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Uh-oh, the Chargers Job would be tasty...


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Listening to Colin Cowherd this morning, and he brings up some good points about the 'best NFL job to open up in 10 years':

 

1) Young, talented team on both sides of the ball with a few bonafide stars, who happen to be coachable.

 

2) SD is a great town to live in, right down the road from friends in LA.

 

3) They just fired a 'veteran coach', so why would they go with a Parcells? And bringing in a guy who was fired from his last gig (Green, Mooch, etc.) wouldn't send the right message.

 

4) With the coordinator positions open, the new guy can bring in his own crew.

 

5) The GM Smith is young and talented, and Pete would get along a lot better with him than Marty did.

 

6) (The real kicker) - if he seriously considered the Miami thing, why in the world wouldn't he consider SD??

 

I hope he doesn't go, but I'd be surprised if he doesn't talk to them...

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Thought this was interesting reading off profootballtalk.com rumor mill.

 

RUMORS SPREAD THAT CARROLL-TO-CHARGERS IS A DONE DEAL

 

There is increasing talk in league circles regarding suspicions that the San Diego Chargers already have a secret deal in place with USC coach Pete Carroll.

 

Folks are pointing to some of the same facts we outlined on Monday night, after word broke that Marty Schottenheimer had been fired. Some think that the most convincing proof was/is USC assistant Steve Sarkisian's abrupt about-face with the Raiders, followed days later by the decision of his former Trojan colleague, Lane Kiffin, to take the job.

 

Why else, the theory goes, would Kiffin take a job that Sarkisian didn't want unless they both knew that Carroll wasn't long for the USC gig, and that Sarkisian, not Kiffin, had been hand-picked to replace him?

 

Others are pointing to the fact that the first guy to be interviewed is Bears defensive coordinator Ron Rivera, who has no head-coaching experience but who helps the Chargers satisfy the Rooney Rule quickly, in the event that the Pete Carroll cat gets out of the bag prematurely and none of the minority candidates agree to sit for the job. (See Detroit Lions and Steve Mariucci.)

 

We're also told that there is worry among the incoming class of USC recruits regarding the possibility that Carroll is leaving. But Pete has opted not to even address the situation publicly.

 

If he were not going to be the San Diego coach, he could easily say so. The fact that he has said nothing at all speaks volumes, in our view. Especially since he now has a couple dozen nervous high school seniors who signed papers seven days ago under the assumption that the head coach would be sticking around for at least the next month.

 

Stay tuned. We predict that the Chargers will go through the motions with several candidates, and that Carroll will then swoop in out of the blue as the guy.

 

If that happens, look for Pat Kirwan to soon follow him -- and for G.M. A.J. Smith to definitely get the boot after the draft.

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Listening to Colin Cowherd this morning, and he brings up some good points about the 'best NFL job to open up in 10 years':

 

1) Young, talented team on both sides of the ball with a few bonafide stars, who happen to be coachable.

 

2) SD is a great town to live in, right down the road from friends in LA.

 

3) They just fired a 'veteran coach', so why would they go with a Parcells? And bringing in a guy who was fired from his last gig (Green, Mooch, etc.) wouldn't send the right message.

 

4) With the coordinator positions open, the new guy can bring in his own crew.

 

5) The GM Smith is young and talented, and Pete would get along a lot better with him than Marty did.

 

6) (The real kicker) - if he seriously considered the Miami thing, why in the world wouldn't he consider SD??

 

I hope he doesn't go, but I'd be surprised if he doesn't talk to them...

 

 

Carrol's gone :D and I wouldn't be surprised if his ggod friend, Pat Kirwan, replaces AJ. He will NEVER get a better opportunity in the NFL than this.

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Carrol's gone :D and I wouldn't be surprised if his ggod friend, Pat Kirwan, replaces AJ. He will NEVER get a better opportunity in the NFL than this.

 

 

I think you're wrong - Pete's not going there for at least 3 reasons:

 

1) Spanos is cheap, and won't pony up the $ necessary to lure him while paying Marty his $3 mil (or is it $4?);

 

2) Unless AJ Smith was dismissed or reassigned, Pete couldn't get the control there that he seeks.

 

3) Being the coach of USC is still a pretty sweet gig for anybody, even though he has to work through these NCAA issues.

 

Another year for Pete = likely another Pac10 title + BCS bowl = another shot at the NC game. I'm happy...

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