Bucs, Marty Schottenheimer to talk

[Run Like Hell]

Quote:Marty Schottenheimer, whose last season in the NFL ended with his firing in 2007 after a 14-2 record in 2006 as coach of the San Diego Chargers, will interview Tuesday with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for their head coaching vacancy, according to league sources.

Schottenheimer's career record is 200-126-1 during the regular season, but he has acknowledged his 5-13 postseason record has been a failure. In his final season as San Diego's coach, the Chargers suffered a second-round loss to the New England Patriots at home.

Schottenheimer returned to coaching with the Virginia Destroyers in the United Football League in 2011 and won the championship. At 68, he has expressed his "sustained hunger and love" to return to coaching. Hall of Famer Marv Levy enjoyed his success with the Buffalo Bills in the same age range.

Schottenheimer was fired by the Chargers because owner Dean Spanos said there was an irreparable relationship between the coach and general manager A.J. Smith. At the time, Schottenheimer expressed his frustration with Smith's refusal to work out their differences.

The Bucs' leading candidate has appeared to be former Packers coach Mike Sherman. The team is interviewing former Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress on Monday and will interview Houston Texans defensive coordinator Wade Phillips on Friday. Titans defensive coordinator Jerry Gray also is among the candidates.

[Fardreamer]

(01-10-2012 09:51 AM)Run Like Hell Wrote:  

Quote:Marty Schottenheimer, whose last season in the NFL ended with his firing in 2007 after a 14-2 record in 2006 as coach of the San Diego Chargers, will interview Tuesday with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for their head coaching vacancy, according to league sources.

Schottenheimer's career record is 200-126-1 during the regular season, but he has acknowledged his 5-13 postseason record has been a failure. In his final season as San Diego's coach, the Chargers suffered a second-round loss to the New England Patriots at home.

Schottenheimer returned to coaching with the Virginia Destroyers in the United Football League in 2011 and won the championship. At 68, he has expressed his "sustained hunger and love" to return to coaching. Hall of Famer Marv Levy enjoyed his success with the Buffalo Bills in the same age range.

Schottenheimer was fired by the Chargers because owner Dean Spanos said there was an irreparable relationship between the coach and general manager A.J. Smith. At the time, Schottenheimer expressed his frustration with Smith's refusal to work out their differences.

The Bucs' leading candidate has appeared to be former Packers coach Mike Sherman. The team is interviewing former Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress on Monday and will interview Houston Texans defensive coordinator Wade Phillips on Friday. Titans defensive coordinator Jerry Gray also is among the candidates.

68? I'm not surprised, actually. The Florida (now Miami) Marlins had a manager in his late 70s not too long ago, and Florida State University's Bobby Bowden retired two years ago at 80 after coaching the football team for 34 seasons.

[Run Like Hell]

Age means little so long as the dedication and desire to work and succeed is there. Joe Paterno is in his mid 80s and would probably still be head coach at Penn State if not for the scandal. Marv Levy was in his 60s when he took over the Bills and was about 72/73 when he finished up.

[iebo]

Oh Marty. Come back to the Browns. We miss you. Take us back to the playoffs, even if we lose, we'll take it.
Schottenheimer was fired by the Chargers because he has trouble getting over the hump and getting his teams into the Super Bowl. The same thing happened when he was coach with the Browns.
The Buccaneers are in a tough division, whoever leads them will have a tough job.