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  • #63624
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    “My passion is coaching defense the way I know how to coach defense. I wanted a four-man front, and this is where it was.”

    This line, from Bill Johnson, is interesting, since Wade is a 34 guy.

    bill johnson and phillips coached together in atlanta from 2002-3. i believe they ran a 3-4 during phillips’ time there. the first season was ok. the second season everything fell apart. but i think everything fell apart at that point. i think reeves was fired at some point in the season, and wade took over as interim head coach. johnson remained part of the coaching staff after phillips was let go. they probably went to a 4-3 after that.

    there must be something there as phillips decided to work with him again. maybe with this 3-4 one gap scheme it’ll be more similar to what johnson likes to coach.

    Imagine you’re Johnson. You now have a chance to coach for Phillips again, which I figure has just got to be a good gig PLUS it’s already familiar, AND you have a defense which for all its issues was still ranked 9th, AND you would be coaching Aaron Donald.

    How heavily do those “I like a 4/3” principles weigh with you against all that?

    I would be like “4/3? Did I say 4/3? Enh that was the whiskey talking.”

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    #63626
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    Sporting News reported that the Rams intend to hire Joe Barry as their linebackers coach and assistant head coach, while NFL.com reported that the Rams intend to hire Bill Johnson to replace Waufle as defensive line coach.

    from Rams hire Joe Barry to coach linebackers

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/football-insider/wp/2017/01/14/rams-hire-joe-barry-to-coach-linebackers/?utm_term=.a93723358d70

    The Redskins have not replaced both Barry, 46, and McVay, 30, leaving two significant vacancies. The Redskins have had difficulty finding Barry’s successor because of the lack of talent on defense and job security concerns, according to two people with knowledge of the situation. Washington hasn’t adequately addressed its dire needs along the defensive line and at safety, which played a factor in its defensive struggles. The Redskins were ranked 28th in total defense, allowing 377.9 yards per game, and conceded 23.9 points per game.

    #63676
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    from La Canfora: Redskins very likely to promote Matt Cavanaugh to OC; Wes Phillips to LA

    http://www.hogshaven.com/2017/1/14/14274492/la-canfora-redskins-verly-likely-to-promote-matt-cavanaugh-to-oc-wes-phillips-to-la

    The other potential OC candidate on the Redskins offensive roster is the coach that took Sean McVay’s job as TE’s coach when he was promote to OC. Wes Phillips, son of new Rams Defensive Coordinator Wade Phillips, will also reportedly join McVay in LA in an unknown position, but likely as the OC. Phillips was talked about as a person to move up, but with his predecessor and father in LA, it seemed inevitable that he would move west.

    Nothing has happened yet, and La Canfora’s reports about the Redskins have been…hit or miss.

    Jason La Canfora ✔ @JasonLaCanfora
    Skins very likely to promote QB coach Matt Cavanaugh to OC, w/HC Jay Gruden calling plays. Expected to lose assistant Wes Phillips to LAR…

    Jason La Canfora ✔ @JasonLaCanfora
    Wes Phillips is thought of highly by new Rams HC Sean McVay, worked closely in WSH. And Wes’s dad Wade is D coordinator for McVay in LA

    #63678
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    Nothing has happened yet, and La Canfora’s reports about the Redskins have been…hit or miss.

    It’s been my observation that La Confora’s reports on everything are hit or miss. Either his connections play him a little bit, or he infers too much from what he is given. But I would think it’s a safe bet he is right on this one. It would really make sense for Wes to join LA if he is, in fact, offered that position. Those three guys are obviously close, and if McVay is serious about still being the playcaller, a former assistant coach to McVay would make sense there.

    #63679
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    i’m hoping they hire a good mix of veteran and young coaches.

    especially on the defensive side. phillips won’t be coaching forever.

    obviously, wes is on the offensive side, but mcvay will need fresh ideas on that side too. i don’t know much about him, but i got this from his baylor bio where he was coaching qbs. he also coached qbs for 2 years at west texas a&m.

    Former Texas-El Paso quarterback and Houston native Wes Phillips enters his first year as Baylor’s quarterbacks coach, but he is no stranger to offensive coordinator Lee Hays or the Bears’ new spread offense.

    Phillips has spent the past two seasons in a similar position under Hays at West Texas A&M. The Buffaloes enjoyed their most successful season in some 55 years in 2005, going 10-2 to post their first winning season since 1998 and the program’s first 10-win campaign since 1950. Along the way, WTAMU won the Lone Star Conference with an 8-1 record, its first league title since 1986, and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division II Playoffs for the first time in school history.

    West Texas A&M led the 2005 Division II ranks in passing offense, throwing for an average of 363.8 yards per contest, and Phillips’ pupil Dalton Bell was a national finalist for the Harlon Hill Trophy. Bell completed 68.5 percent of his passes for 3,799 yards and 30 touchdowns with just 13 interceptions in 454 attempts. He ranked No. 3 nationally in total offense yards (349.2 ypg) and 13th in pass efficiency with a 154.9 rating while establishing school and conference single-season records for both total offense (3,843) and passing (3,799) yards. Bell posted seven 300-yard passing games, including four of 400 or more yards.

    Prior to joining the WTAMU staff, Phillips spent one season as a student assistant coach at his alma mater, UTEP, and played two years with the San Diego Riptide in the Arena Football League 2.

    A three-year letterwinner for the Miners (1999, 2000 and 2001), Phillips was a member of the 2000 UTEP team which shared the WAC title, posted the program’s highest win total in more than a decade and played in the Humanitarian Bowl. He still ranks among the school’s single-season leaders in both pass efficiency (No. 9 with a 120.03 rating in 2001) and completion percentage (No. 8 at 55.6 percent in 2001).

    The son of former NFL head coach and current San Diego Chargers defensive coordinator Wade Phillips and the grandson of former Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints coaching legend Bum Phillips, Wes received his bachelor’s degree in philosophy from UTEP in 2001.

    if he can be as good on offense as his father is on defense, i’ll take that. and his grandfather was pretty good too, as most of us know, so the “football genes” must be strong in that family for whatever that’s worth.

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    #63681
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    more on phillips who coached tight ends at washington.

    In 2015, Phillips presided over arguably the most prolific season by a tight end in Redskins history, as third-year pro Jordan Reed shattered team records for receptions (87) and receiving yards (952) by a tight end. Including a 24-yard touchdown reception in the NFC Wild Card Round vs. Green Bay, Reed tied a team record for combined regular season and postseason receiving touchdowns (12) in a single year. Reed’s breakout campaign was supplemented by a rotating cast of tight ends, as Phillips effectively integrated preseason trade acquisition Derek Carrier, midseason signings Anthony McCoy and Alex Smith, waiver addition Marcel Jensen, first-year player Je’Ron Hamm and eligible-tackle Tom Compton after the unit lost two presumptive contributors (Niles Paul and Logan Paulsen) to injury in the preseason.

    so he’s got some experience with quarterbacks and tight ends.

    i’d like this hiring as tight ends coach. or maybe qb coach.

    or even as offensive coordinator IF they could hire a top notch experienced oline coach.

    #63723
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    off the net from laram

    Vinny B. told me that Wade was definitely coming aboard but they have gotten denied on several requests for interviews.

    This could indeed be a long process.

    #63725
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    i wonder which requests were denied. we know of at least one.

    #63726
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    i wonder which requests were denied. we know of at least one.

    There’s 2 that have circulated. Callahan and Foerster (the latter being the current ffensive line coach with Miami).

    #63882
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    Head Coach Sean McVay

    Offensive Coordinator Aaron Kromer (presumably)

    Defensive Coordinator Wade Phillips

    Special Teams Coordinator John Fassel

    Secondary

    Linebackers Joe Barry

    Defensive Line Bill Johnson

    Quarterbacks Greg Olson

    Offensive Line

    Wide Receivers

    Tight Ends Wes Phillips (presumably)

    Running Backs

    #63883
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    It appears that Callahan would be the best hire. He could fix the Offensive Line and the running game. But he is under contract to Washington for one more year. Maybe the Rams will go after him next year?

    Agamemnon

    #63886
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    It appears that Callahan would be the best hire. He could fix the Offensive Line and the running game. But he is under contract to Washington for one more year. Maybe the Rams will go after him next year?

    maybe if they can’t get the guy they want, they’ll have kromer be the offensive coordinator/oline coach for the time being. then hire the guy they want next year.

    #63889
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    It appears that Callahan would be the best hire. He could fix the Offensive Line and the running game. But he is under contract to Washington for one more year. Maybe the Rams will go after him next year?

    maybe if they can’t get the guy they want, they’ll have kromer be the offensive coordinator/oline coach for the time being. then hire the guy they want next year.

    With Phillips taking care of the defense and Fassel taking care of Special Teams, McVay can concentrate on the offense and that makes it easy to mix and match stuff(other coaching positions). imo

    Agamemnon

    #63891
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    they’ll have kromer be the offensive coordinator/oline coach

    First I doubt he does double duty. If they hire Kromer as the OC they will also hire another, different OL coach.

    2nd my bet is if they hire Kromer he will be just fine and they won’t just dump him for someone else.

    #63892
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    2nd my bet is if they hire Kromer he will be just fine and they won’t just dump him for someone else.

    no, meaning kromer would serve double duty the first year. then he’d slide over to exclusive oc duties and hire an offensive line coach.

    they could even hire an assistant oline coach this year. and then if callahan became available, they’d hire him as oline coach and slide over kromer to exclusively offensive coordinator.

    #63915
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    Ian Rapoport‏ @RapSheet
    The @RamsNFL are still putting together their offensive staff, but Skip Peete is staying with the team as running backs coach.

    ===

    Update 1/19 in red.

    Update 1/21 in green.

    Head Coach Sean McVay

    Offensive Coordinator Aaron Kromer maybe? Up in the air?

    Defensive Coordinator Wade Phillips

    Special Teams Coordinator John Fassel

    Secondary Aubrey Pleasant

    Linebackers Joe Barry

    Defensive Line Bill Johnson

    Quarterbacks Greg Olson

    Offensive Line

    Wide Receivers

    Tight Ends Wes Phillips (presumably)

    Running Backs Skip Peete

    #64273
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    It looks like Krommer will be on the Rams staff. What position?

    Agamemnon

    #64275
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    It looks like Krommer will be on the Rams staff. What position?

    Looks like OL.

    ===

    Update 1/19 in red.

    Update 1/21 in green.

    Update 1/24 in orange.

    Head Coach Sean McVay

    Offensive Coordinator

    Defensive Coordinator Wade Phillips

    Special Teams Coordinator John Fassel

    Secondary Aubrey Pleasant

    Linebackers Joe Barry

    Defensive Line Bill Johnson

    Quarterbacks Greg Olson

    Offensive Line Aaron Kromer (reportedly)

    Wide Receivers

    Tight Ends Wes Phillips (presumably)

    Running Backs Skip Peete

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