The closer we seem to be coming to more head coaching hires, the more teams keep adding candidates to their interview list. This has been the most sprawling search I can remember. In my top head coaches list back in November, I listed 27 names that could possibly become a factor and, at last count, only five of those coaches have yet to receive an interview request.
Today, I want to dump out the notebook on two of those candidates in particular (Adam Stenavich of the Green Bay Packers and Arthur Smith of the Pittsburgh Steelers) and highlight two different trends—and perhaps two different sides of the same trend—that I’ve seen popping up during the search. We’ll also dig into some granular details about their respective rises in coaching I found interesting (we’re just now arriving at a point where coaches are getting pressed on game management in interviews, so owners are clearly not getting in depth enough).
