I'm going to be so excited to see John Elway fail miserably. Peyton propped him up and made him look better than he was. Ultimately he's going to have to blow up this team and rebuild.
I concur. Can't wait to watch that "pony" show.
Raiders are set to hire Del Rio, via Twitter.
Following up on Rusty's post:
@AdamSchefter: Oakland Raiders now have hired HC Jack Del Rio, as @mortreport reported they would.
Makes little sense to me. Sure wish the Raiders were relevant again.
Got all excited because Denver wanted to hire Del Rio, so they didn't let him leave town without a contract.
Reminds me of the "Chilly" hire by the Vikings
exactly. The ****ty little brother syndrome
Apparently McKenzie wanted Sparano and Davis Jr wanted Oakland native Del Rio
Sparano has discipline & taught the Raiders how to win during the last 8 games.
I believe Sparano is underrated
@AdamSchefter: 49ers set to promote DL coach Jim Tomsula to head coach, per sources. Still ironing out details, but Tomsula expected to be 49ers next HC.
Internal hire. No wonder, the window is closed.
ADD:
@JasonLaCanfora: If Jim Tomsula signs a head coaching contract with the 49ers, look for Vic Fangio to quickly emerge as a DC candidate for the Skins.
Washington is fortunate if this is true.
Channeling my inner Tomsula? Quite a promotion DL coach to HC.
Yah - skips DC. I wonder if at work they let me skip a few levels and promote me to CEO. I'm not greedy I'll take CFO if they want. 
Originally Posted by michiganjoe:
Elway has indicated he wants Manning back and said the team demonstrated too little fight in both playoff exits. Watching him create a mess in Denver just makes me appreciate TT that much more.
It might not be Elway's call with respect to Manning. Manning may wait and see who is hired as the next HC before he "decides". Unless Elway makes Manning a part of the search and hiring committee, I see Manning taking his football and going elsewhere.
Really?
Madden's role in Raiders' decision to hire Del Rio was big, even bigger than GM Reggie McKenzie. Madden ultimately decided against Sparano.
Remember, the Packers had to say they wanted TOG to come back too. And in some respects they did want TOG to return as I do think the Broncos may want Manning to return in some respects. My guess is that Elway wants to save some face and have Manning give it one more shot. On the other hand, Elway knows if Manning returns and he cannot make it work, Elway will take a bit hit on credibility and the Broncos will have wasted a ton of money on a 39 year old has-been.
49ers guy fires the entire staff but Rathman, the FB coach. Must have really enjoyed his job the past few years.
I saw Jed York say he wanted a "Teacher" that "could do more with less"
Harbaugh was a prick but a great teacher and doing more with less is no glowing endorsement of the job Baalke is doing.
York has done an incredible job of killing a potentially great team. Very impressive.
I hate to sound petty but I agree with GD re: an Elway fail. I have disliked that team and their fans since I lived out there in the early 80s.
As for the Niners ? LOL
@KevinClarkWSJ: Call me crazy, but if John Fox couldn't win a Super Bowl with Peyton Manning, he probably won't win one with Jay Cutler.
They only care about two games a season in Chicago. Of course, since 1992, they've been losing a lot more of those than they've been winning.
91-93-6
The Packers have not lead the series against the Bears since 1933. Since the '92 season they're 34-13.
I like the chances for drawing even next year.
I'd like to see the Raiders be relative again, too. I'm surprised at the candidates that the Raiders interviewed, not an impressive list. Did McKenzie have any involvement, or is he a really bad GM from that standpoint?
The 49ers are going back to the cellar. I think Arians and Carroll will be dueling it out for the top of the NFCW the next couple seasons.
this was posted somewhere here yesterday about the Raiders hire:
Madden's role in Raiders' decision to hire Del Rio was big, even bigger than GM Reggie McKenzie. Madden ultimately decided against Sparano.
Originally Posted by packerboi:
Norv.
Dan Quinn can't be happy watching these jobs get locked up and he's outside looking in. It's pretty much down to Denver and Atlanta. And Denver isn't on anyone's dream list now that Elway is behaving like a lunatic.
Originally Posted by ChilliJon:
Dan Quinn can't be happy watching these jobs get locked up and he's outside looking in. It's pretty much down to Denver and Atlanta. And Denver isn't on anyone's dream list now that Elway is behaving like a lunatic.
Let's hope he's as distracted as a certain Mike Holmgren was in a Super Bowl a long time ago...
Originally Posted by Boris:
They got their puppet in place. Just in case you don't know, Harbaugh was told to "retain" Tomsula when he was first hired.
Looks like York panicked. Those idiots can trumpet the "exhaustive search" meme all they want. We're not stupid.
Check this out. Nailed it again boss
Holy balls that Tomsula dude is crazy WEIRD. Like Serial Killer weird. Like Rainman weird.
As for John Fox, I think Drew Magary summed it up my thoughts best yesterday,
"Hey, that guy got out-coached every time he made the playoffs despite having Peyton Manning! WE MUST HAVE HIM."
The Bears wanted a veteran head coach because Pace is not even 40 yet.
Why isn't Pace hiring his own head coach?
So glad we have TT & MM. Jeezus....what a disaster in Chicago & SF.
Maybe he told them he could beat the Packers.
Jesus what a weird ****.....fudgya has relatives in San Fran
