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Feb. 8, 2007
By Gregg Doyel
CBS SportsLine.com National Columnist
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Dallas owner Jerry Jones has spit up on himself throughout the Cowboys' coaching search, humiliating his franchise from his high chair, but it could be worse. He could be the guy running the Raiders.
Your new Cowboys head coach, Wade Phillips. Welcome to the jungle. (Getty Images)
The Raiders, the organization that thought it made sense to exhume crusty Art Shell and team him with flaky Randy Moss and Jerry Porter, fired Shell and tried to replace him with an assistant coach from Southern California. That assistant, Steve Sarkisian, decided it was better to be No. 2 at USC than No. 1 at Oakland.
So Raiders owner Al Davis got the No. 3 guy at Southern Cal, Lane Kiffin. Had Kiffin turned him down, Davis was going to pursue the USC assistant in charge of NCAA compliance.
Davis has completely lost it, but that's not news. He's a walking Woodstock, a Brylcreem-ed hipster who thinks he's a combination of Jerry Lee Lewis and Vince Lombardi, and he has the ruined franchise to prove it. At the news conference introducing his new head coach, Davis referred to Lane Kiffin as "Lance."
Al Davis stepped in dog crap years ago and is still leaving a trail, but it could be worse. He could be the guy running the Steelers.
The Steelers, which had it easy for decades thanks to Chuck Noll and Bill Cowher, had to do some heavy lifting this offseason after Cowher resigned ... but instead got choked beneath the bench-press bar.
Pittsburgh had two quality candidates on staff in Russ Grimm and Ken Whisenhunt, but dragged out the process long enough to lose Whisenhunt to the Arizona Cardinals, become infatuated with unlovable Chan Gailey, and emasculate Grimm.
After coming to their senses and jettisoning Gailey back to Georgia Tech, the Steelers narrowed their search to Grimm, Bears defensive coordinator Ron Rivera and Vikings defensive coordinator Mike Tomlin.
From there Pittsburgh got down to Grimm and Tomlin, and let Grimm believe the job was his. Grimm told his family. Someone told a reporter from a Pittsburgh newspaper. The story got out: Grimm was about to be hired.
Oops.
Tomlin got hired. Grimm got destroyed. The Steelers are the only NFL team this offseason to make a minority their new coach, and whatever goodwill that might have earned was lost in the mishandling of Russ Grimm.
But it could be worse. The Steelers could be the Dolphins.
Miami got burned by a college winner, Nick Saban, so the Dolphins had the bright idea of hiring a college loser, Cam Cameron, who went 18-37 at Indiana from 1997-2001 despite: A) being considered an offensive genius; and
having the college game's most unique offensive weapon, Antwaan Randle El, the entire time.
Recently Cameron had been the offensive coordinator for the San Diego Chargers, where Kirk Cameron could have put up enormous numbers. The Chargers had Drew Brees and then Philip Rivers at quarterback, MVP LaDainian Tomlinson at tailback and future Hall of Famer Antonio Gates at tight end. Cameron Diaz could have run that offense.
Somehow Cam Cameron was a hot name, but here's how respected he is by NFL players: Sports Illustrated polled 361 players before this season for assistant coaches who would make a good head coach. Cam Cameron received zero votes.
Come coach the Dolphins!
The Dolphins had already made a wreck of their search by interviewing 13 candidates in 16 days -- a process that sailed past "thorough" and arrived at "aimless" -- and locking up defensive coordinator Dom Capers for $8 million over the next three years, double what Lovie Smith makes for the Bears. Whoever was going to get the Miami job was going to be stuck with the highest-paid assistant in football, whether he wanted Capers or not.
This is not a shock. Miami is the franchise that last offseason chose the worst years of Daunte Culpepper over the best years of Drew Brees. Miami hired and lost Saban. Among the 13 candidates to replace him was genetic winner/coaching loser Mike Shula.
The Dolphins couldn't lick a stamp without written instructions, but it could be worse. They could be the Cowboys.
Among Dallas' mistakes was the hiring of Jason Garrett as offensive something before picking a head coach ... even considering Gary Gibbs, whose last contribution to football was running the Oklahoma Sooners into a rock ... zeroing in on losers Wade Phillips and Norv Turner in blatant disregard of the NFL's Rooney Rule, which mandates serious consideration for a minority ... then freaking out over the bad publicity and interviewing every minority available, including Dusty Baker and Dwane Casey.
Now Jerry Jones is stuck with Garrett as his designated offensive coach, the Bears' Rivera as his preferred defensive guru, and Phillips as the reported choice to oversee this potential Mr. Potato Head of a staff.
Jerry Jones, who hired Dave Campo and Barry Switzer and who tried to unite Bill Parcells with Terrell Owens before embarking on this monstrosity of a coaching search, is the dumbest NFL owner I've ever seen.
And considering the 840 words you've just read, that's saying something.
Feb. 8, 2007
By Gregg Doyel
CBS SportsLine.com National Columnist
Tell Gregg your opinion!
Dallas owner Jerry Jones has spit up on himself throughout the Cowboys' coaching search, humiliating his franchise from his high chair, but it could be worse. He could be the guy running the Raiders.
Your new Cowboys head coach, Wade Phillips. Welcome to the jungle. (Getty Images)
The Raiders, the organization that thought it made sense to exhume crusty Art Shell and team him with flaky Randy Moss and Jerry Porter, fired Shell and tried to replace him with an assistant coach from Southern California. That assistant, Steve Sarkisian, decided it was better to be No. 2 at USC than No. 1 at Oakland.
So Raiders owner Al Davis got the No. 3 guy at Southern Cal, Lane Kiffin. Had Kiffin turned him down, Davis was going to pursue the USC assistant in charge of NCAA compliance.
Davis has completely lost it, but that's not news. He's a walking Woodstock, a Brylcreem-ed hipster who thinks he's a combination of Jerry Lee Lewis and Vince Lombardi, and he has the ruined franchise to prove it. At the news conference introducing his new head coach, Davis referred to Lane Kiffin as "Lance."
Al Davis stepped in dog crap years ago and is still leaving a trail, but it could be worse. He could be the guy running the Steelers.
The Steelers, which had it easy for decades thanks to Chuck Noll and Bill Cowher, had to do some heavy lifting this offseason after Cowher resigned ... but instead got choked beneath the bench-press bar.
Pittsburgh had two quality candidates on staff in Russ Grimm and Ken Whisenhunt, but dragged out the process long enough to lose Whisenhunt to the Arizona Cardinals, become infatuated with unlovable Chan Gailey, and emasculate Grimm.
After coming to their senses and jettisoning Gailey back to Georgia Tech, the Steelers narrowed their search to Grimm, Bears defensive coordinator Ron Rivera and Vikings defensive coordinator Mike Tomlin.
From there Pittsburgh got down to Grimm and Tomlin, and let Grimm believe the job was his. Grimm told his family. Someone told a reporter from a Pittsburgh newspaper. The story got out: Grimm was about to be hired.
Oops.
Tomlin got hired. Grimm got destroyed. The Steelers are the only NFL team this offseason to make a minority their new coach, and whatever goodwill that might have earned was lost in the mishandling of Russ Grimm.
But it could be worse. The Steelers could be the Dolphins.
Miami got burned by a college winner, Nick Saban, so the Dolphins had the bright idea of hiring a college loser, Cam Cameron, who went 18-37 at Indiana from 1997-2001 despite: A) being considered an offensive genius; and
having the college game's most unique offensive weapon, Antwaan Randle El, the entire time. Recently Cameron had been the offensive coordinator for the San Diego Chargers, where Kirk Cameron could have put up enormous numbers. The Chargers had Drew Brees and then Philip Rivers at quarterback, MVP LaDainian Tomlinson at tailback and future Hall of Famer Antonio Gates at tight end. Cameron Diaz could have run that offense.
Somehow Cam Cameron was a hot name, but here's how respected he is by NFL players: Sports Illustrated polled 361 players before this season for assistant coaches who would make a good head coach. Cam Cameron received zero votes.
Come coach the Dolphins!
The Dolphins had already made a wreck of their search by interviewing 13 candidates in 16 days -- a process that sailed past "thorough" and arrived at "aimless" -- and locking up defensive coordinator Dom Capers for $8 million over the next three years, double what Lovie Smith makes for the Bears. Whoever was going to get the Miami job was going to be stuck with the highest-paid assistant in football, whether he wanted Capers or not.
This is not a shock. Miami is the franchise that last offseason chose the worst years of Daunte Culpepper over the best years of Drew Brees. Miami hired and lost Saban. Among the 13 candidates to replace him was genetic winner/coaching loser Mike Shula.
The Dolphins couldn't lick a stamp without written instructions, but it could be worse. They could be the Cowboys.
Among Dallas' mistakes was the hiring of Jason Garrett as offensive something before picking a head coach ... even considering Gary Gibbs, whose last contribution to football was running the Oklahoma Sooners into a rock ... zeroing in on losers Wade Phillips and Norv Turner in blatant disregard of the NFL's Rooney Rule, which mandates serious consideration for a minority ... then freaking out over the bad publicity and interviewing every minority available, including Dusty Baker and Dwane Casey.
Now Jerry Jones is stuck with Garrett as his designated offensive coach, the Bears' Rivera as his preferred defensive guru, and Phillips as the reported choice to oversee this potential Mr. Potato Head of a staff.
Jerry Jones, who hired Dave Campo and Barry Switzer and who tried to unite Bill Parcells with Terrell Owens before embarking on this monstrosity of a coaching search, is the dumbest NFL owner I've ever seen.
And considering the 840 words you've just read, that's saying something.
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