Another terrible head coaching idea... please flame away
 

I'm going to get verbally raped over this. But that's cool, because there's a small chance that it might be a good idea.

Okay, how about this? Ready? Okay.

Brian Billick.

We bring in Brian Billick as head coach. I thnk Marvin Lewis gets canned in Cincy and he comes back as a defensive coordinator. The GM works with Billick to find an offensive coordinator that doesn't suck (perhaps Chan sticks on) and this time Billick works better with the offense now that he's not inheriting a defense-first team (or an offense-first team for that matter, but still...)

Is it unlikely? Yes. Is it stupid? Maybe, but leaning towards yes. Is it stupid to even talk about such a scenario where such big ego coaches would voluntarily get together on a crap team to try to repeat what they had 8 years ago and left for selfish glory? I think so.

But could it work? You know what, I think it would.

Bill > Herm but not sure it works.

I like Billick. I wanted to hire him out of Minnesota when he ran a great offense. Now he's shown he can run a great defense too. I'd take him in a heartbeat.

we are Wide open at this point, he might do it....

Winning record as a Head Coach, Superbowl Winner, 5-3 post-season record.

I'd take Brian Billick.

Brian Billick wouldn't bother me at all.

The only problem with Billick for me is that he was hailed as this offensive genius before coming to Baltimore, and their offense was awful the whole time he was there. The defense won his that Super Bowl.

He's no Gun, but we could do worse.

I just wish I knew what went wrong with his offenses in Baltimore. Obviously he had no problem as an offensive coordinator in Minnesota, but he could never seem to find the right talent at receiver and QB to make it work, even with a power run-block Oline and a 2000 yard rusher one year.

Yeah. If I knew what was up, I might be more confident in this suggestion.

Would he be a good DC?

He doesn't have any experience on the defensive side, so I'd say no.

Too much of a mixed salad here for me. 1 portion Billick, 1 portion Gailey, 1 portion Crennel.

I want our GM to pick all the pieces.

I don't have a ton of respect for Billick's offensive acumen despite the noise he made in Minnesota. Any offensive coordinator who had Moss on their team at that point in time was going to be hailed as an offensive genius. He hasn't looked like such a wizard without the benefit of just being able to throw up junk to Moss. Plus, he had Priest Holmes on his team, and let him get away. I don't have to tell anyone here how stupid that move was. And even after all that, anyone can see that without Marvin Lewis, he hasn't been able to get anything accomplished.

ALL THAT SAID...

Billick possesses a quality that works as a head coach. I think as long as a team can get him players, and coordinators who are cunning as they are competent, I think Billick would be able to put together a team that can be competitive. And if all the stars aligned just right, perhaps even a Super Bowl winner...

I wouldn't want to give the guy any GM power though, and I'm betting that he'd want it.

Its because he could never find a decent QB. Its not like they didnt try.