New England Patriots: Josh McDaniels should never get another head coach job

After agreeing to a deal to be the Indianapolis Colts coach, then backing out, it’s become apparent that Josh McDaniels cannot be trusted as a head coach

Josh McDaniels quickly wore out his welcome after becoming the Denver Broncos head coach in 2009. He was fired 12 games into his second season, which ended a two-year stint that saw him trade Jay Cutler, draft Tim Tebow, drop F-bombs on live television and get busted for videotaping an opponents practice — why does that sound familiar?

After a short stint with the Rams, he returned to the team that made him famous, the New England Patriots. McDaniels again worked under his mentor Bill Belichick, whom he was an assistant for from 2001 until taking the Denver job. It looked like McDaniels second stint in New England would last from 2012 until now, but that changed quickly.

After spending the entire postseason being called the next head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, whispers started to generate during their bye week before Super Bowl LII that McDaniels wouldn’t leave. Then they lost the big game, and he was officially announced as the new coach of the Colts.

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A press conference was even set for Feb. 7, but then just hours later reports surfaced that he was not going to leave his best friend, but instead would return to sit side-by-side with Bill Belichick as his offensive coordinator once again.

"“After agreeing to contract terms to become the Indianapolis Colts’ new head coach, New England Patriots assistant coach Josh McDaniels this evening informed us that he would not be joining our team,” the Colts said in a statement according to Austin Knoblauch of NFL.com. “Although we are surprised and disappointed, we will resume our head coaching search immediately and find the right fit to lead our team and organization on and off the field.”"

This leads to only one conclusion — Josh McDaniels should never again be offered a head coaching job. It’s one of the hardest jobs to get in the world as there are only 32 in existence, and McDaniels has spat upon it twice.

First he acted as if the Broncos were his own personal Madden video game team by making absurd trades, and then he made a mockery of the Colts offseason. Not only did he renege on his agreement, but he screwed over others in the process.

Matt Eberflus had already agreed to leave his role as linebackers coach for the Dallas Cowboys. The team he had been with since 2011 even offered him a promotion to defensive coordinator to keep him, but the up and comer declined out of respect to his boss — current Cowboys defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli ‚— and due to the fact he was going to join McDaniels staff.

Per the report on NFL.com, the Colts plan to honor Eberflus’, and other coaches contracts, but that will only make their coaching search harder. The fact is, McDaniels proved once again that he’s a terrible leader and has no business being a head coach as he cared little about the people he burned while he continued to worry about No. 1 and only No. 1.

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Of course in the end, he may hang out in New England until Belichick retires, but there should be no reason for even the Patriots to trust this guy. McDaniels as a head coach would be an insult to all the guys who worked their rear ends off for years to be one of the 32 lucky ones in the world. You know, the ones who do what they say they will.