After a complicated run during last year’s GM hiring period, Omar Khan is a name to watch again. The Bears sent out an interview request to speak with the Steelers exec Wednesday, Adam Schefter of ESPN.com tweets.
The Steelers vice president of football and business administration figures to be a candidate to succeed departing Pittsburgh GM Kevin Colbert, but for the second straight year, his name has surfaced on the interview circuit. Khan has been with the Steelers since 2001, though he was seemingly prepared to leave Pennsylvania for another gig last year.
A key figure for the Steelers on the contract front, Khan became the top candidate for the Texans’ GM post last year. The Texans offered Khan the job, on the recommendation of the search firm the franchise hired, and were believed to be negotiating a deal with him. At the 11th hour, those plans changed; Nick Caserio became Houston’s GM. Khan also interviewed with the Panthers, who ended up hiring Scott Fitterer to team with Matt Rhule.
Khan is the ninth name connected to the Bears’ GM search. Here is how that stands as of Wednesday afternoon:
- Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, vice president of football operations (Browns): Interview requested
- Morocco Brown, director of college scouting (Colts): Interview requested
- Ran Carthon, director of player personnel (49ers): Interview requested
- Glenn Cook, vice president of player personnel (Browns): Interview requested
- Ed Dodds, vice president of player personnel (Colts): Interview requested
- Jeff Ireland, assistant general manager (Saints): Interview requested
- Omar Khan, vice president of football and business administration (Steelers): Interview requested
- Joe Schoen, assistant general manager (Giants): Interview requested
- Eliot Wolf, senior consultant (Patriots): Interview requested
I doubt Kahn leaves the Steelers if he feels he has the GM job. The front office is so stable he wouldn’t have to worry looking over his shoulder – proof in that he’s been with the organization for over 20 years.
Let’s just call the Rooney rule what it is. An idea that looked good at the time, But I think it’s proven to be a total failure. You’re not going to tell a billionaire who to hire to spend his money. They’ve already decided who is going to get the job, All this is window dressing to supposedly promote racial integrity. Although an ambitious idea, I think we can call it an epic fail that at least has to be tweaked or forgotten.
Khan is the fourth person of color they are interviewing. The rule doesn’t even apply here.
You see a person of color and automatically think Rooney Rule. That’s a personal problem.
I personally don’t care if they hire Antonio Brown. As long as it’s not Pace. If he can do the job it’s fine by me. I just think it’s totally ridiculous to supposedly interview 15 guys just to do a job where it’s probably better to just pick 4 or 5 for serious consideration. The NFL has doubled down on a bad rule by saying they’re going to start taking draft picks away and we all know the Bears can’t afford that. I’m still waiting for my invitation to interview by the way, as it seems I’m the only one who hasn’t. Stop trying to make something racist that isn’t. It’s just a bad premise. You need to take that crap back to Twitter where you belong.
I’m not the one who brought up the Rooney Rule under an article featuring the fourth person of color the Bears are interviewing. It literally makes no sense to bring it up.
Unless you didn’t bother to read the article or follow what has been happening with the search, saw a person of color in the photo , didn’t bother to look at his extensive and said, “he’s just a Rooney Rule guy.”
Again, that’s a personal problem.
As far as interviewing lots of candidates, that’s what happens in any job search for an executive. It’s bad business to not have an extensive search, even if you have top candidates in mind, because they may pass on the job, or show red flags during the process. A real interview process may have saved the Jags from hiring Urban Meyer.
So you’re equating a nationwide company job search for a candidate, To a field where there are only 30 jobs available? Wow awesome. I really don’t see the point in interviewing 15 guys in football, for a gig that only has 30 possible openings. The rule doesn’t do what it’s supposed to do which is get more minorities hired. It only draws out the process, and wastes not only the interviewers time, but disrupts playoff teams which must allow these people to interview and takes them away for what they need to be doing. Stop being deliberately vague about the whole thing.
The rule was set in place to ensure qualified candidates got interviewed. Prior to the rule, most franchises wouldn’t even consider candidates of color. But the actual hire was always up to the team.
And to suggest it wastes time is to suggest that candidates of color aren’t even worthy of an interview, which yeah, you already made clear by your insulting dismissal of Khan, who has been in the NFL for 20 years in one of the best run organizations in the league. You immediately dismissed him as a viable candidate the moment you saw him, and brought up the Rooney Rule, even though, once again, the Bears have multiple candidates of color. Are you suggesting that is all a show? That none of them are qualified or worthy of an interview?
Do you even know who any of them are?
You have to remember that some of these candidates will decline the interviews, which is why there are so many. They will have narrowed it down to 4-5 once the declines come in.
Bears are an easy fix. Just need start off by getting a Top-5 QB. Hire Brian Flores, trade for Watson, and don’t let him use a phone ever again so he stays out of the DMs.
You should probably be sharing these types of brilliant insights with Howie.
I’m not an Eagles fan so if they wanna spend 3 firsts on him I’m good.
Sure. Spend a ton more of draft capital for a disgraced QB that if they wanted him should of just drafted him in the first place. It’s completely stupid ideas like that, That got Pace fired in the first place. You must be a Texans fan to promote tripe like that. Give up hope, Nobody is going to give you anywhere near what you want for a lame duck overpaid QB. If he’s not in jail by draft day. And if someone does he should be fired immediately.
If you can’t tell I was being sarcastic I’m sorry you got all worked up. But remember… Bears dealt 2 1st, a 3rd and a 6th for Mack a 2nd and 7th. And they wasted that time with Mitch under center. Anything is possible.
If you don’t know your facts you really should remain silent. It’s a Miranda right. The Bears traded 2 firsts and a 3rd and a 6th and got back a 2nd and a 5th and the 2nd only ended up being a few picks behind the first they traded. 2nd if you’re a Texans fan with a handle like Philly Ballers, You’re obviously already deeply confused and I hope you’re in therapy. It’s not always obvious to spot Moronic from Sarcastic. You did a great job of hiding it.
Donkey… stop assuming you know what team I’m a fan of. Here’s the trade so you can get it right.
September 1, 2018: Traded by Raiders with 2020 2nd round pick (43rd overall, Cole Kmet) and 2020 7th round pick (226th overall, Arlington Hambright) to Bears for 2019 1st round pick (24th overall, Josh Jacobs), 2019 6th round pick (196th overall subsequently traded, Blessuan Austin), 2020 1st round pick (19th overall, Damon Arnette) and 2020 3rd round pick (81st overall, Bryan Edwards)
Another dullard. Unless you and Maximum Velocity are twins. The point is you lied and tried to make the trade look worse than it was and all I can do is assume what team you root for because your dullness makes it hard to figure out. I’d rather have Mack than all the other lemons you mentioned anyway. But I’m more a fan of drafting a Mack than trading for one, which we’ll never know because Pace treats them like Lepers because he stinks.
No.
This is Jeff Irelands job 100% they want him from New Orleans so he can hire a head coach with Ted Phillips out of the building.
I thought Rick Smith was also being interviewed?
Hire whoever is the best collaborater.