The end of the NFL regular season means the true beginning of the hiring cycle. The coaching carousel, as it’s called, should consist of anywhere between six to eight openings, according to multiple sources around the league.
Already the Panthers, Chargers and Raiders head-coaching positions are open, and more will come in the following days. Meanwhile, there could be as many as six GM openings as well.
Here’s a look at some of the hot seats around the league, with intel on the direction these franchises could go in the coming weeks.
Bill Belichick has sidestepped questions about his future for weeks. Sources say Belichick and Patriots owner Robert Kraft have not met to discuss the future, and no one with firsthand knowledge is willing to state unequivocally what will happen before that meeting — or those meetings — take place. The expectation around the league has been Belichick and the Patriots will mutually part ways, but even that could take some time. A reasonable expectation is that no matter what’s decided, there likely won’t be any decisions made on or by Black Monday. Belichick has a legion of former Patriots coaches and personnel executives who could join him at his new job. Meanwhile, there’d be jobs to fill in Foxboro. Jerod Mayo is the top internal candidate, but no one knows if the Krafts would go internal. And the Krafts have never had to hire a GM in the three decades in New England.
Los Angeles Chargers
John Spanos, the president of football operations, will be running the search for the Chargers. The head coaching job may be more attractive than the GM job, at least in the short-term, because of all the painful salary-cap cuts that are sure to take place this offseason. Nevertheless, sources expect an “expansive” search at head coach. I’m told the GM search may be narrower. But “everything’s on the table” for the Chargers, sources say. The team feels it can be…
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Author : Jonathan Jones
Publish date : 2024-01-06 16:39:20
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