(01-07-2021, 07:12 AM)Bullseye Wrote: As for Bieniemy, his knowledge base is good, coming from the Reid school and his many years in the NFL.  Yes he has fights in his past.  If all football players who have had fights were ever precluded from coaching in the future, there would be a lot fewer people in the coaching ranks.   

 
If it was just "a fight", I wouldn't even mention it.  Bieniemy has had so many incidents that I don't think anyone even has a count.  He has multiple incidents of violence.  He has multiple driving incidents including having his license suspended for a year, driving anyway and then getting caught for speeding.  He interfered with a firefighter trying to put out a fire.  He left the scene of a car accident.  He failed to show up for a court appearance.  Bieniemy's time as offensive coordinator at Colorado ended while the program was under investigation for multiple players being accused of rape.  He had a DUI as recently as 2011.  He once spent several weeks in jail.  I think there's plenty of coaching candidates who have not done all of that.  I'm not saying this disqualifies him.  However, all else being equal, I would prefer a candidate without this background.  As I stated, it helps that has been clean in recent years.  He's still probably third on my list as preferred head coaching candidates.  I would sum him up as a candidate with very high upside, but slightly more risk than Arthur Smith or Brian Daboll.

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