Niners Block Ex-Packers & Falcons D-Coordinator
February 11th, 2012
The 49ers won't let the Bucs sniff their guy
Another coach has been told he can’t sniff a Buccaneers coordinator job, so reports Jason La Canfora of NFL.com.
This time its former Packers and Falcons defensive chief Ed Donatell, the current 49ers secondary coach and the defensive coordinator under Mike Sherman that saw his Packers unit allow the famous Donovan McNabb 4th-and-26 completion. Donatell was the Falcons defensive coordinator under Jim Mora.
The San Francisco 49ers denied secondary coach Ed Donatell permission to interview for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ vacant defensive coordinator position, according to a league source.
Donatell is at least the third candidate for a position on the coaching staff who has been blocked from speaking with Tampa Bay by current employers.
Joe’s not concerned. The Bucs shouldn’t have trouble finding a smart defensive mind — and a teacher — who will gladly do everything Butch Davis and Greg Schiano tell him to do.
February 11th, 2012 at 12:05 pm
This is a bit of a head scratcher though Joe. As far as we know, Butch has not signed any contract w/us. Is this an indicator that Butch will not, in fact, be coaching?
February 11th, 2012 at 12:13 pm
Butch won’t be coaching. He’ll be advising.
February 11th, 2012 at 12:16 pm
Lol @ the caption
February 11th, 2012 at 12:23 pm
Butch has signed. I’m with Joe whoever they get for DC is gravy with Davis in Schiano I would to see us take a shot on young innovative DC. My main concern or I should say very hopeful of a great hire is a QB coach for #5.
ST coordinator shouldn’t be overlooked.
The Sullivan hire shows me the Bucs aren’t just settling on guys like Turner.
Well done and keep turning over every rock. It won’t matter how much time it takes to hire someone as long as he is the right MAN for the job!
February 11th, 2012 at 12:24 pm
Have Mike Singletary(sp) name come up for DC?
February 11th, 2012 at 12:55 pm
It would seem a bunch of old ass children with virtually infinite money are running the NFL.
February 11th, 2012 at 1:04 pm
@ Jared
So we’re paying Butch a million to be a consultant? C’mon you know better than that.
February 11th, 2012 at 1:06 pm
@HolyBuc
I still haven’t seen any site stating that he’s signed sealed and delivered. His severance pay issue has kept him from signing the deal. Look on PFT.
February 11th, 2012 at 1:27 pm
@SensibleBuc saw it come across last night after the Sullivan hire. Might of got lost in the OC coverage.
http://www2.tbo.com/sports/breaking-news/2012/feb/10/butch-davis-agrees-to-terms-to-be-bucs-special-ass-ar-357556/
February 11th, 2012 at 1:42 pm
Count me as another that agrees with joe on this…I also wonder ifs this isn’t a little retaliation for the way BruceAlmighty refused to let other teams speak with Buccaneer assistants after we won ethe Super Bowl?
Anyway, so long as we have a couple of high power assistant coaches/advisors with chops…we can afford to check smart, long-term position coaches…and build a successful organization.
February 11th, 2012 at 1:43 pm
Technically Sensible is right. No word yet on actually signing. The article says agreed to terms, but not yet signed.
February 11th, 2012 at 1:50 pm
Isn’t this a reflection of the Rockstar’s relationships around the league? I don’t think the Buc’s would be running into all these road blocks if Mark Dom was more respected ?? The league has lined up against this GM and the team and gave us a collective “NO”….
February 11th, 2012 at 1:58 pm
@k1ngAdroc It doesn’t work that way.
February 11th, 2012 at 2:04 pm
With Butch in tow seems ideal for Tom Bradley.
A guy from Linebacker U might be just whats needed.
February 11th, 2012 at 2:05 pm
@ White Tiger. I don’t think it is as much retaliation as simply not wanting to lose the chemistry of the coaching tree. It’s hard to complain about being denied when we denied others. Agree on your long-term coaches analysis. I continue to be giddy over our recent hires. No time for these guys to relish their new jobs. Time to get to work.
February 11th, 2012 at 2:08 pm
I could care less what these teams do. We will get a qualified DC and move on. Its all about respect, and the NFL club for some reason looks down on the Glazers (and Tamps Bay and the Bucs). Could be their Jewish faith, could be their ownership of Man U, could be a lot of things, but in the NFL you have to earn respect. So lets go beat the pizz out of them and get it.
February 11th, 2012 at 2:16 pm
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k1ngAdroc Says:
February 11th, 2012 at 1:50 pm
Isn’t this a reflection of the Rockstar’s relationships around the league? I don’t think the Buc’s would be running into all these road blocks if Mark Dom was more respected ?? The league has lined up against this GM and the team and gave us a collective “NO”….
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No. It’s Karma left over from the Gruden/Allen era. They denied teams there chance to interview our guys and now the Bucs are facing the consequences.
But I don’t mind. It’s the way things work in the NFL. If it were us, I’d rather we keep the good coaches too.
The Bucs keep turning over rocks…and they are finding gold one-by-one. The DC is now actually a low priority now with Davis and Schiano here. ST is key though. I would really like to see more kick returns for touchdowns. It gets the team fired up.
February 11th, 2012 at 2:17 pm
Dont think we lost much missing out on this one. Bounced around as OC, demoted back to a position coach.
February 11th, 2012 at 2:18 pm
BucFan South Tampa
It’s business, nothing more. The Bucs are not the only team that have been denied interviews. It just feels like it’s happening more to us, but that’s because we’re the ones doing “due diligence.”
February 11th, 2012 at 2:21 pm
Bucfan South ,A good number of Nfl owners are Jewish.
Kraft-NE
Snyder-Wash
Blank-atl
Ross-Mia
Lerner-Cle
Laurie-Philly
Glazer-TB
Tisch-NYG(part owner)
Davis-Oak
I am sure there is a couple i missed.Many of the Gms and front office staffs areas well. I doubt rascism has anything to do with it.We screwed other teams in the past and it is coming back to haunt us,nothing more than gamesmanship.we shall do fine
February 11th, 2012 at 2:33 pm
The Glazers need to pay Butch the money to be the DC. Seriously…….the “senior defensive assistant”? What a joke.
February 11th, 2012 at 2:41 pm
People need to relax and take a second look at what is happening. This isn’t a league wide conspiracy, this isn’t chickens coming home to roost from the four or five blocks in six years during the Gruden/Allen era, this isn’t the owners being cheap, or other teams turning down requests because Mark Dominik is the GM. Those reason are ridiculous.
The reason for the interview blocks is the Bucs are basically the last team filling out their staff, and some teams (Cardinals, 49ers) might not want to look elsewhere to replace a coach lost to the Bucs. Some teams, like the Super Bowl winning Giants, allowed their former QB coach to interview and he became the OC for the Bucs, so clearly it’s not all teams engaging in some interview embargo in Tampa Bay.
Don’t worry, the Bucs are going about this the right way this time. They have looked at dozens of qualified coaches that we are aware of, and I’m sure there are dozens more we have no clue about. Remember, the Bucs basically have their DC in Butch Davis, who is ‘advising’ only so he can continue collecting his severance from NC. And that’s not a result of the Glazers being cheap, it’s a direct result of a former coach who was paid to leave a program and likely took the fall for everything that went wrong in NC, and he fully intends on collecting every last cent of that severence.
This is an exciting time to be a fan. I can’t wait for free agency.
February 11th, 2012 at 2:50 pm
All this could have been avoided if we had signed on Ron Meeks a few weeks back to coordinate the D. Seriously, 5 top 10 finishes in 8 seasons with the Colts running the T-2 should have made him the no-brainer choice for DC. I just don’t get it.
February 11th, 2012 at 2:52 pm
@Patrick Davis might make more as an assistant than whomever our DC is going to be. They are giving him enough control and money to take that position.
February 11th, 2012 at 3:09 pm
The NFL aristocracy need to get over themselves and realize that the league does not possess all the talent in football. If that were the case they would not obsess over the young men developed by these college coaches every April. Kirby Smart (Bama), John Chavis (LSU), Toddd Grantham (Georgia) and several other college DCs can hold a candle with the best in the NFL.
With Davis in the house or just around the corner, whatever his status is going to be, I would be just as happy to have any one of the these college DCs with a defense rated in the top 10 of college football. To be honest, college is where Davis gets his standing from, not his stint at Cleveland.
I would tell these NFL bigwigs to take a hike and get an aggressive college DC and move on. Now to be clear, these coaches are no slouches and make upwards of 800k, so they’re not going to to come cheap. When the story is finally told, I hope Quinn didn’t turn us down over money!
February 11th, 2012 at 3:11 pm
Jim Tomsula anyone?
February 11th, 2012 at 3:13 pm
Have we hired a QB coach yet?
February 11th, 2012 at 3:32 pm
Whatever happened to the old ruse of calling a coach a “coordinator & assistant head coach” that teams used to counter the blocking action ?
February 11th, 2012 at 4:01 pm
I wonde if they are talking to Rich Bisaccia about the DC position ? and if the 49ers blocked him, Doesn’t look good trying for Jim Tomsula.
February 11th, 2012 at 4:05 pm
I’m still pulling for Kirby Smart. Then Grab one of them Bama backers like Hightower in the draft. 🙂
February 11th, 2012 at 4:11 pm
Brad Johnson for QB coach?
February 11th, 2012 at 6:20 pm
Haven’t read all teh comments. But it is funny to see the teams block the Bucs. It’s called Karma and the Glazers boys are being taught a new lesson.
Someone wake Malcolm soon.
February 11th, 2012 at 7:38 pm
Glad we are not signing washed up ex #%@#$% Packer ex coaches or current ones either. Go Bucs!
February 11th, 2012 at 8:29 pm
Wish somebody had stolen Rah from our staff before 2009.
funny thing is we allowed Tomlin to go. Might have saved considerable heart ache if we had hung onto him.
Not wasted three years of everyones life I mean.
February 11th, 2012 at 10:51 pm
…what a clumsy friggan organization….this is what happens when you become the Bengals I guess….