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[NY Daily News] Jimmy Johnson turns down offer to be head coach and GM of Texans

Discussion in 'Houston Texans' started by rikesh316, Dec 16, 2005.

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    http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/story/375248p-318881c.html

    Jimmy Johnson, always a hot name for NFL jobs this time of the year, recently turned down the opportunity to be the coach and general manager of the Houston Texans, multiple sources told the Daily News.
    Contacted yesterday at his home in the Florida Keys, Johnson, who now works for Fox on its NFL coverage, said, "I can't confirm any rumors. I'm happy doing what I'm doing. I have no interest in going back to coaching."

    After Johnson turned him down, Texans owner Bob McNair hired former Giants coach Dan Reeves on Monday as a consultant to evaluate the 1-12 team, further evidence that coach Dom Capers and perhaps general manager Charley Casserly are in their final weeks with the disappointing fourth-year expansion team. Although Reeves has denied McNair has asked him if he's interested in Capers' job, he is now considered a likely candidate to replace him after the season and be given total control of the football operations.

    Johnson, however, was the big name McNair wanted, sources said. They were together months ago when Johnson was doing a television piece on the Hurricane Katrina evacuees at the Astrodome in Houston. He also visited the Texans' offices. But that preceded McNair contacting Johnson about working for the team. Johnson is from Port Arthur, Tex., and still has family in the area.

    Johnson coached the Cowboys to two Super Bowl championships in five years but had a messy divorce with Jerry Jones after the 1993 season following the second of back-to-back titles. After sitting out two years, he was hired to replace Don Shula in Miami, back where he made a name for himself at the University of Miami. But after a disappointing four seasons, he quit after a 62-7 divisional round playoff loss to Tom Coughlin's Jaguars.
     
    #1 rikesh316, Dec 16, 2005
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    nice find. terrible news. :(
     
    #2 Another Brother, Dec 16, 2005
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    My bad, already in the other thread.
     
    #3 rikesh316, Dec 16, 2005
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    I'm going to delusionally call BS on this until opening day next season.
     
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    Now that I think about it, I don't think this is true. If McNair really did ask JJ to come onboard, I'm sure he would've assured that if he turned it down, it was kept hush hush.
     
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    Maybe Johnson leaked it, he strikes me as somewhat of an egomaniac who would release it to show how much of a big shot he is to any other owners who might be offering jobs
     
    #7 Summer Song Giver, Dec 16, 2005
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    Never trust a NY newspaper, but that really sucks if it's true. I think JJ would have been the right coach to turn this franchise around.
     
    #8 gucci888, Dec 16, 2005
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    considering such an offer would be in direct violation of the rooney rule and that mcnair, i'm sure, would be sensitive to running afoul of that rule speicifically, i doubt there's much validity to this rumor beyond casual conversations he may have had with JJ to flesh out his interest that JJ then leaked as fact to bolster his ego and stoke talk about him in league circles.
     
    #9 Hey Now!, Dec 16, 2005
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    Actually he talked to him, but didn't offer him a job.




    "I talked with Jimmy, but I didn't offer him a job," McNair said. "I hired Dan because I'm comfortable with him. We didn't know each other at South Carolina, but when I was putting together (the franchise), he's one of those I spoke with. I can trust Dan to tell me the truth as objectively as possible."

    Chronicle
     
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    These things happen all the time to save face. It happened with Notre Dame and Utah's old coach. It happened with Kerry offering McCain the VP spot. The conversation goes something like:

    Guy #1: "If we were to offer you a job, would you take it?"

    Guy #2: "No"

    So Guy #1 can say he never offered the job but essentially have offered it.
     
    #11 Major, Dec 17, 2005
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