Wade Phillips to Interview for Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Head Coaching Job
by Sander on Jan 8, 2012 2:29 PM EST
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PrintAccording to the Houston Chronicle's John McClain, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have obtained the Houston Texans' permission to interview defensive coordinator Wade Phillips for the position of head coach. The interview must take place this week or in the week prior to the Super Bowl per NFL rules for playoff teams. According to McClain the interview will take place on Friday. "I'm gratified somebody noticed. I don't want to leave Houston but I want to be a head coach" Phillips told McClain.
Wade Phillips has extensive experience as a head coach, having led teams on five different occasions. Twice he finished the year as an interim head coach: with New Orleans in 1985 and with Atlanta in 2003. He served as the head coach for the Denver Broncos from 1993 to 1994 and led the Buffalo Bills from 1998 to 2000. Most recently he was the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys from 2007 to 2010, but he was fired mid-season last year after a 1-7 start. Under-performing players and a lack of discipline seemed to be at the basis of that move.
Wade Phillips has a 82-59 record as a head coach, but has only managed to win one playoff game in nine years as a head coach. Phillips is seen as a defensive guru, who managed to turn one of the worst defenses in the NFL into a one of the best this season with the Houston Texans. He generally runs a 3-4, but his version of a 3-4 is very similar to a 4-3, and his is a scheme I noted last year the Bucs could move to and certainly have the personnel to play unlike most 3-4 defenses.
The fact that the Bucs will interview both Brad Childress and Wade Phillips this week (likely in addition to other coaches) would seem to contradict an NFL.com report that the Bucs are on the verge of hiring Mike Sherman.
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I'd rather have Wade than Childy.
He will have to hire a DC though, as good as he is at it.
Formerly UNFNole
Wade or Childress?
Good luck selling that to season ticket holders. If either of these guys become our head coach, I will never trust our ownership again.
Wade and Chilly.
Wade as HC to get our D back to an elite level, and Chilly as OC to get our offense back on track.
Oderint dum metuant
I don't know why everyone bashes Martz
I think he’d be a great hire. Before Cutler / Forte went down, the Bears had a very good offense. When’s the last time you could say that about the Bears prior to this year?
by J_B on Jan 8, 2012 3:06 PM EST up reply actions
I don't think hes a bad coach
I was just referring to him getting along with Lovie Smith.
Formerly UNFNole
Mar6tz offenses practically abandons the run game, and often setting qb's to take needless shot by the defense..
see, Cutler, Jay as the most recent example.
by frostphoenix on Jan 10, 2012 7:47 AM EST up reply actions
bad trend
Neither Childress nor Phillips had consistently successful stints as HC’s. Are the Glazers looking for a long-term coach or a band-aid to right the ship so they cam sell it? None of the names mentioned make good sense for this team
by GoBuxGo on Jan 8, 2012 2:38 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Not sure either of them are band-aids.
Not like Wade could sew up the lack of discipline.
Formerly UNFNole
Wade I think should just settle for the Defensive Coordinator job. Some Coaches just aren’t cut out for Head Coaching Jobs..Stay Put Wade!
by pragit on Jan 8, 2012 2:59 PM EST via Android app reply actions
It's really simple honestly
Martz would come in as the OC and has had a great deal of success in that position. Chilly / Philips would be the head coach, a position both have greatly failed at. You could maybe argue Philips on a proven veteran team, but if Raheem couldn’t get control of this team, then you’d have to be delusional to think that Philips could.
by J_B on Jan 8, 2012 3:11 PM EST up reply actions
Martz as OC I have less of an issue with rather than Martz as a HC.
He still is pass happy, and we don’t have the personnel to match what he likes to do with his offenses. I would like Wade Phillips as HC because he is an elite defensive minded coach and would bring our D back to where it used to be. Phillips won’t come here as a DC, so I would settle for him as our HC if that means our defense can become relevant again. Any OC will be an upgrade over Olson, so I’m not too picky there.
Oderint dum metuant
Martz was just relieved of his duties as the OC
so I highly doubt he’d even be considered for a HC anywhere. When I stated I wanted Martz, it was purely in the OC capacity. I guess I should have stated that.
Wade Phillips has failed numerous times as a Head Coach. I just think he’s one of those guys who are great coordinators but poor head coaches. I think the die is cast for him at this point. He also doesn’t inspire a lot of confidence and seems to be a massive push over. That’s a poor formula considering our biggest issue was discipline.
by J_B on Jan 8, 2012 3:21 PM EST up reply actions
I agree with your points about Phillips.
He is a flawed candidate, but he is a defensive genius. Does that cover up his flaws? I can’t be sure, but after the way our defense performed this year, I’d like to see what he could do.
Oderint dum metuant
I can definitely see where your coming from re: his defensive success
and there’s really no arguing with what he was able to do with the Texans defense. I just really don’t see him succeeding with the young, undisciplined, and under achieving team that we currently have. With that said, the available candidates are all fairly underwhelming in at least one major aspect.
by J_B on Jan 8, 2012 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
As a Texans (and Tampa) fan,
I can say that the players we have have usually been “character” players. Wade’s draft picks were all character players that he had coached in the senior bowl. His turn around of our D was mainly making the GM spend some money on the secondary and getting guys that he could tell to blitz. As evidence shows in Dallas, he was not the disciplinarian that they needed, that wasn’t really an issue with us. After watching Tampa this season and hoping it was the Bucs time to let loose, it shocks me that their entertaining a DC as HC. Though I hope you don’t take Wade from us, I know that you guys can do better, and he is not a long term answer. In a division that houses the Saints, if you can’t put up points, your not getting anywhere. Chilly isn’t much better either, so I hope your front office actually takes some time and finds someone good instead of just looking at the resume. Here’s hoping for next season.
by Deep-Steel-Beard on Jan 8, 2012 10:13 PM EST up reply actions
WTF
Wade couldn’t maintain disipline on a Dallas team with a bunch of veterans & they quit on him. So you think he’ll do a good job in that department with the youngest team in the NFL?!?
by InfamousHp on Jan 8, 2012 8:45 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Martz would kill Freeman
"I'm a little dysfunctional
You're the problem, Please don't awakin me
And I'm that way cause back in the day
Most have forsaken me"
by 4QB on Jan 8, 2012 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
The bears offensive line has been horrible for years
if anything, this past season was their most productive.
by J_B on Jan 8, 2012 3:37 PM EST up reply actions
Even with that, Jay Cutler got mauled behind that line (No pun intended)
"I'm a little dysfunctional
You're the problem, Please don't awakin me
And I'm that way cause back in the day
Most have forsaken me"
by 4QB on Jan 8, 2012 3:53 PM EST up reply actions
Lacanfora says Sherman all but locked up, whats the deal here why would he say that
by bucfanlostiniowa on Jan 8, 2012 3:17 PM EST reply actions
Because that's what a source is telling him
Could be Sherman’s agent, could be someone close to the process but not involved etc.
Not HC Material
This is the problem. There are certain coaches who thrive as OC or DC but do not have the skills to ever be a head coach. Wade Phillips and Norv Turner are two such coaches.
I love him as a DC, but not sold as a HC
Sander, what would you estimate the transition be to “his” defense if we brought him on in any capacity?
As you can always expect come from behind victory is when you least expect it.
I think the Bucs have the personnel to run his defense
Would probably convert Clayborn to stand up LB, although Bowers would be a good candidate for that too. Given the largely empty cupboard in the secondary and at LB I can’t imagine it would be a huge issue.
Well I guess you were right
I am a man,so I will admit it.I was wrong,but we will se who they hire.
I don't think the transition would be to hard.
His 4-3 is a gap penetration type defense, not the usual two gap 4-3 scheme. I think with McCoy and Clayborn as ends, price at nose, bowers and Watson as outside backers and foster and (hopefully) a high draftee or a FA backer in the middle, our defense could still preform with the personal we have.
by Bucsfan123 on Jan 8, 2012 3:44 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
When we fire this next coach in 3 years, I wonder what our ownership will say then.
It’s pretty frustrating to root for a team with no clear direction. I can only imagine Joel Glazer standing at a podium introducing Phillips or Childress, while the media giggles with embarrassment. Let’s say that they hire Childress and spend nadda on free agency – our games will be an ocean of empty seats.
Bon Voyage
We’re selling the team
by GoBuxGo on Jan 8, 2012 5:18 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Texans fan here
my first reaction to hearing this was…well it wasn’t pleasant. That being said i dont think he’s a good head coach. Elite DC below average HC. I think you could do better than Childeress or Phillips though Ohwell it is what it is.
I want the Bucs to be explosive on O. I have grown tired of the dull smash mouth we have played for decades
I would like Martz as OC. The greatest show on turf was fun to watch. I do not want him as HC though. I do not want Childress or Wade as HC either!
GO NOLES!!! SCALP EM!
Martz is nothing without Faulk and Warner
"I'm a little dysfunctional
You're the problem, Please don't awakin me
And I'm that way cause back in the day
Most have forsaken me"
by 4QB on Jan 8, 2012 4:47 PM EST up reply actions
This can't make fans excited
Interviewing retread coaches like Chilly and Wade who lost veteran teams, what you guy think will happen here? I see another repeat of what happend this past season maybe worse at least Rah seemed like the right coach for this type of team, a young energetic type of guy.
Wade runs a 3-4 how is this gonna work when we spent high pick on the line?
Doubtful that Wade would make a lateral move
from a 2nd round playoff team to a 4 win team.
Formerly UNFNole
No wade
Wade tenures always seems to end ugly
by keysersoze19 on Jan 8, 2012 6:33 PM EST via Android app reply actions
From LaCanfora's twitter
League sources continue to indicate that Mike Sherman is well-positioned to be named the next head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a decision that could be announced this week.
As you can always expect come from behind victory is when you least expect it.
Id take phillips over sherman
He unimpresses me
by Carlitin1988 on Jan 8, 2012 7:28 PM EST via Android app reply actions
wade?!?!?!?!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! this guy will never win a championship as a head coach. defensive coordinator, maybe. but for get head coach. i cant believe he is even being considered. i would take him as a DC. i would make Cower an offer he couldnt refuse.
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