or Asian guy. all it does is put MORE emphasis in race.
the 6th would be a minority coach. since there has to be at least one. yikes. did people really not understand that?
“All six candidates are offensive coaches. They also are all white, which means that under the Rooney Rule the Eagles will have to interview at least one minority candidate. Which will move the list to at least six candidates.”
Nice proof reading.
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I agree with Denverdave3 and to change the subject a bit, that’s why I don’t like the whole property rights thing in politics. There is no way in hell I want to be interviewed or even hired for a job because I’m a ‘minority’. I want to be considered because you think that I can get the job done.
As somebody once said. I’d rather know a company is openly racist then work form and they subliminally are. And before somebody takes it out of context, not saying football has racism I was just applying the context for the common man.
Why is Urban Meyer never on these lists?
Where is McCoy? He’s the best candidate out there.
I hope they bring in either Lovie Smith or Perry Fewell for interviews.. I wouldn’t mind either coaching the Eagles in 2013
What Falcons? Did I miss something?
Koetter would be a perfect fit, he can retain the culture of setting the league on fire during the regular season then laying an egg in the playoffs the eagles are so used to, and that the falcons are mastering.
But seriously Bill O’Brien would be a home run for the iggles
And seriously the Rooney Rule… Come on NFL it is 2013 we should be past forcing employers to interview a minority candidate, if there is a black or Mexican candidate that is qualified they will get the opportunity like everyone else. If I were black and a team wanted to interview me for the color of my skin and not my qualifications I’d be ashamed and would not interview. Frankly it is racist to have this rule, and the people throwing a fit to institute this rule are flat out ignorant
Ok, take that pic of chip Kelly on the article and add a walrus mustache. Then squint a bit. Look familiar?
Rexgrossman8 and everyone who says the Rooney rule doesn’t work I agree that a lot of teams don’t take it seriously but it does work just ask mike tomlin. It’s not a perfect solution but it has worked when taken seriously. Now my question is does Norm Chow qualify as a Rooney rule canidate?
I would LOVE Arians as HC, Romeo as DC, and a young, energetic college coach as the OC. As a PSU fan, I hope O’Brien returns to Hapy Valley for years to come.
rexgrossman8 says:Dec 31, 2012 8:49 PM
Rooney Rule is insulting as it is lame. The intent is noble but there’s no enforcement for teams to take it seriously. Song and dance for perception’s sake.
There’s never been a HC or Coordinator that was hired because of the Rooney Rule.
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Rexgrossman8, meet Romeo Crennel
pinion8ted says:
Jan 1, 2013 11:18 AM
rexgrossman8 says:Dec 31, 2012 8:49 PM
Rooney Rule is insulting as it is lame. The intent is noble but there’s no enforcement for teams to take it seriously. Song and dance for perception’s sake.
There’s never been a HC or Coordinator that was hired because of the Rooney Rule.
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Rexgrossman8, meet Romeo Crennel
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Crennel gets coaching jobs because of his experience as a coach on multiple super bowl teams in New England.