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[LightninBoy]

Go get him. The Phili SB run was one of the most impressive bits of coaching I've seen in a while. Plus, how ironic would it be if the Lions hired the offensive mind that exposed their last coach.

[Forsh]

I guess the news is kinda double ... Pederson is on the market, but one more team looking for a HC

The Eagles should just get SCHWARTZ to come back as HC ... mostly kidding sounds like he needs the health break

[Dan V]

Schwartz has stated he is taking next year off and after that will reassess if he wants to retire or not —-he’s only in his early 50s so if he can retire then I respect him and I’m jealous of him

[Dan V]

Pederson has lost a step and hits the hole too slowly - my bad wrong one....
Actually I would love to have him coach detroit next year.

[JGSpartan]

Schwartz has stated he is taking next year off and after that will reassess if he wants to retire or not —-he’s only in his early 50s so if he can retire then I respect him and I’m jealous of him

I loved Schwartz but his best attribute as a coach was also one of his biggest flaws. Always being fired up lead to high effort from both him and his players but lots of undisciplined mistakes from both him and his players.

[Futureshock]

He got fired for a reason.

His GM didn't do him much favors and injuries just ravaged that team.

[Futureshock]

Pederson has lost a step and hits the hole too slowly - my bad wrong one....
Actually I would love to have him coach detroit next year.

[froot loops]

Winning a Super Bowl is a great accomplishment nothing can take it away, but I don't think it correlates to further success in the NFL. There are a lot of fairly anonymous head coaches that have won Super Bowls and a lot of really successful winning Super Bowl coaches who move on to the next job and don't have the same success. To me Pederson is in the in the former group. Nothing about the guy screams to me that he is a great coach that is going to replicate that success in the next stop.

I kind of feel like him like how I hought of Jim Caldwell. He was one bad Manning int from winning a championship as a head coach. The Lions played up his status as an Super Bowl coach and it was weird to me. In retrospect he looks a lot better than his replacement but the same criticism I had if him remains, be was not that dynamic and I felt there was not much urgency.

I wouldn't hate a Pederson hiring but I just think he isn't the type to change around culture. He is more of a hire you already have something good in place.

[jaadam4]

Pederson won a SB after losing his starting QB. I’d take him for sure

[Futureshock]

Report: Eagles have contacted Lincoln Riley

Posted by Mike Florio on January 12, 2021, 9:41 AM EST

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On Monday, the Eagles fired coach Doug Pederson. Also on Monday, the Eagles contacted his potential replacement.

Geoff Mosher of InsideTheBirds.com reports that the Eagles already have reached out to Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley to gauge his interest in the job.

Riley became the coach of the Sooners in 2017, and his quarterback pupils have included Baker Mayfield, Kyler Murray, and Jalen Hurts.

Jalen Hurts, as in Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts. And not Carson Wentz, as in Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz.

Riley has been linked from time to time with NFL jobs, but there’s never been a serious courtship of him by a professional team. If the Eagles plan to put on the table the kind of money that the Panthers have given former Baylor coach Matt Rhule (roughly $9 million per year), maybe Riley — whose current package averages more than $7.5 million per year — will listen.

Other factors surely come into play. Riley seems to have it made at Oklahoma. It may take making a lot more than $9 million per year to get him to make the jump to the next level, especially when the specific opening at the next level resides in a city where neither the media nor the fans will be as compliant or friendly as what he’s currently experiencing in Oklahoma.

Unless he wins in the NFL likes he’s been winning in college, where his record is 45-8.

[Cody_Russell]

Come on, Urban Meyer. Take the job and give us entertainment.
Interesting if Trent Baalke is hired as Jacksonville GM. Baalke was GM for the 49ers during the Jim Harbaugh era.

[Forsh]

If I was Riley, I'd stay at Oklahoma forever

[jaadam4]

Come on, Urban Meyer. Take the job and give us entertainment.
Interesting if Trent Baalke is hired as Jacksonville GM. Baalke was GM for the 49ers during the Jim Harbaugh era.

He’d be dumb as shit not to. Getting Lawrence and having a TON of cap space could push them in direct contention.

[jaadam4]

If I was Riley, I'd stay at Oklahoma forever

Yup. The recruiting bit probably gets old but the college game has longterm job security and it’s easier to stay a winning program.

[chemiclord]

Yup. The recruiting bit probably gets old but the college game has longterm job security and it’s easier to stay a winning program.

Eh, at the same time, the expectations for a college program can quickly turn unreasonable in a way that it doesn't in the pros. Especially at places like Oklahoma, where 10-2 will very quickly become intolerable and you better win some national championships.