McManus: Todd Bowles Interested In Eagles Job?
by JasonB on Jan 4, 2012 6:29 PM EST
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PrintTim McManus is reporting for Philly Sports Daily that former Miami Dolphins secondary/interim head coach Todd Bowles would be interested in the Eagles defensive coordinator job if it were offered/open. McManus says that Bowles was one of the candidates that the Eagles asked permission to interview last year, but were denied.
Bowles previously had held the position of secondary coach with the Cowboys. He played in the league for 8 seasons, largely with the Redskins, where he was starting safety on the Super Bowl XXII winning team. Bowles also has a local connection having played his college ball at Temple.
He is also reported to be getting an interview for the head coaching job in St Louis.
As we noted yesterday, Jeff Lurie implied that Juan Castillo was not necessarily Andy Reid's top choice and that he turned to Juan after his list preferred list of candidates didn't pan out. So far, with the reported interest from Spagnuolo and now Bowles, the Eagles defensive coordinator job seems to be a lot more sought after than it was last year. Or at least the candidates available are more interesting.
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He runs a Parcells 3-4 defense. 2 gap defensive line. All about gap control in run defense. Polar opposite of what we ran this past year.
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I like the 3-4 more than the 4-3, but with the personnel we have we’re built to be a 4-3. Maybe down the road we’ll make a switch, but while we have Babin and Cole we should stay 4-3.
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Would hiring him neccessarily mean firing Wash and scrapping the wide-9? If so, I don’t think I want to go through another scheme change on D.
I think it would, he has never coached in a 4-3 defense. He worked with Mike Zimmer (when he was running a 3-4 defense in Dallas), Wade Phillips, Paul Pasqualoni and Mike Nolan, all of whom are 3-4 coaches.
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Well in that case a big NO THANKS, especially after they seemingly got the damn wide-9 working finally. We already sacrificied 1 year due to scheme changes. I’m not about to waste another. If it still doesn’t work next year, then maybe we should be thinking of switching.
i dont think he'll get hired
simply due to scheme…but i would hire him as a secondary coach so that Juan had someone looking over his shoulder.
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by Clint Eastwood on Jan 4, 2012 6:51 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I know I was joking...
It would be interesting though if he agreed to it. That defense would destroy every QB
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by Clint Eastwood on Jan 4, 2012 6:58 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
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But now the former o line coach has NFL defensive coaching experience..
by TimmyGee on Jan 4, 2012 7:49 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
still not enough…. thats the thing….he hasnt seen, reacted to and adjusted to enough….its that simple…
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by ShadyMcVickFactor on Jan 4, 2012 9:24 PM EST up reply actions
not a smooth enough transition. Unless this guy is absolutely the real deal, eagles pass
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everyone in the nfl>juan
im just happy to be hearing some familiar names
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no kidding….compared to last year!
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by ShadyMcVickFactor on Jan 4, 2012 9:25 PM EST up reply actions
I'd take Spags all day when compared to Bowles
by Phila76er9 on Jan 4, 2012 11:02 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Switching to 3-4 force the issue?
Maybe the only way for us to finally draft bigger players and less tweeners is to hire a guy whose system CAN’T have tweeners.
Or I could be talking out my ass
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by JasonB on Jan 5, 2012 3:25 AM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
i'd rather stick with juan
and get someone to fit the wide 9
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Pass and stay with Juan or take Spags
I mean, we have actually the 10th defense of the league… And I definitely not want to take a coach with a new scheme and lose two months for players to understand it. Our players finally understood the 4-3 with the wide-9…
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They had no offseason. I’m up for whatever scheme changes a new DC wanted. Hes got all offseason to install it
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by JasonB on Jan 5, 2012 3:27 AM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
What about them? I would trust Steve Spagnuolo to use his personnel in an effective way, especially pass rushers.
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But there still could be pains changing to a new scheme, especially if its radically different.
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It’s no reason to pass on something better. Teams change schemes all the time and have success with it quickly.
Look at the 49ers. The Bengals offense.
They’ve got all offseason this time. I wouldn’t be worried about it.
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Personnel should dictate the scheme, not the other way around. I can’t speak for the 9ers or Bengals because I don’t know enough about it, but I would wager if they did in fact implement new schemes, they had the personel that allowed them to have success with it quickly.
A converse example, would be the Redskins who finished amongst the bottom of the league in Defense implementing a 3-4 with Shanahan his first year, after finishing in the top 10 with a 4-3 the year prior. They tried to fit a square peg in a round hole and the result was a huge step backwards.
I’m not saying the same would happen here, but there still could be some risk in a scheme change, even with a full offseason, if the personnel on the team don’t allow for immediate success during the first year of adoption.
Don’t get me wrong looking beyond the first year, a scheme change with Spags would be far and away better for the team, but I’m not sure Andy Reid has the luxury anymore.
Well, if we look at what Spags did when he went to New York, he made the players and scheme fit one another.
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Correct me if I’m wrong, but the Giants barely snuck into the playoffs his first year there with a regular season record of 10-6, after which the players and scheme did come together very effectively. So it seems there was an adjustment period with him initially.
That’s not a terrible transition.
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sorry for that first comment
but I’d prefer Tim McManus on offense. He runs a tight ship. He turned Emerald City around like it was nobodys business (except Ernie Hudson’s of course, haha). A strict but fair man, Tim McManus is the man for us!
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