Steelers' Rival Baltimore offers head coaching job to Garrett

by cgolden on Jan 15, 2008 1:13 PM EST in News

The Ravens have reportably offered thier head coaching job the Cowboys' offensive coordinator Jason Garrett. I hope this news is true and I hope he accepts the job. Part of me though, thinks he may just be trying to force Jerry Jones' hand to pay him more or even make him the head coach in Dallas.

This would have to be good news for the Steelers because the Ravens don't seem to have the offensive personell to fit his schemes. They're very unsettled at quarterback and don't near the set of wide recievers that helped Garrett be so successful this season in Dallas.

He would also have to set a record for shortest coaching experience ever for a head coach in the NFL. In 2004 he was a backup quarterback for the Dolphins and after retirement he spent two seasons as their QB coach. Then last season he was hired by Dallas as thier offensive coordinator and now in with only three years of coaching experience in his lifetime he could the head coach of one of the Steelers' biggest rivals. Can you imagine a Steelers' head coach with only three years of coaching experience?

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Garrett

I think he's gotten so much attention because of the talk that Dallas was considering hiring him as HC last year, but wanted him to get a bit more experience under his belt. And, now the way the 'boys offense rolled this year, he's been talked about for both the Ravens and Falcons job. Could be one of those deals where the owner went for the hot name because he got overanxious, like Dan Snyder hiring Steve Spurrier.

by WolfpackSteelersFan on Jan 15, 2008 2:18 PM EST reply actions

Titans fire Norm Chow

Should the Steelers be interested in him as an assistant coach of some kind ? I know Arians isn't going anywhere in 2008 but it may be worth getting Chow on board as an assistant and see if he could be better than Arians in 2009. What does everyone think?

by santhome on Jan 15, 2008 3:44 PM EST reply actions

Maybe

I would think he would be pretty sought after to return to the college game as OC. He had explosive offenses in college, but his game hasn't seemed to translate to the NFL. Of course, he only had a couple of years, and the Titans offensive talent was decimated when he was hired.

by WolfpackSteelersFan on Jan 15, 2008 3:56 PM EST reply actions