Now that every team that needed a new head coach has hired one, lets look at them.
Ken Whisenhunt was hired by the Titans. He will be the first head coach that hasn't been a part of the Tennessee family in 16 years. He is tasked with turning around whatever quarterback he gets his hands on, whether it be Jake Locker or someone they draft. Expect a strong defense consider the Whiz brought Ray Horton who coached with him in AZ, from the Browns into Nashville.
The only bad things that I see for the Titans is that Whisenhunt does not like to play rookies to early. In this day and age of immeadiate success people could look down on that.
Mike Zimmer was bruaght in to replace Lezlie Frasier on the Vikings. His first major move as a head coach was to hire Norv Turner to be his offensive coordinator. Zimmer has a lot of work to do up in Minnesota with the QB situation.
There is probably not a less pressure filled team than the Washington Redskins. Their ownership group expects immediate results and treats their quarterback like he is royalty. Jay Gruden should put that to an end. Gruden demands respect from his players and uses a west coast style offense that worked well even with Andy Dalton under center. Of all of the hires this off-season this is the one I'm most excited to see in action.
Lovie Smith is a players coach and the Buccaneers definitely need some love after what happened between the team and Greg Schiano. Smith walks into a decent set up, a surprise rookie running back and a not-to-shabby Mike Glennon throwing the passes. the only question is, how much turnover needs to happen to get the bad vibes out of the team?
Bill O'Brien was the first coach hired this offseason. The only coach pulled up from the NCAA ranks this year means big expectations now that Chip Kelly has shown they can win. What to do with that #1 pick? Does he chose his own quarterback or take the best player in the draft? Whatever he does it will either be his uprising or inevitably, his downfall.
Argueably coming into a playoff ready team is Jim Caldwell. The only decisions he needs to make is if Matthew Stafford is going to get it done or not. Oh also he needs to revamp the Defense.
Mike Pettine was hired yesterday as the new head coach of the Browns. The last time he was head coach of any team it was at the high school level. I wouldn't be surprised if he only was in Cleveland for 2-3 years before the cycle starts over again.
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