Black Monday- Coaching Turnover Time
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I don’t think LaFleur hired a first time DC I could see him hiring Gus Bradley or somebody like that.
That’s true, but I also believe he might zero in on Don “Wink” Martindale too as McVay has mentioned his struggles against Wink.
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NFCW is going to be crazy in 2026. I guess this makes for more excitement in football. Hope McVay will be ready
I hope as a Rams fan he hires Martindale I don't rate him as high as some do.
Wouldn’t we be able to block that if Nate was promoted to OC? Can’t leave if it’s a lateral move.
Although I’m not sure McVay would force him if Nate truly wanted to leave. Doubt anyone would want to leave McVay/LARs OC job for the cardinals OC job. That would be dumb.
Depends on if MLF lets him call plays that's the trump card basically.
Maybe. It hasn’t hurt any of the other Ram OCs in getting a HC job. I think the McVay shine just is way too bright and it overtakes the negative of not calling plays.
And cards are not likely to do well next year. Whereas Rams should be locked and loaded offensively again.
I'm not saying it for hurting Scheelhaase or not. You can't block your OC/DC from getting a job with another team if they'll call plays when you don't let them.
So if we make Scheelhaase our OC without calling plays he can interview and get hired elsewhere. The play calling negates the lateral move.
I think Scheelchasse knows his best chsnce of becoming a HC is staying in LA under McVay. Hell, LaFleur just got a job as has every OC that has ever worked under McVay. Matt Lafluer (via Titans) Zach Taylor, Kevin O'Connell, Mike LaFluer.
Interesting. I wasn’t aware of that detail. I thought it was simply your job title. Hence sometimes guys getting an assistant coordinator / HC title.
I think you can block it because it's not technically a promotion, even if you take on more duties. This happened with Kevin O'Connell. Rams blocked him from making a lateral move (probably because they learned from what happened with Matt Lafluer).
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Correct but that year that was still during our playing season.
We won the Super Bowl that year on February 13th so we were still playing. Also KOC was hired after the SB as a head coach.
Assistant HC is another level of title and I think it with the Rooney rule offers the same benefits/compensation as an OC/DC/ST coach but I could be wrong.