Comments on: Report: Bill Cowher has turned down several coaching interviews

By: bobzilla1001

bobzilla1001 — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:03:35 +0000

tv426:
That “lame division” got Bill Belichick fired in Cleveland.

markirakaufman:
When Cowher replaced Noll in 1992, he was handed a team that was irrelevant. The rest is history: 161-99-1.

By: markirakaufman

markirakaufman — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:30:18 +0000

Cowher is too old and lazy to take on an actual challenge like coaching, especially if it is a coaching position that would require him to work.

When he replaced Chuck Noll, he was handed a team in very good condition.

As such, he has no history of actually making the major improvements necessary to turn a non-winning team – even one with considerable player talent like the current edition of my beloved Cleveland Browns.

It is for that reason alone that I am relieved he will not be the Browns head coach.

Let’s hope the Browns hire a coach who can and will do what Cowher NEVER did, and never had to do.

By: tv426

tv426 — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:42:42 +0000

Chower (yes, I did that on purpose ) has never impressed me. He benefited from a very lame division that they would win just falling off the bus, then quickly died once they played real teams in the playoffs.

He has been gone long enough for people to stop mentioning his name when coaching jobs are available so now he puts out an unsolicited sound bite that he “will coach again”.

Egomaniac!

By: bobzilla1001

bobzilla1001 — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:08:40 +0000

A Bill Cowher interview aired Wednesday on a Pittsburgh TV station, and he didn’t sound like a man eager to get back to coaching.
He said only if he got the “itch” to coach would he return. He made it clear, however, that no itch exists…

By: lawboy2000

lawboy2000 — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 03:57:17 +0000

It’s going to take Tom Coughlin’s retirement to get Cowher back into coaching.

By: justintuckrule

justintuckrule — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:56:59 +0000

@jeremycrowhurst – If it makes you feel any better, I can confidently say that Giants’ nation is rooting for the Pats to route the entire playoff field and win the SB for two reasons. First, it makes our Lombardis glisten brighter knowing that the Pats still “got it”. Second, it will be a juicy side story next SB when we dethrone your rear ends in our stadium!

By: commitment2excrement

commitment2excrement — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:43:52 +0000

In related news, Raider fans are completely befuddled as to why anyone wouldn’t want to coach the Oakland Raiders.

By: jbaxt

jbaxt — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:36:12 +0000

So have I…

By: kev86

kev86 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:22:16 +0000

I think Reese would go more modern once Coach Coughlin decides he wants to call it quits.

I can understand Cowher wanting the Giants job for obvious reasons.

By: kw27p

kw27p — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:10:31 +0000

you People say he doesn’t wanna start with a rebuliding sitch. Wouldn’t rule the NY football giants rebuilding by then

By: broncostevenp

broncostevenp — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:35:03 +0000

The game never changes, Blocking-Tackling-Protecting the football remains the same. Schemes may change but fundamentals remain the same.
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Yeah, it’s not like success is predicated on which schemes you run, or anything ….. right?

I mean, anybody can win in the NFL with a wishbone offense, right?

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I hate to tell you this, but the read option is a form of the veer…a.k.a. Wishbone. So yes, it was used to win in the NFL this year with the Panthers, Seahawks, and Redskins.

By: mungman69

mungman69 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:34:14 +0000

He can take it on the chin.

By: draculalambert

draculalambert — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:28:32 +0000

Cowher got to the champ game w/ Kordell…he’s the best coach my eyes ever saw and I know this game. But the last time I saw a mouth like that it had a hook in it…

By: jeremycrowhurst

jeremycrowhurst — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:01:23 +0000

Most coaches get stale after five or six years IN the job. Cowher won a Super Bowl in his 14th season as head coach. Only three other coaches have done that, and only one other in the last 30 years. (As a Patriots fan, my fingers won’t let me type his name.)

He was able to adapt and succeed before, he’d be able to return and coach at a high level again. After all, being a commentator, he’s been watching a whole lot of football, so it’s not like he’d be seeing anything new to him.

By: Deb

Deb — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:53:55 +0000

Bill is in the rare position of being able to choose where he wants to go and what he wants to do. I don’t think he’d ever choose to coach in the same division with the Steelers. He grew up a Steelers fan in Pittsburgh and still has good relationships with the Rooneys. I’d expect him to go to an NFC team, if possible, and imagine–as others have said–that he’s waiting for an opportunity with either the Giants or Panthers. As he’s said, he still watches film and stays involved with the game. If Dick Vermeil could make a successful coaching comeback after years in the booth, so can Cowher.

By: pigbladder

pigbladder — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:49:56 +0000

Carolina or dallas

By: td40

td40 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:47:47 +0000

Even though other teams tried to talk to Cowher and were also roundly rejected, it just wouldn’t be PFT without taking an easy, snarky swipe at the Browns- which is, of course, the reason they’re the only team mentioned by name.

By: geetee52

geetee52 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:09:18 +0000

The only way he’s going to coach again is if he winds up needing a job.

Has there ever been an example of a coach being out of the game for 10 years (give or take) and then doing well when they came back?

Joe Gibbs was a way better coach than Bill Cowher and his comeback didn’t turn out so great.

I think there was a time Bud Wilkinson tried to come back to coaching after an extended time off (Cardinals?) and got fired in less than 2 years.

By: broncostevenp

broncostevenp — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:59:07 +0000

I don’t know, that is what I am hearing from his inner circle. Franchise QB and running game, and a top rated Defense. The only thing missing is a good offensive line.

By: Cereal

Cereal — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:57:42 +0000

He prefers wearing pretty suits & getting manni’s & petti’s at this point

By: tcostant

tcostant — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:57:36 +0000

I understand him waiting, I heard last week that he is paid $3.4M/year by CBS, that some nice cash.

I beleive Bettis, that he waiting until the NY Giants job is open.

By: lennydpocketqb

lennydpocketqb — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:52:42 +0000

broncostevenp says:

Cowher has made it very clear to his inner circle that if the Bears called…he’d listen.

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And then he will laugh at that joke of an ownership.

By: mdac1012

mdac1012 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:52:13 +0000

The rumor has been that Cowher is interested in the Giants job after Coughlin leaves, but if Cowher wants full control of personnel, he won’t get that with the Giants.

I think the Carolina job makes more sense for him if they decide to make a change next year.

By: mjkelly77

mjkelly77 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:47:06 +0000

Report: Bill Cowher has turned down several coaching interviews
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He’s waiting to see if Jim Schwartz rebounds with the Lions. If not, he’ll be interested. Everyone knows how generous Mr. Ford is. After all, he threw milions after millions at Mutt Millen, the worst GM in the history of the NFL.

By: starchybunker

starchybunker — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:46:46 +0000

did some of you forget the Carolina job was open year-before-last? If Cowher didn’t want it then, why do you think he wants it now? He would only come out from in front of the cameras for only a select few jobs, the obvious of course being NYG…

By: ajb3313

ajb3313 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:46:24 +0000

I don’t get the Carolina thing. Not that he couldn’t end up coaching there eventually, but that job was open two years ago and he didn’t show any interest in it.

By: joejen4614

joejen4614 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:38:33 +0000

@stoolerz

” Like I said before, he’s overated-Tomlin exposed that. His sucess was generated by the front office.”

I think you have it mixed up. Farrior, Ward, Miller, Smith, Roethlisberger, Polomalu, Hampton, = Cower Era. Tomlin has still been riding the coat tails of Cower but now these players are aged and retiring. The team is starting to fade. Cower lost players and reloaded. Year after year. Maybe your a bandwagon jumper or a young person who wasn’t a Steelers fan during Cower’s days. Tomlin got his ring from Cower’s work. See Dungy/Gruden

By: slomax10

slomax10 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:37:10 +0000

His wife dies a couple of years ago so maybe he is waiting until his daughters (who are in university) are finished school. Who knows – maybe he enjoys the free time and living the dream. I am sure he will be back and if he’s not, I am sure it will be his choice and not that the game has past him by

By: pinion8ted

pinion8ted — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:34:48 +0000

osteelers says:Jan 9, 2013 12:54 PM

I mean, anybody can win in the NFL with a wishbone offense, right?

By: broncostevenp

broncostevenp — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:33:53 +0000

Cowher has made it very clear to his inner circle that if the Bears called…he’d listen.