Jauron wants to be 'productive part of staff'
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Jauron wants to be 'productive part of staff'
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UPDATED: The Eagles announced the hiring of Dick Jauron as senior assistant/defensive back coach.
Jauron, 59, the former head coach in Chicago and Buffalo, was asked about the meaning of being the senior assistant.
"I haven't looked at the ages on the staff yet," he said. "It might just mean that."
His boss, Eagles defensive coordinator Sean McDermott, turns 36, and Jauron said he is going to "work as hard as I can for him. I'm going to learn the system from him. I want to be a part of the staff, a productive part of the staff."
That said, Jauron recognizes he is in a much different role than the last time he wasa secondary coach, when his coaching career first began and working his way up.
“When I was a secondary coach, I’ve got to tell you, I just loved it," Jauron said. "It wasn’t like I was holding my breath to be a coordinator. It wasn’t one of those things where I couldn’t wait for that opportunity. I always thought and would say to my wife, if I do a great job at this thing, at the secondary, then whatever happens, happens but I like this. I felt the same way as a coordinator; really enjoyed it, really liked it. Missed some things about the secondary. Same thing when I was lucky enough to get the chance to be a head coach; really liked it, obviously. You get a chance to make the decisions all the time almost. Make the calls on gameday, you go for it on fourth down or you kick it. But you still missed certain things about the other spots. I never felt significantly different.
"I always felt very lucky to have played in the league, very lucky to coach in the league. I’m really looking forward to this opportunity, hopefully, as a really great experience.”
As for what attracted him about going to the Eagles, "the defensive scheme here has always really intrigued me."
In a statement, coach Andy Reid said, “Long before he became a defensive coordinator and head coach in this league, Dick Jauron was considered to be one of, if not the best defensive backs coaches in the game. We welcome his experience and knowledge of the game and look forward to adding him to our defensive coaching staff.”
Added defensive coordinator Sean McDermott: “First and foremost, Dick Jauron is a person with tremendous integrity and his football background speaks for itself. I’m excited about his addition to the team and look forward to utilizing his experiences in the way of adding value to our defensive staff.”
The Eagles also promoted Mike Caldwell to assistant linebackers coach and Michael Zordich to defensive quality control coach.
From earlier: Here are a few tidbits on the move:
* Jauron is still owed $6 million over the next two seasons by the Buffalo Bills, according to the Buffalo News. His salary with the Eagles, likely around $300,000, will be deducted from what Buffalo owes him, putting a bit more money in the Bills' coffers. Needless to say, that should make him the highest-paid defensive backs coach in the league by far.
* Jauron ostensibly becomes the fourth defensive backs coach for the Eagles since late July. Sean McDermott was promoted to defensive coordinator, then Otis Smith was let go last summer and Brian Stewart recently left to become the defensive coordinator at the University of Houston, opening the spot for Jauron.
* Coach Andy Reid and Jauron worked together on the Green Bay staff in the early 1990s. You certainly have to give Mike Holmgren credit for the talent he put together among his assistant coaches. With Reid and Jauron, other disciples who got opportunities as head coaches include Jon Gruden and Steve Mariucci.
* While Jauron, 59, brings experience to a young defensive coaching staff -- McDermott turns 36 next month -- don't read anything more into this, regarding McDermott. This seems like Reid just helping an old friend stay in the game and also hoping to address an area in which the Eagles could use some help with a guy who played and coached the position in the league.
* This marks the first time that Reid has had two former NFL head coaches on his staff, with Jauron and Marty Mornhinweg. And Mornhinweg and Jauron can trade stories about life as the Detroit Lions' head coach. Marty was succeeded by Mariucci, who was replaced by Jauron an interim basis for the final five games of the 2005 season. Jauron was passed over for the permanent positon and the Lions selected Rod Marinelli. Jauron then went to Buffalo as the Bills' head coach.
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In other news, the Eagles announced changes to their player personnel department under the direction of new GM Gowie Roseman.
Ryan Grigson was named director of player personnel. Grigson spent the past four years as the club’s director of college scouting. In this role, Grigson will work with Roseman in the day-to-day college scouting operation and the annual draft preparation. He will continue to evaluate college players across the country and aid Roseman in overseeing the Eagles scouting staff, while also scouting players in other professional leagues.
Louis Riddick was promoted to director of pro personnel. He originally joined the Eagles player personnel department in 2008 as the club’s assistant director of pro personnel. In his new role, Riddick will manage the pro scouting department in evaluating players among the professional ranks, continue his job of advance scouting of upcoming opponents, and prepare the club for acquisitions through free agency and the waiver wire. In addition, he will also assist in the cross check of college players prior to the draft.
Anthony Patch was named assistant director of college scouting. He previously worked as a college scout in the West Coast region. In his new role, Patch will work closely with Roseman and Grigson in draft preparation as well as scouting top players across the country.
Andy Speyer was named Southwest regional scout after serving as the team’s Midwest regional scout, while Brett Veach was named pro and college scout after spending the previous three seasons as assistant to the head coach.
It's a nice move. Jauron brings a wealth of experience to the table. Getting April and Jauron were two solid decisions.— soulman386
Comment removed.- On the surface they're solid additions, but didn't Buffalo suck during their "reign" in the land of Lake Effect Snow?!?— tomvallar
- If I were McDErmott, I'd be looking over my shoulder a lot.— momzer
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- This absolutely should be a cannon shot over McDermott's bow. Last year he was overmatched and unprepared for the big time. Granted he was forced into the situation, and it seems he will be given this offseason and (at least) a portion of next to prove he can coach with the big boys. But there's a competent replacement prepared to step in when (or if) he needs to be cut loose.— RJMarkey
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- $300,000 for a defensvie backs coach!!! This world is so messed up!— scars73
- Citizenc92.. First of all he is not the #3 guy, he runs their business ops. That has no correlation to what happens in football ops personnel. Secondly, if that "#3" position was so powerful, why did the last #3 leave the birds for the #3 position with the Chiefs? This team is run by Lurie, Banner, and Reid period. All others are just worker bees who come and go. To speculate that the hiring of Tim McDermott somehow provides job security for Sean McDermott is preposterous!— downthemiddle
- Good move.Jauron can mentor McDermott and add some experience to the D coaching staff. Being a good D coach does not necessarily translate into being a good head coach so Buffalo experience should not count against him. Now, if he could only teach Assante how to tackle it would be a major plus.— StorminNorman
- I don't get the McDermott bashing. I agree with Zeru. First, McDermott took over just before the season started. It's not like he had time to prepare. A full off-season will certainly help. Second, the not so dirty little secret is the D personnel sucked big time. No linebackers to speak of. Thank God they at least got Spoon. One DE and no safeties. CB's were okay but banged up at times, Asante gambles too much and again, back of secondary and lack of pass rush didn't help CB's. Issues were not scheme or D Coordinator related but 90%+ IMO.— DennyP
- Nice to have him on board....but a first round defensive end, a real good safety and a tall cornerback and a big nose tackle would do more than all the coach speak andy will give us....— nuggett
- Who cares...as long as Reid is here Eagles will go nowhere! TRUTH BE TOLD!— tralala
- Bryan Steward oversaw Eagles demolision of Cows last season and them he oversaw Cows demolision of Eagles this season. Why was that guy here to start with?— Seed
- Bryan Steward oversaw Eagles demolision of Cows last season and them he oversaw Cows demolision of Eagles this season. Why was that guy here to start with?— Seed
- Good to see Reid focus on Defense and Special team. D-line needs all the help it can get.— Seed
- Zeru77 you need to stop speaking sense. This a philly.com home of the haters. Look at any article and you will see 70% are negative comments. This site isn't for people with reasonable common sense it's for people who hate theirs lives and want to voice their hatred of the world.— Nothing but the truth
- soulman686,Zeru77,StorminNorman,Dennyp and nuggett....you guys combined seem to reflect what I feel about the situation.— TBear
- I like it, defense was never the issue for Jauron in Chicago & Buffalo.— larry and stan
- It's just more common for folks to write something negative about a situation. Says more about their negative lives than anything factual about the situation.— retzlaff
- good point Seed. I was wondering why the birds picked up a cow pie.— bonnerlou
- I like this move a lot. Jauron has experience and should be a great addition. I'm also glad the eagles hired the Special Teams coach, forget his name, he was in demand and it looks like the eagles have the right coaches in place., Now it's up to the players.— jd924u
- Great pickup... jauron might just be better suited to stay on the defensive side of the ball... other places where we need to improve coaching is d line too... segrest just doesn't get it done in my book... finally i would like to see eagles make a change at o coordinator... if he would do it i would love to see gruden back here and his east coast offense... maybe we could get someone who will utilize the running game as it should be... marty and andy just can't control themselves in this respect... finally maybe someone to work with o line on run block... we're one of the best pass blocking teams, but we need more production from the o line in the run...— joeybear
- Now we have three of the ten worst clock managers in history on our staff! What will it take to get Romeo Crennel from KC and Art Shell out of retirement?— mjb
- As I said before, they are turning the Birds into the Detroit Lions. Gee coach, when will we get to go one and .....?— BigLadd
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- Is he going to teach Asante how to tackle? Is he going to tutor Sean Jones on how to make up angles in pursuit? What's the point?— philadelphiachild51
Added defensive coach in Jauron. Good. Added ST coach in April. Good. Now what to do about that pesky clock management, lousy, predictable play calling and horrible game planning...Oh wait, I do know. Fire Marty for a start.— tpizza- He said he would work hard for sean mcdermott.And if mcdermott fails he will gladly take his job.— homer2811
- wow, now we have two ex-Lions on our coaching staff. more of the same, never going to win a super bowl with these hacks. jauron was awful in buffalo.— dreinterests
Let's take this from a different perspective: This is typical Eagles business practice. SCARS73- AR and Eagles Fr. Ofc. are doing Jauron a favor by only having $300k on their books but being supplanted by Buffalo's obligation to pay him the remainder of his contract for 2 yrs. Math- Philly's $300k+ Buffalo's $2.7 mil ($$'s not coming out of Lurie's pocket)= $3mil/yr. Not bad. Plus, it's not like the Eagles (down the road) never reworked a coach's salary earlier than expected, right? and...MCNABBGAGS/EXTREMETEAM- Think of it another way. Sean McD does good in a year or two, filling in the holes on D, gets offered a head coach gig somewhere and poof! the Eagles have their DC built into the system already. Read the writing on the wall; they've done it in past scenarios. The Eagles tree branching out again. Typical Reid/Holmgren style.- I can only hope that Dick can give some stability and confidence to a defense that seemed to be lacking such under McDermott. No slight on him, just that it is hard for a first year coordinator to gan the confidence of his team with little to no time to form an cohesive group. I think this is a great signing and who know maybe Dick will enjoy just getting back to coaching the fundamentals - we know a few of our guys can use it.— wyoiggle
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