We probably lost Austin

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Was just thinking about it...

Joe Philbin was fired after losing control of the team. The defense wouldn't listen to him at his last practice with them, and Suh was wearing sneakers during practice.

Reports are Suh talked to the Dolphins owners prior to the firing of Philbin. It's pretty obvious Suh staged a little "revolt" to get rid of the coach, and it worked.

Okay, so if you're the team owner that just fired your coach to cater to your superstar player.. who do you go get as a replacement? Why not his former D-Coordinator who's already been considered for a head coaching position, Teryl Austin?

Could also go with Schwartz, but he's already been a flop, vs. a hot name candidate. And let's be real.. Schwartz never showed he could get the best out of Suh, but Austin did.

 

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They are already talking to Schwartz maybe to bring him in as the there DC this year. I think he takes the job.

 

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They are already talking to Schwartz maybe to bring him in as the there DC this year. I think he takes the job.

If I'm Schwartz, I pass.

Because Buffalo is paying me a lot of money for the next three years to not coach, on top of what the NFL is paying me.

If I take a coaching job, the Buffalo money goes away.. and I lose my NFL money.

He's like one of those really rare seniors who got to keep their pension and their social security too.

 

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That I didn't know.

 

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That I didn't know.

Yeah, it's what kept Cowher out of coaching too. You can fire a coach, but you still have to honor the contract. Unlike players, they don't get a number of guaranteed and non-guaranteed years, but it always has a clause that if they get another job, the money train stops.

Schwartz was given a pretty big paycheck by Buffalo, and he's still making a few million from them per year, plus his money for his new job at the NFL.