Per PFT, Bieniemy becomes logical candidate for CU Buffaloes job
 

I think he stays with the Chiefs for one more year and gets hired by an NFL team next year.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Eric Bieniemy becomes logical candidate for Colorado job after Mel Tucker&#39;s reported departure <a href="https://t.co/bXS772dS7Q">https://t.co/bXS772dS7Q</a></p>&mdash; ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) <a href="https://twitter.com/ProFootballTalk/status/1227492782723305472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

DON'T DO IT.. Below Es pay grade.

Nooooooo

Kafka moves to OC. All is welll. If EB gets the gig I hope he crushes it.

No chance he takes a step backwards.

He would take a job like Ubeja's jock sniffer first over a college head coaching job :thumb:

Isn't college a step back, even as a head coach?

I would bet we waits another year to get an NFL gig.

Perhaps. But much more stability. Especially a job like that. I'm not sold that bieniemy will be a great nfl coach though I don't think he'd be bad either. He'll be a really good college coach. He could do better than Colorado but he'd have that job for a long time if he wanted it.

Won’t that job kinda always be there for him?

Harbaugh says Hold my beer.

Tucker isn’t leaving.

1624 yards rushing his senior season, a 5.7 average and 17 TD's, dude was a stud.

Cliff Branch a Buffalo.

He just took Michigan state Job

Why would he leave the NFL, where he's in an OC job and is a first tier head coaching candidate next year, for a lower end PAC school? And at this point in the year? Would be insane. Media just throwing stuff at the wall.

Never go backward, only forward! Let Pat and Andy get you that job you truly deserve EB.

Are you sure? College coaches make a LOT. The top college coaches make significantly more than NFL coaches. My guess is that he currently makes in the high triple digits or low 1 millions. The current CU coach makes $2.4 mil per year (https://www.denverpost.com/2018/12/1...loes-contract/). My guess is that a big name like Bieniemy would be able to negotiate even more as a starting point. Continued success could easily drive him higher (https://thebestschools.org/magazine/...llege-coaches/) and college coaching job security is typically a minimum of 4 years barring disaster.

NFL head coaches range from $8 mil to $3.5 mil with pretty weak job security. (http://coacheshotseat.com/NFLCoachesSalaries.htm)And is he even guaranteed a HC job? If he gets one, will it be for a terrible team with little hope for success, such as the Redskins? Good luck getting another HC gig after that.

Colorado isn't on the same planet as Michigan

I kinda think he wants to take over the reins after Big Red retires in next couple of years. Why not just coach Mahomes to a HOF coaching career with multiple Super Bowls under his belt?

Ha. No chance.

EB's next stop will be as a NFL HC. I can't see him taking a step down to Coach the Buffies.

This!
This!
He'll be an NFL head coach next year. If not, he can get a better college job than that place anyway.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bill Walsh always said, &quot;if you want to be a head coach, go be a head coach.&quot; Eric Bieniemy should take the Colorado job if offered--and show the world, he can be a head coach. There are no perfect jobs--just jobs you make perfect.</p>&mdash; Michael Lombardi (@mlombardiNFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/mlombardiNFL/status/1227586948983926791?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Very smart by Colorado.

Start here with your coaching search. Why even look elsewhere until he tells you no?

Really just comes down to whether he prefers the college and pro game. I could see him take the job. He seems to really enjoy helping build up young men. I would have to believe he would be a great recruiter.

I don’t think he’ll take it though. I bet he’s back with the Chiefs.

I think Reid has 5-6 years left. I don’t think Bieniemy waits that long.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">With the Colorado job open, the school is expected to reach out to alum &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chiefs</a> OC Eric Bieniemy. But it’s hard to imagine Bieniemy takes it. He just won a Super Bowl, will be a top HC candidate next year — and saving a recruiting class &amp; hiring a staff this late is impossible.</p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1227600216972517377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Horrible advice for someone of EB's pedigree. Colorado may reach out, but he will politely tell them thank you, no thank you.

Let's take career advice from Michael Lombardi, sounds like a solid life decision. If you go to college there's no guarantee you ever get back to the level of SUPER BOWL WINNING OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR... some people are just ****ing stupid.

College football gives you more longevity, but it's ****ing rough, man.

You can be the perfect head coach and if you land in the wrong program, you might never see true success.

Bieniemy is probably going to be a fine head coach, but he has the potential to fail spectacularly if he takes that CU job, moreso than if he took over an NFL team. He fails in the NFL, then he just goes back to being an OC/RB coach and then maybe tries again. He fails at the CU job, and he might never have a shot at an NFL HC position.

And some coaches just prefer being a college HC. That's fine. I don't know if Bieniemy is like that, but if he is, he should maybe consider it.

Good for EB. He'll be able to leverage this to get a nice pay raise from KC to run the offense for one more year before having the pick of his job openings.

There could be some seriously big NFL head coaching jobs available next season.

The Jets, the Falcons, the Bears, the Jags, maybe more.

why the hell would he leave to join a shitty college team when hes got a good chance at getting an nfl hc job next year or next. thats just media needing to fill their quota on articles written

Nice to go scorched earth on the university that gave you your first major HC shot. ****ing scumbag.

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It is pretty simple... which career path has a better chance of getting EB an NFL HC job... continuing to be the OC with Patrick Mahomes or struggling to win 5 games in the obscurity of a college football non-factor at Colorado... case closed.

Yup, taken from a guy who got fired for refusing to hire anyone who didn't know bill parcells or bellichick.

Nobody is going to turn down an offer at a bigger school in a bigger conference that's going to pay you twice as much and invest much more in the program.

Doug Pederson and Matt Nagy didn't have to do that. Why should Bienemy?

I wonder if some inside the NFL hope he takes the job to assuage themselves of the guilt that the most qualified and accomplished candidate (regardless of skin color) was passed over.

I think he'll be a tremendous head coach in the NFL and if that's what EB wants, he'll ultimately get it and that franchise will be able to thank incompetent organizations like the Browns and Giants for it.

College head coach > NFL OC

I cant beleve some of you are too ****ing stupid that dont believe that.

EB is about to become a head coach next season. Him taking the Colorado HC he would be letting the NFL off the hook

Very simple question that even someone as consistently dense/stupid as yourself should be able to answer...

What path is more likely to result in EB becoming an NFL HC in 2021...

Remaining OC for a Super Bowl-caliber offense with Patrick Mahomes or going to be the HC at Colorado and likely winning no more than 4-5 games?

How ****ing condescending is this.

I agree with Walsh in principal, but EB is not your typical coordinator IMO. He's in a system under Reid that produces successful NFL head coaches.

The timing of this opportunity is bad too, I have nothing against college jobs, but if I was going to take one it wouldn't be in ****ing February. Almost impossible to build a staff let alone recruit.

Here's the current Head Coaches in the NFL that I would take Eric Bienemy over.

Kliff Kingsbury
Matt Rhule
Sean McDermott
Zac Taylor
Kevin Stefanski
Vic Fangio
Bill O'Brien
Doug Marrone
Joe Judge
Adam Gase

I amazes me how stupid NFL owners are sometimes when it comes to the sport. Thank god we have Clark Hunt who actually tries and gives a shit.

I think the bottom would have to fall out of this offense for him not to land an NFL HC position next year. Given the success of Reid’s previous coordinators and that the Chiefs just averaged 39 points per game in the playoffs, it seems a foregone conclusion that he will have his pick of head coaching jobs next year.

I think it's a given that EB gets a NFL HC job next year.

However, it's not like he couldn't take a college HC job now, make that team great or at least very good in two or three years, and get a NFL HC job down the road. It's been done before.

But there's also another question: what does EB want?

One thing about college coaching jobs is that they are far more stable than NFL coaching jobs. EB could take that CU job, which probably would pay more than what he's getting now, and know that he wouldn't have to worry about getting fired for a dozen years.

The NFL doesn't offer that kind of stability. In today's NFL, he could take a HC job next season, and be fired a season or two later.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You&#39;ll really want to keep your eye on Mizzou DC Ryan Walters if you&#39;re a CU Buffs fan.</p>&mdash; Benjamin Allbright (@AllbrightNFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/AllbrightNFL/status/1227795160534265856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I'd take Bieniemy over Gruden.

BOO

But if he fails as the head coach at Colorado (it's possible... that program kind of sucks) then it's gonna be a lot harder to get back to the status he currently has in the NFL. More than likely the opening he would find on an NFL coaching staff would be back as a RB coach.

I think he wants to reach the top. He wants to be a head coach in the NFL. The Bill Walsh quote that Lombardi shat out is misapplied here. It's not like Bieniemy is turning down NFL teams who offer him the job. He's turning down moving backwards to the peewee leagues instead of looking for PROMOTIONS.

Harbaugh still says hold my beer

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I have said in several threads in the past, that being a successful college head coach isn't about coaching, it's about recruiting.

Sure, there will always be one or two anomalies, like Bill Snyder, but for the most part if you can't recruit, it doesn't matter how good of a coach you are, you can't create a successful program.

Look at guys like Saban and Spurrier. They are just very good recruiters, or excel at hiring very good recruiters, but they really can't coach. They both attempted to coach NFL teams, and their inability to actually coach became very evident.

I don't like Pete Carroll. But he won a Super Bowl. But I don't think he can coach. He kinda lucked into an all-time defense, and a surprisingly good QB. And even with that luck, his poor coaching cost his team a 2nd Super Bowl championship.


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Truth! For the most part, the college team with the best players win. If you can recruit the top players, you win.

College is as much about recruiting as it is coaching. You can suck because you don't have a good enough recruiting system. You only step down to college if you feel you're at a dead end in the NFL. EB is not at a dead end, he's at the precipice of becoming an HC.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Per source, the University of Colorado has reached out to respected KC Chiefs offensive coordinator/CU alumni Eric Bienemy about its vacant head coaching job.<br>There is preliminary mutual interest between CU and Bienemy. It would be a great move by Buffs AD Rick George. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/9sports?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#9sports</a></p>&mdash; Mike Klis (@MikeKlis) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeKlis/status/1227787016747671552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">For the first time since it lost its head coach this week, Colorado reached out tonight to Chiefs’ OC Eric Bienemy to gauge his interest in the job and returning to Boulder, where he went to school, per source. “Nothing imminent,” source said. “EB is doing his due diligence.”</p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1228151559923666944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 14, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Stay EB!!! You get to coach a once in a generational QB and don’t have to recruit

There’s absolutely no way EB doesn’t get an NFL HC job eventually if he stays with Mahomes/Reid.

Now if he goes to Colorado and fails? He could possibly never get that opportunity again. This is a no brainer and I’d be shocked if he takes that job.

I wouldn’t be surprised if he took it just bc it’s his college. Wouldn’t surprise me if he turned it down either since it’s a terrible job.

I get not hiring him this year (except for Joe judge and I hope like hell this guy is a bust). But who in the right mind looked at Adam gase and zac taylor and thought those guys were better options. Don't think bieniemy was snubbed this year. Last year is a complete joke.

And much as I like the dude I'm also eager to see Kafka in this role.

His coaching style would translate better to college, IMO.

Right? Gase rode the coat tails of Peyton Manning and that Defense, got the Miami job, failed after a one time 10-6 season, then spun that into another job with the Jets.

Zac Taylor, I still don't know who the hell that guy is and don't want to spend the time to Google it.

Anyone else worried that we haven’t heard a No yet?

No. If he goes, Kafka is ready and I'm actually kind of eager to see what he's got. I'm more nervous about losing him because while we only have bieniemy for another year max, we probably have a few years with Kafka.

All intents and purposes the way the Chiefs treating Kafka as the successor to Bieniemy as OC it seems like he's also going to be the heir apparent after Reid retires

Eric is a good coach. He instills toughness into his players and demands extra effort. He’s an elite RB coach and gets the most out of everyone at the position. That said, I don’t worry about losing him to another team. Pederson and Nagy were better coaches and we kept rolling after losing them. I think Kafka is on their level.

Better how?

I'll never worry because AR calls the plays PERIOD ! He just teaches these guys why he calls these plays in all these different situations.;)

EB is a NFL type personality. His personality is too intense for the college level. He would have these kids crying home to mama after their first two-a-day practice.;)

I would think common sense say's most of these coaches wouldn't mind staying on and building their careers even further on the back of Mahomes if not eventually being then next Chiefs HC possibly(specifically EB/MK).

Pederson didn't do much of anything when he was here. There were rumors that he started to have some playcalling responsibility toward the end. But his role was a lot more neutered than Nagy and bieniemy. Out of all the coaches Reid's had here so far, Nagy was easily the most involved, then bieniemy, then pederson.

Was hoping he would take the reigns over if Reid retires too soon.

Meh, dude deserves a starting HC job. He's better than some of the shit that's been hired. But if it's true Kafka is being groomed for the job, I'll take that.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Giants?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Giants</a> OLBs coach and senior defensive assistant Bret Bielema is interviewing for the head coaching job at the University of Colorado, sources say. The former Wisconsin and Arkansas coach could be back in college.</p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1229453757232099328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 17, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Told this morning from multiple sources that Bieniemy not moving forward for CU job. Will be top candidate to land NFL spot after this season. Bielema remains in mix. Have not independently confirmed AFA’s Troy Calhoun interviewed. But he makes sense as candidate <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Denver7?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Denver7</a></p>&mdash; Troy Renck (@TroyRenck) <a href="https://twitter.com/TroyRenck/status/1230200510994669569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

YES

Looks like the Buffs won't be...
Sleeping with Bieniemy.

Boooo! That was bad. :)

I don't know, I thought it was pretty good.

To me, it's a bad idea for EB to take the job because he would be out of sight out of mind in NFL circles and it might be harder to get an NFL head job..

On the other hand too, it could be a bad idea for Colorado to hire him because they could just turn around and lose him the next year to the NFL.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sources: Bieniemy still in play for CU head job and if he&#39;s in play, he figures to be man to beat. Both sides still have questions/decisions so nothing final. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/9sports?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#9sports</a> <a href="https://t.co/g11SJhDyqv">https://t.co/g11SJhDyqv</a></p>&mdash; Mike Klis (@MikeKlis) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeKlis/status/1230258204388536320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Yeah Klit probably wishes he’d leave the Chiefs