Skinny Posts: What to do with Kerry Collins
The elephant in the Titans locker room: What are they going to do with Vince Young next season. This is among the toughest quarterback decisions I've ever seen.
Kerry Collins doesn't want to be a backup anymore, and has essentially said he'd rather retire than be a backup again. The Titans want Collins back, presumably as the favorite to start. But a two-year, $4 million contract with incentives is not starter money. They shouldn't really promise Collins anything, but Mike Lombardi thinks Collins will get the starting job in writing. Wow. They should probably look hard at available free agents, including their own Chris Simms, but Jeff Fisher's loyalty to Collins will probably carry the day.
This Titans team was built to win now. They outplayed Baltimore and had a great chance to win it all in a wide-open year. I felt bad for Jake Delhomme Saturday, but I felt worse for Jeff Fisher. This could have been his year, and a future of Young/Collins contains no promises.
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I wrote this in column form, but I'm planning to post a big set of links here every weekday during this offseason. It will usually be in the late morning, but could be early afternoon if other work interrupts. This blog could use some structure/direction and that's a start. Not sure if I like the Skinny Posts tag enough to keep it. May try a different name. Let me know what you think. Your links are after the jump.
I'm of two minds on this one. 1) They can have their Schottenheimer and eat it too by keeping on staff; more power to them. 2) If they really believed Schott was the right man for the job and has a bright future, they shouldn't let the fans dictate the choice. Tannenbaum knows this decision will make-or-break his career.
My guess is that the Giants spend their Presidents on the Train, and Ward gets a decent offer to compete to start elsewhere.
Another way to measure his impact: He made Bill Polian look like a softie (understably so) at the going away presser, which is not an easy thing to do.
Based on everything I've heard surrounding the Giants, this has been their thinking all along. Of course, Burress has a long way to go to square things with the law and the NFL.
Comments
Please tell your writers who are posting comments about Pioli dictating to his coach what scheme they will run, 3-4 vs 4-3, that this isn't how it works. Coaches come with their schemes and GMs supply them with the players to implement those schemes it's not the other way around.
Posted by: Kurt | January 13, 2009 06:52 PM
I didnt do the post but Pioli is going to hire someone that has the same vision of football that he is. His whole career, football family is in the 3-4 and the type of players, flexibility, and gameplans that go with it.
Parcells, his father in law, is a good example of an exec that is going to set things in his mold like that.
Its not right or wrong that its a better d but no doubt he'll hire a 3-4 coach
Posted by: Gregg | January 14, 2009 12:03 AM
How about calling it the "hook and lateral" gregg?
Posted by: Otto Graham | January 14, 2009 08:07 AM
i like "deep threats"
Posted by: scott c | January 14, 2009 01:30 PM
or how bout: "jump balls", "hail mary's", "pick off's", "coaches challenges", "coaches reviews", "inconclusive evidence", "official reviews", "quick outs".
Posted by: scott c | January 14, 2009 01:36 PM