I don't Tomlin is terrific, at all. Most Steelers fans would agree.

McCarthy's done it all, from college to positional coaching to coordinator to head coach. His record was certainly better than "average". The Harbaughs come from a coaching lineage and I don't think anything about Jim or John screams "average".

Tom Cable

Well, that shouldn't be his job. A guy like Emery and Dimitroff is really, really important. Pioli doesn't have time to individually scout players. He needs a guy underneath him to do all the in-depth scouting and give Pioli the sound bytes. This is a pretty big miss not to have a guy like Emery and you can't help but wonder why it's vacant.

NO

I'd hire him just to sucker punch Cassel.

Who are some GM candidates who have been involved in ALL aspects of the scouting process at one point? I'd like to see a guy in here who has coached at the collegiate level, done a bit of grunt scout work in the pros, has been in environments where he's seen/gotten tips on contract negotiation, and who has been in a variety of different environments in a variety of different systems.

In other words, the polar opposite of Pioli.

Tom Cable will bring toughness

How bout Hue Jackson

Is there a third Harbaugh brother?

You guys will probably hate these suggestions, but what about some dark horse guys who have bounced around the league as head coaches formerly, but just kind of got bad breaks wherever they went? There was this huge push to bring in Al Saunders after Vermeil, but it wasn't like Al's former HC experience was worth an ounce of squirrel shit. What about some of these guys as our next HC?

Dom Capers
Mike Tice
Cam Cameron
Perry Fewell
Jim Haslett
Mike Nolan

Just some ideas people aren't considering. I'm not married to any of them.

No thanks

I know what you're saying. My point is that we often obsess about coaches/coordinators from Super Bowl teams or dynasties, or retreads. Harbaugh was a special teams coach. McCarthy was coordinator for two pretty average offenses in SF/New Orleans. You don't have to coach an all-world offense or defense to be a very good head coach. These days, I think it's a hell of a lot more about your ability to motivate, teach, and discipline players than it is about X's and O's.

Jesus Christ?

Personally, I don't like any of them. Dom Capers has had multiple chances and failed. Tice is a moron. Cam Cameron not only failed in Miami (1-15) he failed at Indiana.

Haslett's a nut, Nolan is incapable of running a team, which leaves Fewell. Quite honestly, there's nothing on his resume that says "Head Coach" to me.

GM Marc Ross

HC- Rob Chudzinski or Mike McCoy

OC/O-line coach- Bill Callahan

DC- Todd Bowles

Del Rio would be a good HC for you guys. He has always let his coordinators call their own plays and the players respect him because he played in the league.