Another season ending on Sunday and now its really nail chewing time. I see Munch's name on various sites for an HC candidate. It will probably be the only coach we lose this year.
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Another season ending on Sunday and now its really nail chewing time. I see Munch's name on various sites for an HC candidate. It will probably be the only coach we lose this year.
It would be the cherry on the shit sundae for Munchak to be the only coach to leave and have the buffoon squad still around.
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Originally Posted by Shoes
Munch > Tomlin. He's excellent and unlike Russ Grimm, who Tomlin beat out, very smart. Choose wisely.
This would be a bad move for all parties, Munchak, the Steelers, and the team that hires him. The Steelers lose easily their best assistant coach and then are no longer able to get by with less heralded O-linemen being coached up to the best of their abilities. For Munch he would be going from a position where he is successful and given a lot of praise to a higher pressure position where he hasn't been successful. As for the team that would hire him, they would be hiring a retread head coach which has not panned out especially recently and they would be hiring an unsuccessful prior head coach. I don't see any winners here
The rest of the AFC North.Quote:
Originally Posted by st33lersguy
Maybe he would take a lateral move with a team that paid more and was serious about football.Quote:
Originally Posted by st33lersguy
LolQuote:
Originally Posted by Shoes
Hasn’t Munchak started he doesn’t want to be a head coach?
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Originally Posted by 86WARD
It's one thing to say it, and another thing to turn down $8 mil/year.
He may have been completely sincere when he said it, but never say never.
This was the statement he issued after withdrawing from consideration for the Cardinals jobQuote:
Originally Posted by 86WARD
And he made this statement this past fall
“I think I’m prepared for the opportunity,” Munchak said. “It’s just a matter of it being in the right place at the right time and someone feeling like, ‘Hey, this guy would be a good fit for us.’ ”
https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...s/201811070071
Having been fired once Munchak may have recognized the Cardinals were a dumpster fire looking at a major rebuild and decided to wait for better opportunities.
Losing assistants to better jobs is something successful teams deal with. Under Cowher assistants who left for HC jobs included Capers, Haslett, Gailey and Mularkey (LeBeau made a lateral move in the mid-90s from Steelers DC to Bengals DC, allegedly due to conflicts with Cowher, before becoming Bengals HC).
My recollection is that Arians has been the only assistant under Tomlin who subsequently became a HC. That may be a reflection of how the rest of the league has viewed the overall quality of Tomlin's coaching staff.
The Steelers should pay Munch whatever he wants within reason to stay. He is the best coach on the team albeit in a specialized squad.
Give him a bump in pay and make him the assistant head coach.
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Originally Posted by ALLD
Mike is a smart guy that knows football. Just because his first stint as a HC failed doesn't mean that's an indictment for life. Belichick didn't impress anyone as the head coach of the Browns. Dick Vermeil did ok and then fell apart in Philly before winning a Super Bowl for the Rams. I think Munchak will end up a head coach somewhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by st33lersguy
http://nfltraderumors.co/broncos-req...-mike-munchak/
Stains and Donkeys want to interview Munch
In an unselfish way, I hope Munch gets another chance. I'd love for it to be with the Steelers, but that's unlikely. I think he'll succeed big-time if he gets a good situation. We don't really deserve him with our staff of boobs.
Munch had Matt Hasslebeck near the end of his career the first two years (9-7 and 6-10) and Ryan Fitzpatrick the third year (7-9). Not exactly HOF Quaterbacks.
But, the stats nerds will tell you that Ryan Fitzpatrick has more TD passes in his career than Troy Aikman, so therefore he is a future HOF QB. Munch had talent at QB, but just couldn't get it done back then.Quote:
Originally Posted by DesertSteel
At 58, Munch better get a sniff soon or the ship will sail.........................
The Steelers need to keep Munch and get rid of the dumbass rednecks.
I could see him giving the Packers or Browns a shot they each have a good quarterback in place. I'd stay away from the Broncos if I were Munch.Quote:
Originally Posted by tube517
Define your version of “rednecks” . I live in Va and some of the the people I work with are rednecks, and they are also the smartest and most enlightened “folks” I know. Please don’t call someone a “redneck” because they sat ya’ll.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady Steel
add the Dolphins who just submitted a requestQuote:
Originally Posted by tube517
I could see Munch going to the Packers and taking Bell and Brown with him. That might make his job easier.Quote:
Originally Posted by Istina
Promote him to asst HC and raise his salary accordingly.
Also the PackersQuote:
Originally Posted by Dwinsgames
Might be a great way to keep him and also benefit from his previous experience (good or bad) as a head coach.Quote:
Originally Posted by fansince'76
A few years as an assistant head coach and he might be the logical choice to replace Tomlin if that ever happens.
Good ideaQuote:
Originally Posted by fansince'76
That's a good idea. Munch has HC offers every year it seems so it's not like this is his one shot to coach so he better take it. He could be content with less responsibility or he could be getting the itch after all these years. This could be a good move down the middleQuote:
Originally Posted by fansince'76