Staff Changes
I changed my mind. Let's face it. These guys are important, even if we couldn't substitute real names for them. Hopefully, with time, I will get to know each one, where they have been and where they are going, etc.
Staff Retirements
Here are the staff retirements again:
Vincent Caldwell, Lead Scout (ARI)
Juan Callaghan, Head Coach (DET)
Jason Pierce, Offensive Coordinator (KCY)
Staff Contracts Out
These are the staff members whom have reached the end of their contracts. Of course, we get no indication of whether a team wants a guy back ro not, and I don't know that any team has the option of extnding a staff member's contract. So I guess the only thing that can be read into this is that these guys reached the end of their contracts before they were fired.
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Head Coaches
Name Team Rcrd Pl Bl Prv Sal Age Role Req Sal
Becker, Kevin NYG 10-8 1 0 $1380000 53 Hd Coach $3600000
Frederick, Mitchell CLE 1-15 0 0 $1830000 60 Hd Coach $2360000
Kramer, Lawrence MIA 10-7 1 0 $1580000 62 Hd Coach $3140000
Price, Shannon CHI 6-10 0 0 $1170000 50 Hd Coach $1930000
Rojas, Ted NED 5-11 0 0 $1950000 54 Hd Coach $3280000
Wenger, Phillip NOS 6-10 0 0 $1660000 55 Hd Coach $2080000
Coordinators
Name Team Rcrd Pl Bl Prv Sal Age Role URk Req Sal
Anthony, Omar IND 9-7 0 0 $940000 48 Off Coord 1 $2870000
Cooley, Brian NYJ 1-15 0 0 $1210000 49 Off Coord 26 $3080000
Dodge, Antoine TEN 12-5 1 0 $1110000 64 Off Coord 12 $2190000
Donaldson, Dexter ATL 9-7 0 0 $650000 52 Def Coord 25 $2370000
Eriksen, Brenden DEN 7-9 0 0 $780000 48 Off Coord 7 $2010000
Fraley, Artie SDO 9-7 0 0 $560000 58 Def Coord 19 $2240000
Franklin, Marshall SDO 9-7 0 0 $880000 61 Off Coord 19 $2940000
Frederick, Bob JAX 8-8 0 0 $530000 44 Def Coord 27 $2340000
Grigsby, Perry TBY 13-5 1 0 $720000 42 Def Coord 9 $2060000
Huntley, Rex BAL 11-6 1 0 $550000 52 Def Coord 20 $3070000
Jeffries, Vincent OAK 13-6 1 0 $660000 58 Def Coord 21 $1870000
Kling, Ken SEA 13-5 1 0 $470000 44 Def Coord 4 $1890000
Lead Scouts
Name Team Rcrd Pl Bl Prv Sal Age Role Req Sal
Antoine, Joe STL 15-4 1 0 $180000 37 Ld Scout $170000
Baugh, Daryl NYG 10-8 1 0 $130000 50 Ld Scout $330000
Blair, Bobby IND 9-7 0 0 $260000 66 Ld Scout $190000
Hardy, Hunter HOU 7-9 0 0 $180000 48 Ld Scout $260000
Hobert, Hugh CHI 6-10 0 0 $240000 66 Ld Scout $250000
Lyons, Scottie WAS 4-12 0 0 $170000 55 Ld Scout $320000
Moline, Harold ATL 9-7 0 0 $200000 48 Ld Scout $350000
Rivera, Jack BUF 12-5 1 0 $240000 70 Ld Scout $210000
Shin, Travis CAR 6-10 0 0 $170000 53 Ld Scout $310000
Key For Not Obvious Stuff:
Pl= # of playoff app.
Bl= # of Super Bowl wins
Prv Sal= Salary in 2003
URk= Unit Rank (coordinators only, 2003 league rank of unit coordinator ran)
Req Sal= Requested Salary in FA
I haven't looked at how these guys are rated. That would justtake too long. I figure it works best if I go with the outward results, such as above.
From the looks of things, the two standouts there at head coach are the two playoff coaches. Becker oversaw the Giants playing their way into a wildcard spot and then coached them into the division round. Kramer led an impressive return from mediocrity for the Dolphins, in time for them also to get a wildcard spot. At the end of theyear, the Dolphins were playing about as good as anyone, although they fell short in the playoffs.
Among coordinators, the guy that stands out is Omar Anthony, the coordinator of the Colts' top-ranked offense. Also notable is defensive coordinator Ken Kling from Seattle, Denver offensive coordinator Brenden Eriksen, and defensive coordinator Perry Grigsby from Tampa Bay.
And, of course, this doesn't count the coaches and coordinators who will doubtless be lured away from current employment to other positions of loftier status and compensation.
Where They Went
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Head Coaches
Team New (role & last yr tm) Salary Old (how let go)
New England Moe Cote (None) $3830000 Ted Rojas (let go)
Detroit Bobby Pearson (None) $2480000 Juan Callaghan (ret)
Rehired by their 2003 employers: Phillip Wenger (NOS), Mitchell Frederick (CLE),
Lawrence Kramer (MIA), Shannon Price (CHI), Kevin Becker (NYG)
Coordinators
Team Pos New (role & last yr tm) Salary Old (how let go)
Seattle DC Perry Grigsby (DC/TBY) $2210000 Ken Kling (let go)
Kansas City OC Gus Rigot (None) $4550000 Jason Pierce (ret)
Atlanta DC Britt Farr (None) $1320000 Dexter Donaldson (let go)
Baltimore DC Mario Winters (None) $1560000 Rex Huntley (let go)
Jacksonville DC Antoine Dodge (OC/TEN) $1090000 Bob Frederick (let go)
San Diego DC Horace Green (None) $950000 Artie Fraley (let go)
Tampa Bay DC Ted Rojas (HC/NED) $1640000 Perry Grigsby (let go)
Tennessee OC Marcus Rogers (None) $1390000 Antoine Dodge (let go)
Rehired by their 2003 employers: Brenden Eriksen (OC/DEN),
Omar Anthony (OC/IND), Vincent Jeffries (DC/OAK), Brian Cooley (OC/NYJ),
Masrhall Franklin (OC/SDO)
Lead Scouts
Team New (last yr tm) Salary Old (how let go)
Atlanta Scottie Lyons (WAS) $660000 Harold Moline (let go)
Washington Derek Dafoe (None) $520000 Scottie Lyons (let go)
St. Louis Travis Shin (CAR) $500000 Joe Antoine (let go)
Arizona Grant Scott (None) $350000 Vincent Caldwell (ret)
Carolina Daryl Baugh (NYG) $410000 Travis Shin (let go)
New York Lawrence Shaw (None) $290000 Daryl Baugh (let go)
Rehired by their 2003 employers: Bobby Blair (IND), Hugh Hobert (CHI),
Hunter Hardy (HOU), Jack Rivera (BUF)
I was surprised at all the re-hires. I guess I would call those renegotiations at the last second.
Among head coaches, we had two rookie head coaches hired in New England and Detroit. New England's old head coach Ted Rojas became the new defensive coordinator for Tampa Bay. The old Detroit coach, Juan Callaghan, retired, as was already stated.
There were no other coordinator-to-head-coach or vice versa switches. Perry Grigsby moved over from DC in Tampa Bay to Seattle, which performed better last year. Tennessee's Antoine Dodge showed his versatility by going from offensive coordinator with the Titans to defensive coordinator with the Jaguars.
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