Mike Florio talks NFL coaching carousel & Bruce Levine talks Cubs' acquisition of Edward Cabrera (Hour 2)
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Ladies and gentlemen, joining us now is a man who's got a massive brain.
Mike Florio.
He used to be a lawyer, then he decided to take his talents to the internet.
NBC Sports. I'm sorry I'm late. I was talking to Robert Kraft. That isn't the time for an airing of grievances. Pro Football Talk. I got a lot of problems with you people.
Now, you're going to hear about it. On Chicago Sports Radio, 670 The Score.
Oh boy, what a day to talk to Mike Florio. How perfectly this lined up for us. And selfishly, I am happy for myself. He is the creator and editor-in-chief of Pro Football Talk. He is at Pro Football Talk on X and also on Blue Sky. He joins us on the Circa Sports Casino Hotline. Download the Circa app today. And he is on Twitch, twitch.tv slash Chicago 670 The Score. Mike Florio, we basically did like an hour Mike Florio pregame show where we just went over like mystery team scenarios and all of these interesting possible other head coaching jobs that could open up. And keep in mind here in Chicago that when Craig Council became available, we all thought David Ross's job was secure until... Jed Hoyer told him it wasn't.
And the next thing we know, Craig Council's now the manager here. So there's never been a better day to talk to you now that John Harbaugh is available.
And this is one of those where. We saw it was possibly coming. We talked about it on Football Night in America in advance of the Ravens-Steelers game from Pittsburgh on Sunday night. But when it happens, it's still a surprise. And it's the kind of move... I had said this for years about Mike Tomlin. Because there's a portion of the Steelers fan base, anytime the Steelers would lose two or three games in a row, they begin calling for Tomlin to be fired. And I've said... Look, Tomlin, if fired, will immediately land somewhere else. There will be teams that are thinking about firing their coaches who will fire their coaches for a shot at Tomlin. And there will even be teams who are otherwise happy with their coaches that will ponder the possibility of upgrading to Mike Tomlin if he becomes available.
For a lot of the same reasons why it was time for a change in Baltimore, there was talk about maybe it's time for a change in Pittsburgh. There's a lot of reasons to look at Harbaugh the same way we look at Tomlin. I just don't think we ever expected going into a season that Harbaugh was going to be available as he now is. And yeah, at least one team, maybe more than one team that currently has a head coach, has made the call and could be plotting an effort to move on from the current coach and then land John Harbaugh. Thank you. If Tomlin at home were to get blown out by, say, the Texans this weekend, is there a chance that both those coaches could still be available? And that just changes the entire market for a head coach.
I don't think the outcome on Monday night by way of whether or not it's lopsided means anything, although that game last month against the Bills was as bad as it could possibly be. I think the reality in Pittsburgh is they're not going to fire him, but... And this first hit me last week, and after you do this long enough... You start to read between the lines when somebody who is a reporter starts saying things that kind of feel like they're saying something, but they can't quite say it. It became clear to me last week, and I firmly believe based upon things I've heard since then, Tomlin's got a TV offer in his back pocket if he wants it. I don't know that he's going to want it. But based on how this season ends, when this season ends, and how he feels after it ends, he could pull the pin on that and head to one of the networks.
As an analyst in the studio, as a game analyst, I think he'd be great on games. I think that that... style of crafting talking points and catch phrases on the fly would be very conducive to the 20 seconds that you have between plays to make comments. But I think that's really the issue there. It's not him being fired. It's Mike Tomlin deciding after 19 years to move on, which if that happens, that makes Zach Taylor, the guy who would have been the first one fired, but for the buyout, because we know the Bengals will never pay a coach to not coach the team.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–4:57
2
What triggered the Ravens' decision to fire John Harbaugh?
4:57–7:52
3
How does the NFL coaching carousel impact teams this season?
7:52–13:02
4
What are the potential landing spots for John Harbaugh?
13:02–15:28
5
How does Mike Tomlin's situation compare to Harbaugh's?
15:28–36:10
6
What are the implications of the Cubs acquiring Edward Cabrera?
36:10–37:56
7
What challenges do the Cubs face with their pitching staff?
37:56–41:05
Speakers
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