Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy has interviewed for every head coach opening…except one. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports (via Twitter) that the Texans did not request an interview with the coordinator.
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To review, Bieniemy interviewed for both the Jaguars and Jets jobs today, he met with the Chargers yesterday, and he interviewed with the Falcons and Lions on Monday. In recent years, he also interviewed with the Buccaneers, Dolphins, Browns, Giants, and Panthers about their former openings. The 51-year-old has emerged as a major HC candidate in recent seasons after guiding Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs offense to a Super Bowl victory. After several years of interviewing, Bieniemy may finally get his shot in 2021.
That shot apparently won’t come in Houston. The organization was running both their head coaching search and GM search concurrently, with the latter being resolved following the expected hire of Patriots executive Nick Caserio. Now, Caserio will presumably have a say in the head coach search. So far this offseason, the Texans have been connected to a number of potential candidates, including former head coaches Marvin Lewis and Jim Caldwell, Colts defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus, Titans offensive coordinator Arthur Smith, Panthers offensive coordinator Joe Brady, and Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald.
It appears that a plan of attack has been implemented in Houston and that plan is not to be “Coach-Centric” ….
Maybe Texans did not request an interview with the coordinator……. YET?
link to bleacherreport.com
Adam Schefter is a piece of work…. Not quite the Statue Of David, but a piece of work.
Perhaps this is a subtle reminder to Watson that they don’t need the inmates running the asylum.
Wtf kind of comment is that? What does Bienemy have to do with that?
Supposedly Watson was campaigning for Bieniemy to be the hire.
It may have been referencing the owner’s imprudent comment a few years back. One would hope anyway.
But if crosseyedlemon was serious, one would hope he tries picking up hobbies like BASE jumping or sword swallowing.
Come on guys, he was clearly referring to what Bob McNair said last year. Ease up.
Ak185…I agree, but with a utilitarianism perspective, crosseyedlemon would be a hero to pick up BASE jumping and really stick with it.
Ak185…FYI Bob McNair died in November of 2018. But he was the owner who did utter that regrettable statement
Maybe so. But then why ask him for his opinion on whom the next coach should be? Plenty of stories the owner and Watson sat down for a dinner to discuss a potential coaching hire.
The Texans are less than the sum of their parts, thus they should hire someone who can motivate them.
Tony Robbins would rather live on the west coast.
Fishing
Again.. That photo is not Eric Bieniemy….
Who’s that in the photo?
That’s Kaepernick……….he hasn’t aged well.