GM / Coaching Vacancies - current Colts being interviewed for new jobs
 

https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1744431157167440046

https://twitter.com/VicTafur/status/1744433948556739067

About as transparent as you'll get from Steichen... he said, "I believe in continuity" when asked about staff changes.

Specifically, the reporters were clearly talking about Gus Bradley. He seemed to shoot down the idea of changing DC's. I'm good with it, personally.

I sort of wonder about Special Teams Coordinator.

The Colts play on kicking/punting coverages was a bit...uneven...throughout the year.

If Steichen wants to give him another year, I guess that is OK.

Losing Dulin to injury probably hurt Special Teams a lot - at least early in the season.

Supposedly Carolina is interested in Dodds as well...


https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/sta...20668509577481

Schefter reports that Dodds is in the mix for the Charger's GM opening as well:


https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/sta...26277298696439

OK, so it is still early and things can change but of the three teams that Dodds interviewed for - it appears that the Chargers are his best opportunity.


Carolina has started to request second interviews - that list includes Dan Morgan, Brandon Brown and Alec Halaby. This may be an incomplete list or Carolina may decide to add more names, but it looks like the Panthers might go a different direction than Dodds.

Las Vegas still has interim GM Champ Kelly keeping the seat warm. And apparently Kelly was involved with all the head coach interviews where the Raiders ultimately decided to remove the interim title and stay with Antonio Pierce as head coach. So it looks like it is Kelly's job to lose there.

Regarding the Chargers, there is reporting that they are the frontrunner for Jim Harbaugh. If Harbaugh decides to leave the college ranks and join a NFL team, I am sure that the team hiring him will ask him his thoughts about the GM position. And considering Harbaugh was linked with Dodds during last year's hiring cycle, it will probably happen again this year.

There are also rumors that the Eagles may be targeting Jim Bob Cooter for their Offensive Coordinator.

Since it would be a lateral move, the Colts could block it.


https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profoo...ator-of-eagles

The Cooter move is obscene

Per Rapoport, Carolina named Dan Morgan their new GM.

https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1749564732183290324

Dodds had a second interview with the Raiders and is a finalist for that job.


https://twitter.com/tashanreed/statu...04044073382170

https://twitter.com/AaronWilson_NFL/...36375005700380

Rapoport now indicates that Tom Telesco will be named Raiders GM.

I guess that comment that Mark Davis didn't want to pair a rookie GM with a rookie head coach played a big factor in the decision.


https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1749890605663002867

https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1749892526184497162

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Jim Harbaugh Leaves Michigan to Coach the Los Angeles Chargers

(By John Tondora)

https://www.michigandaily.com/sports...ew-nfl-tenure/

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I was reading about Tom Telesco, since he used to be with the Colts for a long time. I discovered something weird that I found interesting, though likely nobody else will.

He went to college and played college football at a little Jesuit school called John Carroll University, in Ohio. I never heard of it.

But he was on that team with David Caldwell, who was also on Colts staff and was Jacksonville's GM for a few years, and Chris Polian, who of course was Colts assist. GM for awhile (and has since held a few different exec positions with other teams). Also Greg Roman was on the team, who has had multiple NFL coaching positions, current Ravens OC.

The year after Telesco graduated, the same school also had players on the team that included Josh McDaniels (ugh), Nick Caserio (long time with Pats front office, now Houston), and London Fletcher.

So I just thought it was weird that this little school in Ohio produced NFL execs/coaches that had long and successful careers in Indy, and a separate line that had long careers in New England.

John Carroll University was also Don Shula's alma mater:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...oll_University

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Good story, thanks.


That reminded me of something else, in regard to Stan Musial and Ken Griffey, Jr. They were both born on the same date ...... Musial was born on November 21st of 1920. Griffey Jr. was also born on November 21st, in 1969.

But birthdates are not the only thing that these 2 Hall-of-Famers share ...... they were both born in the town of Donora, Pennsylvania, which has a population of 4,569.

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I thought the school's NFL pedigree was curious as well. I think I first stumbled across it on Reddit.

Nepotism was argued to be the catalyst for that, and that resonated with me, but I will admit I don't know everything. It's interesting, regardless.

In the end, the Chargers opted for someone from the Ravens organization for their GM job. Maybe Jim's brother gave a good reference/recommendation?


https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1752100185688133906

https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/sta...19324721664182

So, last offseason didn't we bring in the currently unemployed DC Wink Martindale for two HC interviews?

If he got that much consideration for the HC gig, wouldn't current Colts brass consider him a better DC alternative to Gus Bradley?

Yeah, but that wasn't some sort of exclusive club - I believe 8 different candidates :eek: were scheduled for two interviews.

I'd have to go back and look it up - but I wouldn't be surprised if most of the first round of interviews were conducted over Zoom. Basically just a screening interview to see if they wanted to bring the guy in for a second, more thorough, in person interview.

And I think Martindale was an early cut after that second interview when the Colts started to whittle it down from that large group. Either that or someone close to him leaked the info to the press that he was out of the running before many of the others.