He has Red Flags lots of them. I think it was @coachbadlee who mentioned it a while back if I’m not mistaken.
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/s...end-lack-nfl-black-coaching-picks/4022532001/ “He calls plays, I call plays,” Reid told USA TODAY Sports. “Or, ‘What do you think here?’ 'Okay, go with it. Let’s roll.’ That’s how we go. We check our egos at the door, all the way around. We’re trying to win. I have that relationship where it doesn’t matter who calls what. If you’ve got an idea and you’re strong about it, let’s go with it.” It is Bieniemy’s voice that Mahomes hears in his helmet when the plays are relayed from the sideline. Each week, Bieniemy memorizes the play-call sheet and sometimes sending the play to Mahomes involves quickly translating what Reid is thinking as the play-clock ticks. Explained Bieniemy: “He’ll say, ‘E.B., give me 34 Webster.’ Well, the play might be ’34 Webster Read Easy.’ So, I’ve got to call it. Here’s the formation: 'It’s Trips right. Bunch nasty. F left O. 34 Webster. Read easy.’ But the thing is, it’s a collaborative effort. “He can finish my sentences and I can finish his,” Bieniemy said of Reid. “That’s how tied to the hip that we’ve become.” ... “Eric is one of the best evaluators we have as a coach,” Reid said. “He knows what to look for and when he gets it, he can bring out the best in it.” ... That Colorado had Bieniemy on its short list says much about his standing these days in Boulder, Colorado nearly three decades after he was banned from the campus for a year following a 1993 incident in which he was accused of harassing a female parking lot attendant. During his late teenage years and early 20s, Bieniemy was arrested several times in Colorado, the episodes including a bar fight that was ignited when he says he was called a racial slur, a DUI charge and an exchange where he shoved a firefighter responding to an emergency at his mother’s house. Asked if he thinks the arrests have hurt his candidacy for head-coaching jobs, Bieniemy said, “I don’t think anything in my past is an issue. “I’ll tell you what I believe: It helped me grow," he said. "It’s helped me establish relationships with guys that I coach, to show and talk to them about the difference between what’s right and what’s wrong. It’s helped shape me. "All of that stuff that took place, it happened for a reason. And without the University of Colorado, we wouldn’t be having this conversation right now. That’s where I started. I had some highs and lows there, but I’ve had more highs." Former Colorado coach Gary Barnett had no qualms about Bieniemy’s character when he hired him as running backs coach in 2001, shortly after Bieniemy had returned to complete classes to earn his undergraduate degree. “When he came back, he had matured so much,” Barnett told USA TODAY Sports. “He gained so much knowledge after nine years in the league.” Barnett and Bieniemy have remained close, with the former coach quick to express pride in his former pupil’s coaching journey, which also included a second stint at Colorado as offensive coordinator before he joined Reid’s staff in 2013. Barnett also believes that Bieniemy possesses the most important characteristic needed to excel as a head coach: empathy. That trait, too, has been emboldened by life experiences. The oldest of Eric and Mia Bieniemy’s two sons, Eric III, has cerebral palsy. Bieniemy was in his playing career when Eric III, now 25, was born. “The first five years of his life, we lived in and out of a hospital,” Bieniemy said. “He’s confined to a wheelchair, but he doesn’t ask for any sympathy. Beautiful kid. He’s the backbone of our family. He’s the energy that we feed off of. But what it also allows you is the sense to not take some of the things that we as people take for granted because our son doesn’t have blessings like others.” ... In 2019, Bieniemy interviewed with four teams over a five-day span but declined a request to interview for the Arizona job that ultimately went to Kliff Kingsbury. Although he was crushed by the calendar — an interview with one team extended into the evening with an interview with another team scheduled to begin at 8 the next morning — it’s striking that he would have turned down a request. Kingsbury went on to land Kyler Murray with the No. 1 pick in the draft and in his second season the Cardinals can earn a playoff spot by beating the Rams on Sunday. Levy defends the decision to not interview with the Cardinals, maintaining that they capped interviews at four teams. “The teams that we committed to were the first teams that called,” said Levy. “At that point, we couldn’t do any more. Even last year, we were like, ‘We’re just doing three.’ He can’t do more than that. Four was too many and five would have been absurd.” That could be interpreted as a message for teams interested in Bieniemy. If, say, eight teams are in the market, there’s no guarantee that he will be interested in interviewing with every team. Factors such as the existing quarterback (or plan to acquire a quarterback), salary cap space and the chemistry with the GM amid the organizational power structure will be weighed in ranking teams.
https://www.profootballnetwork.com/texans-targeting-eric-bieniemy-as-head-coach/ Allbright had this to say: “Currently, I think the head coach favorite for [the] Texans is Eric Bieniemy, despite most other teams in the league not being interested. Houston is doing background on him.” This matches up with what fellow Pro Football Network Insider Tony Pauline has said in the past. Pauline has mentioned that the smart money has been on Bieniemy landing in Houston just a couple of weeks ago. This week on the Draft Insiders podcast, Pauline informed listeners that if Bieniemy doesn’t land in Houston, the Texans would consider a defensive-minded coach. One such name they would be interested in is Don “Wink” Martindale from the Baltimore Ravens. The background investigations Houston is doing into Bieniemy’s character will be critical. There are some legal issues in Bieniemy’s background that will give teams pause in evaluating his character. However, his record as an offensive coordinator prior to his time at Kansas City will also have been a factor teams considered. Eric Bieniemy’s tenure as the offensive coordinator for Colorado will also likely raise a few question marks. In his two years as offensive coordinator under Jon Embree (2011-2012), the Buffaloes went 4-21. In 2011, the Buffaloes ranked 109th in points scored (19.8), 92nd in total yards (346.3), and 78th in yards per play (5.3). One of the most concerning elements for the Buffaloes was their discipline. In 2011, they averaged 7.9 penalties per game (tied for second) and 66.6 yards per game (sixth). In Bieniemy’s second season, things got worse for the offense. The Buffaloes ranked 120th in total points (17.8), 119th in total yards (302.8), and 120th in yards per play (4.4). On a previous episode of the PFN Weekly show, Allbright mentioned that Eric Bieniemy is “a titleholder who relays the play calls in but doesn’t make the play calls very often.” “Andy Reid’s doing the play calling. Like 99 percent of the time Andy Reid is doing the play calling, he designed the offense, all of that stuff.” Allbright has also mentioned that Bieniemy’s previous interviews have been poor. These poor interviews have likely caused him to fall out of consideration for certain positions in the past. Allbright mentioned that some teams with vacancies aren’t all that interested in Bieniemy. These historical poor interviews could be a big reason why.
https://www.cincyjungle.com/2019/1/...rch-chiefs-eric-bieniemy-vance-joseph-broncos Bieniemy was a running back for the Bengals from 1995 to 1998, but before that, he was a star running back at Colorado University. While there, he ran into a bit of trouble. In his freshman year, he was involved in an altercation at a bar where he was called a racial slur. He plead no contest to the charge and was sentence to community service. The following year, trouble continued finding Bieniemy. Over the course of his collegiate career, Bieniemy’s driving record was docked several times in Colorado for a multitude of minor occurrences, but they piled up to the point where he had his license suspended for a year. Months later in March, he was caught speeding in the state and was forced to post a $1,000 bond. He failed to appear for his court date for driving with a suspended license and then was faced with several weeks in jail for leaving the scene of an accident just weeks later. “I thought once you exchanged information you could leave the scene,” Bieniemy said. “I went home and reported it to the police and then they arrested me for leaving the scene.” On July 4th, 1990, firefighters were called to his mother’s residence after a small fire broke out due to fireworks belonging to his younger brother igniting in a plastic bag in his garage. Firefighters attempted to breach the garage wall, thinking it was an electrical fire and Bieniemy attempted to stop them from doing so. “Since the fire was next to the wall, they thought it was electrical. I said, ‘Excuse me, sir, the fire started in the trash bag.’ I feel that if somebody is going to tear down your wall you should stop them. But basically I interfered with fire department policy.” Bieniemy explained. The incident lead to a one-game suspension for the star running back. Bieniemy’s pro career was mostly clean from incident, but he was banned from Colorado’s campus for a year after harassing and assaulting a parking attendant working during a Colorado football game in 1993. His time coaching at Colorado upon his retirement from the NFL brought more trouble. In 2001, Bieniemy was hired as Colorado’s running backs coach, but was arrested in April of that year for a DUI. As a known legend in the program, Bieniemy was also a major figure in the recruiting process. During his two years there, several rape allegations were pressed against Colorado players, and Bieniemy’s time there ended while the school was under investigation.
Ok, after reading some of that I have less problems with the background. I don’t have the best history with the law myself in my younger days and turned that around to be a fairly successful business owner. I won’t hold some of those things against him. Can he coach? I think so Can he lead a team? This is the part I’m more worried about. Fiery types tend to get attention early but the message fades if it continues long term.
None of that raises flags for me at all. Sounds like he was a kid that didn't know how some things worked in the real world. DUI is concerning but I'm sure other coaches have those and it was 20 years ago. As a CU alum and having lived in Colorado for over a decade now, I've never heard him implicated in any of the CU scandals and never heard anyone speak ill of him, like so many from that era are. In fact CU hired him again after his stint with the Barnett era. And then again considered him for the head coaching job this past offseason until he took his name out of the running. I highly doubt they would have done that if he was involved with anything. I agree with. the sentiment, but not sure Bienemy fits that stereotype. I would also think he'd be interested in bringing in a pal like Jon Embree who's a great locker room/players guy.
I'm glad they already closed the door on coaches like Harbaugh instead of doing their due diligence like a competent franchise
I brought it up a few weeks back as well, with the caveat that this all happened when he was younger, and I don't think he's had much trouble since. What I'm more concerned about is how he wasn't a great offensive coordinator at the University of Colorado, and how he doesn't call plays for the Chiefs. My worry is that he lucked into having all world talent and a position-in-name-only for a team that has that talent and is riding the coattails. I don't necessarily think that's the full case, but I'm worried he's more of an Adam Gase than a Bill Bellicheck. If it were me, I'd go for Ed Dodds and Daboll or Saleh or Martindale.* *This position may change weekly, or more.
Dobbs would likely bring Eberflus, which I'd be good with. If the Texans do hire the GM and then let that GM have control over coaching hire, it sure seems like they're looking at this as a package deal, which I'm also OK with.
Nobody wants Harbaugh. That Eric B. hit piece about BS red flags, yet Harbaugh tenure at Michigan is a HUGE, Relevant Red Flag.
Maybe so, I just wish they would not pre decide who they want. That's how we ended up with Bob. We should do an extensive search
I think the reports of mahomes referring Eric b to deshaun might speak volumes. Only Alex smith and mahomes really know how much “say” in the offense Eric be has. And if mahomes says he does it all then I believe him.
Ironically, Andy Reid and Jon Gruden had similar Eric B questions when they were coming from the Mike Holmgren coaching staff... and Holmgren himself had similar questions coming from the Bill Walsh staff. Sometimes it works out... but a lot of times the real genius was still the head coach (Andy Reid) calling the plays.
