Thursday, January 2, 2014

KEN WISENHUNT: THE NEXT GREAT HIRE

Does anyone remember this guy?  If you follow the NFL, I would think you can't forget how this guy took the Arizona Cardinals to a Superbowl.  That right there is downright impressive.  We are talking about a team that went to the play-offs a total of 2 times in like over 20 years.  He was also the offensive coordinator for the Steelers from '04-'06, under Bill Cowher, and helped win one Superbowl there.  This guy is a really good offensive mind, and is proven in the league, due to the tough job he had with Arizona, and him being able to accomplish what he did there. Yeah, he had losing seasons in 3 of his last seasons there, but so did Andy Reid when he was in Philly.  This is because there was a bad QB situation with Philly, just like in Arizona in Wisenhunt's last 3 years. Good coaches get fired all the time because of things like this, that are not in their total control.  If you don't get to the play-offs once every two or three years in this league, you get fired, and that's just the way it is.  Some teams know you can't be good every year, and hold on to guys for longer, but the average tenure for coaches isn't that long.  Now, I'm not saying I could be an NFL GM or anything, but these teams getting new coaches are really sleeping on this guy.  Tampa Bay just hired Lovie Smith, who also made a Superbowl with the Bears, and is solid, but I think Wisenhunt took on the bigger challenge, and can probably do more in a situation.  Houston hired Bill O'Brien, who has no NFL head coaching experience.  I just don't get how these teams continue to hire  people that don't have any prior experience in the position that they are getting. Wouldn't you want someone that had a proven track record of some sort?  It's stupid if you ask me.  So that leaves Minnesota and Detroit as the last two teams on the coaching search.  If you are Detroit, and you pass on this guy, you will probably regret it more than anything. The Lions would be perfect, with all the talent they already have on offense for Wisenhunt to play with.  I think he would step in and immediately have that team turned around.  I don't understand why they have't hired him already, because I'd get this guy in a heartbeat.  Pick him up.  You will be more than glad that you did.

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