(01-20-2022, 10:04 AM)Mikey Wrote:

(01-19-2022, 11:44 PM)TheDuke007 Wrote: The Jaguars requested first interviews with 10 people.  Only 3 of those people (Leftwich, Hackett and Bowles) are still involved in the playoffs.  Has the list been narrowed to four candidates?  I know it's still possible that additional people will be invited for a second interview, but if so, why hasn't that happened yet?  How long does it really take to schedule an interview with someone who isn't actively coaching?

Ring ring.
Jaguars:  Are you available to interview on Friday?
Candidate:  Yes.  I'm also available Saturday, Sunday and all of next week.  Oh, I'm actually available tomorrow too.
Jaguars:  See you Friday at 9am.
Click.

I liken it to pre-darft scouting:

You schedule first interviews with 10 guys, get a good idea of who they are, what their priorities will be, how prepared they are to assemble a staff, etc.
You begin to prioritize candidates based on how the interview went, how you see them working with the existing roster core, or other factors. Some coaches end up eliminated from the "board"
You also begin sorting out which teams you're competing with for the top candidates' services. If few to no other teams are expressing interest in a lower candidate, the urgency to interview is not there.
If unemployed coach is #7 on your list, probably not crucial to invest time and effort into that second interview right now. If there's only 6 openings, there's a good chance one of your higher priority candidates will be getting the job offer. Probably better to be working on arrangements with the candidates' agents to set up times, flights, compensation packages, etc. in advance of their schedule coming open. You can't wait until the whistle blows to get those wheels in motion.
It also goes a long way to express to that priority candidate that they are in fact a priority. If you're busy interviewing a bunch of second-rate coaches for the job and then tell them "You're the one we've been hoping to hire," that message may seem to be empty flattery.

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(01-20-2022, 12:30 AM)D6 Wrote: If Woody Paige is correct this time around, Nathaniel Hackett impressed Broncos GM George Paton during his HC interview with the Broncos. 

https://twitter.com/woodypaige/status/14...00768?s=20

...wasn't A. A. Ron rumored to be interested in playing there? I want to say a lot of last offseason's unrest has been smoothed out, but holy moly would that be a major move. It might not allow Hackett to prove his own ability, but they'd be fools not to give that pairing a shot before he hangs up the cleats.