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Sunday Scoops: Glazer's coaching update
NFL Week 17
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Week 17 action
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Vikings 20, Giants 19 -- Recap | Box
Panthers 33, Saints 31 -- Recap | Box
Packers 31, Lions 21 -- Recap | Box
Falcons 31, Rams 27 -- Recap | Box
Texans 31, Bears 24 -- Recap | Box
Patriots 13, Bills 0 -- Recap | Box
Colts 23, Titans 0 -- Recap | Box
Steelers 31, Browns 0 -- Recap | Box
Raiders 31, Bucs 24 -- Recap | Box
Bengals 16, Chiefs 6 -- Recap | Box
Eagles 44, Cowboys 6 -- Recap | Box
Dolphins 24, Jets 17 -- Recap | Box
49ers 27, Redskins 24 -- Recap | Box
Ravens 27, Jaguars 7 -- Recap | Box
Cardinals 34, 'Hawks 24 -- Recap | Box
Chargers 52, Broncos 21 -- Recap | Box
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ST. LOUIS — The Kansas City Chiefs parted ways with their president/CEO and GM Carl Peterson this past week. But that's not the only executive in the Show Me State who's out the door before the season ends.
FOX Sports has learned that the Rams team president and general manager Jay Zygmunt will be out as early as Monday or Tuesday. It's been long believed that Zygmunt would not be with the team past 2008, but for him to leave prior to the end of the season is viewed as a surprise. It's unclear if Zygmunt is being fired or he is resigning, but it appears to be more mutual consent by both sides.
As for their head coaching situation, Rams ownership held high-level meetings early this past week discussing the team's future with several people within the organization. Right now it appears that VP Billy Devaney will have significant input on hiring the next coach. It should be noted that Devaney and current head coach Jim Haslett have a strong relationship.
Ravens defensive coordinator Rex Ryan is a hot name here.
KANSAS CITY — Now that Peterson is out, what does that mean for the future of head coach Herm Edwards? Currently, long-time executive Denny Thum is serving as team president and general manager. However, that will change and the plan is to hire a GM, let him assess the team and have a very strong voice in who the team's head coach will be in 2009.
Thum is expected to be the team's new president after the Chiefs hire the GM. A long-time Chiefs executive, Thum is largely considered one of the smartest men in the league and has garnered tremendous respect among league executives for his undying loyalty to the late Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt.
Should the Chiefs job open, it will actually be viewed as a pretty good opening. They have loaded up on youngsters and Kansas City, in league circles, is considered a very, very attractive city to live in.
CLEVELAND — Name after name is being linked to the Cleveland Browns — some true, others not so much.
Bill Cowher? Yes, absolutely. The Browns would love to lure the Super Bowl winning coach to Cleveland with a blockbuster contract and full authority, but those close to Cowher are split on whether or not he actually makes that jump.
Marty Schottenheimer? False! Despite a recent report linking the former Browns, Chiefs and Chargers head coach to his old team, top-level brass has no interest in bringing him back for an encore. The more likely names to place here in case Cowher rebuffs their offer are Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo and Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels in a possible package with New England personnel guru Scott Pioli.
Spagnulo is this year's Jason Garrett, the crown jewel of assistant coaching prospects. Unlike Garrett from a year ago, however, Spagnuolo will likely take a head coaching post in the coming month or so. Loved by players, Spagnuolo has tremendous respect among his coaching peers. He also is as far from a politician as one can find in this league.
McDaniels and Pioli could be an interesting combination since Pioli has long been considered the pretty girl at the prom of NFL personnel people. However, to date he has shunned finally hitting the road. McDaniels led the NFL's most prolific offensive attack a year ago in the Patriots' record-breaking season.
SAN FRANCISCO — For over a year there has been rampant speculation that the 49ers would hire Seattle's Mike Holmgren in a Bill Parcells-type of position after this season. Doesn't look like that is going to happen. A more likely scenario is simply that Mike Singletary stays put as the team's head coach.
Sources say ownership is strongly leaning toward keeping him as their head coach and he will meet with team brass the a day or two after the season ends. Singletary, however, could make staff changes to bring in people he is more comfortable with than those left over from Mike Nolan's staff.
Their thought process is that Singletary already has seven games of head coaching experience and has fared well. Thus, he has a leg up on an assistant who will need some time to adjust to the position.
"One thing about him is he quickly learned from his mistakes," said one team source. "(Singletary) makes a mistake once and never repeats it. He's impressive."
UFC STAR MAKES REPEAT PERFORMANCE FOR FAVRE: Last year a certain incredibly suave NFL insider hooked up UFC Heavyweight king Randy "The Natural" Couture and the Green Bay Packers to give the team its pregame speech. The lure was Brett Favre, who is a HUGE fan of the legendary fighter.
Couture spent that weekend with head coach Mike McCarthy, Favre and others on the Packers, who then went out and thrashed the Raiders.
Favre, who has since kept in touch with Couture, reached out to him for a repeat performance. Saturday night in Seattle before the biggest game of the year for the Jets, Couture gave the Jets the team speech and was once again a huge hit among the players.
One of his main messages was that despite the Jets having their backs to the wall, they need to go out loose and have fun. He compared it to himself, who is often seen walking toward the cage smiling, appearing as if he's simply taking a mid-afternoon stroll. Basically, he keeps himself loose and if he can when grown men are allowed to knock his head off, they can too.
Member Comments
I just don't get it. It took 10 years for Bill Cower to get a SB win for the Steelers. He has made several interviews where he talks about being able to get back into that Coaching Grind lifestyle. There has only been a very short list of coaches who have been successful at one team, left or retired and then whent to another team. There is Bill Parcells, Bill Belechick who has only seen success in NE he was a total Bust in Cleveland. Jimmy Johnson came to Miami with a star QB and all the power in the world and totaly blew it. If you look at Tampa with John Gruden, the only year he was REALLY successful was the first year when he took Tony Dungees team over the top. Then there is Tony Dungee who has made it to the big one and won it once dispite having arguably the best QB in the leauge. For the most part, re-treads do not work. Only a few of them ever do. I cannot see Cower taking the Coaching job in Cleveland when there are at least 8 other teams in much better situations for him out there...Dallas, San Fran, San Diego, The Jets, Jacksonville, The Chiefs, long list before you hit Cleveland who has not had an ownership that seemed willing to do what it took, same as Cincy.
bigDsfins4ever12/23/2008 15:06:00 PM(Report inappropriate content)
If Minnesota does not make the playoffs ( and it is looking as if that is a great possibility ), I see Zygi Wilf cutting ties with Brad Childress.<br /><br />I could see Mr. Wilf opening up his checkbook with a huge offer to Bill Cowher.<br /><br />Cowher should be interested in the Minnesota job because of all the coaching vacancies that are going to be out there, Minnesota ( if available ), would be a team that plays Cowher's type of football. Also, the Vikings are very close to having a complete team right now. Being a couple of players ( namely a quarterback... but Tarvaris Jackson has played well of late ), away from being serious contenders.<br /><br />Cowher walking into Minneapolis and instilling his will into that team, could produce tremendous results.
TheDemonator12/23/2008 11:00:00 AM(Report inappropriate content)
The Rams are suffering the curse of shoving Vermeil out the door. They should have been team of the decade yet sold their soul for Mike Martz!!
jazlombardi12/22/2008 13:38:00 PM(Report inappropriate content)
First of all Steeler fans Bill Cowher played for the Browns and got into NFL coaching under Marty Schottenheimer's mid to late 80's Browns teams that played Denver in the AFC Championship in '86 & 87!! Know your history
jazlombardi12/22/2008 13:36:00 PM(Report inappropriate content)
Little good did Couture do for the Favre this time!
IMustBreakU12/22/2008 10:36:00 AM(Report inappropriate content)
I am tired of hearing about Millen and how they didn't get better without him. What the heck? He was not the coach he was the GM. There is not much a GM can do during the season...
mcguinn3312/22/2008 10:21:00 AM(Report inappropriate content)
I will be very disappointed in Bill Cowher if he takes a job with the Browns. he will always be a Steeler no matter where he coaches but to coach Pittsburgh #1 rival would be unforgiveable
ccampbell12/22/2008 9:46:00 AM(Report inappropriate content)
thats sooo awesome...Couture gave a speech for the Jets and they lost...plz give another speech on Sunday Randy....
slavKo_Miami_D12/22/2008 8:13:00 AM(Report inappropriate content)
If Rex Ryan goes anywhere, fer gawd's sake, make it an NFC team! Don't want to face one of his Dee's!!!
MysticDragon12/22/2008 8:06:00 AM(Report inappropriate content)
Pat Bowlen is a wart-infested toad and Mike Shanahan is an evil control freak... And what do you do with evil toads and freaks?? Keep them in a dark misty dungeon with the rest of the swamp rats until Bilbo Baggins (*this is like a real heavy metaphor for a new owner dooood*) and his crew of ultimate UFC homies shows up and kicks their sorry butts all the way down the Mile-High mountain... Then the evil wizard ShanaScam will dissolve into a pool of his own icy blood (like that green-faced evil hag witch from the Wizard of OZ) and be banished from the now happy mountain once and for all... <br /><br />...THE END...<br /><br />PS- If this sounded like a fairy tale, it's because getting rid of those two would be....
12/22/2008 3:41:00 AM(Report inappropriate content)
Pat Bowlen and Mike Shanahan should be on this list... Bowlen is a wart-infested toad and Mike Shanahan is an evil control freak... And what do you do with evil toads and freaks?? Keep them in a dark misty dungeon with the rest of the swamp rats until Bilbo Baggins (*this is like a real heavy metaphor for a new owner dooood*) and his crew of ultimate UFC homies shows up and kicks their sorry butts all the way down the Mile-High mountain... Then the evil wizard ShanaScam will dissolve into a pool of his own icy blood (like that green-faced evil hag witch from the Wizard of OZ) and be banished from the now happy mountain once and for all... <br /><br />...>THE END
12/22/2008 3:39:00 AM(Report inappropriate content)
NOW COME ON. Is Cowher that much of an egomaniac that he would take the browns job? Sheesh talk about ruining your resume. If he wants to do that go to the lions. I would not doubt that cowher will be back in coaching I somehow doubt Clevland is the place he dreams of. There are so many other great jobs oout there, San Diego (yes they will have a vacancy even if they make the playoffs), Kansas city, Bengals or seattle. I don't see a coach of his caliber taking a job in Detroit, Clevland or oakland. Not unless he has totally gone off his meds and out of his mind.
talonmedic12/22/2008 1:24:00 AM(Report inappropriate content)
datz wat im sayin midas 37<br />Bulger sukz...how do u throw dat 4th quarter interception...he only has sum of those completions bcuz of his recievers...like da catch by avery in da 4th quarter on 4th down...dat waz a bad pass...dat niner tippd it...he coodve interceptd it i bet bt it waz just a tip nd avery just gt in der nd caught it<br />i think 4 our draft pik we either get a goood roookie(tim tebow or colt mccoy wood be goood) or we trade our pik 4 a goood franchise quarterback<br />nd den we NEEEEEED sum1 better dan Steven Jackson...i think hez just not cutting it hez very incosistent runnin da football...hez not breakn enuf tackles that he shod be his size nd build...helll we cood even get MiQuale Lewis from Ball State<br />shyt datz just me thot...ive bn a rams 4 a wile...still mad 4rm our Super Bowl 4rm wen we had Warner, Holt, Bruce(whom i congradulate...1000 club), nd MR Faulk<br />we need 2 say bye 2 BULGER nd JACKSON<br />nd i say if our offense gets better or defense will get better cuz i think dey r a lil pissd dat der offense aint doin shyt
chuy2o9_312/21/2008 23:55:00 PM(Report inappropriate content)
Glazer, if that's the case, than put a good story together....Seems like you want to be the first to beat a dead horse......Horrible post!!
stirdogs12/21/2008 23:42:00 PM(Report inappropriate content)
Hu$ker....I too think the Rams are pathetic. In fact, I gave up really good season tickets a couple of years ago because I had no faith in their management. However, never wish for a franchise to disolve. We in St. Louis have taken a lot of financial hits lately. We really don't need another one. Not only was AB sold to a foreign company (which will wind up costing more than 2000 jobs) but we had 2 auto assembly plants close and lost an American airlines hub not that long ago. I know LA wants the Rams back, but they don't really need them. This city ( a metro with about 3 million people) needs them more than LA, which has the entire entertainment industry. If we continue to have stupid people to buy their product (and there's a glut of them at present) they'll survive just fine without the Rams. If LA is so wonderful, let them start an expansion franchise.
midas3712/21/2008 19:02:00 PM(Report inappropriate content)
Browns vs Bengals<br /><br />One bad team beat another even worse team.<br />--Cool widgets at statbeast. Take a look.
BeFootfallfans12/21/2008 17:38:00 PM(Report inappropriate content)
What the Rams need is a total desire to win, not just fill the seats (which they can't do in a baseball town unless they win). They need another Charlie Armey type who can spot young talent (e.g. Kurt Warner) and a coach who's not afraid to kick some backside to get the job done. And another thing...we in St. Louis have the wimpiest sports media in the country. They never attack the establishment and always go with the status quo. BULGER IS A BAD QUARTERBACK TOO! Is that blunt enough????
midas3712/21/2008 17:09:00 PM(Report inappropriate content)
Nice how they won't even let me post the man's first name. We're not all crass hoodlums!
roclob5012/21/2008 14:34:00 PM(Report inappropriate content)
I think the Rams should bring back **** Vermeil in some kind of capacity. He is a healthy, spry 71, and from what I've read, he is bored in retirement. He could probably still coach, and if not, be like a Bill Parcells type guru to run things from above.
roclob5012/21/2008 14:33:00 PM(Report inappropriate content)
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